| | 2 | 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. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 3 | 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. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 4 | Author: | Barney, James Mitchell,
1874-1965 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | James M. Barney
Articles,
1939-1960 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1939-1960 | | | | Abstract: | Writings and articles (photocopies) concerning the history of
Arizona, ca. 1939-1965, with an emphasis on the Phoenix environs. Topics
covered include tragedy and massacres, pioneer tales, historical events in
Phoenix and Yuma, ghost and mining stories, as well as colorful accounts of the
exploits of local figures. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | American newspapers -- Arizona --Phoenix | Folklore -- Arizona | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | Ghost stories, American -- Southwest, New | Indians of North America -- Arizona --
History | Massacres -- Arizona -- History | Pioneers -- Arizona | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 5 | 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 | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 6 | Author: | Levy, Mikul G., 1859-1942. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Letter, 1938 Dec. 22, Prescott (Ariz.), to Mrs. John W. Mayes, Phoenix (Ariz.)
1938 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1938 | | | | Abstract: | Typescript (original) letter describing his mining and mercantile activities in Nogales and Ajo (Ariz.), 1883-1931, including his
business dealings with Albert Steinfeld, Randall Ore Reduction Company, Cornelia and Rescue Company, C & A Mining Company, and
Ajo Consolidated Copper Company. Also includes a letter of transmittal to Bernard Fontana, in which Mrs. George Peterson describes
an anecdote about Mr. Sam Clark, the founder of Clarkston, Arizona, and a trip he made from Clarkston to Los Angeles, California. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Gold miners -- Arizona -- Biography. | Merchants -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- History. | Pioneers -- Arizona -- Biography. | Tohono O'odham Indians. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 7 | Author: | Jacobs Family | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Jacobs family
papers,
1861-1909 (bulk
1878-1890) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1861-1909 (bulk
1878-1890) | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of correspondence, letter books,
invoices, financial statements, ledgers, journals, receipts, cancelled checks,
debit and credit memos, certificate of deposit stubs, draft registers,
collection registers, and remittance registers produced by the daily mercantile
and banking business of Lionel and Barron Jacobs. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Merchants -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Bankers -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Jews -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | Banks and banking -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | Retail trade -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Freight and freightage -- West (U.S.) | Military bases -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Pioneers -- Arizona | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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