| | 2 | Author: | Romero, José, active 1822-1826. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Letter of Jose Romero,
1824 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1824 | | | | Abstract: | Jose Romero was a Lieutenant Colonel, Sonora, Mexico; leader of 1823-1826 expeditions to
establish an inland route between Sonora, Mex. and California. Collection contains a letter
(photocopy) to Mariana de Urrea, Commandante General de Sonora, from Romero in San Gabriel, Calif.,
recounting his experiences in attempting unsuccessfully to return to Sonora in the winter of 1823-1824
through the Palm Springs area, and describing the mail route between Tucson and San Gabriel which was
conducted by Jose Cocomaricopa, the bearer of this letter, via the Colorado River route. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Postal service -- Southwest, New -- History -- Sources. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 6 | Author: | Gaede, Marnie | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Camera, Spade and Pen records,
1974-1981 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1974-1981 | | | | Abstract: | Records, 1974-1980, relating to
Camera, Spade, and Pen. Contains chiefly
correspondence between the editor, Marnie Gaede, and the contributing authors
of the book,
Camera, Spade, and Pen, published by The
University of Arizona Press in 1980. Also included are drafts of chapters by
each author. The supplemental files in the second series relate to the
production of the book, and include author releases, the final map of major
archaeological sites in the Southwest, an introductory letter to the authors,
and biographical perspective information about the book's
contributors. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New --
Antiquities | Archaeology -- Southwest, New -- History | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 7 | Author: | United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | United States Army, Quartermaster Corps. invoices
1849 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1849 | | | | Abstract: | Contains two holograph duplicate invoices for building materials and tools sent for the construction of "the Fort on the River Gila."
The invoices were signed and dated by Bvt. Lt. Col. S. McRee, Quartermaster, U.S. Army, St. Louis, Mo. on May 12 and June 7, 1849.
The invoice dated June 7 consists of one leaf; that of May 12, consists of three pages. The lists include weights and quantities for diverse
items such as quarry picks, wheel segments, paint brushes, cooking stoves, door locks, glue and glue pots, grind stones, linseed oil, plows,
window glass, plugs of feathers, and white lead. Items were sent to an unnamed "Acting Quartermaster," and items not received
were so noted. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Fortification -- Southwest, New -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Southwest, New -- Sources | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 8 | Author: | Powell, Lawrence Clark,
1906-2001 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Lawrence Clark
Powell papers,
1890-2001 (bulk,
1971-1991) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1890-2001 (bulk,
1971-1991) | | | | Abstract: | Collection consists primarily of files
maintained by Lawrence Clark Powell during his residency in Tucson and his
tenure at the University of Arizona. Includes correspondence, research files,
transcripts of talks, and manuscripts of a variety of books and articles. Much
of the collection documents his activities at the University of Arizona, as
well as writings he completed during the 1970s and 1980s. Selected
correspondents include Edward Abbey, Ansel Adams, Bruce Babbitt, and Paul
Horgan. Most of the collection is maintained in the original order in which the
files were kept by Powell. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections | | | | Subjects: | American literature -- Southwest, New -- History and
criticism | Authors, American -- 20th century | Librarians -- United States -- 20th century | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 10 | Author: | Vélez de Escalante, Silvestre, -1792. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Derrotero de los Padres Fray Francisco Atanacio Domínguez, and Fr. Silvestre Vélez, de Escalante, en sus exploraciónes, desde las missiones de Zuñy del Nuevo Mexico, hasta las ymmediaciones de Monte Rey de California
1776-1777 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1776-1777 | | | | Abstract: | Vélez de Escalante, better known as Escalante, was a Spanish Franciscan missionary sent to New Mexico in 1774;
he was the recorder of this 1776 expedition. Domínguez, a Mexican Franciscan priest, was his ecclesiastical superior
and leader of the expedition. Collection includes eighteenth-century copy of the diary kept by Vélez de Escalante
on his expedition with Dominguez through the four corners area of the American Southwest, July 29, 1776 to Jan. 2, 1777. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Explorers -- New Spain. | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- History -- 18th century -- Sources. | Pueblo Indians -- History -- 18th century -- Sources. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 12 | Author: | Franciscans. Province of St. John the
Baptist | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Records of the
Province of St. John the Baptist Franciscans,
1868-1978 (bulk 1906-1965) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1868-1978 (bulk 1906-1965) | | | | Abstract: | The collection includes correspondence,
financial records, official documents, reports, maps, articles, publications,
photographs, postcards, and notes. The bulk of the collection is correspondence
and records relating to the establishment and operation of missions and
schools, primarily at St. Michaels. These document activity between Franciscan
friars, the Navajo population, Catholic organizations, the U. S. Government,
and the Land Commissioner of the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company. Included
are materials on Navajo land allotments, education, language, social
conditions, government and church relations, tourism, and origins of the Navajo
Tribal Council. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Missions -- Southwest, New -- History --
Sources | Navajo Indians -- Education | Navajo Indians -- Government policy | Navajo Indians -- Missions | Navajo Indians -- Land tenure | Navajo language | Navajo Indians -- Photographs | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 14 | Author: | Ezell, Paul H. (Paul Howard),
1913-1988 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Paul Howard Ezell
papers,
1939-1987 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1939-1987 | | | | Abstract: | Arranged in six series: Biographical Information. Diaries and
Record Books, 1939-1964. General Correspondence, 1958-1975. Writings and
Reviews, 1950- 1987. Project Files, 1951-1982. Pima Land Claim Case Files,
1683-1974. arrangement varies by series. The bulk of the collection consists of
the Pima Land Claim Case Files, 1683-1974. This includes correspondence with
the law firm of Cox and Cox, and Henry F. Dobyns; also transcripts of the court
hearings. Background information, in support of claims by the Pima-Maricopa,
includes photocopies of primary source material from the Spanish, Mexican, and
American periods. The rest of the collection includes various materials
relating to Ezell's work and professional interests: diaries, record books,
correspondence with colleagues, published and unpublished reports and articles,
reviews, drawings, charts, maps of southern Arizona, microfilms, audiotapes,
black-and-white photographs, negatives, and color slides. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Pima Indians -- Claims | Maricopa Indians -- Claims | Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. --
Arizona | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- History --
Chronology | Ethnohistory -- Arizona | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 16 | Author: | Ward, Albert E.
Fontana, Bernard L. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Albert Ward papers, 1953-2009 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1953-2009 | | | | Abstract: | This collection consists of research materials relating to
Albert E. Ward's archeological work in New Mexico. A majority of the collection
references "Site 48," a ruin that Ward excavated in New Mexico. Site 48's authenticity
was later called into question, leading to several legal battles in which Ward
participated, claiming that the site was authentic and his evidence was proof of a
Spanish-Indian residential fort. Materials include correspondence, maps, reports, notes,
and research files. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Archaeology | Archaeology -- Southwest, New -- History | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Southwest, New | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Antiquities | Historic sites -- New Mexico | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 17 | Author: | Gookin, William S. (William Scudder), 1914-1994 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | William Scudder Gookin Collection
1956-1982 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1956-1982 | | | | Abstract: | The William Scudder Gookin Collection consists of diaries, typewritten and holograph transcripts, notes, and a report. Although the materials date from 1956 to 1982, the bulk of the collection consists of Gookin's personal diaries describing his work in support of the Central Arizona Project from 1958 to 1968. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection | | | | Subjects: | Arizona -- Trials, litigation, etc. | California -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico). | Hydrologists -- Arizona. | Water -- Law and legislation -- Arizona. | Water resources development -- Arizona -- History. | Water resources development -- Southwest, New -- History. | Water rights -- Arizona. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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