| | 21 | Author: | Riggs, John L. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Manuscripts of John L. Riggs,
1924-1925 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1924-1925 | | | | Abstract: | John L. Riggs was a local historian in Mohave County, Arizona.
Collection includes holograph articles concerning Mohave County, Ariz. history, including Walapai Indians,
William H. Hardy, turquoise mines, the Silver Hill Massacre, and the killing of the Luke party. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- Mohave County. | Hualapai Indians -- History. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 22 | Author: | United States. Army. Department of the Missouri. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | United States Army, Military Division of the Missouri correspondence
1878-1880 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1878-1880 | | | | Abstract: | Photocopies of 118 documents, chiefly official correspondence and printed orders related to Captain Nicholas Nolan, 10th Cavalry,
from 1878 to 1880. Letters from the winter of 1879 concern the escort and protection of reservation Indians on a hunting expedition,
including Kiowas, Comanches and Pawnees. In the summer and fall of 1880, while stationed at Fort Quitman, Texas, Nolan cooperated
with Mexican forces along the Rio Grande River, in the pursuit of Indians with the Apache chief, Victorio. Correspondents
include Henry O. Flipper and P.B. Hunt. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | African American soldiers -- History -- 19th century. | Apache Indians -- Wars. | Comanche Indians -- Wars. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Oklahoma. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas. | Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- Government relations -- 1869-1934. | Kiowa Indians -- Wars. | Pawnee Indians -- Wars. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 23 | Author: | Clum, John Philip,
1851-1932 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | John Philip Clum
collection,
1874-1917 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1874-1917 | | | | Abstract: | The John P. Clum collection is divided into two subgroups:
records of Clum's tenure at the San Carlos Apache Indian Agency, 1874-1878, and
documents relating to his career, 1880-1917 chronological arrangement. This
collection includes, photocopies of San Carlos Indian Agency reports, abstracts
of disbursements, vouchers, accounts current, and auditor's reports pertaining
to Clum's work at the Agency from 1874-1878. Also information and
correspondence regarding his employment from 1880-1917 in the War Dept. and the
Post Office Dept., as well as his lecture tours for the Southern Pacific
Railroad. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Apache Indians -- Government relations | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona | Indian agents -- Arizona | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 24 | Author: | West, Frank,
1850-1923 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Frank West
journal,
1884-1885 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1884-1885 | | | | Abstract: | Contains a handwritten journal recording military marches from
Fort Huachuca, Arizona, to Fort Craig, New Mexico; from Fort Craig to Fort
Wingate; and from Fort Wingate to Deming, New Mexico, during the Apache
campaign. Includes logs of miles traveled, maps, and some biographical
information. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Apache Indians -- Wars, 1883-1886 -- Personal
narratives | Frontier and pioneer life -- Southwest, New | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 27 | Author: | Clum, John P.,
1851-1932 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | John P.
Clum papers,
1860-1970 (bulk,
1874-1932) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1860-1970 (bulk,
1874-1932) | | | | Abstract: | Collection consists of the papers of John P.
Clum and family. Correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, typescripts,
newspaper and magazine articles are by or about John P. Clum; a smaller
quantity of typescripts, reprints, and biographical items concern John's son
Woodworth Clum. Much of the material consists of writings by the Clums and
others about the Apache Indians, Geronimo's capture, and events in Tombstone,
Arizona. | | | | Repository: | Univeristy of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- Cochise
County | Apache Indians -- Government relations --
History | Apache Indians -- Photographs | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 28 | Author: | unknown | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Mormons in Arizona,
1873-1948
(bulk 1873-1888) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1873-1948 | | | | Abstract: | Historical sketches, minutes of meetings, letters, journals, diaries, and autobiographical sketches including
histories written by R.E. Porter and George S. Tanner relating to Mormon settlements in Arizona, chiefly at
Joseph City and other points along the Little Colorado River. Includes minutes and letters of the United Order of
Joseph City; and letters and extracts of news stories regarding the Little Colorado River Stake. Journals, diaries,
and autobiographical sketches of Mormon pioneers in Arizona are present for William C. Allen, John A. Blythe, James
S. Brown, Daniel H. McAllister, Joseph H. Richards, Andrew S. Rogers, William H. Solomon, Brigham Stowell, John W. Tate,
and the McLaws, Bradshaw, and Owens families. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona. | Mormons -- Arizona -- History. | Mormons -- Utah -- History. | Pioneers -- Arizona. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 29 | Author: | Burns, Walter
Noble | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Walter Noble Burns
papers,
1908-1964 (bulk
1922-1932) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1908-1964 (bulk
1922-1932) | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains manuscripts, notes,
correspondence, photographs, clippings, and related material. Several drafts of
the manuscripts for
The Saga of Billy the Kid, 1925,
Tombstone: An Iliad of the Southwest,
1927,
The One Way Ride, 1931 and
The Robin Hood of El Dorado: the Saga of Joaquin
Murrieta, 1932, are present. Correspondents, including Wyatt Earp and
various others, relate their experiences. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) | Outlaws -- New Mexico -- Lincoln County | Outlaws -- Arizona -- Tombstone | Western stories | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 31 | Author: | United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | United States Army, Quartermaster Corps. invoices
1849 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1849 | | | | Abstract: | Contains two holograph duplicate invoices for building materials and tools sent for the construction of "the Fort on the River Gila."
The invoices were signed and dated by Bvt. Lt. Col. S. McRee, Quartermaster, U.S. Army, St. Louis, Mo. on May 12 and June 7, 1849.
