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Register of the John Hennessy Collection, 1926-1959.

NAU.MS.152


Descriptive Summary

Creator: Hennessy, John
Collection NameJohn Hennessy Collection,
Inclusive Dates: 1926-1959
Physical Description6 linear feet
DescriptionBusiness and personal records of John Hennessy and his family. The collection includes business records from the Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company, the Hennessy Sheep Company, Hennessy and Gonzalez, and the John Hennessy Livestock Company. Also found are records and records from his wife's floral and hairstyling businesses.
Collection NumberNAU.MS.152
Language English.
Repository Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department.
Northern Arizona University
Box 6022
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022
Phone: 928 523 5551
Fax: 928 523 3770
Email: Special.Collections@nau.edu

HIstorical Note

John Hennessy was a sheep rancher both in Phoenix and the Flagastaff area.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, financial records and minutes of the the Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company, Hennessy and Gonzalez Company, Hennessy Sheep Company and the John Hennessy Livestock Company. In addition to these livestock company records, the collection also contains Hennessy's personal files and his wife's business records.

Organization

Organized in 5 series.
I. John Hennessy family subject files, 1927-1957.
II. Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company records, 1927-1959.
III. Hennessy and Gonzalez, 1950-1957.
IV. Hennessy Sheep Company, 1935-1953.
V. John Hennessy Livestock Company, 1949-1957.

Restrictions

Restrictions

None.

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs,legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for Northern Arizona University, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

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Livestock Inspector of Flagstaff, Arizona Collection, NAU.MS.70
Perrin, Edward Collection, NAU.MS.87
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Access Points

Corporate Name(s)
Hennessey Sheep Company (Flagstaff, Ariz.)--Archives.
Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company (Flagstaff, Ariz.)--Archives.
Hennessey Sheep Company (Flagstaff, Ariz.)

Subject(s)
Animal industry--Arizona--Flagstaff.
Animal industry--Arizona.
Land companies--Arizona--Flagstaff.
Land companies--Arizona.
Livestock--Arizona--Flagstaff.
Livestock--Arizona.
Sheep industry--Arizona--Flagstaff.
Sheep industry--Arizona.

Administrative Information

Credit Line

John Hennessy Collection, NAU.MS. 152, Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Dept.

