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Governor Myron H. McCord 1897-1898
RG 001 SG 04
Creator:
Governor Myron H. McCord
Title:
Governor Myron H. McCord
Inclusive Dates:
1897-1898
Quantity:
2 Boxes, 1 volume
Abstract:
This collection contains one bound volume of Governor
McCord's letters and two boxes (.75 linear feet) of correspondence.
Identification:
RG 001 SG 04
Language:
English
Repository:
Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public
Records Archives and Records
Management
Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records
Polly Rosenbaum Archives and History Building
1901 W. Madison St.
Phoenix, Arizona 85009
Phone: (602) 926-3720
Fax: (602) 256-7982
E-Mail: archives@azlibrary.gov
Biographical Note
Myron Hawley McCord was born on November 26, 1840 in McKean County, Pennsylvania. In
the mid 1840s, the McCord family moved to New York where McCord attended public
schools and the Richburg Academy. In 1854, McCord went to Wisconsin with his father
and worked as a lumberman while attending school a few months each year. At age 20,
he went into business for himself and worked in logging and building roads until he
became a lawyer at age 21. McCord held a variety of local and state offices before
he represented Wisconsin in the United States House of Representatives from 1889 to
1891.
In 1893, McCord moved to Arizona and began to farm, grow fruit and raise cattle. He
also owned half of the Arizona Gazette at some point. In 1895, Governor Hughes
appointed McCord to the Territorial Board of Control which oversaw public
institutions. In 1897, President McKinley, who served in Congress with McCord,
appointed him Territorial Governor.
In 1898, McCord asked to raise a regiment of Arizona volunteers for the looming
Spanish American War and he became a colonel in the First Territorial Infantry when
fighting commenced. After volunteering for military service, McCord was forced to
resign his position as Arizona Governor in July 1898. After the war, McCord served
as United States Marshall for Arizona and the custom collector at Nogales. In 1908,
he returned to Phoenix because of ill health and he died on August 27.
Scope and Content
This collection contains one bound volume of Governor McCord's letters and two boxes
(.75 linear feet) of correspondence.
Arrangement
The unbound correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
All photocopies of original materials are made by staff. We reserve the right to
refuse copy services based on physical condition and possible damage to the
materials.
For preservation purposes, if microfilm copies are available, patrons will use the
microfilm first.
Under Arizona Revised Statute 39-141, public records used for commercial purposes
have additional requirements. Please contact the Arizona State Archives for further
information.
Copyright
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he or she uses. The Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records is not
legally or financially responsible for any copyright infringement by
researchers.
Many documents held by the Arizona State Archives fall under the Public Record law
(ARS 41-1350). Documents created by the government are not copyrighted. The United
States of America Copyright Law (P.L. 94-553, effective Jan. 1, 1978) extends
statutory rights of authority to unpublished works which were previously protected
by literary property rights under common law. Such works do not have to be
registered with the Copyright Office to receive protection under the law.
Bibliographic citations must cite the title of the record group(s), subgroup(s), the
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