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2481	Author:	Fulton, Maurice G. (Maurice Garland), 1877-1955	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Maurice G. Fulton papers, 1829-1955 (bulk 1870-1954) ead
	Date(s):	1829-1955 (bulk 1870-1954)
	Abstract:	Mainly comprised of historical materials on New Mexico, written or collected by Maurice Garland Fulton. Items include typescript drafts of books, correspondence, nineteenth century newspapers, newspaper articles, maps, audio-visual materials, diaries, poems, biographical sketches, legal documents, pamphlets, and photographs.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Pioneers -- New Mexico -- Photographs \| American newspapers -- New Mexico -- History -- 19th century -- Specimens \| Lincoln County War, 1878 \| Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico -- Lincoln County
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2482	Author:	Stevens, Montague, 1859-1953.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Montague Stevens papers 1892-1953 (bulk 1896-1919) ead
	Date(s):	1892-1953
	Abstract:	Montague Stevens, 1859-1953 was a pioneer New Mexico rancher in the Magdalena and Reserve areas, where he operated the S.U. Cattle Co. and the Shropshire Sheep Company. Portfolio containing chiefly correspondence, along with legal documents, bills, and financial records related to Montague Stevens and his ranching operations. Correspondence and telegrams mostly concern problems with his financial backers in England. Specific files for the S.U. Cattle Co. and the Shropshire Sheep Co. contain business correspondence regarding supplies and equipment, as well as legal papers.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Cattle trade -- New Mexico -- History. \| Sheep industry -- New Mexico -- History.
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2483	Author:	Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Address Before the Burns Association of Brooklyn 1874 ead
	Date(s):	1874
	Abstract:	The holographic text of a speech given by Bryant in January 1874 to the Burns Association of Brooklyn. Written in ink, it contains his edits. He discusses the genius of the Scottish poet, Robert Burns, and compares him to the English poet Samuel Butler. A typed transcription of the speech is included.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Scottish poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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2484	Author:	Blunden, Edmund, 1896-1974.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	The Nun at Court 1930 ead
	Date(s):	1930
	Abstract:	Portfolio contains a signed holographic manuscript of Blunden's poem, "The nun at court." This romantic narrative of courtly love and tragedy consists of six leaves. It is written in ink, with Blunden's edits, signature, and notation that it is for Harold Kamp. Also included are two signed letters to Kamp, from Blunden, dated 1930.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Courts and courtiers -- Poetry.
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2485	Author:	James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Christian Lacy: Tale of the Salem Witchcraft 1801-1860 ead
	Date(s):	1801-1860
	Abstract:	Bound holographic manuscript, written in ink, and containing James' edits and signature. This romance story is set in Salem, Mass. in 1691; the main characters are devoted to each other in spite of witchcraft charges against Lacy's mother.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Romance-language fiction -- Massachusetts -- Salem. \| Witchcraft -- Massachusetts -- Salem.
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2486	Author:	Besant, Walter, 1836-1901.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	The Luck of the "Susan Bell" 1836-1901 ead
	Date(s):	1836-1901
	Abstract:	Collection consists of a signed holographic short story by Sir Walter Besant. Written in ink, it contains his edits. The novel concerns the whaling ship "Susan Bell," and late 18th century life in Nantucket.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Ships -- Massachusetts -- Nantucket Island.
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2487	Author:	Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock, 1826-1887.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Running Away: a Schoolmaster's Story 1826-1887 ead
	Date(s):	1826-1887
	Abstract:	Holographic manuscript of a short story written by Dinah Maria Craik, in Beckenham, Kent. Written in ink, it contains her edits. The plot consists of a schoolmaster and his sister discussing their favorite pupil with a visitor.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Schools -- England. \| Students -- England.
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2488	Author:	Vargas, Diego de, 1643-1704.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Diego de Vargas will 1704 ead
	Date(s):	1704
	Abstract:	Diego de Vargas, 1643-1704, was Governor and Captain General of New Mexico from 1692-1696 and 1703-1704. Photostat of the holographic last will and testament of Diego de Vargas, composed at his death-bed in Bernalillo, New Mexico, and dated April 7, 1704. It updates a will made the previous year in Mexico City.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Inheritance and succession -- New Mexico -- History -- 18th century. \| Slaves -- New Mexico -- History -- 18th century.
