Governors Sidney Preston Osborn and Daniel E. Garvey, RG 1, SG 14-15, 1941-1951
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Governors Sidney Preston Osborn and Daniel E. Garvey, RG 1, SG 14-15, 1941-1951
RG 1, SG 14-15
Creator:
Arizona Governor's Office
Title:
Governors Sidney Preston Osborn and Daniel E. Garvey, RG 1, SG 14-15
Inclusive Dates:
1941-1951
Quantity:
11 Linear Ft.
Abstract:
This collection consists of correspondence with the Arizona Governor's Office for Governors Osborn's and Garvey's administrations. The Governor's office organized the correspondence by subject matter. Subjects include agriculture, business, World War II, Japanese internment and water among other subjects.
Identification:
RG 1, SG 14-15
Language:
English
Repository:
Arizona State Archives
Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
Polly Rosenbaum Archives and History Building
1901 W. Madison Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85009
Phone: (602) 926-3720
Fax: (602) 256-7982
E-Mail: archive@lib.az.us
Biographical Note
Sidney Preston Osborn was born in 1884 to a pioneering family in Phoenix. He represented Maricopa County as a delegate to the 1910 Constitutional Convention, and in 1911 Osborn became the first Arizona Secretary of State and held the office until 1918. His election as Governor in 1941, and for three consecutive terms, brought his lifelong dream to fruition. Although many of Osborn's ideas were put off by World War II, he successfully brought Arizona's water policies into the 20th century and worked hard on social issues such as education, labor and individual rights. Sidney Osborn was the first Arizona governor to die in office. He suffered from ameotropic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease, and died on May 24, 1948.
Daniel Edward Garvey was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on June 19, 1886. After graduation from State College, he began working for a railroad as a clerk. In December 1909 he moved to Tucson. In 1939, he became Assistant Secretary of State and in 1944 became became Secretary of State upon Harry M. Moore's death. He was elected to the post that fall and served until his appointment as Governor to complete Osborn's unexpired term in 1948. He was the first Arizona Secretary of State to fill a Governor's unfinished term. In the November 1948 election, he won the governorship.
During his tenure, Arizona established the Children's Colony, revised the highway code, approved the Central Arizona Project and signed the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact. In 1950, Garvey became the Arizona administrator of the Federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation and in 1955 he became State Examiner. Governor Garvey died February 6, 1974.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of correspondence with the Arizona Governor's Office for the administrations of Sideny P. Osborn and Daniel E. Garvey. The Governor's Office arranged the Governor's correspondence alphabetically by subject, government agency, personal name and private organization. The Archives retained the same folder titles assigned by the Governor's office. There is some overlap between the two administrations. Therefore, Archives staff combined these administrations into one finding aid for researchers.
Osborn's correspondence files contain letters, reports, newspaper clippings, statistics, petitions, speeches and telegrams. Major topics include agriculture, business, the federal government, Arizona government agencies, land and water, the Legislature and social issues.
Agriculture files contain information on cotton production for the war effort, the guayule plant to produce a rubber substitute, meat and milk shortages, and shortages in Yuma's production levels.
Business folders concentrate primarily on the defense industry, with topics such as labor problems, mining needs, rent control, petroleum shortages and the building of the Westward Ho Hotel.
Federal government files contain correspondence between Governor Osborn and the federal government which intensified during the war years. Federal files document topics such as alien registration, maintenance of the Gila Bend bombing range, post-war planning for industries, creation of a Home Guard, war conditions, building prisoner of war camps, building a veterans hospital for Arizona and the status of Arizona's Japanese-Americans.
Arizona government files make up the majority of Governor Osborn's records. They contain materials on statewide issues, local interests and Governor Osborn's activities. Topics include sales tax, education, state employees' salaries, extraditions, speeches, the Governor's Conference on Children and letters from the Agriculture and Horticulture Commission concerning mandatory campaign contributions.
Land and water files mainly concern floods because there were several major floods in Arizona between 1941 and 1948. Topics covered include a flood of the Bill Williams River, guarding dams and bridges against foreign attack, a flood in Phoenix and maintaining a water rights treaty between the U.S. and Mexico.
State Legislature files include bills and memorials related to a sales tax, creating a Legislative Council, holding special sessions, motor transportation during the war and taxes on newspapers.
Social issues files document British war relief efforts, recycling for the war effort, Japanese internment and race prejudice, shortage of doctors, discrimination against Jews, a victory clothing drive and rationing.
Garvey's correspondence includes letters, reports, newspaper clippings, telegrams, bills, resolutions, appointments and cards dealing with a variety of subjects. Major topics include agriculture, federal government matters, and social issues.
