Papers, 1812-1983 (bulk 1870-1915). This collection contains
materials relating to Don Alonzo Sanford, a prominent resident of Territorial Arizona
who was a Patagonia cattle/ sheep rancher and Tucson politician, as well as a successful
Washington, D.C. businessman. This collection is comprised of correspondence, documents,
deeds, diaries/ledgers and photographs. The bulk of the material relates to Sanford's
Arizona ranch as well as his varied business interests in both Tucson and Washington,
D.C. The collection also contains legal records relating to the San Jose de Sonoita land
grant. Also included are various maps, blueprints, postcards and negatives.
Collection Number:
MS 451
Language:
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu
Biographical Note
Born on January 28, 1840 in Honeoye Falls, New York, Don Alonzo Sanford spent his early
years working in various areas such as painting, carriage making, dentistry and law
enforcement (as deputy sheriff) before deciding to move to the West to make his fortune.
In about 1870 he joined his brother Denton Sanford in Texas (who had been bringing
supplies in from California and driving cattle since 1862) to engage in driving cattle.
During a large cattle drive from Texas to California with his brother Denton in 1872,
Kiowa and Comanche warriors attacked their party and stole their livestock and horses.
This put an end to Don A. Sanford's days of driving cattle. In 1873 he traveled to
Washington, D.C. to file a claim for redress by the U.S. government of the damages
suffered as part of this "Indian Depredation". While in Washington, D.C., he met Louisa
Jane Bloxton, a young woman originally from Pennsylvania. After returning to Arizona,
the two corresponded for two years while he was establishing a cattle ranch called the
Stock Valley Ranch near Sonoita. In 1875, Louisa Bloxton and her brother Benjamin
traveled from Washington, D.C. to Tucson. After arriving, Louisa Bloxton placed a claim
on additional ranch land in the Sonoita Valley where she lived until she married Don
Sanford on October 5, 1875 in Tucson. Sanford raised barley and beef which he sold to
army outposts at Camp Crittenden and Camp Huachuca. Eventually Sanford sold his ranch to
Walter Vail of the Empire Ranch and the Sanford family moved to the Patagonia ranch
lands (known as the Aztec Ranch /97 Ranch) of his now deceased brother Denton. They
lived on their ranch with their family which grew to include daughters Etta, Ada (who
died as an infant), Amo, Mabel, and Bertha, as well as son Don, Jr. In addition to
ranching interests, Don Sanford also was involved in political matters in Tucson during
the 1880s, serving as Councilman, Chairman of the Printing Committee and as acting Mayor
in 1884.
In addition, the Sanford's' purchased several properties in Tucson which they
rented to various businesses and residents. After years living on their ranch in
Patagonia, the family decided to move back to Washington, D.C. in about 1886. Don
Sanford continued to manage ranch business from both afar and through frequent visits to
Arizona. While living in Washington, D.C., he expanded his business interests to include
several rental properties including the Arizona Hotel and The Patience/ The Rochester
Hotel. He was an astute businessman who bought, remodeled and rented out many properties
in the city. He kept meticulous records and accounts of his various business interests
and recorded them in ledgers he termed the "Books of Knowledge".
Don Sanford and his
wife Louisa were also strong supporters of the Temperance Movement and assisted Carry
Nation in her efforts to outlaw alcohol, including posting her bail for release from
jail in 1909 and providing her with a residence in Washington, D.C. A man of varied
interests, Don Alonzo Sanford also enjoyed travel, drawing and was fluent in Spanish. He
died in Washington, D.C. on May 15, 1915 at the age of 75. The ranch land in Patagonia
was sold by family members in 1925 to the Zinsmeister family and became known as the
Circle Z Ranch.
