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| | 2 | Author: | Reavis, James Addison, 1843-1914. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Account of Early Incidents Connected with the Peralta Grant,
1894 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1894 | | | | Abstract: | James Addison Reavis, 1843-1914, was a swindler and forger, famous for attempting to
fraudulently obtain 7,500 sq. miles of Arizona Territory by falsifying documents in Mexico and
Spain to show a Spanish land grant to Don Miguel Peralta in 1748. Photocopy of typescript relates
his version of events surrounding the Peralta land grant claim. This text was reproduced in
The Peralta Grant; James Addison Reavis and the barony of Arizona, University of Oklahoma Press, 1960. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Land grants -- Arizona. | Peralta Grant. | | | | Matches:
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| 3 | Author: | McGee, W. J. 1853-1912
Dinwiddie, William | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | W.J. McGee Photograph Collection
1894-1895 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1894-1895 | | | | Abstract: | Photographs, 1894-1895, originals and copy prints, mostly taken by William Dinwiddie (1894-1895), with some taken by J. W. Mitchell (1895) of two expeditions, led by W. J. McGee, to study the Tohono O’odham Indians of southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico, and the Seri Indians of Mexico. The images document homes, people, and household and work activities including pottery and basket making. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Tohono O’odham Indians – Photographs – 19th century | Seri Indians – Photographs – 19th century | Tohono O’odham women – Photographs – 19th century | Tohono O’odham Indians – Social life and customs – Photographs – 19th century | Tohono O’odham Indians – Games - Photographs | | | | Matches:
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| 4 | Author: | Kuiper, Gerard P. (Gerard Peter),
1905-1973 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Gerard P. Kuiper papers, 1894-1992
(bulk 1949-1973) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1894-1992 | | | | Abstract: | the Gerard P. Kuiper papers are comprised of the personal and
professional papers of astronomer Gerard P. Kuiper. The bulk of the material relates to
his career as an astronomical researcher and administrator at the Yerkes Observatory
(University of Chicago), McDonald Observatory (University of Texas), and the Lunar
Planetary Laboratory (University of Arizona). Items included in the collection are
correspondence, publications, research material, newspaper clippings, and photographs,
as well as Kuiper's personal experience as a member of the ALSOS Mission following World
War II. Air Pollution Photography Films, 1 DVD, 3 Magnetic Recording tapes | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Atmosphere | Planets | Planetary Science | Comets -- Observations | Asteroids | Moon -- Atlases | Space | Meteorites | Project Ranger | Telescopes | Lunar photography | Astronomy | | | | Matches:
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| 6 | Author: | Alianza Hispano-Americana | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Alianza Hispano-Americana records,
1894-1965
1920-1950 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1894-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Papers relating to the Alianza
Hispano-Americana, which offered low-cost life insurance, social activities, and other
services to primarily Mexican/Mexican-Americans living in the United States and Mexico.
Founded in Tucson in 1894, Alianza was one of the first organizations to offer life
insurance and burial policies to Mexican-American citizens. This collections includes
photographs, financial files, correspondence between lodge secretaries, convention files,
published materials, scrapbooks, and ledges pertaining to the daily operations of Alizana.
Many of the ledgers include membership enrollment information, including members, their
addresses, and lodge information. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Sociedades mutualistas | Mexican Americans -- Arizona | | | | Matches:
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