Agriculture files deal with agricultural interests in Arizona such as post-war citrus production, date and lettuce production, and dairy farm labor camps. Arizona's business interests pertain especially to mines and mining.
Federal government files include correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings and telegrams on national topics of interest and concern to Arizona such as Senate Bill #172 related to POW's, oil rights on Indian lands, on-the-job training for veterans, prisoner of war camps and President Truman's visit.
Arizona government files contain correspondence and reports documenting state agencies, as well as county and municipal offices, activities and services. Folders containing correspondence with other states relate to multi-state and national issues, especially the Four Corners area.
Social issues addressed include the threat of communism, legalized gambling in Arizona, old age assistance, racial prejudice, the return of servicemen and women, and recreational facilities in Arizona.
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
It is the researcher’s responsibility to determine the copyright status of materials 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 come 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.
The State Archives received these records from the Governor's Office.
Credit Line
Bibliographic citations must cite the title of the record group(s), the box or volume number, the History and Archives Division and the name of the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records in full. Please use the following example:
Governor George W.P. Hunt to Ely Sims, November 21, 1919, Box 14, Office of the Governor, RG 1, History and Archives Division, Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records.
Processing Note
The Archives received Box 1, which follows Box 37, separate from the rest of the collection. Also, the folder following Folder 5 in Box 22A has been missing since 1983 and was not included in the folder numbers for Box 22.
Velarde, Colonel Julian C. Proposed deep water harbor at Punta Penasco (Rocky Point)., 1936, 1943
Box
28:21
Work Projects Administration. Phoenix activities cease., 1943
Box
28:22
War Bonds. Rallies; sales., 1943-1945
Box
28:23
War Bond Drive, Third. Governor's broadcasts., 1943-1944
Box
28:24
War Manpower Commission. Reports; memos., 1943-1944
Box
28:25
War Production Board. Reports; correspondence., 1943
Box
28:26
Wartime Conditions. Correspondence., 1943, 1945
Box
28:27
Washington, D.C. Correspondence., 1943-1944
Box
28:28
Water. Irrigation problems., 1943-1944 n.d.
Box
29:1
Water: Colorado River. Message of Governor Osborn to 16th State Legislature, Special Session: "Colorado River Contract and the Future of Arizona.", 1944
Box
29:2
Water Treaty. U.S. and Mexico, regarding Colorado River., 1944
Box
29:3
Weights and Measures Department. Correspondence., 1943-1944
Box
29:4
Western Governors' Conference. Denver, Colorado; Phoenix, Arizona., 1943, 1944
Banking Department. Escheat statute; correspondence; recommendations for appointment of State Bank Examiner., 1945
Box
30:10
Bar Association. Complaint of C.H. Richeson., 1946
Box
30:11
Barber Board. Report of meeting; correspondence reexamining barbers from other states., 1945-1946
Box
30:12
Beauty Culture Board. Attorney General's Opinion regarding an order of the board., 1946
Box
30:13
Becker Memorial. Correspondence re proposed memorial at Springerville to Gustave Becker., 1944-1945
Box
30:14
Benson, Town of. Need for a dentist; Mr. Compton's examination., 1946
Box
30:15
Boulder Dam. Correspondence regarding name change (from Hoover Dam); other matters., 1947
Box
30:16
Boy Scouts of America. Advisory board; list of officers and directors; correspondence; minutes of the board of directors' meeting., 1945
Box
30:17
Campbell Memorial (Thomas Campbell). Correspondence; appointments to Commission; other matters, including monument, and university fellowship., 1945-1950
Box
30:18
Campbell Memorial, Committee Policy, 1945
Box
30:19
Campbell Memorial, Memorial Monument, 1945
Box
30:20
Campbell Memorial, University Fellowship, 1945-1948
Forests and Forestry. Parks; national forests; correspondence., 1945-1946
Box
31:5
Fort Huachuca. Hospital; troop movements; correspondence., 1943-1946
Box
31:6
Garden City, Arizona. Citizen wants to start a new city., 1946
Box
31:7
Governors' Conference. Oklahoma City., 1946
Box
31:8
Governor's Editorials, and Greetings., 1945-1946
Box
31:9