Scope and Content Note
Papers, 1812-1983 (bulk 1870-1915). This collection is comprised of the correspondence,
documents, diaries/ledgers and photographs of Don Alonzo Sanford. The bulk of the
material relates to his many years as owner of a large cattle/sheep ranch in the Sonoita
Valley near Patagonia, Arizona. These materials include correspondence, legal documents,
livestock records, and other materials relating to the history, development, and
operation of ranch property in Southern Arizona. Correspondence with ranchers, vaqueros
and other residents of Southern Arizona/Borderlands region during the 1870's-1890's shed
light on the Territorial Arizona life. Documents detailing Sanford's time driving cattle
in 1860's Texas, and later cattle and sheep ranching in Arizona, with his brother Denton
Sanford are also present. Their claims of redress from the U.S. Government for losses
suffered by the Sanford brothers when their cattle were stolen by Kiowa and Comanche
warriors can be found in the "Indian Depredations" materials. The collection also
includes materials concerning the San Jose de Sonoita land grant and the Baca Float,
including the Sanford vs. Ainsa case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1912.
Financial and property records also relate to Sanford's extensive business interests as
owner of several rental properties, both in Tucson and in Washington, D.C., where he
owned several hotels, including Arizona Hotel and The Patience (Rochester Hotel).
Materials relating to the politics and governance of Tucson in the 1880's are also
present. Family materials, research/genealogical materials and photographs document
several generations of the Sanford family. Correspondence between Don A. Sanford's
daughter Amo Sanford McKee, her daughter Louise McKee (Summers) and her future husband,
Arizona writer Richard Aldrich Summers is also present. The photographs/negatives
include various images of the Stock Valley Ranch and the Aztec/ 97 Ranch, as well as
early photos of Tucson, San Xavier del Bac, Tumacácori and Altar, Mexico.
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 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.
This series is divided into two subseries—business and personal correspondence.
The material is arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent. Items
within each folder are arranged chronologically.
The books in this subseries contain copies of letters written by Don Alonzo
Sanford to various correspondents, regarding both business-related and personal
matters.
This series is comprised of Don A. Sanford's large collection of diaries,
financial ledgers, rental and miscellaneous account books. Also included are
Sanford's "Books of Knowledge", large ledger books comprised of records of great
detail and variety documenting many aspects of his life from 1850-1892. This
series also contains the diaries and ledger accounts kept by Louisa Jane Bloxton
Sanford, wife of Don Alonzo Sanford, which detail her transition from urban
Washington, D.C. to life on their cattle and sheep ranch in the Arizona Territory
near Patagonia in the mid 1870's. This series also includes writings by Don Alonzo
Sanford about various Tucson issues, conflicts between Native American peoples and
U.S. settlers, and many detailed inventories, lists and accounts of varying types.
This series is arranged chronologically.
box
folder
15
3
1859-1861,
15
4
1868-1873,
box
folder
16
1
1879-1881,
16
2
1879-1881,
16
3
1881-1882,
16
4
November 1881-January 1882,
16
5
1882,
16
6
September-November 1882,
16
7
November-December 1882,
16
8
1882-1883,
box
folder
17
1
1882-1886,
17
2
1882-1886,
17
3
January-March 1883,
17
4
