| | 1 | Author: | Carpenter, Edwin Francis,
1898-1963 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Edwin Francis
Carpenter papers,
1917-1963 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1917-1963 | | | | Abstract: | Papers, 1917-1963 (bulk 1930-1960), of
astronomer Edwin F. Carpenter, 1898-1963. Includes biographical materials,
correspondence, publications and appearances, printed materials,
photographs, and glass slides. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence documenting
his professional activities, and photographs documenting the building and
instrumentation of Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona, and Kitt
Peak National Observatory in the Quinan Mountains, west of Tucson, Arizona.
Selected correspondents include Bart Bok, Raymund Dugan, Stuve Holm, Knut
Lundmark, Otto Struve, Harlow Shapley, and Edwin Hubble. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections | | | | Subjects: | Astronomers -- Arizona -- Biography | Astronomical observatories -- Arizona | | | | Matches:
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| ...Tucson Amateur Astronomers, and their "Moon watch" event....
...telescope, 12 inch, brought to Tucson from Cameron, Ariz.....
...Observatory, building at 950 N. Cherry, Tucson. 1959-1961...
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| 3 | Author: | Serkowski, Krzysztof M. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Krzysztof M. Serkowski papers,
1970-1982 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1970-1982 | | | | Abstract: | Papers of Krzysztof M. Serkowski, Research Professor in the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona and Astronomer at the Steward Observatory. Includes biographical materials, unpublished essays, and eight observation logs and lab notebooks. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Astronomy | Astronomers -- Arizona -- Biography | | | | Matches:
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| ...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
...University of Arizona in Tucson since April 1970, first as...
...on October 7th, 1981 in Tucson, Arizona. Serkowski married...
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| 4 | Author: | White, Edward Patrick, 1873-1935. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Edward Patrick White Scrapbook
1916-1968 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1916-1968 | | | | Abstract: | Scrapbook of photographs, clippings, letters and programs related to the White family and Bisbee, Arizona.
Manuscript: History of Bisbee's Miner Poet, by M. (W.) McKinney. Typescript volume of poems by Edward (Ned) White. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Miners -- Arizona -- Biography. | | | | Matches:
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| ...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
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| 5 | 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. | | | | Matches:
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| ...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
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| 6 | Author: | Nichols, Charles A., 1902-1964. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Four Generations of the Douglas Family in America,
circa 1964 ead | | | | Date(s): | circa 1964 | | | | Abstract: | Lewis W. Douglas was a businessman, Democratic politician, philanthropist, and diplomat. He served in the
Arizona State Legislature, United States House of Representatives, United States Budget Director, President
of McGill University, head of the United States War Shipping Administration, and Ambassador to Great Britian.
His father, James Stuart Douglas (1868-1949) was a mine owner and banker. His grandfather, James Douglas (1837-1918)
was a mining engineer, metallurgist, industrialist, and the person for whom the town of Douglas, Arizona was named.
This collection includes a typescript (photocopy) made from author's original. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona. | Pioneers -- Arizona -- Biography. | | | | Matches:
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| ...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
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| 7 | Author: | First Interstate Bank of Arizona | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Arizona Oral History Project Transcripts
1981 October 19-1982 May 11 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1981 October 19-1982 May 11 | | | | Abstract: | This collection consists of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted with individuals who lived in Arizona during its transition from a Territory to a State and during the early years of statehood. Among the subjects interviewed are lawyers Ralph W. Bilby, Sr. and Orme Lewis; reporter Ben Avery; banker Sherman Hazeltine; communications executive Lawson Smith; politician John Babbitt; early settlers Eleanor Sloan, Lela Cartwright Hon, and Louis Escalada; teachers Edith Slaughter and Caroline Brinkmeyer; rancher and trader Clay Lockett; rancher Gail Gardner; mining engineer Wesley Goss; businessman Pedro Guerrero; lumberman James O'Malley; and land developer Fred Eldean. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection | | | | Subjects: | Interviews -- Arizona | Arizona -- History -- To 1912 | Arizona -- History -- 1912-1950 | Oral history -- Arizona | Arizona -- Biography | | | | Matches:
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| ...describes his childhood in Tucson and the history of such...
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| 8 | Author: | Herner, Charles. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Charles Herner Research Papers
1834-2011
(bulk 1870-1965) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1834-2011 | | | | Abstract: | The Charles Herner Research Papers (1834-2011) contains research files documenting the histories of the Arizona
Rough Riders as well as of Alexander O. Brodie. These papers serve as the basis for two of Herner’s books, The Arizona Rough Riders (1970)
and Alexander O. Brodie: Frontiersman, Rough Rider, Governor (2012). | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Arizona -- History to 1912. | Arizona -- History, Military. | Governors -- Arizona -- Biography. | Regimental histories. | Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Personal narratives. | Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Regimental histories -- United States. | United States -- Army -- Volunteer Cavalry, 1st. | United States -- Army -- Volunteer Cavalry, 1st -- Officers -- Biography. | | | | Matches:
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| ...Tucson Daily Citizen...
...Tucson Daily Citizen...
...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
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| 11 | 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. | | | | Matches:
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| ...of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-...
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