Governors of Other States. Governors' Conference; resolutions and correspondence re Secretary of Interior; Supreme Court; U.S. Mexico Treaty re waterways; Great Lakes Seaway., 1945-1946
Box
31:10
Governor's Portrait, Governor's Mansion. Correspondence: with Henry Wolff, Artist; Governor's Mansion., 1945-1947
Box
31:11
Governor's Speeches and Statements. Messages to 17th State Legislature; budget message; memorial to President Roosevelt; biography., 1945-1946
Box
31:12
Graham County. University of Arizona experimental farm., 1945
Box
31:13
Grapefruit Advisory Board. Statistical report on movement of grapefruit., 1945
Box
31:14
Greek Relief. Correspondence with Order of Ahepa., 1946
Box
31:15
Griffinghagen and Associates. Company wishes to do planning studies., 1945-1946
Box
31:16
Health, Board of. Prostitution and venereal disease; T.B. x-ray survey; Hospital Advisory Committee; Surplus health commodities; appointments; mental, maternal and child health; Hospital needed in Glendale., 1944-1946
Box
31:17
Herrera, Sylvestre (war hero). W.W. II hero honored., 1945-1946
Japanese holding U.S. Personnel as War Prisoners. Correspondence; release of prisoners., 1945
Box
32:8
Japanese. Release of prisoners; protest against relocation of in Arizona; correspondence., 1944-1946
Box
32:9
Japanese. Rivers Relocation Center; use as P.O.W. Camp; possible later use as rest and recreation camp for U.S. vets., 1944-1945
Box
32:10
Jews. Establishment of Palestine as Free Jewish State., 1945-1946
Box
32:11
Juveniles. Study; auto needed at Ft. Grant; appointment; need for child colony., 1945
Box
32:12
Kingman Air field. Declared surplus by government; Hackberry water system; news release., 1945-1946
Box
32:13
Kingman Gunnery School War memorial. Correspondence., 1945-1946
Box
32:14
Labor. Federal Interagency on Migrant Labor; Petition re hiring of Mexican labor; correspondence., 1945-1946
Box
32:15
Land. Taylor Act; taxation; storage capacity of Arizona reservoirs; appointments; correspondence., 1945-1946
Box
32:16
Land Department. Application for withdrawal and survey; appeal denied; cattle growers protest U.S. Forest Service Policy., 1945-1947
Box
32:17
Federal Land Office. Land exchanges., 1946
Box
32:18
Lands. Federal transfer to states; correspondence., 1945-1946
Box
32:19
Legislative Matters. Water code; Veterans' needs; taxes salaries; vocational education; old age assistance; "Right-to-Work Bill;" Governors' Conference; highway needs; correspondence., 1939-1948
Box
33:1
Library and Archives. Legends of lost mines; Tom Bailey and Adams diggings; Hawaiian delegate writes re Arizona's struggle for statehood; Stone from House of Commons, for archives., 1945-1947
Box
33:2
Liquor Licenses and Control. John A. Duncan appointed as Superintendent; gambling in Cochise County; liquor situation at Fort Huachuca and Fry; correspondence., 1944-1947
Box
33:3
Livestock Sanitary Board. Newsletter; telegram re foot and mouth disease; cattle transactions and St. Johns inspection; correspondence., 1945-1947
Box
33:4
Luke Field. Loan of airplane for Capitol Grounds; correspondence., 1944-1945
Box
33:5
Marana Airfield. Highway or street rights-of-way; government surplus air fields., 1946
Box
33:6
Maricopa County. Appointment of Superior Court judge; Judge Speakman resigns; correspondence., 1945-1947
Box
33:7
Mental Hygiene Clinics. Correspondence from Dr. Metzger., 1946-1947
Box
33:8
Merchant Seaman's Bill of Rights. Correspondence., 1945
Box
33:9
Mesa Broadcasting Station. Correspondence., 1946
Box
33:10
Mexico. Complaints; correspondence., 1945-1946
Box
33:11
Military Academy. Proposed for Arizona., 1945-1946
Newspapers. Correspondence re various publications., 1945-1946
Box
33A:6
Nogales, City of. Charter amendment; Greater Arizona Conference; invitations., 1945-1946
Box
33A:7
Nurses Association. War service; National Memorial Board; convention; petitions; Board of Nurse Examiners; board members; Certificate of Incorporation., 1945-1946
Box
33A:8
Office of Price Administration. Appeals; complaints; sugar allotment for ice cream mix; coal supplies; meat shortage; correspondence., 1945-1946
Box
33A:9
Oil. Gas and Oil Act of 1939; oil lease; well testing; commercial oil wells (Mr. Broussard); McCarthy Oil and Gas Company., 1945-1946
Optometry Board. Appointment of George W. Patterson, O.D., 1946
Box
33A:13
Papago Hospital. Controversy over use as V.A. Hospital., 1946
Box
33A:14
Papago Housing Project. Attempts to establish at Papago Park, 1946
Box
33A:15
Parker, Town of. Application to discontinue Morse Code Office at Parker; replacement by railroad agency., 1946
