| | 21 | Author: | Schieffelin, Edward, 1847-1897. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | History of the Discovery of Tombstone, Arizona, as Told by Edward Lawrence Schieffelin,
1888-1890 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1888-1890 | | | | Abstract: | Edward Schieffelin, 1847-1897, was a prospector and discovered the silver
mines of the San Pedro Valley, which led to the establishment of Tombstone,
Arizona. This collection contains typescript, accompanied by an autobiographical
sketch, and letter of transmittal from Mrs. Josephine F. Garrick. A version edited
by Ben Traywick, was published by Red Marie's, 1988. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona. | Pioneers -- Arizona. | | | | Matches:
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| ...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
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| 23 | Author: | Henderson, Alexander S.,
1859-1944 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Alexander S. Henderson papers,
1888-1963 (bulk
1900-1954) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1888-1963 (bulk
1900-1954) | | | | Abstract: | Chiefly records of the A.S.Henderson general
merchandise store in Patagonia, Arizona, from 1900 to 1940 including
inventories, correspondence, merchandise ads, ledgers, monthly account books,
and bills. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- Santa Cruz
County | Frontier and pioneer life -- Oklahoma | Women pioneers | Chinese -- Arizona -- Patagonia -- History | Chinese Americans -- Photographs | Merchants -- Arizona -- Patagonia -- History | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona --
History | Mine buildings -- Arizona -- Santa Cruz County --
Photographs | Fortune-telling | Osteopathic medicine -- History | Retail trade -- Arizona -- History | | | | Matches:
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| ...Store bills: Albert Steinfeld & Co. , Tucson. 1912-1925...
...Consolidated National Bank, Tucson (various papers). 1912-...
...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
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| 24 | Author: | Foster, Nancy Melvina, 1869-1961. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Nancy Melvina Foster reminiscences
1871-1921 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1871-1921 | | | | Abstract: | One holographic manuscript, probably written in 1937. In it, Nancy Melvina Foster recounts her experiences, from 1871-1921, of homesteading in
Arizona, farming in California, and life in the mining camps of Arizona and New Mexico. Genealogy sheet enclosed. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Farm life -- California -- History -- Sources. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Southwest, New. | Women pioneers -- Southwest, New -- Biography. | | | | Matches:
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| ...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
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| 27 | Author: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Mormons in Arizona,
1873-1948
(bulk 1873-1888) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1873-1948 | | | | Abstract: | Historical sketches, minutes of meetings, letters, journals, diaries, and autobiographical sketches including
histories written by R.E. Porter and George S. Tanner relating to Mormon settlements in Arizona, chiefly at
Joseph City and other points along the Little Colorado River. Includes minutes and letters of the United Order of
Joseph City; and letters and extracts of news stories regarding the Little Colorado River Stake. Journals, diaries,
and autobiographical sketches of Mormon pioneers in Arizona are present for William C. Allen, John A. Blythe, James
S. Brown, Daniel H. McAllister, Joseph H. Richards, Andrew S. Rogers, William H. Solomon, Brigham Stowell, John W. Tate,
and the McLaws, Bradshaw, and Owens families. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona. | Mormons -- Arizona -- History. | Mormons -- Utah -- History. | Pioneers -- Arizona. | | | | Matches:
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| 29 | Author: | Gehrels, Tom | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Tom Gehrels papers
1804-2011
(bulk 1960-2011) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1804-2011 | | | | Abstract: | Tom Gehrels Papers, 1894-2010 (Bulk 1960-2000). This collection is comprised of mostly professional papers and some personal papers of Dutch/American astronomer Tom Gehrels. The bulk of the material relates to his career as a professor and astronomical researcher at the University of Arizona. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Pioneer (Space Probes) | Balloon--History | Astronomy | Planetary Sciences--History | Comets | Photometry | Polarization | Asteroids. | | | | Matches:
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| ...Saturn meeting, Tucson,...
...Toro asteroid meeting, Tucson, AZ,...
...Colloquiums in Tucson, AZ,...
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| 30 | Author: | Smith, Cornelius Cole | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Oury Family papers, 1799 - 1933
(bulk 1862-1894) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1799 - 1933 | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence, diary, photographs, deeds, articles and
speeches chiefly relating to Arizona territorial military experiences of Oury family
members. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Apache Indians -- Wars -- History -- Sources | Military bases -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Pioneers -- Arizona | | | | Matches:
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| ...Letter Book, Tucson Depot"-- United States Army...
...served as first Mayor of Tucson, 1864, and sheriff of Pima...
...of Tubac and moved it to Tucson. His brother, Granville...
