Bookmark this page or copy and paste URL to Email message Papers of the Hein family 1860-1900 (bulk 1880-1900)AZ 013
Biographical NoteThe William Hagedorns family was a German family who came to the United States in the 1880's; one branch settling in Brooklyn, another emigrating to the far-disant Arizona Territory, where they bought part-interest in the Prescott Coal Development Company and established themselves in Skull Valley, Arizona. The Hagedorm prospecting for coal was not sucessful, and it is possible to trace through the letters the rise and fall of the aspirations of the family with regard to getting rich off coal production. The Hagedorn family returned to their more propsperous hotel business Brooklyn after the unfortunate experience in the Far West. Scope and Content NoteThe collection contains the Hien family papers, a Germam American family, who were early settlers in Skull Vallley, Arizona. The collection consists mainly of letters in English and German with various members of the Hagedorn and Loske families. The letters exchanged between these branches of the family and their Loske relatives gives an extremely interesting portayal of the life in the Arizona Territory , and the letters give a good picture of economic condition during this period. There are fifty nine letters, nineteen documents and four photographs. These materials are in various sizes, principally from Skull Valley and Prescott, Arizona Territory, but with a few other letters from Gewersdorf, Germany, New York, and Galvseston, 1887-1899. ArrangementThis collection is organized chronologicallyRestrictionsRestrictionsNone CopyrightIt 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 Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright. Access TermsPersonal Name(s) Hein, Diederich von--Correspondence. Loske,--Correspondence. Family Name(s) Hein Family Geographic Name(s) Arizona--History--Sources. Skull Valley (Ariz.)--History--Sources. Yavapai County (Ariz.)--History--Sources. Subject(s) Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona Administrative InformationCredit LinePapers of the Hein family (AZ 012). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries. | ||||||||||||||||||||