Container List

Series one, boxes 1-5, 2 subseries, John Hennessy family subject files, 1927-1957.
Subseries one, boxes 1-2, John Hennesy's personal files, 1927-1959.
Box-folder
1.1 John Hennessy: Al Moynahan Insurance Agency, 1954.
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1.2 John Hennessy: Arizona Stockmans Loan - Chattel Mortgage, 1942-1954.
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1.3 John Hennessy: Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe Railway Company, 1951.
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1.4 John Hennessy: Babbitt Brothers Trading Company, 1929.
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1.5 John Hennessy: Bank of Arizona - Personal Checks , 1949.
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1.6 John Hennessy: Bank of Arizona - Deposits and Letters, 1953.
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1.7 John Hennessy: Bank of Douglas - Bank Statements and Checks, 1957.
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1.8 John Hennessy: Bank of Douglas - Yuma, 1955-1957.
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1.9 John Hennessy: Citizens National Bank - Bank Statements and Checks, 1951-1952.
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1.10 John Hennessy: Employee's Payroll Records, 1951-1953.
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1.11 John Hennessy: Employers Quaterly Federal Tax Return, 1951-1953.
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1.12 John Hennessy: First National Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements and Checks, 1957.
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1.13 John Hennessy: Forest Service - Grazing Permits, 1949-1956.
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1.14 John Hennessy: Forest Service - Special Use Permit (Coconino), 1927-1949.
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1.15 John Hennessy: Internal Revenue Service - Letters, 1951-1953.
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1.16 John Hennessy: Legal Documents - Personal, 1933-55.
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2.17 John Hennessy: Leroux Street Property, 1951-1952.
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2.18 John Hennessy: Letters, 1930-1953.
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2.19 John Hennessy: Phoenix Title and Trust Company - Northern Arizona Title Company, 1943-1956.
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2.20 John Hennessy: Ranch Account, Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements and Checks, 1953.
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2.21 John Hennessy: Ranch Account, Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements and Checks, 1954.
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2.22 John Hennessy: Stockmans Loan Company - Account and Receipts, 1950-1952.
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2.23 John Hennessy: Valley National Bank - Bank Statements and Checks, 1954.
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2.24 John Hennessy: Valley National Bank - Bank Statements and Checks, 1955.
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2.25 John Hennessy: Valley National Bank - Bank Statements and Checks, 1956.
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2.26 John Hennessy: Valley National Bank - Bank Statements, Checks and Receipts, 1957.
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2.27 John Hennessy: Union Stock Farms - Invoices and Statements, 1951-1952.
Subseries two, boxes 2-5, Hennessy family subject files, 1929-1959.
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2.28 Abstract of Title - Purcell Sheep Company, 1922-37.
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2.29 Airport Auto Wreckers - Report of Examination, Receipts, Tax Returns, 1956-1957.
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2.30 Correspondence: Arizona Stockmans Loan Company - County Recorder, 1942 and 1951.
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2.31 Hennessy's Floral Cart - Payrolls, Tax Reports, Receipts, 1957-1959.
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2.32 James B. Hennessy - Deeds and Titles, 1929-1949.
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3.33 Mary Hennessy: Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements and Checks, 1951-1952.
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3.34 Mary Hennessy: Description of Estate, 1952.
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3.35 Mary Hennessy: Estate of John Hennessy, Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements and Checks, 1949.
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3.36 Mary Hennessy: Individual Income Tax, Mortgage, 1942-1948.
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3.37 Mary Hennessy: Legal Documents, 1938-1951.
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3.38 Sybil Hennessy: Valley National Bank - Bank Statements and Checks, 1955.
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3.39 Sybil Hennessy: Valley National Bank - Bank Statements and Checks, 1956.
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3.40 Wilma's Hair Styling/Louise's Creations: Budget, Balance Sheet, 1956-1957.
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3.41 Wilma's Hair Styling: Cashiers Checks, Receipts, 1958.
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3.42 Wilma's Hair Styling/Louise's Creations: Employment Security Commission of Arizona - Affidavit of Suspension of Operations, 1958.
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3.43 Wilma's Hair Styling/Louise's Creations: Payroll Reports, 1957-1958.
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3.44 Wilma's Hair Styling/Louise's Creations: Tax Returns, 1956-1958.
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3.45 Wilma's Hair Styling: Receipts, 1956-57.
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3.46 Wilma's Hair Styling: Valley National Bank - Bank Statements and Checks, 1956-1957.
Volume
4.1 Hennessy's Floral Cart: Bank Book, 1954-57.
Volume
4.2 John Hennessy: Bank Book, 1944-56.
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4.3 John Hennessy: Ledger of John Hennessy - Expense and Income, 1947-1957.
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5.4 Louise's Creations: Ledger of Louise's Creations, 1956-1957.
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5.5 Wilma's Hair Styling: Business Record, 1956.
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5.6 Wilma's Hair Styling: Business Record, 1957.
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5.7 Wilma's Hair Styling: Check Book, 1956-1957.
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5.8 Wilma's Hair Styling: Check Book, 1957-1958.
Series two, boxes 6-10, Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company records, 1925-1959.
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6.47 Blyth Ranch - Statements of Earnings and Expense, 1951.
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6.48 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Application to Assign and Assumption of Certificate of Purchase, 1954.
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6.49 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Applications for Grazing Leases, 1942-1951.
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6.50 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Annual Reports, 1938-1953.
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6.51 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Arizona Corporatioin Commission, 1943-1952.
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6.52 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements, 1933-1939.
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6.53 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements, Letters, Financial Statement, 1939-1942.
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6.54 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements and Checks, 1948-1955.
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6.55 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Bill of Sale, 1948-1958.
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6.56 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Budgets and Receipts, 1942-1947.
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6.57 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Campbell Francis Sheep Company - Letters, 1927-1941.
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6.58 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Campbell Francis Sheep Company - Old Leases, 1937-1939.
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7.59 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Chattel Mortgage on Livestock, 1943-1954.
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7.60 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Deeds, 1927-1956.
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7.61 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: First National Bank, Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements and Checks, 1927-1932.
