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| | • | Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library | [Undo] |
| | 1 | Author: | Brooks, William E.;
Gearin, John M.;
Leach, George L.;
Mead, Frank;
Risley, W.S.(William);
Thane, Hazel Cynthia;
Thane, Eliza (Lisle);
Moyer, Chas.;
Ingraham, Fred L.; | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Arizona Territorial Correspondence Collection
1866-1919 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1866-1919 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains letters, and in some cases, their accompanying envelopes (covers) written either from Arizona or regarding Arizona matters during the State's Territorial period. The letters address issues such as mail service, statehood, Socialism, mining, ranching, military life, and the granting of a trading post concession. They also reflect the way of life in the Arizona Territory as well as highlight the types of people who were settlers of this area. | | | | Repository: | Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library | | | | Subjects: | Trading posts--Arizona. | Military bases--Arizona--History. | Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona. | Politics--Arizona. | Mines and mineral resources--Arizona--History. | Harshaw (Ariz.)--History. | Morenci (Ariz.)--History. | Rucker (Ariz.)--History. | San Carlos (Ariz.)--History. | Solomonville (Ariz.)--History. | Yuma (Ariz.)--History. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 3 | Author: | Maynard, John T. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Maynard Civil War Correspondence Collection
1863-1864 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1863-1864 | | | | Abstract: | This is a collection of 16 letters from Union soldier John T. Maynard to his sister Rubie Maynard in Waterloo, Seneca Co., NY during the Civil War. The original envelopes with stamps are included. He writes from Union Mills, VA, Centerville, VA, Elk Run, VA, Douglas Hospital, Washington, DC, Petersburg, VA, and James River, VA and describes his life at the front. The letters span a period of 16 months from January 1863 to August 1864. Also included is a two-part article by Betsy Towle from The Heliograph journal, describing these letters. | | | | Repository: | Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library | | | | Subjects: | United States. Army--Military life--History--19th century. | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives. | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Correspondence. | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals. | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 5 | Author: | Whipple, Charles | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Charles Whipple Correspondence Collection
1860-1900 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1860-1900 | | | | Abstract: | This is a collection of letters and accompanying envelopes (covers) primarily written during the Civil War, by Lieutenant Colonel Charles Whipple of the 19th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, to his daughter Rosa C. Whipple of Eau Claire Wisconsin. Whipple writes from his postings in Racine, Wisconsin and then from the areas around Hampton and Norfolk, Virginia where he was assigned to the Command of Fort Norfolk and later as captain of the “General Jessup” gunboat. A letter from 1866 indicates that Whipple became involved in a mining venture in Illinois after the War. By 1877, Whipple had moved on to Ehrenberg, Arizona Territory where he appears to have worked as a clerk at “F.E. Farrington and Co. Dealers in General Merchandise and Freight Forwarding”. The letters from Ehrenberg were often sent using Wells Fargo stationery. Whipple’s Civil War letters give a picture of life at Fort Norfolk, and a few of them show the racism inherent at the time, even amongst Union soldiers. Many of the letters indicate Whipple’s frustration with the War and his desire to return home. The letters from Ehrenberg mention a number of ventures he hopes will be profitable, although by this time he is approaching 60 years of age. Also included in the collection are a few letters from Whipple’s children, Rosa C. Whipple, Henry Clinton Whipple and Stella Whipple Hart. There are also related documents such as Whipple’s 1862 appointment certificate to the 19th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and his 1874 license to practice law issued by San Diego County. | | | | Repository: | Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library | | | | Subjects: | United States. Army--Military life--History--19th century. | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives. | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Correspondence. | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 8 | Author: | Unknown | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | New Mexico Territorial Covers Collection
[1874]-1912 ead | | | | Date(s): | [1874]-1912 | | | | Abstract: | This collection includes covers, postcards and letters mailed from towns in New Mexico during the state’s territorial period. Items of interest include real photo postcards which show images of: the Alvarado in Albuquerque (postmarked Anapra 1908); the Catholic Church in Las Cruces (postmarked Acme 1909); the Overland Limited Train (postmarked Black Tower 1910); Deming, NM (postmarked Carne 1912); a cattle ranch near Portales (postmarked Carter, 1907); a birdseye view of Folsom (postmarked Cuates, 1911); the Institute for the Blind, Alamogordo (postmarked Carrizozo); the hospital at Dawson, 1909; Main Street, Tucumcari, (postmarked Dodson 1911); Mexican Revolution politician Federico Gonzalez Garza (postmarked Elephant Butte 1911); Main Street, Melrose (postmarked House 1910); Tucumcari High School (postmarked Hanley 1911); the wholesale district, El Paso, (postmarked Lanark 1908); unknown building in Lamy, 1906; Main Street Las Cruces, 1908; the Church at Isleta Pueblo (postmarked Leopold 1906); St. Anthony’s Sanitarium at Las Vegas, 1910 (Postmarked Levy and Porvenir 1910); Lodge at Cloudcroft, (postmarked Mountain Park); Bravo Ranch Quarters (postmarked Nara Visa 1908); Chaves Courthouse in Roswell (postmarked Orchard Park 1911) Pipeline from Mountains (postmarked Orogrande 1907); Alameda Park Depot and Office Bldg, Alamogordo (postmarked Oscuro 1908); President Porfirio Diaz in a parade at El Paso (postmarked Pearl 1909); Souvenir of Silver Springs, (postmarked Silver Springs 1911); View of Sylanite (postmarked Sylvanite 1909); Street Scene, Silver City (postmarked Tyrone, 1910).