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2489	Author:	Van Doren, Mark, 1894-1972.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Liberal Education 1940-1943 ead
	Date(s):	1940-1943
	Abstract:	Original typescript with holographic corrections; printer's copy. This work is a treatise on liberal arts education, specifically its role in colleges and universities. The historical definitions of education, the idea of a college, the art of teaching, and the philosophy of learning are subjects which are addressed.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States. \| Education, Humanistic -- United States -- Philosophy. \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Finance -- United States.
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2490	Author:	Forbes, Henry Clinton, 1833-1903.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Henry Clinton Forbes collection 1862-1955 (bulk 1892-1902) ead
	Date(s):	1862-1955
	Abstract:	Henry Clinton Forbes, 1833-1903, was a poet, teacher, farmer and colonel in the 7th Illinois Cavalry, U.S. Volunteers, 1862-1865. Four volumes in one, 557 pages, of holographic poems by Henry C. Forbes. Written in ink, they are noted as being in final revised form. In the prologue to Volume 1, and in the dedication to Volume 4, he explains his motivations for writing poetry. Appended typescript copies by his son, Robert Forbes, include letters, biographical material, and his father's account of Grierson's Calvary Raid in Vicksburg, 1863.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Grierson's Cavalry Raid, 1863 -- Personal narratives. \| Lyric poetry. \| Pastoral poetry, American.
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2491	Author:	Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Hamlin Garland letters circa 1900-1925 ead
	Date(s):	circa 1900-1925
	Abstract:	Hamlin Garland, 1860-1940, was a Novelist, essayist and short story writer; Pulitzer Prize recipient, 1921. Portfolio contains 27 signed holograph letters and 2 cards sent by Garland to Orlando Rouland and Mrs. Rouland, regarding Orlando's portrait of Garland. A black-and-white postcard depicts Garland's residence in Salem, Wisconsin.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
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2492	Author:	United States. Army. Ambulance Service.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Official Report of the Chief of the United States Army Ambulance Service with the French Army, to the Surgeon General of the Army 1919 ead
	Date(s):	1919
	Abstract:	The United States Army Ambulance Service, also known as the USAAS, was created by presidential order May 18, 1917, for the duration of the "existing emergency." This original typescript relates the history of the Ambulance Service with the French Army on the Western Front, during WWI. A signed introduction by Col. Percy L. Jones, Paris, April 15, 1919, states that the report is in compliance with instructions given by the Surgeon General, Nov. 27, 1918.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Ambulance service -- France -- History -- 20th century. \| Ambulances -- History -- 20th century. \| Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918. \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- France.
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2493	Author:	Reyna de León, Carmela.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	La voz de la sangre paisajes y leyendas del distrito de Altar circa 1960-1969 ead
	Date(s):	circa 1960-1969
	Abstract:	Photocopy of typescript compilation of legends and historic accounts, as told to Carmela Reyna de León by her family and friends living in the Altar region of Sonora, Mexico. A few song verses are present. Also included is a photocopied letter, with translation, written by the author to Norman Simons of Tucson, Ariz., dated Oct. 5, 1965. It concerns the possible translation of this volume.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Legends -- Mexico -- Altar.
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2494	Author:	Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Extracts from my notes written chiefly soon after the close of the war 1865 ead
	Date(s):	1865
	Abstract:	Josiah Gorgas, 1818-1883, was a General and Chief of Ordnance for the Confederate States Army; later, president of the University of Alabama. A typescript copy of General Gorgas' notes concerning the arms and artillery of the Confederate States Army during the U.S. Civil War.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Artillery -- History -- 19th century.
