| | | Author: | Reavis, James Addison, 1843-1914. | Requires cookie* | | | 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. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| | Author: | Alianza Hispano-Americana | Requires cookie* | | | 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: | Alianza
Hispano-Americana | Sociedades mutualistas | Mexican Americans -- Arizona | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| | Author: | Anderson, Amos Allison,
1862-1948
Anderson, Robert Blaine,
1896- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Amos Allison and
Robert B. Anderson papers,
1894-1975 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1894-1975 | | | | Abstract: | Papers of Amos A. Anderson (1862-1948) and his son, Robert B.
Anderson, relating to their life and times in Clifton, Ajo, Graham County, and
Greenlee County, Arizona. Includes biographical information, correspondence,
reminiscences, and photographs. The main correspondent to Robert B. Anderson is
William Ryder Ridgway relating to their common interests in Graham County
historical investigations. Reminiscences concern Amos A. Anderson's exploits as
sheriff, stories of outlaws and acquaintances, local history, and events around
Clifton. The photographs are chiefly portraits of family and friends from 1900
to the 1930s. Also includes a voter registration list of Greenlee County,
1922. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona --
Photographs | Sheriffs -- Arizona | Voting registers -- Arizona -- Greenlee
County | Postal service -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | Postal service -- Arizona -- History --
Sources | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| | Author: | Lampland, Carl Otto, 1873-1951 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | C.O. Lampland Papers 1894/1951 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1894/1951 | | | | Abstract: | The collection contains the published papers, research notes, diaries, and correspondence of C.O. Lampland, who worked as an astronomer at Lowell Observatory for nearly 50 years. | | | | Repository: | Lowell Observatory | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| | Author: | Garrett, Jack P. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Jack P. Garrett Collection, 1894-1960. ead | | | | Date(s): | 1894-1960. | | | | Abstract: | Personal effects, books, correspondence, photographs of Charlie Steminer,
1900's - 1960's. School books, report cards, ephemera from Northern Arizona Normal School. Also
includes carbon copy of typewritten manuscript of Stemmer's autobiography, "A Brand for the
Burning." | | | | Repository: | Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| | Author: | Hall, John Scoville, 1908-1991 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John S. Hall Papers 1894/1991 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1894/1991 | | | | Abstract: | The papers contain the publications, research notes, and correspondence of Dr. John S. Hall, Director of Lowell Observatory from 1958 to 1977. | | | | Repository: | Lowell Observatory | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| | Author: | McFarland, Ernest W. 1894-1985 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | MG 98, The Public and Personal Papers of Ernest McFarland,1894/1985 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1894/1985 | | | | Abstract: | The Public and Personal Papers of Ernest W. McFarland relate to McFarland's career as a United States Senator, Governor of Arizona, and Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court. The United States Senate papers constitute the bulk of the collection and are of the richest research value. The collection also includes materials from his law practice, his ownership of KTVK-TV, and his personal life. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State Archives | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| | Author: | Arizona State University. Alumni Association | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Preliminary Inventory of the Alumni Association Records
1894-2007
1940-1998 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1894-2007 | | | | Abstract: | This collection houses General Fund ledgers, administrative and subject files, correspondence, photographs, VHS tapes, DVDs, and other materials documenting Arizona State University's Alumni Association. Among the subjects shown are Homecoming, Founders Day, faculty awards, Statesman Magazine, and class reunions. This collection has not been processed in full and can be viewed only by appointment. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. University Archives | | | | Subjects: | Arizona State University -- Alumni and alumnae. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| | Author: | McGee, W. J. 1853-1912
Dinwiddie, William | Requires cookie* | | | 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 | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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