March-April 1883,
17
5
May-August 1883,
17
6
1884,
17
7
1885,
17
8
1885,
box
folder
18
1
1886-1887,
18
2
1887-1888,
18
3
1888,
18
4
1889-1890,
18
5
1889-1890,
18
6
1890-1891,
18
7
1891-1892,
18
8
June 1891-February 1892,
18
9
1892-1893,
18
10
May-August 1893,
box
folder
19
1
1894-1895,
19
2
1894-1895,
19
3
April-September 1895,
19
4
June 1895,
19
5
July 1895,
19
6
August-September 1895,
19
7
September-October 1895,
19
8
October-November 1895,
19
9
November-December 1895,
19
10
January-April 1896,
19
11
April-May 1896,
box
folder
20
1
July-October 1896,
20
2
October 1896-February 1897,
20
3
1896-1897,
20
4
1897,
20
5
February-April 1897,
20
6
1887-1898,
20
7
1897-1919,
20
8
1898,
20
9
June-July 1898,
20
10
September-November 1898,
20
11
1898,
box
folder
21
1
1898-1899,
21
2
April-July 1899,
21
3
June-September 1899,
21
4
July-September 1899,
21
5
September-October 1899,
21
6
1900,
21
7
1900-1909,
21
8
January 1900-January 1901,
21
9
March-April 1901,
21
10
July-September 1901,
21
11
January-June 1902,
box
folder
22
1
1902-1903,
22
2
1903,
22
3
1903,
22
4
1904,
22
5
1904,
22
6
1904,
22
7
1904-1910,
22
8
1905,
box
folder
23
1
1906,
23
2
1907,
23
3
1907-1918,
23
4
1909,
23
5
1910,
23
6
1911-1912,
box
folder
24
1
October 1911-December 1912,
24
2
1912,
24
3
October-November 1912,
24
4
1913,
24
5
1913-1915,
24
6
1914,
24
7
1915,
box
folder
25
1
Index #1, circa 1901-1903,
25
2
Index #2, circa 1901-1903,
25
3
Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford, 1875,
25
4
Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford, 1876-1877,
25
5
Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford, 1885-1888,
25
6
Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford, 1878-1879,
25
7
Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford, 1880,
25
8
Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford, 1885-1886,
25
9
Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford, 1887-1888,
25
10
Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford, 1889,
25
11
Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford, 1892,
25
12
Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford, 1893-1896,
25
13
Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford, 1896,
25
14
Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford, 1899, 1912,
25
15
Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford, 1899-1912,
25
16
Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford, 1903,
25
17
Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford, 1903,
25
18
Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford, 1910-1915,
25
19
Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford, 1910-1917,
box
folder
26
1
Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford, 1912,
26
2
Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford, 1915-1917,
26
3
Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford, 1917-1919,
26
4
Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford—photocopies, 1875-1888,
26
5
Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford—transcription of diaries,
1876-1890,
This series contains varied records and correspondence related to Sanford's large
cattle/sheep ranch in the Sonoita Valley near Patagonia, Arizona. This series is
arranged alphabetically by subject. Items within each folder are arranged
chronologically.
box
folder
36
6
Accounts and statements of trustees, 1903-1922
36
7
Camp Huachuca and Fort Lowell—U.S. Army beef and barley
contracts, 1878-1890
36
8
Cattle brands, earmarks and vents, 1882-1912
36
9
Correspondence—A, 1885, 1896
36
10
Correspondence—Acuña, Casimiro, 1885-1886
36
11
Correspondence—Andrade, Jose, 1876
36
12
Correspondence—Ashburn, O.F., 1885
