| | 6 | Author: | Ransier, Anna | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Anna Ransier Glass Plate Collection,
circa 1920-1940 ead | | | | Date(s): | circa 1920-1940 | | | | Abstract: | Photographs, circa 1920-1940. This collection is comprised of photographs taken during the extensive travels of Anna Ransier, a Baptist missionary, and her husband Hubert during the 1920’s and 1930’s. The hand-colored glass plate lantern slides were then shown to various school, club and church groups during travel lectures that Anna gave. Of special interest are photographs of various National Parks in both the United States and Canada, the Hopi Indian Reservation in Northern Arizona, Mexico and Mexico City, and “mountaineer” life in the Appalachians of Tennessee. Also included in this collection are handwritten travel notes. A glass plate projector and miscellaneous projection equipment in a black leather accordion briefcase are located in Special Collections. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | African Americans - South - Pictorial works | Hopi Indians – Arizona – Pictorial works | Missionaries | National parks and reserves – Pictorial works | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 10 | Author: | Pyne, Stephen J., 1949- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Stephen J. Pyne Papers
1976-2019 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1976-2019 | | | | Abstract: | The Stephen J. Pyne Papers contain materials from Arizona State University Regents Professor Emeritus Stephen J. Pyne, who began his academic career at the University Iowa before becoming one of the founding faculty members of ASU-West, and later moved to ASU's Department of History and the School of Life Sciences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences on the Tempe campus. His groundbreaking research primarily focuses on global fire history, particularly in the US, Russia, Australia, Mexico, and Canada. It also contains correspondence and other papers related to his books, conferences, and grants, including the MacArthur Fellowship, the Fulbright Sweden, the National Humanities Center, Virginia G. Piper creative research fellowship, and the National Science Foundation. Also included are correspondence and drafts of short essays and interview transcripts for popular press publications and media appearances. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library
University Archives | | | | Subjects: | Climatic changes -- Effect of human beings on | Fire ecology | Forest Fires -- Prevention and control | Environmental sciences -- Study and teaching | Wildfires -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon National Park -- Prevention and control | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 15 | Author: | Smiley, Terah L. (Terah Leroy),
1914- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Terah L. Smiley Papers 1914-1991
(bulk 1956-1970) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1914-1991 | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence, reports and articles concerning Smiley’s
faculty career at the University of Arizona, as director of the Tree-Ring
Laboratory, and as director of the Geochronology Department, as well as his work on
committees of various regional, national and international organizations related to
his field. Much of the content is administrative and related to departmental
planning and development and work with professional organizations over the years but
some involves working with others on research interests. Also present are materials
about arid lands and Arizona places such as Tumamoc Hill, Sunset Crater, and the
Petrified Forest. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | University of Arizona—Administration—History—Sources. | University of Arizona—Faculty. | Arid regions climate—Southwest, New. | Geological time—Research. | Dendrochronology—Research. | Scientists—Arizona. | Scientists—United States. | Tumamoc Hill (Ariz.). | Petrified Forest National Park (Ariz.)—Antiquities. | Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument (Ariz.)--Antiquities. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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