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41	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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42	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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43	Author:	Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives photograph collection, 1839-1995 ead
	Date(s):	1839-1995
	Abstract:	This collection contains photographs and negatives, copyprints, photocopies, slides, and contact prints which depict wide-ranging types of subject matter regarding Jewish individuals and institutions. The bulk of the photographs were made in the southwest United States, principally Arizona, California, Texas, and New Mexico. Photographs have been arranged by region and then by name/subject.
	Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
	Subjects:	Jews -- Arizona -- Photographs \| Jews -- California -- Photographs \| Jews -- New Mexico -- Photographs \| Jews -- Texas -- Photographs \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- Photographs \| Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico -- Photographs \| Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas -- Photographs \| Jewish businesspeople -- Arizona -- Photographs \| Jewish businesspeople -- New Mexico -- Photographs \| Jewish businesspeople -- Texas -- Photographs
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44	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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45	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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46	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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47	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.
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48	Author:	Arizona State University Libraries. Department of Archives and Special Collections	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Chicano/a Research Collection Small Manuscripts 1891-2010 1970-2010 ead
	Date(s):	1891-2010
	Abstract:	This guide describes all of the small manuscript collections held in ASC's Chicano/a Research Collection. These collections generally consist of 1-2 folders and document Mexican American history in Arizona from the late 19th century to the early 21st century. Manuscripts, personal papers, professional papers, and family history projects are included. All of these descriptions were originally entered into ASC's Special Materials Index between 1996 and 2014.
	Repository:	Arizona State University Library. Chicano Research Collection
	Subjects:	Mexican Americans -- Arizona. \| Mexican Americans -- History. \| Yaqui Indians \| Mexican American women \| World War, 1939-1945 \| Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif, 1943 \| Education \| Mexican American college students -- Political activity \| Student movements \| Yaqui Indians \| Migrant labor \| Arizona -- Emigration and immigration \| Illegal aliens \| Curriculum planning \| Education, Higher \| Mexican American women \| Education, Higher \| Mexican American women \| Agricultural laborers \| Mexican American women \| Mexican Americans -- Genealogy \| Mexican American families \| Mexican American women \| Mexican American families \| Mexican American women -- Social life and customs \| Mexican American families \| Mexican American women -- Social life and customs \| Mexican American families \| Mexican American women -- Social life and customs \| Mexican American families
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49	Author:	Arizona State University. Women's Studies Program	Add to Favorites
	Title:	Arizona Women's Heritage Project Oral Histories 1981 ead
	Date(s):	1981
	Abstract:	This collection houses transcripts of oral histories conducted with 29 Arizona women. Among the subjects covered are migration to Arizona, childhood recollections, family life, employment outside the home, religion, military service, marriage, childrearing, and politics. Also included is supplemental biographical information provided by interviewees.
	Repository:	Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection
	Subjects:	Single women -- Arizona -- Social conditions \| Women -- Arizona -- Social conditions \| Women -- Employment -- Arizona \| Dude ranches -- Arizona -- Tempe -- History \| Methodist Church -- Arizona -- History \| Bed and breakfast accommodations -- Arizona -- Tempe -- History \| Women -- Arizona -- Tempe -- Social conditions \| Funeral homes -- Arizona -- Glendale \| Women -- Arizona -- Glendale -- Societies and clubs \| Women -- Arizona -- Glendale -- Social conditions \| Women -- Arizona -- Social conditions \| Women -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- Societies and clubs \| Women volunteers in social service -- Arizona -- Phoenix \| Volunteer workers in medical care -- Arizona -- Phoenix \| Women -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- Social conditions \| Depressions -- 1929 -- United States \| African American women -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- Social conditions \| African Americans -- Civil rights -- Arizona -- Phoenix \| African American beauty operators -- Arizona -- Phoenix \| African Americans -- Suffrage -- Arizona -- Phoenix \| Women -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- Social conditions \| Women -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- Societies and clubs \| Women -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- Social conditions \| Depressions -- 1929 -- United States \| Farm life -- Arizona -- Salt River Valley \| Women -- Arizona -- Societies and clubs \| School management and organization -- Parent participation -- Arizona \| Women -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- Social conditions \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Arizona \| Working mothers -- Arizona -- Phoenix
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