Box
33A:16
Penicillin. Uses in human and plant pathology., 1944-1946
Box
33A:17
Phoenix. Cost-of-living indexes., 1945
Box
33A:18
Phoenix. Chamber of Commerce and Junior Chamber of Commerce; arranging holiday transportation for servicemen; Sierra Club; Parental Delinquency Week; correspondence., 1945-1946
Box
33A:19
Pima County. Resignation, appointment., 1945-1946
Box
33A:20
Pioneers' Home. Correspondence; poor condition of cemetery; guests' comments; monument for cemetery., 1945-1946
Box
33A:21
Political Letters and Speeches., 1946
Box
33A:22
Poppy Seeds from Flanders Field. Correspondence, 1945
Box
33A:23
Postwar Development Committee. For the western states: appointment of permanent committee., 1944-1945
Box
33A:24
Post-War Planning. Resolution re State Planning Board; highway planning; correspondence., 1945-1946
Box
33A:25
Prescott. Beautification of highway 89; outstanding bonds; call for bids; correspondence, 1946
Box
33A:26
Prescott Historical Society. Poetry Day Proclamation; several of Sharlot Hall's poems; correspondence., 1945
Box
33A:27
Priorities. Williams Hotel remodeling priority., 1945-1946
Box
33A:28
Prison, Arizona State. Correspondence., 1945-1946
Box
33A:29
Prisoner of War Camps. Reading matter; conditions., 1945
Box
34:1
Race Prejudice. Against Mexican-Americans and Negroes; at Veterans' Hospital; Civil Rights Resolution; correspondence., 1945-1946
Box
34:2
Radio Stations. Mountain standard time official for state; correspondence., 1944-1946
Box
34:3
Railroads. Furloughing of experienced railroad men from armed forces to run troop trains., 1945
Box
34:4
Rainmaking. Governors Proclamation of Day of Prayer for rain; correspondence, 1946
Box
34:5
Randolph School. House Bill #76; buildings and land may be sold., 1945
Saint Monica's Hospital in Phoenix. Accreditation of nurses' training; State Nurses' Association; dog show; resignation; correspondence., 1945-1946
Box
34:11
Salome, City of. Proposed removal of rationing board., 1945
Box
34:12
Salvage. Iron and steel scrap collection drive., 1946
Box
34:13
Schools. Teaching Spanish; school lunches; teacher shortage; veteran's rehabilitation; bond offering., 1945-1948
Box
34:14
Secretary of State. Litigation: Trew v. Garvey; correspondence., 1945-1946
Box
34:15
Servicemen and Women. Correspondence., 1945-1946
Box
34:16
Silicosis. Claims on the Industrial Commission., 1946
Box
34:17
Silk-producing Industry for Arizona. Correspondence regarding efforts in California., 1945-1946
Box
34:18
Social Security and Welfare. Unemployment compensation; budget requests; education of social workers; Children's Bureau., 1945-1946
Box
34A:1
Soil Conservation. Annual report of San Francisco Peaks Soil Conservation District; surplus farm machinery; coop is proposed; correspondence., 1945-1946
Box
34A:2
Sullivan, John L, Attorney General o f Arizona. Petition and complaints against Mr. Sullivan., 1945
Box
34A:3
Supreme Court. Appointments; travel orders; eulogy on death of Judge Ross; correspondence., 1945-1946
Box
34A:4
Surplus Property. Purchase of federal surplus property., 1945-1946
Box
34A:5
Tannery in Prescott. Correspondence re Senate Bill #113., 1945
Box
34A:6
Tax Commission. Individual income tax; mining depletion; Phelps Dodge., 1945-1946
Tempe College. Housing program; college expansion; federal funds for construction., 1945-1946
Box
34A:9
Thunderbird Field. Correspondence regarding possible use as a veterans' hospital., 1945
Box
34A:10
Time Change. Correspondence debating daylight time and mountain time., 1945-1946
Box
34A:11
Tombstone, Town of. Town offers site for veterans' hospital., 1945
Box
34A:12
Treasurer, State of Arizona. Bond issues., 1946
Box
34A:13
Tucson Airfields and Airport., 1946
Box
34A:14
Tucson, City of. Simulated "Bull Fight" and rodeo; boys' choir; correspondence., 1945
Box
34A:15
United Nations. Site for headquarters; United Nations Week., 1946
Box
34A:16
United Service Organization. Correspondence., 1945
Box
35:1
University of Arizona. Correspondence; transfer of credits; statistics re war service; salaries; radar station; proposed faculty constitution; financial statements., 1944-1946
Box
35:2
University of Arizona. Board of Regents. By-Laws; commons plan; faculty constitution; 1946 members; pesticide threatens bees., 1944-1946
Box
35:3
University of Arizona. President. Persons seek admittance as students., 1946
Box
35:4
University of Arizona. Salaries; legislative appropriations and the salary situation; student union building fund., 1946-1948
