| | 81 | Author: | Comstock, Theo. B. (Theodore Bryant), 1849-1915. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Theodore Bryant Comstock Letter Books
1898-1902 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1898-1902 | | | | Abstract: | Theodore B. Comstock, 1849-1915, was a professional geologist, mining engineer and consultant. He was an assistant state geologist
of Texas, Head of The University of Arizona School of Mines, and first president of The University of Arizona, 1894-1895. Holograph
letters to R. J. Ferguson and F. T. Blandy, local superintendents, mostly about operations of the Elkhart Mine, Chloride, Mohave County,
Arizona, to the British Syndicate owners of the mine. Includes letters of chief clerk M. P. Dodge. Also includes letters about Prescott
Development Syndicate, the Security Mining and Development Syndicate, the Mineral Hill Copper Syndicate (mainly pp. 401-451) and other
mine enterprises mostly in Arizona. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Copper mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Gold mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Mohave County -- History. | Silver mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 83 | Author: | Levy, Mikul G., 1859-1942. | Add to Favorites | | | 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 |
| 88 | Author: | Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Barry M. Goldwater Historic Photograph Collection
1850s-1960s ead | | | | Date(s): | 1850s-1960s | | | | Abstract: | This collection houses photographs showing variety of subjects pertaining to Arizona, including views of desert flora and fauna, landscapes, military, mining, Native Americans, agriculture, buildings, street scenes, transportation, and people and places. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection | | | | Subjects: | Agriculture -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- Photographs. | Buildings -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- Photographs. | Cowboys -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- Photographs. | Deserts -- Arizona -- Photographs. | Deserts -- Southwest, New -- Photographs. | Indians of North America -- Arizona -- Photographs. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Photographs. | Rodeos -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- Photographs. | Transportation -- Arizona -- Photographs. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 90 | Author: | Douglas, Lewis W. (Lewis Williams),
1894- | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Lewis W.
Douglas papers,
1859-1974 (bulk
1880-1960) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1859-1974 (bulk
1880-1960) | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence, congressional bills, speeches, articles,
financial records, clippings, diaries, reminiscenses, photographs of family
members from 1897 to 1964, wills, and estate records relating to Lewis's family
and his extensive activities in politics and government. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Sources | Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Great
Britain | Banks and banking -- Arizona | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | Mines and mineral resources -- Mexico -- History --
Sources | Indians of North America -- Arizona -- Law and legislation --
Sources | Rain-making -- Arizona | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 92 | Author: | Douglas, Frances | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Frances Douglas
Papers,
1892-1963 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1892-1963 | | | | Abstract: | Contains correspondence, diaries, articles,
stories, clippings, memorabilia, photographs, and translations of mostly
unpublished works by Spanish-language writers. Some of the authors are Concha
Espina de Serna, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Jose Maria Carretero,
Guillermo Diaz-Caneja, Gregorio Martinez Sierra, Rafael Delgado, Pedro Juan
Labarthe, Jose Lopez- Portillo y Rojas, Emilia Pardo-Bazan, Jose Echegaray and
Eduardo Zamacois. Personal material consists of correspondence and family
photographs, from marriage to Charles Fletcher Lummis, and later to Courtenay
DeKalb, with whom she operated the Roadside Mine in Arizona. Photographs and
correspondence related to the mine are present. Also included are typescripts
of Douglas' published and unpublished articles, stories, and translations.
