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21	Author:	McKinney, Joseph T., 1858-1948	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Papers of Joseph Thomas McKinney 1841-1927 (bulk 1841-1887) ead
	Date(s):	1841-1927
	Abstract:	This archive contains a biography of Joseph T. McKinney, a letter he wrote to his son and a telegram from George P.Hunt, Governor of Arizona. Also included are bills of sales for slaves, deeds, and other legal papers for his granfather (Joseph T. Cook) and his uncle (J.W. Cook).
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources. \| Sheriffs - Arizona. \| Pioneers - Arizona. \| Graham - Tewksbury Feud. \| Land titles - Arkansas. \| Frontier and pioneer life – Arizona.
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22	Author:	Corbusier, William Henry, 1844-1930.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Record of William Henry Corbusier, Colonel, U.S. Army Retired, 1924 ead
	Date(s):	1924
	Abstract:	Typescript of biographical account and reminiscences about events at posts while serving as surgeon, 1872-1875, and 1884-1888. Includes information about the health conditions of Native Americans and soldiers at the Verde River Indian Agency, San Carlos Apache Indian Agency, and Camp Verde in Arizona.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona. \| Indians of North America -- Medical care -- Arizona -- History. \| Physicians -- Arizona -- History.
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23	Author:	Fish, Joseph, 1840-1926.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	History of the Eastern Arizona Stake of Zion and of the Establishment of the Snowflake Stake, 1936 ead
	Date(s):	1936
	Abstract:	Typescript history relates events while Fish was recorder, 1879-1893. Contains brief history of each Mormon settlement including St. Johns, Ariz., Eagar, Ariz., Snowflake, Ariz., Pleasanton, N.M., and Luna, N.M. Also covers murders committed and prosecutions for polygamy.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona. \| Mormon Church -- Arizona -- History. \| Mormons -- Arizona -- History. \| Murder -- Arizona -- History. \| Polygamy -- Arizona -- History.
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24	Author:	Day family	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Day Family Collection, 1841-1977 (bulk 1870-1940) ead
	Date(s):	1841-1977 (bulk 1870-1940)
	Abstract:	The Day family were traders on the Navajo Nation (then the Navajo Indian Reservation) in eastern Arizona. The collection includes the personal and business papers of Sam Day, Sr. (1845-1925) surveyor, trader, legislator and United States Indian Commissioner; Anna Day, Sam Sr.'s wife (1872-1932); and of their children, Charles L. Day (1879-1918), Samuel Day, Jr. (1889-1944), United States deputy Marshall. The collection includes information on Navajo culture, stories and legends; the looting of Canyon del Muerta, and the Frank Dugan murder. The collection also contains 91 photographs depicting trading posts and eastern Arizona scenes.
	Repository:	Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department.
	Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona (Territory) \| Indian traders. \| Navajo Indians--Economic conditions. \| Navajo Indians--Politics and government. \| Tourism--Arizona.
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25	Author:	Whiting, Francis Marion, 1911-	Add to Favorites
	Title:	The Mark of a Man, 1964 ead
	Date(s):	1964
	Abstract:	Francis Marion Whiting, born in 1911, was a scientist and a teacher. This story is based on a tape recording of Frank Whiting, Sr.'s recollections in 1964.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Mormons -- Arizona. \| Mormons -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (State) \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (State)
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26	Author:	Murphy, William J. (William John), 1839-1923 Murphy, Laura Fulwiler, 1845-1943	Add to Favorites
	Title:	William J. and Laura (Fulwiler) Murphy Papers 1781-1983 1872-1924 ead
	Date(s):	1781-1983
	Abstract:	The William J. and Laura (Fulwiler) Murphy Papers consist of correspondence, financial records, certificates, printed matter, and unpublished manuscripts extending from 1781 to 1983. The bulk of the collection houses letters from William J. Murphy to his wife Laura regarding family matters and his efforts to secure funding for the construction of the Arizona Canal and for agricultural and commercial land development in Phoenix, Arizona from 1872 to 1924.
	Repository:	Arizona State University Library Greater Arizona Collection
	Subjects:	Canals -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- History \| Citrus fruit industry -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- History \| Frontier and Pioneer Life -- Arizona \| Irrigation -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- History
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27	Author:	Day, Samuel Edward.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Oral History Interview: St. Michael's, Ariz., with Bernard Fontana 1960 ead
	Date(s):	1960
	Abstract:	Typescript of tape recording; recounts events of his family life and association with Native Americans, government officials, anthropologists, missionaries, and other traders.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona. \| Navajo Indians -- Government relations. \| Navajo Indians -- Rites and ceremonies. \| Trading posts.
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28	Author:	Cram, Cecil Earl	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Cecil Earl Cram Collection, 1870-1940s. ead
	Date(s):	1870-1940s.
	Abstract:	The Cecil Earl Cram collection consists of eight oral history interviews conducted by Cram in 1975. The narrators are all people associated with life on the Arizona Strip. Typical themes in the interviews are Mormon settlement, homesteading, ranching, water, grazing, the federal government, and ranch life.