Washington, D.C. Correspondence; suggestions; legislation re reciprocal trade agreement, freight forwarding, and public works assistance; Phoenix woman seeks post as movie censor., 1944-1946
Western Governors' Conference at Cheyenne, Wyoming. Need for better airline transportation; correspondence., 1945
Box
35:18
Western Governors' Conference at Reno and Seattle. Proposed Washington, D.C. office; speeches on copper, lead and zinc development; correspondence., 1945-1946
Box
35:19
Westward Ho Hotel. Construction requests are denied., 1945
Box
35:20
Willcox, Town of. Need for a hospital., 1946
Box
35:21
Winslow, City of. Proposed diesel locomotive repair shop; bus line franchise sought; Indian T.B. sanitarium expansion needed., 1945
Box
35:22
Yavapai County Hospital. Federal aid for remodeling is sought., 1946
Box
35:23
Yavapai County Judgeship. Judge Lamson dies; W.E. Patterson is appointed., 1945-1946
Box
35:24
Yucca Army Air Base. Declared as government surplus property., 1946
Box
35:25
Yuma Airfield. Declared government surplus property., 1946
Box
35:26
Yuma County. Question regarding issuing of marriage licenses; A.O. Williamson resigns as county assessor., 1945-1946
Box
35:27
Yuma Projects. Need for airlines service; Homestead lands sought; letters of thanks; correspondence., 1945-1946
Box
36:1
Miscellaneous Correspondence, A, 1945-1947
Box
36:2
Miscellaneous Correspondence, B, 1945-1946
Box
36:3
Miscellaneous Correspondence, C, 1945-1946
Box
36:4
Miscellaneous Correspondence, D, 1944-1946
Box
36:5
Miscellaneous Correspondence, E, 1945-1946
Box
36:6
Miscellaneous Correspondence, F, 1945-1946
Box
36:7
Miscellaneous Correspondence, G, 1944-1946
Box
36:8
Miscellaneous Correspondence, H, 1945-1946
Box
36:9
Miscellaneous Correspondence, J, 1945-1947
Box
36:10
Miscellaneous Correspondence, K, 1946
Box
36:11
Miscellaneous Correspondence, L, 1945-1946
Box
36:12
Miscellaneous Correspondence, Mc, 1945-1946
Box
36:13
Miscellaneous Correspondence, M, 1944-1946
Box
36:14
Miscellaneous Correspondence, N, 1945-1947
Box
36:15
Miscellaneous Correspondence, O, 1945-1946
Box
36:16
Miscellaneous Correspondence, P, 1945-1946
Box
36:17
Miscellaneous Correspondence, Q, 1945-1946
Box
36:18
Miscellaneous Correspondence, R, 1943, 1945-1946
Box
36:19
Miscellaneous Correspondence, S, 1945-1946
Box
36:20
Miscellaneous Correspondence, T, 1945-1946
Box
36:21
Miscellaneous Correspondence, U, 1945
Box
36:22
Miscellaneous Correspondence, V, 1946
Box
36:23
Miscellaneous Correspondence, W, 1944-1946
Box
36:24
Miscellaneous Correspondence, XYZ, 1945
Box
1:1
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, A, 1944
Box
1:2
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, B, 1944
Box
1:3
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, C, 1944
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1:4
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, D, 1944
Box
1:5
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, E, 1944
Box
1:6
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, F, 1944
Box
1:7
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, G, 1944
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1:8
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, H, 1944
Box
1:9
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, I, 1944
Box
1:10
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, J, 1944
Box
1:11
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, K, 1944
Box
1:12
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, L, 1944
Box
1:13
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, M, 1944
Box
1:14
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, Mc, 1944
Box
1:15
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, N, 1944
Box
1:16
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, O, 1944
Box
1:17
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, P, 1944
Box
1:18
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, Q, 1944
Box
1:19
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, R, 1944
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1:20
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, S, 1944
Box
1:21
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, T, 1944
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1:22
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, U, 1944
Box
1:23
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, V, 1944
Box
1:24
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, W, 1944
Box
1:25
Correspondence to and from Governor Osborn, YZ, 1944