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7.62 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Gibbs and Gibbs - Legal Correspondence, 1939-1942.
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7.63 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Grazing Lease, 1938-1951.
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7.64 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Income Tax Return, 1943-1953.
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7.65 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Industrial Commission of Arizona - Payroll Report, 1953-1954.
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7.66 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company, 1945-1951.
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7.67 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Leases, 1935-1952.
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7.68 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Leases - State Land Department, 1934-1941.
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8.69 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Legal Documents, 1927-1951.
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8.70 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Letters, Deed of Trust, 1947-1956.
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8.71 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Letters and Receipts, 1927-1933.
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8.72 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Letters and Receipts, 1928-1937.
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8.73 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Minutes - Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Statement of Receipts and Disbursements, 1943-1951.
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8.74 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Receipts, 1935-1955.
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8.75 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Northern Arizona Light and Power Company, 1951.
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8.76 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Receipts - State Land Department, 1940-1950.
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8.77 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Report of Examination, Dec. 1943.
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8.78 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: State Land Department - Letters, Statements, Receipts, Leases, 1947-1954.
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8.79 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: State Land Department - Receipts, 1925-1950.
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8.80 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: State Land Department - Letters, Receipts, 1928-1954.
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9.81 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Stockholders - Letters and Notices, 1942-1954.
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9.82 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Tax Returns, Letters - Internal Revenue Service, 1931-1954.
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9.83 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Manangement - Permits, Receipts, Bills and Letters, 1940-1953.
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9.84 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Valley National Bank - Bank Statements and Checks, 1943-1947.
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9.85 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Wilson, Compton and Wilson Attorneys at Law, 1939-1952.
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9.86 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Yavapai County Tax Receipts, 1927-1953.
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9.87 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Capital Stock Book ,
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9.88 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Check Book - Bank of Arizona, 1947-1956.
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9.89 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Check Book - Valley National Bank, 1943-1959.
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10.90 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Minutes of Annual Meetings, 1926-1954.
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10.91 Horseshoe Land and Livestock Company: Ledger - Expense and Income, 1926-1952.
Series three, boxes 10-11, Hennessy and Gonzalez Company records, 1950-1957.
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10.92 Hennessy and Gonzalez: Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements and Checks, 1950-1951.
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10.93 Hennessy and Gonzalez: Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements and Checks, 1951-1952.
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10.94 Hennessy and Gonzalez: Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements and Checks, 1954.
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10.95 Hennessy and Gonzalez: Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements and Checks, 1955.
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10.96 Hennessy and Gonzalez: Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements, Checks, Receipts, and Letters, 1955-1957.
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10.97 Hennessy and Gonzalez: Chattel Mortgage, 1951-1955.
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10.98 Hennessy and Gonzalez: Employee Records - Social Security Numbers, 1951-1952.
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11.99 Hennessy and Gonzalez: Paid Notes and Meetings, 1954-1956.
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11.100 Hennessy and Gonzalez: Tax Returns and Payroll Reports, 1953-1957.
Series four, box 11, Hennessy Sheep Company records, 1935-1953.
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11.101 Hennessy Sheep Company Documents ,
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11.102 Hennessy Sheep Company: Industrial Commission of Arizona - Payroll Report, 1951-1953.
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11.103 Hennessy Sheep Company: Mary Hennessy - Sheep Accounts, Statements and Checks, 1949.
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11.104 Hennessy Sheep Company: Waiver of Grazing Privileges, 1935-1952.
Series five, boxes 11-12,John Hennessy Livestock Company records, 1949-1957.
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11.105 John Hennessy Livestock Company: Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements and Checks, 1949.
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11.106 John Hennessy Livestock Company: Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements, 1950.
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11.107 John Hennessy Livestock Company: Bank of Arizona - Checks, 1950.
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11.108 John Hennessy Livestock Company: Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements, 1951.
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11.109 John Hennessy Livestock Company: Bank of Arizona - Checks, 1951.
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12.110 John Hennessy Livestock Company: Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements, 1952.
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12.111 John Hennessy Livestock Company: Bank of Arizona - Checks, 1952.
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12.112 John Hennessy Livestock Company: Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements and Checks, 1953.
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12.113 John Hennessy Livestock Company: Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements and Checks, 1953.
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12.114 John Hennessy Livestock Company: Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements and Checks, 1954.
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12.115 John Hennessy Livestock Company: Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements and Checks, 1954.
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12.116 John Hennessy Livestock Company: Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements and Checks, 1955.
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12.117 John Hennessy Livestock Company: Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements and Checks, 1956.
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12.118 John Hennessy Livestock Company: Bank of Arizona - Bank Statements and Checks, 1957.
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12.119 John Hennessy Livestock Company: John Clay and Company Livestock Commission, 1951.
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12.120 John Hennessy Livestock Company: Valley National Bank - Bank Statements and Checks, 1957.