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2495	Author:	Castillero R., Ernesto J. (Ernesto de Jesús Castillero Reyes), 1889-1981.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Los Nueve Secretos de Art 1916 ead
	Date(s):	1916
	Abstract:	Holograph notebook with twelve formulas for crafts and decorative artwork using textiles, paper, photographs, metals, and glass. Notebook is signed, and includes a place and date: "Antón, noviembre de 1916." In addition to the directions for each formula are color mixtures, lists of materials used, and their total cost. Illustrated with a few small explanatory drawings. Formulas include those for incrusting and engraving glass; illuminating photographic portraits; painting on velvet, corduroy, and satin; making pictures of bronze; and constructing fruits and flowers.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Decoration and ornament -- Panama. \| Handicraft -- Panama.
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2496	Author:	Machado y Alvarez, Antonio, 1846-1893.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Spanish poems, ballads and proverbs 1846-1893 ead
	Date(s):	1846-1893
	Abstract:	Approximately 385 handwritten leaves of poems, ballads and proverbs from Spain, which were collected by Antonio Machado y Alvarez, in the late nineteenth century. The largest grouping is Poesia popular, coplas, refranes; his titles on the other sections are Buenaven[turas?], Miscelaneas, Oldivnan[za?], Supersticione[s], Coplas, Tradiciones, Romances popular[es], and Juegos infantiles. They may have been materials for the 11-volume work he edited, Biblioteca de las Tradiciones Populares Españoles. Also included is a printed four-page leaflet entitled, "Exposición," 1885, discussing the Professor Machado y Alvarez, his work, folklore societies in Spain, and the importance of folklore in general.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Folklore -- Spain -- Sources.
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2497	Author:	Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Balloon: a Poetical Comedy in Three Acts circa 1920 ead
	Date(s):	circa 1920
	Abstract:	Carbon typescript of Balloon, a Poetical Comedy in Three Acts. The first page contains the holographic inscription: "Early version of Balloon, my own typing. For the Thomas Wood Stevens Collection, a tribute to a valued friendship, Padraic Colum." The play is set at the Dadaelus Hotel in Nagalapolis, changed to Megalapolis in the published version, and is a satire of industrial society.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
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2498	Author:	Tiernan, B.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	B. Tiernan letter 1900 ead
	Date(s):	1900
	Abstract:	Holograph letter written to Harvey Whitehill, Sheriff of Grant Co., New Mexico, dated March 26, 1900. It was sent from Tiernan's office in Galveston, Texas. The letter recounts his 1880 arrival in the Territory of New Mexico and his first meeting with Sheriff Whitehill. It also relates their encounter with Victorio's band of Apaches on Copper Creek, northwest of Silver City, and their subsequent rescue by the 6th Cavalry regiment under Captain Madden, and the 9th regiment under Colonel Hatch.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Apache Indians -- Wars -- Personal narratives. \| Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895 -- Personal narratives.
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2499	Author:	Delano and Dwyer Ranch (N.M.)	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Delano and Dwyer Ranch records 1877-1891 ead
	Date(s):	1877-1891
	Abstract:	John S. Delano and Joseph Workman Dwyer were owners of the D. & D. Ranch. Dwyer, a Washington D.C. official, moved to New Mexico in 1876, and began raising sheep at Uña de Gato Creek. He and Delano then became partners in a large-scale cattle enterprise, also known as the D. & D. Ranch Co., at Johnson's Mesa. Dwyer sold out to become involved in real estate, in 1892. Three recording books containing livestock branding records and accounts of the operation and maintenance of the ranch in Otero, Colfax County, New Mexico. Some may also apply to Dwyer's Uña de Gato Ranch.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Cattle brands -- New Mexico -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. \| Cattle trade -- New Mexico -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. \| Horse industry -- New Mexico -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. \| Ranches -- New Mexico -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. \| Sheep industry -- New Mexico -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
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2500	Author:	Cullen, William, 1710-1790.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Dr. Cullen's Practice of Physics 1771 ead
	Date(s):	1771
	Abstract:	Scottish physician and professor of medicine and chemistry at the universities in Glasgow and Edinburgh; regarded as the father of graphic chain formulas. One volume of handwritten lecture notes dated October 30, 1771, addressed to medical students.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation -- History -- Sources. \| Medicine -- History -- 16th century -- Sources. \| Medicine -- Practice -- Scotland -- History -- Sources. \| Nosology -- History -- Sources.
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