	Repository:	Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department.
	Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona--Arizona Strip. \| Ranch life--Arizona--Arizona Strip. \| Mormons--Arizona--Arizona Strip--Interviews. \| Mormon settlements--Arizona--Arizona Strip. \| Cowboys--Arizona--Arizona Strip--Interviews. \| Sheep ranchers--Arizona--Arizona Strip--Interviews. \| Dry farming--Arizona--Arizona Strip.
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29	Author:	Ross, Margaret Wheeler, 1867-1953	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Margaret Wheeler Ross Papers 1889-1951 1930-1950 ead
	Date(s):	1889-1951
	Abstract:	The Margaret Wheeler Ross Papers consist of typescript and manuscript short stories and poetry, correspondence, biographical information, and scrapbooks. Although the collection extends from 1889 to 1951, the bulk of the material consists of Ross' short stories concerning southwestern pioneer life written between 1930 and 1950.
	Repository:	Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection
	Subjects:	American literature -- Societies, etc. \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona. \| Music -- Arizona -- Societies, etc. \| Women authors, American -- Arizona -- Societies, etc. \| Women -- Arizona -- Societies and clubs. \| Women -- United States -- Societies and clubs.
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30	Author:	Arizona Daughters of the Utah Pioneers	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Northern Arizona Mormon Pioneers Collection, 1735-2001. ead
	Date(s):	1735-2001.
	Abstract:	The Arizona Mormon Pioneer Collection introduces researchers to the family histories of many original settlers in northern Arizona. Eighteen hundred and seventy-six marked the year that the first permanent Mormon settlements appeared in northern Arizona. Traversing the Utah Territory, settlers crossed the Colorado River at Lee's Ferry, and then made their way along the Little Colorado River. From this juncture, hundreds of Mormon settlers built towns, established schools and churches, and fought with locals across the face of the Arizona Territory before they could call it their home.
	Repository:	Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department.
	Subjects:	Mormons--Arizona--History. \| Mormons--Colonization--Arizona--History. \| Mormon settlements--Arizona. \| Family histories--Arizona. \| Roads--Arizona--History. \| Trails--Arizona--History. \| Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona Territory.
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31	Author:	Hammer, Angela Hutchinson	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Papers of Angela Hutchinson Hammer 1917-1952 ead
	Date(s):	1917-1952
	Abstract:	Autobiographical reminiscenses, correspondence, and a short story relating to Angela Hammer's life in Arizona.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona. \| American newspapers--Arizona. \| Journalists--Arizona. \| Teachers--Arizona--Biography. \| Women editors--Arizona. \| Cities and towns--Arizona--History. \| Public schools--Arizona--Casa Grande--History. \| Public schools--Arizona--Wickerw\|x History.
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32	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.
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33	Author:	Southwestern Mission Research Center	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Southwestern Mission Research Center records 1965-1994 ead
	Date(s):	1965-1994
	Abstract:	This collection contains materials documenting the activities of the Southwestern Mission Research Center (SMRC) from 1965-1994. This collection is comprised of SMRC daily operational documents including; correspondence, business records, conference information, publication information, and tour information. The bulk of the material contains correspondence either to or from Rev. Charles W. Polzer, S.J. focusing on activities of the SMRC.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Indians of North America -- Missions -- Southwest, New \| Spanish mission buildings -- Southwest, New. \| Explorers – Spain. \| Frontier and pioneer life – Arizona \| Indians of North America -- Missions -- Southwest, New. \| Explorers -- Southwest, New.
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34	Author:	Barney, James Mitchell, 1874-1965	Add to Favorites
	Title:	James M. Barney Articles, 1939-1960 ead
	Date(s):	1939-1960
	Abstract:	Writings and articles (photocopies) concerning the history of Arizona, ca. 1939-1965, with an emphasis on the Phoenix environs. Topics covered include tragedy and massacres, pioneer tales, historical events in Phoenix and Yuma, ghost and mining stories, as well as colorful accounts of the exploits of local figures.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	American newspapers -- Arizona --Phoenix \| Folklore -- Arizona \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- History -- Sources \| Ghost stories, American -- Southwest, New \| Indians of North America -- Arizona -- History \| Massacres -- Arizona -- History \| Pioneers -- Arizona
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35	Author:	Brooks, William E.; Gearin, John M.; Leach, George L.; Mead, Frank; Risley, W.S.(William); Thane, Hazel Cynthia; Thane, Eliza (Lisle); Moyer, Chas.; Ingraham, Fred L.;	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Arizona Territorial Correspondence Collection 1866-1919 ead
	Date(s):	1866-1919
	Abstract:	This collection contains letters, and in some cases, their accompanying envelopes (covers) written either from Arizona or regarding Arizona matters during the State's Territorial period. The letters address issues such as mail service, statehood, Socialism, mining, ranching, military life, and the granting of a trading post concession. They also reflect the way of life in the Arizona Territory as well as highlight the types of people who were settlers of this area.