The invoice dated June 7 consists of one leaf; that of May 12, consists of three pages. The lists include weights and quantities for diverse
items such as quarry picks, wheel segments, paint brushes, cooking stoves, door locks, glue and glue pots, grind stones, linseed oil, plows,
window glass, plugs of feathers, and white lead. Items were sent to an unnamed "Acting Quartermaster," and items not received
were so noted. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Fortification -- Southwest, New -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Southwest, New -- Sources | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 32 | Author: | Blachly, Lou | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Papers of Lou
Blachly,
1827-1965 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1827-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Includes correspondence, reports, manuscripts,
diaries, photographs, poetry, souvenir ephemera, and newspapers of the Bradley
and Blachly families. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado | Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico | Women pioneers -- Colorado | Missions, Medical -- Thailand -- History -- 19th century | Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Africa, North | Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany | Wild flowers -- Arizona | Bird watching -- United States -- Guidebooks | Birds -- United States | World War, 1939-1945 -- Food supply | World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- Africa, North | World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- Germany | World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Germany | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 34 | Author: | Foster, Nancy Melvina, 1869-1961. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Nancy Melvina Foster reminiscences
1871-1921 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1871-1921 | | | | Abstract: | One holographic manuscript, probably written in 1937. In it, Nancy Melvina Foster recounts her experiences, from 1871-1921, of homesteading in
Arizona, farming in California, and life in the mining camps of Arizona and New Mexico. Genealogy sheet enclosed. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Farm life -- California -- History -- Sources. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Southwest, New. | Women pioneers -- Southwest, New -- Biography. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 37 | Author: | Day family | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Day Family Collection, 1858-1977 (bulk 1870-1940). ead | | | | Date(s): | 1858-1977 (bulk 1870-1940). | | | | Abstract: | The Day Family were anglo Indian traders, on the Navajo
Reservation in eastern Arizona. The collection includes the personal and business papers
of Sam Day, Sr. (1845-1925) surveyor, Indian 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. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 38 | Author: | Unknown | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | New Mexico Territorial Covers Collection
[1874]-1912 ead | | | | Date(s): | [1874]-1912 | | | | Abstract: | This collection includes covers, postcards and letters mailed from towns in New Mexico during the state’s territorial period. Items of interest include real photo postcards which show images of: the Alvarado in Albuquerque (postmarked Anapra 1908); the Catholic Church in Las Cruces (postmarked Acme 1909); the Overland Limited Train (postmarked Black Tower 1910); Deming, NM (postmarked Carne 1912); a cattle ranch near Portales (postmarked Carter, 1907); a birdseye view of Folsom (postmarked Cuates, 1911); the Institute for the Blind, Alamogordo (postmarked Carrizozo); the hospital at Dawson, 1909; Main Street, Tucumcari, (postmarked Dodson 1911); Mexican Revolution politician Federico Gonzalez Garza (postmarked Elephant Butte 1911); Main Street, Melrose (postmarked House 1910); Tucumcari High School (postmarked Hanley 1911); the wholesale district, El Paso, (postmarked Lanark 1908); unknown building in Lamy, 1906; Main Street Las Cruces, 1908; the Church at Isleta Pueblo (postmarked Leopold 1906); St. Anthony’s Sanitarium at Las Vegas, 1910 (Postmarked Levy and Porvenir 1910); Lodge at Cloudcroft, (postmarked Mountain Park); Bravo Ranch Quarters (postmarked Nara Visa 1908); Chaves Courthouse in Roswell (postmarked Orchard Park 1911) Pipeline from Mountains (postmarked Orogrande 1907); Alameda Park Depot and Office Bldg, Alamogordo (postmarked Oscuro 1908); President Porfirio Diaz in a parade at El Paso (postmarked Pearl 1909); Souvenir of Silver Springs, (postmarked Silver Springs 1911); View of Sylanite (postmarked Sylvanite 1909); Street Scene, Silver City (postmarked Tyrone, 1910).
A number of picture cachets are also in the collection, including: a cachet of St. Michaels College (postmarked Santa Fe 1889); a cachet with a map of Colorado and New Mexico (postmarked Lookout 1880); and a cachet for “A. Gusdorf Grain Mill (postmarked Ranches of Taos, 1888).
Letters in the collection include: a letter from a teacher describing Christmas celebrations and social events in 1907 in Alma; letters about the economy (lumber, farming, mining), horses and people and a postcard, from Copperton, 1905; a letter from a German speaking soldier at, Fort Stanton, 1886; a letter about Statehood Day and taxes (postmarked Lakewood, 1912); a letter about house construction in Madison; a letter saying “thanks for the tobacco” and about organizing a Breeder’s Association in Mesilla, 1906; a letter with details of raising and selling hogs, Ruidoso, 1911; a letter about bad condition of the church and school, Silver City, 1909; and a letter which is described as the writers “last correspondence from the New Mexico Territory”.
Other interesting items include: a cover from Gascom dated 1900, signed by the postmaster on the closing date of the post office; a handwritten postmark, dated 1878, Loma Parda; a handwritten postmark and letter from Turquesa 1881; a postmark from the KC and La Jolla RPO (postmarked Melrose, 1908); covers from 1874 and 1875, Santa Fe. | | | | Repository: | Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library | | | | Subjects: | New Mexico -- History. | Postal Service -- New Mexico. | Postcards -- New Mexico. | Mining -- New Mexico -- History. | Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico -- History. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 40 | Author: | Mazzanovich, Anton | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Anton Mazzanovich Papers, ead | | | | Date(s): | unknown | | | | Abstract: | The collection contains correspondence, diary, newspaper clippings, articles, theater programs, photographs, and other materials relating to Anton Mazzanovich's experiences in Arizona and New Mexico, and his theatrical activities in New York. The materials date from 1885-1934, with the bulk of materials dating from 1924 through 1934. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life. | Apache Indians -- Wars. | Apache Indians -- Photographs. | Theater -- United States. | Cities and towns -- Arizona -- History -- Photographs. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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