36
13
Correspondence—Atkinson, G.W., 1895, 1897
36
14
Correspondence—B, 1879-1912
36
15
Correspondence—Bayless, William H., 1884
36
16
Correspondence—Bloxton, Robert V., 1881-1892
box
folder
37
1
Correspondence—Bloxton, Robert V., 1893-1894
37
2
Correspondence—Bloxton, Robert V., 1895-1899
37
3
Correspondence—Borden, Selleck and Co., 1881
37
4
Correspondence—C, 1880-1912
37
5
Correspondence—Cady, John, 1885-1895
37
6
Correspondence—Cady, John, 1895
37
7
Correspondence—Cady, John, 1896-1917
37
8
Correspondence—Cameron, Colin, 1883-1889
37
9
Correspondence—Cameron, Colin, 1889-1890
37
10
Correspondence—Cameron, Colin, 1891
37
11
Correspondence—Cameron, Colin, 1891-1912
37
12
Correspondence—Canetz, A., 1894-1896
37
13
Correspondence—Chisholm, Alex, 1891-1899
box
folder
38
1
Correspondence—Christy and Wise Wool Commission Merchants, 1884-1888
38
2
Correspondence—Coyot, Jack, 1892
38
3
Correspondence—D, 1881-1912
38
4
Correspondence—Dailey, Charles E., 1881-1895
38
5
Correspondence—E, 1876-1892
38
6
Correspondence—Elias, Concepcion, 1881
38
7
Correspondence—Elkins, Benj, 1886-1888
38
8
Correspondence—Elkins, Benj, 1888-1889
38
9
Correspondence—Etz, H.W., 1912
38
10
Correspondence—F, 1880-1881
38
11
Correspondence—Fairbanks and Co., 1881
38
12
Correspondence—Farrell, Richard, 1897
38
13
Correspondence—Ferrell, Lloyd and George, 1891-1897
38
14
Correspondence—Franklin, Selim, 1913
38
15
Correspondence—Fuller, Henry, 1897-1898
38
16
Correspondence—F, 1881-1912
38
17
Correspondence—Gatlin, A.A., 1912-1917
38
18
Correspondence—Green, George, 1884-1885
38
19
Correspondence—H, 1880-1912
38
20
Correspondence—Hall, J.G., 1911
38
21
Correspondence—Hammond, T.D., 1885
38
22
Correspondence—Hazzard, S.E., 1897
38
23
Correspondence—Hoag, H.W., 1882
38
24
Correspondence—Hooker, H.C., 1885
38
25
Correspondence—Humprey, I.M., 1897, 1891
38
26
Correspondence—J, 1885, 1888
38
27
Justice, Bateman and Co. Wool Merchants, 1882-1886
38
28
Correspondence—K, 1885, 1890
38
29
Correspondence—Kansas ranch, 1891-1897
38
30
Correspondence—Kansas ranch and real estate, 1891-1893
38
31
Correspondence—L, 1885-1912
38
32
Correspondence—Lawrence, F.A., 1889-1890
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folder
39
1
Correspondence—Lawrence, F.A., 1890
39
2
Correspondence—Lawrence, F.A., 1891
39
3
Correspondence—Lawrence, F.A., 1891-1894
39
4
Correspondence—Leatherwood, R.N., 1884-1885
39
5
Correspondence—Lord and Williams, 1880-1881
39
6
Correspondence—M, 1882-1912
39
7
Correspondence—Maish and Driscoll, 1895-1897
39
8
Correspondence—Maloney, Mart, 1889-1892
39
9
Correspondence—McCleary, William, 1892
39
10
Correspondence—McKinley, S. and D., 1881-1882
39
11
Correspondence—Meongua, Nacolete, 1893
39
12
Correspondence—Mitchell, A.J., 1892
39
13
Correspondence—Mongo, Cleto, 1893
39
14
Correspondence—Moore, R.M., 1881
39
15
Correspondence—N, 1882, 1897
39
16
Correspondence—New Mexico and Arizona Railroad Co., 1882-1892
39
17
Correspondence—New Mexico and Arizona Railroad Co., 1894-1897
39
18
Correspondence—New Mexico and Arizona Railroad Co., 1898-1900
39
19
Correspondence—Newey, Bock, 1893
39
20
Correspondence—North, O., 1892
39
21
Correspondence—O, 1895-1897
39
22
Correspondence—P, 1883-1893
39
23
Correspondence—Pavey, Marion, 1892-1894
39
24
Correspondence—Proctor, F.L., 1894
39
25
Correspondence—Q, 1896-1897
39
26
Correspondence—R, 1880-1911
39
27
Correspondence—railroad companies, 1881-1912
39
28
Correspondence—Richardson, R.R., 1882-1900
box
folder
40
1
Correspondence—Riggs, Harry B., 1903-1906
40
2
Correspondence—Riggs, Harry B., 1907-1946
40
3
Correspondence—S, 1882-1912
40
4
Correspondence—Samaniego, M.G., 1890
40
5
Correspondence—Sanders, W.L., 1885