A number of picture cachets are also in the collection, including: a cachet of St. Michaels College (postmarked Santa Fe 1889); a cachet with a map of Colorado and New Mexico (postmarked Lookout 1880); and a cachet for “A. Gusdorf Grain Mill (postmarked Ranches of Taos, 1888).
Letters in the collection include: a letter from a teacher describing Christmas celebrations and social events in 1907 in Alma; letters about the economy (lumber, farming, mining), horses and people and a postcard, from Copperton, 1905; a letter from a German speaking soldier at, Fort Stanton, 1886; a letter about Statehood Day and taxes (postmarked Lakewood, 1912); a letter about house construction in Madison; a letter saying “thanks for the tobacco” and about organizing a Breeder’s Association in Mesilla, 1906; a letter with details of raising and selling hogs, Ruidoso, 1911; a letter about bad condition of the church and school, Silver City, 1909; and a letter which is described as the writers “last correspondence from the New Mexico Territory”.
Other interesting items include: a cover from Gascom dated 1900, signed by the postmaster on the closing date of the post office; a handwritten postmark, dated 1878, Loma Parda; a handwritten postmark and letter from Turquesa 1881; a postmark from the KC and La Jolla RPO (postmarked Melrose, 1908); covers from 1874 and 1875, Santa Fe. | | | | Repository: | Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library | | | | Subjects: | New Mexico -- History. | Postal Service -- New Mexico. | Postcards -- New Mexico. | Mining -- New Mexico -- History. | Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico -- History. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 15 | Author: | unknown | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Arizona Postcards Collection
1891-1990 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1891-1990 | | | | Abstract: | This is a collection of approximately 600 postcards relating to the State of Arizona. The postcards in the collection date from 1891 through the 1990s, but most of the items are from Arizona’s Territorial period through to the early 1920s. The collection includes real photo cards, greeting cards, and panoramic cards. The postcards in this collection are a visual demonstration of how Arizona has changed since the territorial period and many of the cards show buildings, people and ways of life which no longer exist. Messages on the reverse of these postcards comment on the experiences of inhabitants and visitors. Postmarks show post offices and in some cases towns which have disappeared, and demonstrate modes of postal delivery (such as railway post) which were key to the development of transportation throughout the western United States. | | | | Repository: | Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library | | | | Subjects: | Postal service--United States--History. | Postcards--Arizona. | Tourism--Arizona--History. | Parks--Arizona. | Indians of North America--Arizona--Pictorial works. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 18 | Author: | Rhodes, Rosa Ronquillo | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Rosa Ronquillo Rhodes Collection
1911-2009 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1911-2009 | | | | Abstract: | Rosa Ronquillo Rhodes (1894-1982) was the postmistress on a ranch in Redington, Arizona (Pima County) from 1922-1936. Of Mexican descent, she was the first child in her family to become literate, and held a position that was central to the ranching community in which she lived. This collection of photographs, postcards, postal documents, and an oral history by her daughter portrays her life as a postmistress, as well as offers a glimpse into ranch life in rural Arizona during that period. | | | | Repository: | Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library | | | | Subjects: | Rhodes, Rosa Ronquillo, 1894-1982. | Williams, Berta Rhodes. | Postmasters--1920-1930. | Postal Service--Arizona--Employees. | Ranch life--Arizona--Pima County. | Redington (Ariz.)--History. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 19 | Author: | Postal History Foundation (Western Postal History Museum) | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | John and Lillian Theobald Postcards, Letters and Postmarks Collection
1889-1926 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1889-1926 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains Arizona Territorial and Arizona statehood correspondence collected by John and Lillian Theobald, respected scholars and collectors of Arizona postal history. The collection features Arizona Territorial, Arizona statehood, and R.P.O. postmarks, on a variety of covers, including postcards and envelopes. The collection also contains black and white photos, and a rare small-sized shipment box. | | | | Repository: | Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library | | | | Subjects: | Theobald, John. | Theobald, Lillian. | Postcards--Arizona. | Postmarks--Arizona. | Postage stamps--French Polynesia--Tahiti. | Postmarks--French Polynesia--Tahiti. | Postal service--United States--Arizona--History. | Railway mail service--United States. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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