	Repository:	Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library
	Subjects:	Trading posts--Arizona. \| Military bases--Arizona--History. \| Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona. \| Politics--Arizona. \| Mines and mineral resources--Arizona--History. \| Harshaw (Ariz.)--History. \| Morenci (Ariz.)--History. \| Rucker (Ariz.)--History. \| San Carlos (Ariz.)--History. \| Solomonville (Ariz.)--History. \| Yuma (Ariz.)--History.
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36	Author:	unknown	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Margaret F. Maxwell Papers 1865-1999 ead
	Date(s):	1865-1999
	Abstract:	Collection consists of research materials gathered by Margaret F. Maxwell on Sharlot M. Hall, including correspondence, copies of photos, newspaper and magazine articles, book excerpts, poems and prose, and Maxwell’s notes. Also included are manuscripts of The Life of Sharlot Hall and a manuscript of The Life of Mulford Winsor.
	Repository:	Sharlot Hall Museum
	Subjects:	Women poets, American. \| Hall family. \| Arizona - History, Local. \| Desert biology - Arizona \| Women writers \| Women's studies. \| Ranch life. \| Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona. \| Frontier and pioneer life--Kansas. \| Frontier and pioneer life—Poetry. \| Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--Anecdotes.
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37	Author:	Henderson, Alexander S., 1859-1944	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Alexander S. Henderson papers, 1888-1963 (bulk 1900-1954) ead
	Date(s):	1888-1963 (bulk 1900-1954)
	Abstract:	Chiefly records of the A.S.Henderson general merchandise store in Patagonia, Arizona, from 1900 to 1940 including inventories, correspondence, merchandise ads, ledgers, monthly account books, and bills.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- Santa Cruz County \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Oklahoma \| Women pioneers \| Chinese -- Arizona -- Patagonia -- History \| Chinese Americans -- Photographs \| Merchants -- Arizona -- Patagonia -- History \| Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- History \| Mine buildings -- Arizona -- Santa Cruz County -- Photographs \| Fortune-telling \| Osteopathic medicine -- History \| Retail trade -- Arizona -- History
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38	Author:	Jacobs Family	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Jacobs family papers, 1861-1909 (bulk 1878-1890) ead
	Date(s):	1861-1909 (bulk 1878-1890)
	Abstract:	The collection consists of correspondence, letter books, invoices, financial statements, ledgers, journals, receipts, cancelled checks, debit and credit memos, certificate of deposit stubs, draft registers, collection registers, and remittance registers produced by the daily mercantile and banking business of Lionel and Barron Jacobs.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Merchants -- Arizona -- History -- Sources \| Bankers -- Arizona -- History -- Sources \| Jews -- Arizona -- History -- Sources \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- History -- Sources \| Banks and banking -- Arizona -- History -- Sources \| Retail trade -- Arizona -- History -- Sources \| Freight and freightage -- West (U.S.) \| Military bases -- Arizona -- History -- Sources \| Pioneers -- Arizona
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39	Author:	Mills, Hazel E.	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Hazel E. Mills papers, 1816-1938 ead
	Date(s):	1816-1938
	Abstract:	Research notes, newspaper clippings and maps, 1816-1938. The bulk of the material is handwritten research notes related to the navigation of the Colorado River. Some of the notes are contained in a card index. The notes include article summaries compiled for Mills' proposed dissertation, Navigation of the Colorado River and its effect on the development of the Arizona frontier. The maps are tracings done by Mills.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Boats and boating \| Colorado River -- Discovery and exploration \| Colorado River -- Navigation \| Ferries \| Cargo ships \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona \| Historic mines \| Mining districts -- Arizona \| Mining districts -- Colorado \| Railroad travel \| River steamers \| Stagecoach lines \| Steam-navigation \| Trade routes \| Waterways
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40	Author:	Sanford, Don Alonzo, 1840-1915	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Don Alonzo Sanford papers, 1812-1983 (bulk 1870-1915) ead
	Date(s):	1812-1983
	Abstract:	Papers, 1812-1983 (bulk 1870-1915). This collection contains materials relating to Don Alonzo Sanford, a prominent resident of Territorial Arizona who was a Patagonia cattle/ sheep rancher and Tucson politician, as well as a successful Washington, D.C. businessman. This collection is comprised of correspondence, documents, deeds, diaries/ledgers and photographs. The bulk of the material relates to Sanford's Arizona ranch as well as his varied business interests in both Tucson and Washington, D.C. The collection also contains legal records relating to the San Jose de Sonoita land grant. Also included are various maps, blueprints, postcards and negatives.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Sheep industry -- Arizona -- History -- Sources \| Cattle trade -- Arizona -- History \| Cattle brands -- Arizona \| Cattle brands -- Texas \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona \| Indians of North America -- Texas \| Kiowa Indians \| Comanche Indians \| Indians of North America -- Claims against \| Land titles -- Arizona -- History -- Sources \| Land grants -- Arizona \| Ranches -- Arizona -- Records and correspondence
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