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Governor Rawghlie Clement Stanford, RG 1 SG 12, 1937-1938

RG 1 SG 12

Biographical Note

Rawghlie Clement Stanford was born August 2, 1878, in Texas. His family moved to Phoenix in 1881. In 1901, Stanford began his law studies under Fred Sutter, a judge in Bisbee, and Judge Armstrong of Phoenix. He was admitted to the Arizona bar in 1907. After two political defeats, Stanford was elected governor of Arizona in 1935. He served only one term which was wrought with criticism of favoritism. His administration concentrated on reclamation of Colorado River water and Depression relief. Stanford was elected to the Arizona Supreme Court and served two terms from 1943-1955. He died at his Phoenix home on December 15, 1963, at age 85.

Scope and Content

The Governor's Office arranged these materials alphabetically by subject, government agencies, personal name and private organizations. These folders contain letters, reports, newspaper clippings, statistics, petitions, speeches and telegrams. Major topics in these files include agriculture, business, the federal government, state agencies, land and water, and social issues. For a more detailed inventory of what is in each subject folder, please contact the State Archives.

Agriculture files relate to wages and working conditions for cotton workers and locating a federally-funded agricultural research laboratory in Arizona. The files contain correspondence with some newspaper clippings.

Business folders concentrate on labor relations, gaining a seaport for Arizona, the Yavapai Chamber of Commerce and the Arizona Wool Growers and Cattle Growers Associations. The majority of documents are letters.

Federal government files relate to Indian affairs, federal aid such as the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration, and air routes. The files contain letters, reports, newspaper clippings and telegrams.

State agencies folders contain correspondence from and about almost every state agency. The files contain speeches, official acts, campaign materials, proclamations and legislation.

Land and water files deal with bridges, withdrawals of state lands, state and national parks, and soil conservation measures. The bulk of these files contain letters from the Water Commission and the Land Department in regards to the Colorado River.

Social issues folders contain correspondence on the New York and San Francisco World fairs, old age pensions and unemployment relief for needy Arizonans.

Restrictions

Conditions Governing Access

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Many documents held by the Arizona State Archives come under the Public Record law (ARS 41-1350). Documents created by the government are not copyrighted. The United States of America Copyright Law (P.L. 94-553, effective Jan. 1, 1978) extends statutory rights of authority to unpublished works which were previously protected by literary property rights under common law. Such works do not have to be registered with the Copyright Office to receive protection under the law.

Related Material

For related material see the Arizona Governor's Office Subject Files. For additional R.G. Stanford materials see MG 32, R.G. Stanford's personal papers.

Controlled Access Terms

Accession Number

The State Archives received these materials from the Governor's Office prior to the creation of an accessioning system.

Administrative Information

Custodial History

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Governor George W.P. Hunt to Ely Sims, November 21, 1919, Box 14, Office of the Governor, RG 1, History and Archives Division, Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records.

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