| | 65 | Author: | unknown | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Boyd Tenney Papers, SHM MS-33
1965-2006 (Bulk Dates: 1965-1973) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1965-2006 (Bulk Dates: 1965-1973) | | | | Abstract: | Nathan Boyd Tenney served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 1962 to 1964,
and as Arizona State Senator from 1964 to 1982. His many accomplishments during his time in office include:
establishing community colleges in Mohave and Yavapai counties, aiding in the creation of five state parks,
securing funding for transportation and rural roads, and initiating legislation that helped restore the Governor’s
Mansion at the Sharlot Hall Museum. He served as the Vice Chairman, and then the Chairman, of the Senate Appropriations
Committee, Chairman of the Joint Budget Committee, and Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee. This collection
includes newspaper articles, genealogical information, Senator Tenney’s scrapbooks of news clippings from 1965, the
meeting minutes from the 1973, San Carlos Apache Mineral Strip hearing, photographs, and campaign memorabilia. | | | | Repository: | Sharlot Hall Museum | | | | Subjects: | Angora Goat Seminar | Mormon Church - Missions | Pioneers--Arizona--Prescott Region—Biography | Ranching - Arizona - History | Ranch life - Arizona - Prescott Region - Anecdotes | Ranching Heritage Oral History Project (U.S.) | San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona | United States. Act to Provide for the Settlement of the Water Rights Claims of the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe in Yavapai County, Arizona, and for Other Purposes | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 66 | Author: | Riggs, John Casey, 1874-1943. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Riggs Family Papers
1878-1998
(1900-1942) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1878-1998 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains materials documenting the Riggs pioneer family history from the time Brannick Riggs married Mary Elizabeth Robbins in Texas in 1856, their first wagon train move to Colorado in 1871, and several years later relocating again to southeastern Arizona, arriving and settling in Sulphur Springs Valley in 1879. Their eighth child, John Casey Riggs (1874-1943), was the family’s historian and creator of the bulk of the papers. The collection includes Our El Dorado, a biographical book written by John C. Riggs and his daughter, Jeanette Riggs Roll. Also included in the collection are biographical manuscripts; diaries and journals; business and personal correspondence; business records and ledgers; printed materials, including pamphlets, catalogs, newspapers and clippings; homestead land and mine patents; political papers of John Casey Riggs; maps; and photographs and negatives. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Apache Indians--Arizona. | Banks and banking--Arizona. | Cattle brands--Arizona. | Cattle trade--Arizona--History. | Comanche Indians--Texas--History--19th century. | Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona--Cochise County. | Grazing--Arizona. | Lawyers--Arizona. | Mines and mineral resources--Arizona--Cochise County. | Politicians--Arizona--Biography. | Ranches--Arizona--Cochise County--History--Records and Correspondence. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 75 | Author: | Clark, Samuel, 1871- | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Papers of Samuel Clark,
1912-1936 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1912-1936 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel Clark, born in 1871, was the founder of Clarkston,
Ariz. Operated mining properties in Ajo and Clarkston (later called Rowood)
beginning in 1907. Laid out townsite of Clarkston in 1916. The collection includes
mining papers, account books, records of leases, scrapbook of photographs and
newspaper clippings, and other business and personal papers. Includes blueprints of
maps, time books and expense accounts, and photographs of Clarkston and the Ajo
Mining District. Also present are family photographs, subscription lists of
Clarkston inhabitants, and account books for rental properties. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Pima County --
History -- Sources | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 76 | Author: | Wiggin, Al. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Report of Trip to Study Plants, Smelters, and Mills in Arizona,
1916 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1916 | | | | Abstract: | Report of trip by Albert E. Wiggin and J.B. Johnson to Globe and Miami, Arizona,
to study plants, smelters, and mills of the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company,
the International Smelting and Refining Company, the Miami Copper Company, and the Old
Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Company. The report is addressed to Frederick Laist,
Manager, Washoe Reduction Works. Includes 20 photoprints of architectural drawings of
smelting processes and of smelting plants in Miami, Ariz. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Gila County. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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