Papers of Bernice Cosulich consists of correspondence, published and unpublished articles, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and notes related to Cosulich’s work writing for the Arizona Daily Star newspaper and various magazines, her book Tucson, and future projects including a projected biography of actress Helena Modjeska and a work on Arizona’s ghost towns, dating between 1923 and 1956.
Collection Number:
AZ 283
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://www.library.arizona.edu/speccoll
Biographical Note
Journalist and author, Tucson, Arizona; Bernice Cosulich was born in Iowa in 1896. She married Gilbert Cosulich in 1916 and they had one daughter. Ms. Cosulich was on the staff of the Arizona Daily Star newspaper from 1922 to 1948. She also worked as a special correspondent for the New York Times, and Life, Time and Fortune magazines and her work was published in many other magazines. She worked as the social editor from 1922 to 1929 and interviewed famous visitors to Arizona. Later she covered the state legislature from 1941 to 1946, and participated in a study of the Colorado River which led to the 1944 Colorado River Compact concerning water allocations. Her book, entitled Tucson, contains stories of pioneers and historic sites.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, notes, clippings, photographs, typescripts, and publications relating chiefly to her career with the Arizona Daily Star and as a freelance writer. Material, chiefly articles and newspaper clippings, concerns local and statewide subjects, including Indians, mining operations, and desert plants for medicinal purposes; also letters from various American and English authors, notes for a projected biography of actress Helena Modjeska, and notes and snapshots for a projected work on Arizona ghost towns. Also present are published and unpublished articles about John Galsworthy, Lewis W. Douglas, and Harold Bell Wright. Correspondents include George Doran, Oliver St. John Gogarty, and Frances Gillmor. There are photographs of Morenci, Arizona mining operations; excavations at Ventana Cave, Tucson; the 1946 building of Davis Dam on the Colorado River; and the 1946 Point of Pines, University of Arizona Field Archaeology School. A detailed index to newspaper clippings in the scrapbooks is present.
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Access Terms
Personal Name(s)
Cosulich, Bernice--Archives
Doran, George H. (George Henry)--1869-1956
Douglas, Lewis W. (Lewis Williams), 1894-
Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933
Gillmor, Frances, 1903-
Gogarty, Olivers St. John, 1878-1957
Modjeska, Helena, 1840-1909
Wright, Harold Bell, 1872-1944
Corporate Name(s)
Arizona daily star
University of Arizona--History
Geographic Name(s)
Arizona--Description and travel
Arizona--History, Local
Arizona--Politics and government
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Water rights--Arizona
Consists chiefly of responses to interview requests, requests for Cosulich to review books, and comments on published interviews. Some are friends and acquaintances of Cosulich. Many are writing from local guest ranches where they were staying.
This series is arranged by correspondent or topic.
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Miscellaneous personal material (photographs of Cosulich, clippings, inscribed fly-leaves from books given to B.C., letters regarding her illness,) 1948
American Press Institute and William R. Mathews, 1946
Anderson, Sherwood (postcard), 1936
Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1948, 1953
Astor, Lord (includes photograph), 1948, 1953
Baker, Ray Stannard, 1932, 1942
Birney, Hoffman, 1931
Bolton, Herbert, 1936
Chaliapin, Feodor, 1926
Collins, Joseph, 1946
Coolidge, Mary Roberts, 1934
Cooper, Dr. Frederic T. 1931-1937,
Croy, Homer 1942-1943,
Cummings, E. E.(includes regrets in form of brief poem), 1946
Curtis, Cyrus H. K., 1925
Dowdey, Clifford, undated
Dreiser, Theodore, 1936
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Correspondence (F-Z)
Fergusson, Erna, 1935-1936,1948
Finney, Charles, 1936
Foreman, Grant, 1941
Gillmor, Frances, 1932-1935, 1940
Hanley, T. E., 1948
Haunz, Dr. Edward, 1946
Hawthorne, Hildegard, 1931-1935
Hughes, Charles E. to Fred Finney, 1942
Kidd, Rear Admiral I.C. of the U.S.S. Arizona, 1939
Kitt, Katherine, 1933
Lavender, Harrison M., 1948
Lewisohn, Ludwig, 1942
McCutcheon, John T., 1932
Mullett, Mary B., 1932-1933
Pegler, Westbrook, 1948
Petrova, Olga, undated
Pfeiffer, C. Leonard, 1948
Rak, Mary Kidder, 1945
Reed, W. Maxwell, 1946
Scully, Frank, 1935-1936
Sherwood, Robert, 1941
Stokes, Harold, 1938, 1940
Steele, Wilbur Daniel, 1933
Tarbell, Ida M., 1940
Taylor, Rosemary Drachman, 1943, 1948
TIME Magazine-telegram, 1947
Wiley, Louis,( 1935
Williamson, Thames and Billiy, 1935
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Correspondence - George H. Doran, 1935-1946
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Correspondence - Oliver St. John Gogarty, 1933-1948
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Correspondence – Right to work, 1946
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Medicinal plants (Notes, photos, seeds, etc.) Typed interviews and correspondence with Delphina and Sam Angelo at Sells, Arizona, about Tohono O'odham use of native plants for medicine, 1952
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Mining operations at Morenci and Metcalf (Notes, photos, etc.)
