AHS-ND 33
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Descriptive Summary | |
| Creator: | Wilson, Charles Birge |
| Collection Name | Charles Birge Wilson Collection |
| Inclusive Dates: | ca. 1902-1964 |
| Physical Description | 1.6 linear feet |
| Abstract | Contains correspondence from Flagstaff and Coconino County Attorney Charles Birge Wilson's legal career, as well as financial ledgers, miscellaneous publications, and law-practice related certificates. |
| Collection Number | AHS-ND 33 |
| Language | English |
| Repository |
Arizona Historical Society/Flagstaff Archives PO Box 6022 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022 Phone: 928 523 5551 Fax: 928 774 1596 Email: ahsnad@infomagic.net |
Charles Birge Wilson, born in Monmouth, Illinois, June 9, 1877 (in the "Earp House", he was reportedly a cousin of Wyatt Earp), was the first person to serve as Coconino County Attorney after Arizona became a state. Wilson arrived in Flagstaff in 1909. His career as a Flagstaff, Arizona attorney spanned the period from 1911 to 1964, the year of his death. He was credited with legal action that stopped the Northern Arizona University from being shut down in 1946.
The collection is 1.6 linear feet in volume. It contains correspondence from C.B. Wilson's legal career, as well as financial ledgers, miscellaneous publications, and law-practice related certificates.
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Arizona Historical Society/Flagstaff, AHS-ND 33
| Series I. Correspondence/Legal Documents, ca. 1907-1960 | |||||||||||
| 15 folders. Correspondence from C.B. Wilson's legal career, including extensive correspondence with Arizona politicians. | |||||||||||
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| 1.1 | Correspondence, 1917-1919 and 1930, 1960 | ||||||||||
| Letters from Arizona Governors Paul Fannin (1960) and Thomas Cambell (1917); letters from Arizona Secretary of State Wesley Bolin; letter from U.S. Department of Interior; etc. | |||||||||||
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| 1.2 | Correspondence: general, 1914-1918 | ||||||||||
| Box-folder | |||||||||||
| 1.3 | Correspondence: general, 1912-1920 | ||||||||||
| Correspondence from the Arizona Attorney General's office, etc. | |||||||||||
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| 1.4 | Correspondence: general, 1911-1920 | ||||||||||
| Box-folder | |||||||||||
| 1.5 | Correspondence: general, 1911-1919 | ||||||||||
| Box-folder | |||||||||||
| 1.6 | Correspondence: general, 1912-1919 | ||||||||||
| Correspondence from Northern Arizona Good Roads Association; correspondence to Sharlot Hall, Lorenzo Hubbell regarding Good Roads, etc. | |||||||||||
| Box-folder | |||||||||||
| 1.7 | Correspondence: general, 1912-1919 | ||||||||||
| Correspondence from Northern Arizona Good Roads Association; Arizona State Attorney's office, etc. | |||||||||||
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| 1.8 | Correspondence: general, 1912-1919 | ||||||||||
| Correspondence from Northern Arizona Good Roads Association; Arizona U.S. Senator, Henry Ashurst, etc. | |||||||||||
| Box-folder | |||||||||||
| 1.9 | Correspondence: business, 1912-1918 | ||||||||||
| Legal Documents | |||||||||||
| Box-folder | |||||||||||
| 1.10 | Correspondence: general, 1912-1919 | ||||||||||
| Correspondence to U.S. Senator Henry Ashurst, Arizona Attorney General George Purdy Bullard, etc. | |||||||||||
| Box-folder | |||||||||||
| 1.11 | Correspondence: general, 1912-1919 | ||||||||||
| Correspondence to and from, Arizona Secretary of State, Sidney P. Osborne and Grand Canyon Justice of the Peace, L.L. Farrell, etc. | |||||||||||
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| 1.12 | Correspondence: general, 1913-1919 | ||||||||||
| Correspondence from, U.S. Senator, Henry Ashurst, etc. | |||||||||||
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| 1.13 | Legal Correspondence regarding the Harry Wilson lawsuit which involved a failed scaffolding, ca. 1907 | ||||||||||
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| 1.14 | Documents regarding the C.B. Wilson ranch property, ca. 1910 | ||||||||||
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| 1.15 | Legal documents, Warranty Deeds, 1924-1934 | ||||||||||
| Series II. Financial, ca. 1902-1962 | |||||||||||
| 3 file folders. Financial and general ledgers of C.B. Wilson. | |||||||||||
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| 2.1 | Business ledger and miscellaneous records, 1912-1962 | ||||||||||
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| 2.2 | Business records, 1902-1920 | ||||||||||
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| 2.3 | Business ledger, 1917-1921 | ||||||||||
| Series III. Miscellaneous, ca. 1903-1964 | |||||||||||
| 6 file folders. Miscellaneous papers from C.B. Wilson's legal career. | |||||||||||
| Box-folder | |||||||||||
| 2.4 | Pamphlets, small press publications, 1908, 1922, 1964, plus n.d. | ||||||||||
| The Prince of Peace address by William Jennings Bryan; President Lyndon B. Johnson State of the Union Address (1964); God in the Desert, poems by Margaret Wheeler Ross; Perils of Paternalism, A. O. Stanley; Child-Labor and Public Opinion, Vernon R. Loucks (1908) | |||||||||||
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| 2.5 | Correspondence and concert brochures for the Flagstaff Community Concert Association, 1944-1960 | ||||||||||
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| 2.6 | Political campaign materials, ca. 1953-1961 | ||||||||||
| Box-folder | |||||||||||
| 2.7 | C.B. Wilson speeches, personal items, awards, ect., 1916-1960 | ||||||||||
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| 2.8 | Certificates to practice law, 1903-1932 | ||||||||||
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| 2.9 | Certificates to practice law, 1910-1950 | ||||||||||