40
6
Correspondence—Sanford, Don Alonzo, 1880-1892
40
7
Correspondence—Sanford, Don Alonzo, 1892-1916
40
8
Correspondence—Sanford McKee, Amo, 1909-1912
40
9
Correspondence—sheepherding, 1880-1888
40
10
Correspondence—Smith, Horacio, 1896
40
11
Correspondence—Steinfeld, Albert, 1911
40
12
Correspondence—Stuart, W.Dean, 1896, 1897
40
13
Correspondence—Sue, Ah, 1895-1896
40
14
Correspondence—T, 1880-1912
40
15
Correspondence—Town, Isaac N., 1888
40
16
Correspondence—Turner, T.J., 1890-1894
40
17
Correspondence—unidentified, 1892, undated
40
18
Correspondence—Vail, Walter, 1880-1894
40
19
Correspondence—Vaughan, J.U., 1892
40
20
Correspondence—Vaughan, W.T., 1896
40
21
Correspondence—Veck, W.S., 1883, 1887
40
22
Correspondence—Vernon, F.M., 1889-1895
40
23
Correspondence—Vickers, J.V., 1899-1899
box
folder
41
1
Correspondence—W, 1881-1912
41
2
Correspondence—Wise, Morgan R., 1889-1892
41
3
Correspondence—Wise, Morgan R., 1893-1899
41
4
Correspondence—Wise, Joe, 1891-1892
41
5
Correspondence—Wise, Joe, 1893-1897
41
6
Expenses ledger, 1922-1925
41
7
Expenses ledger, 1925
41
8
Grazing permit application, 1912
41
9
Horses, 1876-1911
41
10
Income ledger, 1923-1925
41
11
Inventories, 1883-1924
41
12
Land grants/ pre-emption claims, 1875-1892
41
13
Land leases, 1894-1912
41
14
Land survey, 1886
41
15
Legal agreements and contracts, 1881-1911
41
16
Livestock, 1877-1916
box
folder
42
1
Mexico—correspondence and documents, 1881-1896
42
2
Miscellaneous lists and notes, 1883-1911
42
3
Receipts (Nogales and Tucson), 1876-1913
42
4
Sanford Miller, Bertha—notes about estate of Don Alonzo
Sanford, undated
42
5
Sanford Miller, Bertha—notes about San Jose de Sonoita land
grant, undated
42
6
Sanford Miller, Bertha—notes about land grants and patents, undated
42
7
Sheepherding accounts, 1883-1885
42
8
Stock book, 1897-1903
42
9
Texas—cattle-- bills of sale, marks and brands, 1870-1873
42
10
Trust statement, 1903-1908
42
11
U.S. government booklet on homesteading and public land, 1909, 1921
This series contains records of properties owned by Don A. Sanford, both in
Arizona and in Washington, D.C. The extensive rental holdings, including the
Arizona Hotel (310 C Street Northwest) and the Rochester Hotel/Hotel Patience (910
E. Street N.W.), are detailed in documents including ledgers, income statements,
repair specifications, receipts for building supplies and repair work. In
addition, deeds and patents on Sanford's territorial Arizona ranch lands and
Tucson properties are included in this series. Mining related materials are also
found in this series. This series is arranged alphabetically by subject. Items
within each folder are arranged chronologically.
box
folder
43
1
Arizona Hotel (Washington, D.C.), 1899-1910
43
2
Arizona Hotel (Washington, D.C.), 1912-1917
43
3
Arizona Hotel (Washington, D.C.), accounts, 1908
43
4
Building permit correspondence (Washington, D.C.), 1898-1902
43
5
Building /repair permit applications and correspondence, 1882-1901
This series contains legal briefs, documents and research materials related to
Sanford vs. Ainsa case regarding the San Jose de Sonoita land grant and which was
argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1912. Also included are the "Indian
Depredations" claims of D.A. and D.G. Sanford from 1872 and related material. In
addition, materials regarding conflict with the City of Tucson over "the Wedge"
building on Congress Street are present (Louisa and Don Sanford vs. The City of
Tucson), as well as a number of other Arizona legal cases related to Sanford's
ranch in Patagonia. This series is arranged alphabetically by subject. Items
within each folder are arranged chronologically.