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| 31 | Author: | Heffner, Harry L. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Reminiscences about Empire Ranch
1960, ead | | | | Date(s): | 1960, | | | | Abstract: | Typescript, from a tape recording, of Heffner's experiences as manager of the Empire Ranch, 1893-1905 | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Ranch life--Arizona. | Cattle trade--Arizona | Pioneers--Arizona. | | | | Matches:
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| ...to Charles U. Pickrell, Tucson, Ariz. , 1960. Accompanied by...
...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
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| 32 | Author: | Fort Vancouver (Wash.) | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Fort Vancouver (Washington) records
1854-1866 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1854-1866 | | | | Abstract: | Located at the border of Washington and Oregon, it was a Hudson Bay Company trading post from 1829-1846. One portfolio containing printed
and holographic items related primarily to the 4th Infantry, based at Fort Vancouver. The earliest material consists of nine monthly post
returns from 1854, signed by the commanding officer, Lt. Col. Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville. These post returns list officers by name;
enlisted men by count; civil employees, their duties, and rate of pay; official communications received; also the names of anyone sick, or in
confinement for desertion. A food survey report from 1856 is concerned with rotten pork, hard bread, and moldy coffee. Later correspondence,
special orders, and general orders date from 1860 to 1866. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Fortification -- Washington (State) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Oregon -- History. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Washington (State) -- Sources. | | | | Matches:
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| ...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
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| 33 | Author: | Blazer family | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Blazer Family
papers,
1857-1966 (bulk
1870-1955) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1857-1966 (bulk
1870-1955) | | | | Abstract: | Chiefly photocopies of correspondence,
manuscripts, land claims, patents, machinery catalogs, and legal papers of
Armer Newton Blazer; also photocopied correspondence and manuscripts of Paul
Blazer, and photograph reprints. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Pioneers -- New Mexico | Pioneers -- Texas | Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico | Apache Indians -- History | Mescalero language -- Dictionaries -- English | English language -- Dictionaries -- Mescalero | Indian reservations -- New Mexico -- History | Lincoln County War, 1878 | | | | Matches:
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| ...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
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| 34 | Author: | Unknown | Requires cookie* | | | 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. | | | | Matches:
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| ...Collection. Postal History Foundation. Tucson, Arizona....
...Memorial Philatelic Library Tucson, AZ 85719 ©2012 Postal...
...Library 920 North First Avenue Tucson, AZ 85719 520-623-6652...
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| 35 | Author: | Hein family | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Papers of the Hein family
1860-1900
(bulk 1890-1900) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1860-1900 | | | | Abstract: | Letters from the Hein family to the Hagedorn family pertaining to frontier life in Skull Valley, Arizona Territory. Also includes documents from the Prescott Coal Development Company; Hagedorn's passport and ship papers; four photographs of the Hagedorn family in New York; and other miscellaneous documents. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona | | | | Matches:
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| ...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
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| 38 | Author: | Clum, John P.,
1851-1932 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John P.
Clum papers,
1860-1970 (bulk,
1874-1932) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1860-1970 (bulk,
1874-1932) | | | | Abstract: | Collection consists of the papers of John P.
Clum and family. Correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, typescripts,
newspaper and magazine articles are by or about John P. Clum; a smaller
quantity of typescripts, reprints, and biographical items concern John's son
Woodworth Clum. Much of the material consists of writings by the Clums and
others about the Apache Indians, Geronimo's capture, and events in Tombstone,
Arizona. | | | | Repository: | Univeristy of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- Cochise
County | Apache Indians -- Government relations --
History | Apache Indians -- Photographs | | | | Matches:
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| ...John Clum, Tucson. 1930...
...Photograph of a Tucson Daily Citizen newspaper clipping re:...
...Tau-el-cly-ee and Marijildo Grijalba, Tucson. May, 1876...
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| 40 | Author: | Anderson, Amos Allison,
1862-1948
Anderson, Robert Blaine,
1896- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Amos Allison and
Robert B. Anderson papers,
1894-1975 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1894-1975 | | | | Abstract: | Papers of Amos A. Anderson (1862-1948) and his son, Robert B.
Anderson, relating to their life and times in Clifton, Ajo, Graham County, and
Greenlee County, Arizona. Includes biographical information, correspondence,
reminiscences, and photographs. The main correspondent to Robert B. Anderson is
William Ryder Ridgway relating to their common interests in Graham County
historical investigations. Reminiscences concern Amos A. Anderson's exploits as
sheriff, stories of outlaws and acquaintances, local history, and events around
Clifton. The photographs are chiefly portraits of family and friends from 1900
to the 1930s. Also includes a voter registration list of Greenlee County,
1922. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona --
Photographs | Sheriffs -- Arizona | Voting registers -- Arizona -- Greenlee
County | Postal service -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | Postal service -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | | | | Matches:
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| ...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
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