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Descriptive Summary | |
Creator: | Thomas, Dorothea |
Collection Name | Dorothea Thomas Collection |
Inclusive Dates: | ca. 1882-1954 |
Physical Description | 1.5 linear feet |
Abstract | Mostly correspondence between Dorothea Thomas and her family in England. Also contains photographs and miscellaneous memorabilia. |
Collection Number | AHS-ND 65 |
Language | English |
Repository |
Arizona Historical Society/Flagstaff Archives PO Box 6022 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022 Phone: 928 523 5551 Fax: 928 774 1596 Email: ahsnad@infomagic.net |
Dorothea Thomas was born in England, March 23, 1890. She was a sheep rancher and 40 year resident of the Garland Prairie, Arizona area. She also lived in Williams, Flagstaff, Parks, and Prescott, Arizona. She died in Prescott, Arizona in July 1983 at the age of ninety-three.
Correspondence between Dorothea Thomas and her family in England. Also included are magazines, road maps, school bulletins from England, pow-wow programs, and a travelog of Coss-Sorrel cross country tour of the United States. There are 41 photographs associated with the collection.
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Series I. Correspondence, ca. 1882-1954 | |||||||||||
Approximately 1.2 linear feet of correspondence. Much of the correspondence is during the World War II era between Dorothea Thomas and her parents, who lived in England. | |||||||||||
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1.1 | Letters from mother to Dorothea, 1937 | ||||||||||
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1.2 | Letters from mother to Dorothea, 1938 | ||||||||||
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1.3 | Letters from mother to Dorothea, 1939 | ||||||||||
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1.4 | Letters from mother to Dorothea, 1940 | ||||||||||
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1.5 | Letters from mother to Dorothea, 1941 | ||||||||||
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1.6 | Letters from mother to Dorothea, 1942 | ||||||||||
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1.7 | Letters from mother to Dorothea, 1943 | ||||||||||
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1.8 | Letters from mother to Dorothea, 1944 | ||||||||||
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1.9 | Letters from mother to Dorothea, 1945 | ||||||||||
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1.10 | Letters from mother to Dorothea (incomplete), n.d. | ||||||||||
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1.11 | Letters to mother from Dorothea, 1910 | ||||||||||
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1.12 | Letters to mother from Dorothea, 1911 | ||||||||||
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1.13 | Letters to mother from Dorothea, 1924 | ||||||||||
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1.14 | Letters to mother from Dorothea, 1925 | ||||||||||
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1.15 | Letters to mother from Dorothea, 1926 | ||||||||||
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1.16 | Letters to mother from Dorothea, 1927 | ||||||||||
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1.17 | Letters to mother from Dorothea, 1928 | ||||||||||
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1.18 | Letters to mother from Dorothea, 1930 | ||||||||||
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1.19 | Letters to mother from Dorothea, 1931 | ||||||||||
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1.20 | Letters to mother from Dorothea, 1932 | ||||||||||
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1.21 | Letters to mother from Dorothea, 1933 | ||||||||||
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1.22 | Letters to mother from Dorothea, 1934 | ||||||||||
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1.23 | Letters to mother from Dorothea, 1935 | ||||||||||
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1.24 | Letters to mother from Dorothea, 1936 | ||||||||||
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1.25 | Letters to mother from Dorothea, 1937 | ||||||||||
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1.26 | Letters to mother from Dorothea, 1938 | ||||||||||
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1.27 | Letters to mother from Dorothea, 1939 | ||||||||||
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1.28 | Letters to mother from Dorothea, 1940 | ||||||||||
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1.29 | Letters to mother from Dorothea, 1941 | ||||||||||
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1.30 | Letters to mother from Dorothea (incomplete), n.d. | ||||||||||
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1.31 | Letters to mother from Edith, n.d. | ||||||||||
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1.32 | Miscellaneous letters, ca. 1939-1954 | ||||||||||
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1.33 | Letters to Sorrel, 1939 | ||||||||||
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1.34 | Letters to D. Coss, 1939-1941 | ||||||||||
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1.35 | Letters to Dorothea from Sarah Woodhaus Smith, 1942 | ||||||||||
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1.36 | Miscellaneous letters, 1898 and 1939 | ||||||||||