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Forest Service material (copies of Fred Winn's research)
Note: The folders marked “Ghost Towns” contain materials removed from their original notebooks, but they remain in the same sequence as arranged by B.C. topically by subject or personal name. These include places and people in southern Arizona.
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“Ghost Towns” (Outline and miscellaneous material.)
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“Ghost Towns” (A – E)
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“Ghost Towns” (F) (includes Fort Bowie, Fort Grant)
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“Ghost Towns” (G – O)
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“Ghost Towns” (P)
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“Ghost Towns” (R) (includes Redington)
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“Ghost Towns” (S) includes San Simon Valley)
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“Ghost Towns” (T – Z)
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“Ghost Towns” (Chapter 4: Tubac)
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“Ghost Towns” (Tombstone)
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Tucson (Correspondence, publicity, notes, etc.)
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“Notes for Tubac novel”
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Three Centuries of Tubac History,” Arizona Highways, Oct. 1942 (Accompanied by notes and reference material.)
Volumes 1-3 and part of Volume 4 were prepared by Bernice Cosulich; the remainder were prepared by Special Collections in 1958-1959. The index was also prepared at that time. Volume 9 is entirely photographs and is only partially included in the index.
volume
1
1923-1929
Includes photographs of aviation, 1928 (p.5), Harold Bell Wright (p.14); Ajo and Sells (p.23); Triangle T Dude Ranch (p.26); the O.K. Corral, 1929 (p.27, 30); and Circle Z Ranch (p.63).
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2
1930-1934 (some 1925)
Includes dispatches and telegrams to and from the New York Times relating to Cosulich's reporting on the Dillinger capture; articles about Margaret Sanger; coverage of Martha Breasted wedding.
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3
1927-1935
Includes photographs of Chiricahua Mountain ranches and the grave of Johnny Ringo. Also photographs (8x10) of the scene of the discovery of June Robles, a kidnapped child (p.120-124).
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4
1935-1936
Includes photographs of people and buildings on the Tohono O'odham reservation (p.12-13); Casa Grande ruins (p.24); Molybdenum mine (p.34); Apache homes (p.37); Willcox (p.39); Greaterville (p.43); Ruby (p.62); Tubac and Tumacacori (p.65); the Arizona State Prison (p.57); and Dane Coolidge (p.97).
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5
1937-1942
Includes photographs of Old Tucson and the movie Arizona (p.73), and Ventana Cave excavations (p.115).
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6
1943-1946
Includes photographs of Point of Pines excavations (p.116); and Davis Dam (p.106).
volume
7
1947-1948
Includes photographs of Tohono O'odham (p.7); Alamos, Mexico (p.28); a Pasqua Yaqui ceremony, 1948 (p.32); and desert birds and trees (p.47, 49).
volume
8
1954
Includes one photograph of Cosulich with friends.
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9
Photographs 1923-1954
Highlights include musicians, authors, and actors including John Galsworthy, Harold Bell Wright, Helen Keller, Rosemary Drachman Taylor, Jeff Milton, and Lone Wolf. Places represented include San Xavier Mission, Tombstone (the OK Corral, stage coach, and Epitaph office), Ajo, Sabino Canyon dam, and Mexico.
There are also a few photographs by Dane Coolidge, images of filming of the movie "The Mine With the Iron Door" near Canada del Oro; a rodeo at Circle Z Ranch, 1931; gymkhana at Hacienda del Sol, 1932; and the Lee's Ferry Bridge dedication