Original drawings are by E.A. Burbank and Carl Oscar Borg. Correspondence with
friends and publishers includes writers Eugene Rhodes, Henry Knibbs, Concha
Espina, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, José María
Carretero, Pedro Labarthe, Guillermo Diaz-Caneja, and the publisher Phoebe
Hearst. Diaries and photographs document travels to Mexico and Europe. Stories
were recorded by Douglas while she lived among the Isleta Indians. Mexican and
U.S. newspapers, 1911-1915, report on the Mexican Revolution. Related material
in MS 39 and MS 297. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | American Association of University Women. | Spanish Literature -- 20th century -- History and
criticism. | Isleta Indians -- Legends. | Indians of North America -- New Mexico -- Legends. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Pima County --
History -- Sources. | Roadside Mine (Ariz.) | Women authors. | Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920. | 1900-1924. | 1925-1949. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 93 | Author: | Brooks, William E.;
Gearin, John M.;
Leach, George L.;
Mead, Frank;
Risley, W.S.(William);
Thane, Hazel Cynthia;
Thane, Eliza (Lisle);
Moyer, Chas.;
Ingraham, Fred L.; | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Arizona Territorial Correspondence Collection
1866-1919 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1866-1919 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains letters, and in some cases, their accompanying envelopes (covers) written either from Arizona or regarding Arizona matters during the State's Territorial period. The letters address issues such as mail service, statehood, Socialism, mining, ranching, military life, and the granting of a trading post concession. They also reflect the way of life in the Arizona Territory as well as highlight the types of people who were settlers of this area. | | | | Repository: | Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library | | | | Subjects: | Trading posts--Arizona. | Military bases--Arizona--History. | Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona. | Politics--Arizona. | Mines and mineral resources--Arizona--History. | Harshaw (Ariz.)--History. | Morenci (Ariz.)--History. | Rucker (Ariz.)--History. | San Carlos (Ariz.)--History. | Solomonville (Ariz.)--History. | Yuma (Ariz.)--History. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 94 | Author: | Henderson, Alexander S.,
1859-1944 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Alexander S. Henderson papers,
1888-1963 (bulk
1900-1954) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1888-1963 (bulk
1900-1954) | | | | Abstract: | Chiefly records of the A.S.Henderson general
merchandise store in Patagonia, Arizona, from 1900 to 1940 including
inventories, correspondence, merchandise ads, ledgers, monthly account books,
and bills. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- Santa Cruz
County | Frontier and pioneer life -- Oklahoma | Women pioneers | Chinese -- Arizona -- Patagonia -- History | Chinese Americans -- Photographs | Merchants -- Arizona -- Patagonia -- History | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona --
History | Mine buildings -- Arizona -- Santa Cruz County --
Photographs | Fortune-telling | Osteopathic medicine -- History | Retail trade -- Arizona -- History | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 95 | 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 |
| 100 | Author: | Babbitt, George, 1900-1980 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | George Babbitt Jr. Papers, ca. 1890-1970 ead | | | | Date(s): | ca. 1890-1970 | | | | Abstract: | The George Babbitt Jr. papers consists mostly of various
government reports, pamphlet, maps and clippings that have a western or southwestern
focus -- specifically including water development and Native American issues. Some of
Babbitt's personal correspondence, notebooks and manuscript material can also be found
in the collection. The collection has a large amount of primary material that Babbitt
collection, such as hotel registers, court dockets and other related material from
Coconino County. | | | | Repository: | Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives
Department. | | | | Subjects: | Indians of North America--Southwest, New. | Dams--Arizona. | Dams--Nevada. | Rivers--Arizona. | Water resources development--Arizona. | Cities and towns--Arizona. | Parks--Arizona. | Cities and towns--Southwest, New. | Parks--Southwest, New. | Mines and mineral resources--Arizona. | Cattle trade--Arizona. | Hotels--Arizona. | County courts--Arizona. | Pioneers--Arizona--Flagstaff--Interviews. | Pioneers--Arizona--Flagstaff--Portraits. | Pioneers--Arizona--Oak Creek
Canyon--Portraits. | Buildings--Arizona--Prescott--Pictorial
works. | Dwellings--Arizona. | Dwellings--Arizona--Flagstaff. | Parades--Arizona. | Commercial buildings--Arizona. | Commercial buildings--Arizona--Flagstaff. | Railroad stations--Arizona. | Railroad stations--Arizona--Flagstaff. | Church buildings--Arizona. | Church buildings--Arizona--Flagstaff. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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