box
folder
50
1
Argument and briefs—Ainsa vs. N.M. and A.R.R. Co. (New Mexico and
Arizona Railroad Company) and D.A. Sanford, 1893-1895
50
2
Briefs—Etta Sanford, et al. vs. Santiago Ainsa, Supreme Court of the
Territory of Arizona, 1910
50
3
Briefs—Etta Sanford, et al. vs. Santiago Ainsa, Supreme Court of the
United States, 1912
50
4
Briefs— Frank Ely vs. N.M. and A.R.R. Co.(New Mexico and Arizona
Railroad Company), et al., 1888
50
5
Briefs—R.R. Richardson, Robert Bloxton, D.A. Sanford, et. al. vs.
Santiago Ainsa, Supreme Court of the Territory of Arizona, Supreme Court of the
United States, 1907-1910
50
6
Briefs—Territory of Arizona vs. Real Estate and Persons in the
Delinquent List of the County of Pima for 1892 and D.A. Sanford, Supreme Court
of the Territory of Arizona, 1892
50
7
Briefs—various cases related to San Jose de Sonoita land grant and the
Baca Float,
50
8
Briefs—William Faxon, Jr. vs. United States and George W. Atkinson, et
al., Supreme Court of the United States, 1897
50
9
City of Tucson vs. Don A. Sanford, District Court, County of Pima,
Territory of Arizona, 1886
50
10
Correspondence--Sanford vs. Ainsa (regarding San Jose de Sonoita land
grant), 1886-1919
box
folder
51
1
Correspondence—Sanford vs. Ainsa, 1900-1913
51
2
Correspondence—Sanford vs. Ainsa—McKee, Fred, 1903-1913
51
3
Correspondence—Sanford vs. Ainsa—Rouse, Owen T. (attorney), 1902-1915
This series is comprised of various documents and correspondence related to Tucson
and Arizona Territory politics during the 1880's and 1890's. Documents related to
Sanford's role as acting mayor of Tucson in 1884, in addition to his work as a
Tucson city councilman, are present. Also included are Sanford's writings about
various political and civic matters. This series is arranged alphabetically by
subject. Items within each folder are arranged chronologically.
box
folder
55
1
Bill H.R. 3365, U.S. House of Representatives, 1889
55
2
Correspondence (incoming)—Tucson city government, 1884-1898
55
3
Correspondence (outgoing)—Tucson city government, 1883-1896
55
4
Correspondence regarding New York Times article, 1890
55
5
Inventories and lists (Tucson), 1883-1885
55
6
Proposals to city of Tucson, 1884, undated
55
7
Taxes—Tucson, circa 1885-1895
55
8
Tucson city expenditures, undated
55
9
Tucson city governance, 1884-1890
55
10
Tucson City Library, undated
55
11
Tucson mayoral election, 1888
55
12
Tucson politics, 1885, undated
55
13
Writings about Tucson and Arizona statehood, 1879-1890, undated
This series contains bank correspondence, checks, registers, financial statements,
stocks and bonds. Also included are tax records and business receipts. The
financial records herein are from Tucson, Nogales, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles
and Wichita. Also present in this series are tax related documents, receipts and
correspondence. This series is arranged alphabetically by subject. Items within
each folder are arranged chronologically.
