| | 3 | Author: | Henney, Homer (Homer Jay), 1896-1979 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Homer J. Henney Papers
1917-1924, 1970-1972 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1917-1924, 1970-1972 | | | | Abstract: | This collection consists primarily of letters that Homer J. Henney wrote to his family in Horton, Kansas while he was serving with the 137th Infantry during World War I. Also included are newspaper clippings, orders, financial records, and other materials documenting Henney's military service; a copy of Die Sagan: Das Leben der Herzogin Wilhelmine von Sagan Prinzessin von Kurland that Henney found in the bunker where Hitler committed suicide and correspondence regarding this book; and testimony regarding a 1924 automobile accident that Henney was involved in. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection | | | | Subjects: | Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Homes and haunts. | United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 137th. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, American. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, American. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 4 | Author: | Ohnick family | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Ohnick Family Papers
circa 1848-1997
1884-1965 ead | | | | Date(s): | circa 1848-1997 | | | | Abstract: | The Ohnick Family Papers house correspondence, images, clippings, performance programs, contracts, real estate records, and other materials documenting Hachiro and Katherine Ohnick and their children, Ben, Tom, Marion, and Helen. The majority of these materials record the family's life in Seattle, Ben Ohnick's career in the Philippines, Ben and Tom Ohnick's military service during World War I, and Marion Ohnick's operatic career under the stage name Haru Onuki. Other records show Helen Ohnick's work as a real estate broker, Tom Ohnick's high school football teams, and Hachiro Ohnick's emigration to the United States and work in early Phoenix. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library
Greater Arizona Collection | | | | Subjects: | Immigrants -- United States | Japanese Americans -- History | Japanese -- United States | Public utilities -- Arizona -- Phoenix | World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, American | World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration Camps -- Philippines | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 5 | Author: | Luhrs family | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Luhrs Family Papers
1804-1997
1880-1978 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1804-1997 | | | | Abstract: | The Luhrs Family Papers house correspondence, legal documents, financial records, real estate records, blueprints, ledgers, and other materials documenting the Luhrs family's emigration from Germany to the United States and life and work in Phoenix, Arizona. Among the subjects represented are real estate holdings; construction and administration of the Commercial Hotel (later known as the Hotel Luhrs), the Luhrs Building, the Luhrs Central Building, the Luhrs Tower, the Luhrs Arcade, and the Luhrs Parking Center; George Luhrs Sr.'s business partnership with Newell Herrick; agricultural and mining enterprises; such fraternal organizations as the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, the El Zaribah Shrine, the Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights Templar, the Royal Arch Masons, and the Rotary Club; George Luhrs Jr.'s and Arthur Luhrs' education in the Phoenix public schools and at Stanford University; George Luhrs Jr.'s and A. C. Taylor's military service, including service in World War I; and family members' private lives. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library
Greater Arizona Collection | | | | Subjects: | Commercial buildings -- Arizona -- Phoenix | Hotels -- Arizona -- Phoenix | Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona | Office buildings -- Arizona -- Phoenix | Real estate development -- Arizona -- Phoenix | Real estate investment -- Arizona -- Phoenix | World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, American | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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