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Biographical NoteTony Zimmerman was born in Osborn, Kansas in 1893 to Swedish parents. In 1912 Zimmerman earned his teaching certificate and took a job in Blue, Arizona. In 1920 Zimmerman married Sena, a fellow teacher, and they had five children, Marjorie Joyce, Franklin, Mary Ellen, Norma Ann, and Robert. He taught and worked in several small towns in eastern Arizona before a drought drove him and his family back to Kansas. In 1926 Zimmerman and his family moved to Tucson where he taught at Stafford Junior High for eighteen years. Zimmerman traveled to Mount Lemmon with a friend in 1937 and in 1943 he resigned from his teaching position to move his family to Mount Lemmon permanently. Until his death in 1996 at the age of 103, Zimmerman worked to develop the community of Summerhaven. Scope and Content NoteThis collection contains the manuscripts of Tony Zimmerman. The writings are largely short stories that cover topics from personal and family history to commentary pieces. Also included are photographs of Mount Lemmon, newspapers, manuscripts by other authors, research materials, and personal materials. Some of the material in the collection was included in the published work The Road to Mount Lemmon by his daughter Mary Ellen Barnes. ArrangementThis collection is organized into 3 series.Series I: Writings, 1964-1996 Series II: Personal Material, 1929-2007 Series III: Photographs, 1942-2003 RestrictionsCopyrightIt 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) Zimmerman, Tony,
1982-1996. Geographic Name(s) Lemmon, Mount (Ariz.). Subject(s) American literature -- Southwest,
New. Frontier and pioneer life --
Arizona. Lemmon, Mount (Ariz.) --
History. Genre Form(s) Autobiography. Administrative InformationCredit LineTony Zimmerman papers (MS 640) Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries. Processing HistoryProcessed by Amy Cook. Container List
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