| | 281 | Author: | Luhrs family | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Luhrs Family Papers
1804-1997
1880-1978 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1804-1997 | | | | Abstract: | The Luhrs Family Papers house correspondence, legal documents, financial records, real estate records, blueprints, ledgers, and other materials documenting the Luhrs family's emigration from Germany to the United States and life and work in Phoenix, Arizona. Among the subjects represented are real estate holdings; construction and administration of the Commercial Hotel (later known as the Hotel Luhrs), the Luhrs Building, the Luhrs Central Building, the Luhrs Tower, the Luhrs Arcade, and the Luhrs Parking Center; George Luhrs Sr.'s business partnership with Newell Herrick; agricultural and mining enterprises; such fraternal organizations as the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, the El Zaribah Shrine, the Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights Templar, the Royal Arch Masons, and the Rotary Club; George Luhrs Jr.'s and Arthur Luhrs' education in the Phoenix public schools and at Stanford University; George Luhrs Jr.'s and A. C. Taylor's military service, including service in World War I; and family members' private lives. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library
Greater Arizona Collection | | | | Subjects: | Commercial buildings -- Arizona -- Phoenix | Hotels -- Arizona -- Phoenix | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona | Office buildings -- Arizona -- Phoenix | Real estate development -- Arizona -- Phoenix | Real estate investment -- Arizona -- Phoenix | World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, American | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 285 | Author: | Webb, Dorothy, PhD | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Dorothy Webb Papers
1828, 1928-2012
1928-2012 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1828, 1928-2012 | | | | Abstract: | The Dorothy Webb Papers document the education, teaching, research, theatre production, and administrative career of this university professor and administrator, actress, director, dramaturg, stage designer, arts advocate, workshop leader, playwright, and Founder and Artistic Director of the Bonderman National Youth Theatre Playwriting Competition and Symposium. The papers primarily describe her work in Indiana. Research materials date primarily from 1828 and 1928 through the 2000s; career materials date from 1953-2012. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Theatre for Youth and Community Collection | | | | Subjects: | Children's plays, American. | Children's theater -- Production and direction. | Drama in education -- Study and teaching. | Playwriting -- Study and teaching. | Television in higher education. | Theater -- Production and direction. | Touring theater. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 288 | Author: | Krutch, Joseph Wood, 1893-1970. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Manuscripts of Joseph Wood Krutch,
1952-1970 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1952-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph Wood Krutch, 1893-1970, was an author, educator, and naturalist. Author of social criticism,
critical biographies, and later naturalist essays; retired to Tucson in 1952 and completed several works.
This collection includes typescripts, some with holograph corrections, of published manuscripts for The Desert Year, 1952,
Voice of the Desert: A Naturalist's Interpretation, 1955, The Great Chain of Life, 1957, Grand Canyon: Today and All Its Yesterdays, 1958,
The Forgotten Peninsula: A Naturalist in Baja California, 1961, Herbal, 1965, and the introduction for The Best Nature Writing of Joseph
Wood Krutch, 1970. Typescripts of unpublished travel diaries, 1965-1967, concern trips to France, Greece, and Baja California.
Also present are printers copies for Great Chain of Life, Forgotten Peninsula, and Grand Canyon;
and notes and miscellaneous material related to Herbal. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Animal behavior. | Botany, Medical. | Desert animals -- Arizona. | Desert biology. | Desert plants -- Arizona. | Evolution (Biology) | Manuscripts, American. | Natural history -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) | Natural history -- Southwest, New. | Plants -- Folklore. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 290 | Author: | Cosulich, Bernice, 1896-1956 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Papers of Bernice Cosulich
1923-1956 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1923-1956 | | | | Abstract: | Papers of Bernice Cosulich consists of correspondence, published and unpublished articles, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and notes related to Cosulich’s work writing for the Arizona Daily Star newspaper and various magazines, her book Tucson, and future projects including a projected biography of actress Helena Modjeska and a work on Arizona’s ghost towns, dating between 1923 and 1956. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Authors, American--Correspondence | Medicinal plants--Southwestern States | Extinct cities--Arizona | Ghost towns--Arizona | Copper mines and mining--Arizona | Mines and mineral resources--Arizona | Pioneers--Arizona | Women journalists--Arizona | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 300 | Author: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Edward H. and Rosamond B. Spicer papers, 1911-2000
(bulk 1937-1988) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1911-2000
(bulk 1937-1988) | | | | Abstract: | Collection consists of correspondence, research, ephemera,
photographs, articles, and other publications written or collected by Edward H. Spicer. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State Museum | | | | Subjects: | Japanese Americans Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 | Yaqui Indians -- Rites and ceremonies | Yaqui Indians -- Government relations | Yaqui Indians -- History | Tohono O'Odham Indians | Mayo Indians | Pima Indians | Opata Indians | Yuma Indians | Apache Indians | Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation -- Southwest, New | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New | Minorities -- Southwest, New | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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