| | 21 | Author: | Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | The Head of the House of Coombe
1920-1922 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1920-1922 | | | | Abstract: | Original holographic manuscript, unbound and undated. Written in both pen and pencil, it contains her edits. The last page of the
manuscript is different from that of the published book, being condensed into one concluding paragraph. The novel is about social
complexities in the life of a girl growing up in London, just before the outbreak of World War I. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 22 | 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 | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 24 | Author: | Elliott Arnold,
Jean Arnold Sessler | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Elliot Arnold papers, 1920s-1980, (bulk,
1934-1980) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1920s-1980, (bulk,
1934-1980) | | | | Abstract: | Collection includes biographical materials,
correspondence, manuscripts, short stories, and articles written by Elliott
Arnold. The collection also contains research files, newspaper clippings and
photographs. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections | | | | Subjects: | Short stories, American -- 20th century. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American --
History. | American fiction -- 20th century -- History and
criticism. | Militarism in literature. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 25 | Author: | Ransier, Anna | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Anna Ransier Glass Plate Collection,
circa 1920-1940 ead | | | | Date(s): | circa 1920-1940 | | | | Abstract: | Photographs, circa 1920-1940. This collection is comprised of photographs taken during the extensive travels of Anna Ransier, a Baptist missionary, and her husband Hubert during the 1920’s and 1930’s. The hand-colored glass plate lantern slides were then shown to various school, club and church groups during travel lectures that Anna gave. Of special interest are photographs of various National Parks in both the United States and Canada, the Hopi Indian Reservation in Northern Arizona, Mexico and Mexico City, and “mountaineer” life in the Appalachians of Tennessee. Also included in this collection are handwritten travel notes. A glass plate projector and miscellaneous projection equipment in a black leather accordion briefcase are located in Special Collections. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | African Americans - South - Pictorial works | Hopi Indians – Arizona – Pictorial works | Missionaries | National parks and reserves – Pictorial works | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 31 | Author: | Maye, Billee | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Billee Maye Vaudeville collection,
1920-1998 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1920-1998 | | | | Abstract: | The Billee Maye Vaudeville collection consists of
documentation, photographs, correspondence, and publications related to the career of
Billee Maye primarily during 1920 to 1940. Billee Maye was a singer and dancer who
performed during the Vaudeville era. The majority of her career was spent with colleague
Harry Roye, performing the "Roye and Maye" act for twenty years on the B.F.-Orpheum
circuit. The collection consists of documentation, photographs, correspondence, and
publications related to the career of Billee Maye primarily during 1920 to
1940. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Theaters -- United States | Vaudeville -- United States -- 20th century | Vaudeville | Entertainer -- Dancers | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 33 | Author: | Griffith, James S.
Griffith, Loma | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | James "Jim" Griffith papers,
1920-2019 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1920-2019 | | | | Abstract: | James S. "Big Jim" Griffith (1935-2021)
was a notable anthropologist, folklorist, and banjo player whose work focused on folklore
and folk art within Arizona, the southwest, borderlands, and Mexico. He was also a
co-founder of the Tucson Meet Yourself Festival. This collection includes Griffith's
research files, photographs, field notebooks, and other documents related to folklore,
saints, places, and other projects. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 36 | Author: | Girdner,
Alwin J., 1923- | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Alwin Girdner Collection, 1920-1942 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1920-1942 | | | | Abstract: | Images taken by Florence Barker and Clara Holcomb of
themselves and the Girdner family on the Navajo Reservation, 1920-1942. | | | | Repository: | Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives
Department | | | | Subjects: | | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 37 | Author: | Kerley, John Patrick | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Kerley Family Photographs circa 1920s-1950s ead | | | | Date(s): | circa 1920s-1950s | | | | Abstract: | The Kerley family photographs include
photographs of Kerley's trading post near Tuba City, Arizona on the Navajo Nation, the Tuba
Trading Post, Navajo rugs and weaver Marie Littleman, movie-making on the Navajo Nation, and Navajo and Hopi dances, as well as
envelopes used for photographic processing and commercial postcards depicting Grand Canyon
and Pike's Peak. | | | | Repository: | Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 39 | Author: | unknown | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Jimmie Nunn collection circa
1920-1950, 2008 ead | | | | Date(s): | circa
1920-1950, 2008 | | | | Abstract: | The Jimmie Nunn collection includes original 16mm film
home movies of the Nunn and Waldhaus families, including footage of skiing in
Flagstaff, Arizona in the 1930s through the 1950s, photographs of the greater
Flagstaff area dating to the 1920s, and an oral history interview with Jimmie Nunn
conducted in 2008. | | | | Repository: | Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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