The Leland Lovelace Papers include correspondence, newsclippings, printed matter, and unpublished manuscripts. The majority these materials document Lovelace's research on lost mines and buried treasure in the Superstition Mountain region.
Identification:
MSS-51
Language:
Material in English
Repository:
Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 Phone: (480) 965-4932 E-Mail: archives@asu.edu Questions? Ask An Archivist!
Biographical Note
Bessie Barkley (1893-1980) grew up in New York (State?) and attended Albany College. She became a reporter for the Washington Herald and was eventually appointed editor of Unity Magazine. Barkley married John Lee Loveless (1886-1974) in 1928 and the couple settled in Chandler, Arizona. Writing under the pen name of Leland Lovelace, Bessie Loveless published Lost Mines and Hidden Treasures in 1956.
Scope and Content Note
The Leland Lovelace Papers include correspondence, newsclippings, printed matter, and unpublished manuscripts. The majority these materials document Lovelace's research on lost mines and buried treasure in the Superstition Mountain region.
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Copyright
Arizona State University does not own the copyright to this collection. We recognize that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.
Access Terms
Personal Name(s)
Lovelace, Leland.
Subject(s)
Gold mines and mining -- Arizona -- Superstition Mountains.
