| 23 | Author: | Roby, Kenneth | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Kenneth Roby Mexican Documents Collection
1788-1917
bulk 1824-1857 ead | | | Date(s): | 1788-1917 | | | Abstract: | Kenneth Roby Mexican Documents Collection, 1788-1917 (Bulk 1824-1857),contains seven series of documents that were written and distributed by various federal, state, and local government officials in Mexico between late 18th Century and early 20th Century. This collection also contains a small series of documents that were written and distributed by Spanish and English government officials in their colonies between late 19th Century and early 20th Century. Overall, this decree and orders collection includes military correspondence, constitutions and laws, appointments and promotions in the government. The collection also includes a chronological list of political leaders, important events, financial issues such as taxes and budgets, and overall customs in Mexico. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Administrative Law -- Mexico. | Elections -- Mexico -- History. | Generals -- Mexico. | Governors -- Mexico. | Mexico -- History -- Spanish Colony, 1540-1810. | Mexico -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1810-1821. | Mexico -- History -- 1821-1861. | Mexican War, 1846-1848. | Mexico--History--European Intervention, 1861-1867. | Mexico -- Politics and Government -- 1867-1910. | Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920. | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
24 | Author: | Lennard, George W. (George Washington), 1825-1864 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | George W. Lennard Collection
1861-1980
1861-1864 ead | | | Date(s): | 1861-1980 | | | Abstract: | The George W. Lennard Collection houses correspondence, orders, envelopes, an artifact, and a reprinted journal article dating from 1861 to 1980. The bulk of the collection is comprised of personal letters that Lennard wrote to his wife and family while serving with the 57th Indiana Volunteer Infantry from 1861 to 1864. | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection | | | Subjects: | Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | Kentucky -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
27 | Author: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Amanda Graham Correspondence, 1907–19101907-1910 ead | | | Date(s): | 1907-1910 | | | Abstract: | Amanda Graham was a Tucson resident during the Arizona Territorial period, which dated from February 24, 1863 to February 14, 1912 when Arizona officially became a state. The incoming postal materials span from 1907–1910. The correspondence in this collection provides a snapshot of the life experiences of Amanda Graham, a woman living in the Arizona Territory during the early 1900s, along with those of her family and acquaintances located throughout various regions of the country. Family news, health, and crop growth are a few of the topics discussed. The collection also includes a few pieces of business correspondence, such as bills and credit notifications. From a postal history perspective, the envelopes may be of interest because of the flag cancels and Tucson Territorial backstamps. | | | Repository: | Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library | | | Subjects: | Cancellations (Philately) -- United States. | Postal History Foundation. | Arizona -- History . | Tucson (Ariz.) -- History. | Postal Service -- Arizona -- History. | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
28 | Author: | Maynard, John T. | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Maynard Civil War Correspondence Collection
1863-1864 ead | | | Date(s): | 1863-1864 | | | Abstract: | This is a collection of 16 letters from Union soldier John T. Maynard to his sister Rubie Maynard in Waterloo, Seneca Co., NY during the Civil War. The original envelopes with stamps are included. He writes from Union Mills, VA, Centerville, VA, Elk Run, VA, Douglas Hospital, Washington, DC, Petersburg, VA, and James River, VA and describes his life at the front. The letters span a period of 16 months from January 1863 to August 1864. Also included is a two-part article by Betsy Towle from The Heliograph journal, describing these letters. | | | Repository: | Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library | | | Subjects: | United States. Army--Military life--History--19th century. | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives. | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Correspondence. | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals. | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
32 | Author: | Fish, Joseph, 1840-1926. | Requires cookie* | | Title: | History of the Eastern Arizona Stake of Zion and of the Establishment of the Snowflake Stake,
1936 ead | | | Date(s): | 1936 | | | Abstract: | Typescript history relates events while Fish was recorder, 1879-1893.
Contains brief history of each Mormon settlement including St. Johns, Ariz., Eagar, Ariz., Snowflake, Ariz.,
Pleasanton, N.M., and Luna, N.M. Also covers murders committed and prosecutions for polygamy. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona. | Mormon Church -- Arizona -- History. | Mormons -- Arizona -- History. | Murder -- Arizona -- History. | Polygamy -- Arizona -- History. | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
38 | Author: | | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Recipe and Home Remedy book
circa 1787-1808 ead | | | Date(s): | circa 1787-1808 | | | Abstract: | Handwritten entries for home medicinal cures, food and alcoholic beverage recipes, and household hints. Some have acknowledgements to a certain
newspaper or person; occasionally the date obtained is added, ranging from 1787-1808. Among the treatments are some for the plague, dropsy,
whooping cough, scarlet fever, scurvy, rheumatism, jaundice, and colic. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Formulas, recipes, etc. -- England -- History -- Sources. | Home economics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- History -- Sources. | Mead -- History -- Sources. | Medicine, Popular -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- History -- Sources. | Wine and wine making -- England -- History -- Sources. | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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