2 letters from Dorothea to her grandmother, 1898; letter to Dorothea from Beryl(?), 1939. | |||||||||||
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1.37 | Letters from father to Dorothea, 1937-1944 | ||||||||||
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1.38 | Letters from Zenda, 1932 | ||||||||||
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1.39 | Letter to J. B. from Bonnie, 1938 | ||||||||||
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1.40 | Letters and miscellaneous documents of Bill Thomas, ca. 1927-1954 | ||||||||||
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1.41 | Letters to Bill Thomas from Dorothea, ca. 1940 | ||||||||||
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1.42 | Letter from Bill Thomas to Dorothea's mother, 1940 | ||||||||||
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1.43 | Letter to Betty Johnson-Lealess, 1941 | ||||||||||
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1.44 | Miscellaneous letters to Dorothea, 1939-1954 | ||||||||||
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1.45 | Miscellaneous correspondence, 1939-1943 | ||||||||||
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1.46 | Miscellaneous correspondence, ca. 1882-1954 (many n.d.) | ||||||||||
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1.47 | Miscellaneous writings, ca. 1940s | ||||||||||
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1.48 | Miscellaneous correspondence, parts of letters, ca. 1939-1941 | ||||||||||
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1.49 | Miscellaneous writings, 1945-1946 | ||||||||||
Telegram to Dorothea's mother, 1945; letters and copy of Parish Magazine regarding Mrs. Barker's death, 1946. | |||||||||||
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1.50 | Letter from Social Security to Dorothea and William Thomas, 1944 and 1953 | ||||||||||
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1.51 | Dorothea Thomas work reference, 1930-1939 | ||||||||||
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1.52 | Greeting cards, ca. 1907-1947 | ||||||||||
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1.53 | Pieces of used, empty envelopes, ca. 1939-1946 | ||||||||||
Series II. Miscellaneous , ca. 1920-1954 | |||||||||||
19 folders. Materials include: magazines, road maps, school bulletins from England, pow-wow programs, and a travelog by Coss-Sorrel. | |||||||||||
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2.1 | Berry Brother's Hatchery advertising brochure, Atchinson, Kansas, 1940 | ||||||||||
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2.2 | Ripley's Believe it or Not Radio Script with Emory Kolb and Barry Goldwater, May 17, 1940 | ||||||||||
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2.3 | Miscellaneous travel memorabilia, ca. 1938-1940 | ||||||||||
Includes U.S. Road Map book prepared for Roy E. Coss by Conoco Inc. | |||||||||||
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2.4 | Coss-Sorrel travelog of cross country trip, ca. 1938 | ||||||||||
Also contains Coss memorandum book of expenses, n.d. | |||||||||||
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2.5 | Miniature prayer book and miniature calendar, 1935 and 1942 | ||||||||||
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2.6 | USPO mail notice, 1925 | ||||||||||
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2.7 | St. George's School brochure, London, England, 1945 | ||||||||||
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2.8 | Parish Magazines, 1941-1942 | ||||||||||
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2.9 | Immigration reentry permit, 1954 | ||||||||||
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2.10 | Yosemite National Park guides, 1941 | ||||||||||
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2.11 | Harvey Hotel, Grand Canyon, Santa Fe Railway brochures, ca. 1939 | ||||||||||
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2.12 | English School brochure, ca. 1920 | ||||||||||
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2.13 | Maps: USSR; Theater of War in Europe, Africa and Western Asia; South America; Nevada/Utah; and Arizona, ca. 1942-1944 | ||||||||||
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2.14 | All-Indian Pow-Wow program, 1942 | ||||||||||
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2.15 | "This Way to Mohave," Mohave, County, Arizona brochure, ca. 1940 | ||||||||||
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2.16 | Arizona Highways article on road projects, 1942 | ||||||||||
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2.17 | Booklet: "The Bombardment of Bath," , 1942 | ||||||||||
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2.18 | Divide and Conquer propaganda pamphlet, World War II, ca. 1942 | ||||||||||
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2.19 | Financial: bills, receipts, and expenses, ca. 1941-1942 | ||||||||||
Series III. Photographs. , ca. 1889-1950 | |||||||||||
41 photographs. Early family portraits (3) from England. Later images of Northern Arizona. | |||||||||||
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2.20 | Photographs. Three Portraits of Dorothea Thomas relatives, ca. 1889 | ||||||||||
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(2.21)--Dorothea Thomas Photographic Collection #683 | Photographs. 38 Photographs, large format. Roundup and ranching operations; no dates or description, ca. 1950. | ||||||||||