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| | 61 | Author: | Comstock, Theo. B. (Theodore Bryant), 1849-1915. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Theodore Bryant Comstock Letter Books
1898-1902 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1898-1902 | | | | Abstract: | Theodore B. Comstock, 1849-1915, was a professional geologist, mining engineer and consultant. He was an assistant state geologist
of Texas, Head of The University of Arizona School of Mines, and first president of The University of Arizona, 1894-1895. Holograph
letters to R. J. Ferguson and F. T. Blandy, local superintendents, mostly about operations of the Elkhart Mine, Chloride, Mohave County,
Arizona, to the British Syndicate owners of the mine. Includes letters of chief clerk M. P. Dodge. Also includes letters about Prescott
Development Syndicate, the Security Mining and Development Syndicate, the Mineral Hill Copper Syndicate (mainly pp. 401-451) and other
mine enterprises mostly in Arizona. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Copper mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Gold mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Mohave County -- History. | Silver mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 63 | Author: | Levy, Mikul G., 1859-1942. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Letter, 1938 Dec. 22, Prescott (Ariz.), to Mrs. John W. Mayes, Phoenix (Ariz.)
1938 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1938 | | | | Abstract: | Typescript (original) letter describing his mining and mercantile activities in Nogales and Ajo (Ariz.), 1883-1931, including his
business dealings with Albert Steinfeld, Randall Ore Reduction Company, Cornelia and Rescue Company, C & A Mining Company, and
Ajo Consolidated Copper Company. Also includes a letter of transmittal to Bernard Fontana, in which Mrs. George Peterson describes
an anecdote about Mr. Sam Clark, the founder of Clarkston, Arizona, and a trip he made from Clarkston to Los Angeles, California. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Gold miners -- Arizona -- Biography. | Merchants -- Arizona -- History -- Sources. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- History. | Pioneers -- Arizona -- Biography. | Tohono O'odham Indians. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 64 | Author: | Bennett, Cornelius, 1827- | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Papers and photographs of Cornelius Bennett
1872-1915 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1872-1915 | | | | Abstract: | Chiefly photographs, along with legal documents, correspondence, and family memorabilia. Cornelius Bennett materials consist of family
correspondence and photographs, tax receipts, stock certificates, and indentures. Other legal documents relate to his partnerships in the
following companies: Bennett Bros. & Co.; J.T. Bennett & Co.; Bennett, Van Wagenen & Co.; and Bennett and Bailey. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico -- Silver City -- Sources. | Mines and mineral resources -- New Mexico -- Silver City -- Photographs. | Pioneers -- New Mexico -- Silver City -- Sources. | Prostitutes -- New Mexico -- Silver City -- History -- Photographs. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 67 | Author: | Preciado Martin, Patricia | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Patricia Preciado Martin papers
1959-2015 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1959-2015 | | | | Abstract: | Papers of Arizona author Patricia Preciado Martin. Contains
research files including awards, book review clippings and other press, correspondence,
genealogical material, photographs, oral histories on audio cassette, and media
appearances by Preciado Martin on VHS, DVD, and CD. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Oral history -- Arizona | Mexican literature -- Mexican-American Border
Region. | Mines and
mineral resources | Ranches -- Arizona | Ranch life -- Arizona -- History | Mexican Americans -- Arizona | Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Social life and
customs. | Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Tucson --
Folklore. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 69 | Author: | Douglas, Frances | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Frances Douglas
Papers,
1892-1963 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1892-1963 | | | | Abstract: | Contains correspondence, diaries, articles,
stories, clippings, memorabilia, photographs, and translations of mostly
unpublished works by Spanish-language writers. Some of the authors are Concha
Espina de Serna, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Jose Maria Carretero,
Guillermo Diaz-Caneja, Gregorio Martinez Sierra, Rafael Delgado, Pedro Juan
Labarthe, Jose Lopez- Portillo y Rojas, Emilia Pardo-Bazan, Jose Echegaray and
Eduardo Zamacois. Personal material consists of correspondence and family
photographs, from marriage to Charles Fletcher Lummis, and later to Courtenay
DeKalb, with whom she operated the Roadside Mine in Arizona. Photographs and
correspondence related to the mine are present. Also included are typescripts
of Douglas' published and unpublished articles, stories, and translations.
