Includes speeches given by Henry F. Ashurst, 1913-1952;
newspaper clippings regarding H. F. Ashurst; correspondence; and congressional records
from Ashurst's political career; and letters from his mother, (1924).
Collection number
AHS-ND 13
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
Biographical Note
Henry Fountain Ashurst was born near Winnemucca, Nevada, September 13, 1874. He was
raised in the Northern Arizona region, primarily Williams and Mormon Lake, Arizona. He
was elected the first United States Senator from Arizona in 1912. Ashurst held that
position until he was defeated in 1940. He died in 1962.
Scope and Content Note
Collection is (3) linear inches. Contains reprints of several Ashurst speeches and
congressional record publications; personal correspondence, dedication article to his
wife, and newspaper clippings.
Organization
3 Series: I. Political Publications; II. Correspondence; III. Miscellaneous Papers
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner
of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her
transferees, heirs,legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Department of Administration, Arizona Historical Society, Northern
Division, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any
person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
2 folders. Includes Farewell to the Senate, Sept 11, 1940; articles by Ashurst;
Congressional publications.
Box-folder
1.1
Articles, speeches, addresses, etc.,
1913-1953
Speeches: "What Is Public Business?," July 23, 1913; "The Simmons-Underwood
Tariff Bill 'We Envy No Man What He Makes; We Challenge Only What He Takes',"
August 25, 1913; "Cut Out Red Tape, Do Not Shackle The Commander In Chief Of
The Soldiers Of Freedom," April 11, 1918; "Compensation to Ex-Service Persons
with Arrested Cases of Tuberculosis," June 26, 1926; articles: "On Arizona, the
old new state, rich in scenic grandeur, romance, history and natural
resources," January 14, 1919; "Idealism of Lincoln and Wilson" (2 copies), July
29, 1935; booklet of remarks by Ashurst on several topics, 1919-1934; Ashurst's
Farewell To The Senate (3 copies), September 11, 1940; addresses: "To the
Arizona Bar Assoc." (2 copies), May 24, 1952; "To Arizona Bankers Assoc." (3
copies), November 13, 1953.
Box-folder
1.2
Remarks and speeches,
1916-1940
Ashurst remarks regarding, Good Roads; Boulder Dam; Copper, Roads on Indian
Reservation, Ex-Service Men; Transient Relief, Copper Code, Papago Indians;
Tribute to the Late Senator John B. Kendrick; Fourth and Fifth Amendments to
the Federal Constitution; The Colorado River, etc.
