| 29 | Author: | Twin Buttes Mining and Smelting Company
(Ariz.) | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Twin Buttes Mining
and Smelting Company records,
1903-1969 (bulk
1903-1927) ead | | | Date(s): | 1903-1969 (bulk
1903-1927) | | | Abstract: | The collection includes correspondence, minutes
of meetings, tax forms, ledgers, day books, bills, financial records, labor
reports, time cards, payroll records, and maps from the daily operations of the
mines, railroad and store. Also present are news clippings about Twin Buttes,
Arizona and photographs of the 1926, 1928, and 1938 school classes. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections | | | Subjects: | Copper mines and mining -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | Mineral industries -- Arizona -- Finance --
Sources | Railroad companies -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | Copper miners -- History -- Sources | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Pima County --
History -- Sources | Mining corporations -- Arizona -- Records and
correspondence | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
30 | Author: | Empire Ranch (Ariz.) | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Empire Ranch
records,
1874-1944 (bulk
1880-1916) ead | | | Date(s): | 1874-1944 (bulk
1880-1916) | | | Abstract: | This collection includes correspondence, legal
documents, financial records, livestock records, and other materials relating
to the history, development, and operation of ranch property in Southern
Arizona and California. Includes records of cattle companies associated with
the Empire Ranch. Some ranches covered are Onyx Ranch, Bonita Ranch, El Dorado
Ranch, Rosemont Ranch, Pantano Ranch, and Rancho Corral de Quati. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections | | | Subjects: | Total Wreck Mine (Ariz.) | Cattle trade -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Sheep industry -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | Cattle trade -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Cattle trade -- California -- History --
Sources | Forest reserves -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | Land titles -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Land grants -- Arizona | Ranches -- Arizona -- Records and
correspondence | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
33 | Author: | Sanford, Don Alonzo, 1840-1915 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Don Alonzo Sanford papers,
1812-1983
(bulk 1870-1915) ead | | | Date(s): | 1812-1983 | | | Abstract: | Papers, 1812-1983 (bulk 1870-1915). This collection contains
materials relating to Don Alonzo Sanford, a prominent resident of Territorial Arizona
who was a Patagonia cattle/ sheep rancher and Tucson politician, as well as a successful
Washington, D.C. businessman. This collection is comprised of correspondence, documents,
deeds, diaries/ledgers and photographs. The bulk of the material relates to Sanford's
Arizona ranch as well as his varied business interests in both Tucson and Washington,
D.C. The collection also contains legal records relating to the San Jose de Sonoita land
grant. Also included are various maps, blueprints, postcards and negatives. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | Subjects: | Sheep industry -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Cattle trade -- Arizona -- History | Cattle brands -- Arizona | Cattle brands -- Texas | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona | Indians of North America -- Texas | Kiowa Indians | Comanche Indians | Indians of North America -- Claims against | Land titles -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Land grants -- Arizona | Ranches -- Arizona -- Records and correspondence | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
34 | Author: | Riggs, John Casey, 1874-1943. | Requires cookie* | | 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 |
35 | Author: | Rural/Metro Corporation | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Louis A. Witzeman
Collection of Rural/Metro Corporation Records
1947-2004 ead | | | Date(s): | 1947-2004 | | | Abstract: | Records, 1947-2004. This collection includes
business files; company history materials; materials regarding Rural/Metro
founder Louis A. Witzeman; correspondence; photographs, negatives, and slides
(featuring images of fire fighting, fire damage, fire hazards, fire engines,
personnel, stations, and equipment); photocopies of scrapbooks and news
clippings; audiovisual materials; and memorabilia. | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections | | | Subjects: | Rural/Metro Corporation--Records and
Correspondence | Elections--Scottsdale,Arizona--2003 | Fire Chiefs | Fire Departments | Fire Departments--Equipment and Supplies | Fire Departments--Officials and Employees | Fire Departments--Southwest | Fire Departments--Maricopa County, Arizona | Fire Departments--Pima County, Arizona | Fire Engines | Fire Fighters | Fire Fighters--Labor Unions | Fire Hose | Hydrants | Fire Prevention | Fire Protection Districts | Fire Sprinklers | Fire Stations | Mayors--Scottsdale, Arizona--Drinkwater, Herb, d.
1997 | Privatization | Phoenix Fire
Department | Scottsdale Fire
Department | Tucson Fire Department | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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