Original drawings are by E.A. Burbank and Carl Oscar Borg. Correspondence with
friends and publishers includes writers Eugene Rhodes, Henry Knibbs, Concha
Espina, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, José María
Carretero, Pedro Labarthe, Guillermo Diaz-Caneja, and the publisher Phoebe
Hearst. Diaries and photographs document travels to Mexico and Europe. Stories
were recorded by Douglas while she lived among the Isleta Indians. Mexican and
U.S. newspapers, 1911-1915, report on the Mexican Revolution. Related material
in MS 39 and MS 297. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | American Association of University Women. | Spanish Literature -- 20th century -- History and
criticism. | Isleta Indians -- Legends. | Indians of North America -- New Mexico -- Legends. | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Pima County --
History -- Sources. | Roadside Mine (Ariz.) | Women authors. | Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920. | 1900-1924. | 1925-1949. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 70 | Author: | Riggs, John Casey, 1874-1943. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Riggs Family Papers
1878-1998
(1900-1942) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1878-1998 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains materials documenting the Riggs pioneer family history from the time Brannick Riggs married Mary Elizabeth Robbins in Texas in 1856, their first wagon train move to Colorado in 1871, and several years later relocating again to southeastern Arizona, arriving and settling in Sulphur Springs Valley in 1879. Their eighth child, John Casey Riggs (1874-1943), was the family’s historian and creator of the bulk of the papers. The collection includes Our El Dorado, a biographical book written by John C. Riggs and his daughter, Jeanette Riggs Roll. Also included in the collection are biographical manuscripts; diaries and journals; business and personal correspondence; business records and ledgers; printed materials, including pamphlets, catalogs, newspapers and clippings; homestead land and mine patents; political papers of John Casey Riggs; maps; and photographs and negatives. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Apache Indians--Arizona. | Banks and banking--Arizona. | Cattle brands--Arizona. | Cattle trade--Arizona--History. | Comanche Indians--Texas--History--19th century. | Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona--Cochise County. | Grazing--Arizona. | Lawyers--Arizona. | Mines and mineral resources--Arizona--Cochise County. | Politicians--Arizona--Biography. | Ranches--Arizona--Cochise County--History--Records and Correspondence. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 71 | Author: | unknown | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Arizona, Southwestern, and
Borderlands photograph collection, 1873-2018
1920-1970 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1873-2018 | | | | Abstract: | The Arizona, Southwestern and Borderland photograph collection
is an artificially created collection that consists of many folders containing
photographs, from various sources, of Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico arranged by topics
including places, people, events and activities, and dating from about 1875 to the
present, but mostly after 1920. Formats include postcards, stereographs,
cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, cyanotypes, view books, photograph albums, panoramas,
photoprints, and others. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Cemeteries -- Southwest, New -- Photographs | Ghost towns -- Southwest, New -- Photographs | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New --
Photographs | Photographers -- Arizona | Desert plants -- Arizona -- Photographs | Parades -- Arizona -- Nogales -- Photographs | Aerial photography -- Arizona | Photography -- Tucson (Ariz.) | Art and Photography | Indians of North America | Indians of North America -- Arizona | Cities and towns -- Mexican-American Border Region --
Photographs | Rural schools -- Arizona -- Pictorial works | Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) --
Photographs | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Pictorial
works | Ranches -- Arizona -- Pictorial works | Automobiles -- Arizona -- Pictorial works | Urban renewal -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Pictorial
works | Indians of North America -- Arizona -- Pictorial
works | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Pictorial
works | Indians of North America -- New Mexico -- Pictorial
works | Navajo Indians -- Pictorial works | Hopi Indians -- Pictorial works | Apache Indians -- Pictorial works | Cities and towns -- Arizona -- Pictorial works | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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