box
folder
55
14
Accounts of Sanford and Hilton Miners and Railroad Market,
Tucson, 1879-1883
55
15
Automobile expenses, 1914-1916
55
16
Bank book (Tucson), 1892
55
17
Bank correspondence (Arizona), 1894-1910
55
18
Bank correspondence (Arizona), 1911-1913
55
19
Bank correspondence (Arizona), 1914-1916
55
20
Bank correspondence (Arizona), 1917-1919
box
folder
56
1
Bank correspondence (Los Angeles), 1883
56
2
Bank credit/debit statements (Tucson), 1909-1919
56
3
Bank deposit slips (Tucson), 1882, 1903-1908
56
4
Bank deposit slips (Nogales), 1911-1914
56
5
Bonds, 1885, 1923
56
6
Charitable donations, 1915
56
7
Checks (Los Angeles), 1883-1887
56
8
Checks (Nogales), 1894
56
9
Checks (Nogales), 1895
56
10
Checks (Nogales), 1896
56
11
Checks (Nogales), 1897
56
12
Checks (Tucson), 1879
56
13
Checks (Tucson), 1880
56
14
Checks (Tucson), 1881
56
15
Checks (Tucson), 1882
56
16
Checks (Tucson), 1883
box
folder
57
1
Checks (Tucson), 1884
57
2
Checks (Tucson), 1885-1886
57
3
Checks (Tucson), 1885-1888
57
4
Checks (Tucson), 1888-1889
57
5
Checks (Tucson), 1890
57
6
Checks (Tucson), 1891
57
7
Checks (Tucson), 1892
57
8
Checks (Tucson), 1893-1894
57
9
Checks (Tucson), 1895
57
10
Checks (Tucson), 1896-1897
57
11
Checks (Washington, D.C.), 1872-1896
57
12
Checks (Washington, D.C.), 1900
57
13
Checks (Washington, D.C.), 1901
57
14
Checks (Washington, D.C), 1902
box
folder
58
1
Checks (Washington, D.C.), 1903
58
2
Checks (Washington, D.C.), 1904
58
3
Checks (Washington, D.C.), 1905, 1909
58
4
Checks (Washington, D.C., New York and Virginia), 1903
58
5
Checks (Washington, D.C. and Virginia), January-July 1904
58
6
Checks (Washington, D.C. and Virginia), August-December 1904
58
7
Checks (Wichita), 1891-1892
58
8
Check registers and checkbooks, 1883-1907
box
folder
59
1
Check registers and checkbooks, 1907-1914
59
2
Check stubs, 1883-1907
59
3
Deposit slips (Tucson), 1914-1919
59
4
Deposit slips (Washington, D.C.), 1895-1910, 1914
59
5
Estate of Don A. Sanford income statements, 1923-1934
59
6
Estate of Don A. Sanford income statements, 1940-1947
59
7
Estate of Don A. Sanford income statements, 1948-1951
59
8
Estate of Don A. Sanford income statements, 1954-1955
This series contains material of various Sanford family members, including Don and
Louisa Sanford's children (Ada, Etta, Amo, Mabel, Bertha and Don, Jr.) Materials
from extended family, including Sanford's children, grandchildren and extended
family, include various writings, promissory notes, genealogical research and
miscellaneous family materials. Louise McKee Summers' (granddaughter of Don Alonzo
Sanford) assorted notes about her husband Richard Summers writings are also
included. This series is organized alphabetically by subject. Items within each
folder are arranged chronologically.
box
folder
62
1
Bloxton, Robert V.—military exemption card, 1864
62
2
Death of Don and Louisa Sanford's infant daughter Ada, 1880
62
3
Latimer, Guy—clipping, undated
62
4
McKee, Amita—writings, 1923
62
5
Miller, Leroy—clippings and notes, 1925-1945
62
6
Miscellaneous, 1877-1918
62
6b
Miscellaneous genealogical research, ca. 1973
English.
62
7
Miscellaneous business and calling cards, 1879-1900
62
8
Packard, Arba—Glenmore Farm, Virginia, 1887-1915
62
9
Sanford, Amo, Bertha, Etta and Mabel—receipts, 1895-1907
62
10
Sanford, Denton G.—funeral notice, 1885
62
11
Sanford, Don A.—appointment as Deputy Sheriff, Monroe County, New
York, 1868
62
12
Sanford, Don A.—biographical information and obituary,
62
13
Sanford, Don A.—calling cards, circa 1865-1890
62
14
Sanford, Don A., 1915
62
15
Sanford, Don A.—drawings and writings, undated
62
16
Sanford, Don A., Jr.—calling cards and business cards, circa 1900-1915
62
17
Sanford, Don A., Jr.—miscellaneous materials, 1897-1915
62
18
Sanford family genealogical information, undated
62
19
Sanford family—promissory notes, 1812-1866
62
20
Sanford family—research materials,
box
folder
63
1
Sanford, Greta—account ledger, 1920, 1949-1952
63
2
Sanford, Greta—notes, 1975
63
3
Sanford, Louisa Jane Bloxton—calling cards, circa 1865-1880
This series contains photographs of various members of the Sanford family as well
as photographs of Sanford's ranch land, including the Stock Valley Ranch and the
97 Ranch in Patagonia, Arizona. Also included are photographs of Tucson, San
Xavier del Bac and Altar, Mexico in the early 20th century. This series is
arranged alphabetically by subject. Photographs within each folder are arranged
chronologically.
box
folder
63
17
97 Ranch, Patagonia, Arizona, 1917
63
18
97 Ranch, Patagonia, Arizona, 1972
63
19
Bloxton, Emmit, 1875
63
20
Lulley Springs, Tyndall Mining, Santa Rita Mountains,
Arizona, undated
63
21
Miller, Leroy, 1914-1928
63
22
Monthan's Ranch and Cuprite Mine, Santa Rita Mountains,
Arizona, undated
63
23
Patagonia, Arizona, 1917, 1923
63
24
Ranch—Patagonia, circa 1900, 1925,
undated
box
folder
64
1
Sanford, Don Alonzo, circa 1870-1894
64
2
Sanford, Don Alonzo and Louisa Bloxton Sanford with
daughters, circa 1900
This series contains large maps, blueprints, drawings and a printed broadside. The
auction broadside details Don A. Sanford's selling of his household goods in order
to leave New York State to run cattle in Texas and settle in Arizona. Maps in this
series detail ranch lands around Sonoita and Patagonia, including plat maps from
the San Jose de Sonoita land grant and Baca Float. In addition, some maps and
drawings from circa 1900 Tucson are present. Blueprints and architectural drawings
of two of Sanford's buildings in Washington, D.C. (The Arizona and Hotel
Patience/The Rochester) are also included. In addition, an autographed copy of
Temperance activist Carry A. Nation's book "The Use and Need of the Life of Carry
A. Nation" given to Louisa Sanford in 1907 is present. Included here are leather
gloves worn by Don A. Sanford on October 5, 1875 when he wed Louisa Jane Bloxton
in Tucson. This series is arranged alphabetically.
box
folder
67
1
Auction broadside, Honeoye Falls, New York, circa 1870
67
2
Maps—ranch—Patagonia and Sonoita, Arizona, circa 1895
67
3
Maps—Tucson, Arizona, circa 1900
67
4
Sanford, Don Alonzo— leather wedding gloves, 1875
67
5
"The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation" by Carry A. Nation,
1905, inscribed to Mrs. Sanford, May 19, 1907
Drawer
folder
6
1
Arizona Hotel (Washington, D.C.)— blueprints and drawings, circa 1895-1905
6
2
Hotel Patience/The Rochester Hotel (Washington, D.C.)—blueprints and
drawings, circa 1900- 1905
6
3
ranch in Patagonia/San Jose de Sonoita land grant/Baca Float/Sonoita
Valley—plat maps and Drawings, circa 1890, 1906
