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
Biographical Note
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.
Scope and Content Note
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.
Organization
3 Series: I. Correspondence; II. Miscellaneous; III. Photographs
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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
Box-folder
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.
Box-folder
1.11
Letters to mother from Dorothea,
1910
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1.12
Letters to mother from Dorothea,
1911
Box-folder
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
Box-folder
1.22
Letters to mother from Dorothea,
1934
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1.23
Letters to mother from Dorothea,
1935
Box-folder
1.24
Letters to mother from Dorothea,
1936
Box-folder
1.25
Letters to mother from Dorothea,
1937
Box-folder
1.26
Letters to mother from Dorothea,
1938
Box-folder
1.27
Letters to mother from Dorothea,
1939
Box-folder
1.28
Letters to mother from Dorothea,
1940
Box-folder
1.29
Letters to mother from Dorothea,
1941
Box-folder
1.30
Letters to mother from Dorothea (incomplete),
n.d.
Box-folder
1.31
Letters to mother from Edith,
n.d.
Box-folder
1.32
Miscellaneous letters,
ca. 1939-1954
Box-folder
1.33
Letters to Sorrel,
1939
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1.34
Letters to D. Coss,
1939-1941
Box-folder
1.35
Letters to Dorothea from Sarah Woodhaus Smith,
1942
Box-folder
1.36
Miscellaneous letters,
1898 and 1939
2 letters from Dorothea to her grandmother, 1898; letter to Dorothea from
Beryl(?), 1939.
Box-folder
1.37
Letters from father to Dorothea,
1937-1944
Box-folder
1.38
Letters from Zenda,
1932
Box-folder
1.39
Letter to J. B. from Bonnie,
1938
Box-folder
1.40
Letters and miscellaneous documents of Bill Thomas,
ca.
1927-1954
Box-folder
1.41
Letters to Bill Thomas from Dorothea,
ca. 1940
Box-folder
1.42
Letter from Bill Thomas to Dorothea's mother,
1940
Box-folder
1.43
Letter to Betty Johnson-Lealess,
1941
Box-folder
1.44
Miscellaneous letters to Dorothea,
1939-1954
Box-folder
1.45
Miscellaneous correspondence,
1939-1943
Box-folder
1.46
Miscellaneous correspondence,
ca. 1882-1954 (many
n.d.)
Box-folder
1.47
Miscellaneous writings,
ca. 1940s
Box-folder
1.48
Miscellaneous correspondence, parts of letters,
ca.
1939-1941
Box-folder
1.49
Miscellaneous writings,
1945-1946
Telegram to Dorothea's mother, 1945; letters and copy of Parish Magazine
regarding Mrs. Barker's death, 1946.
Box-folder
1.50
Letter from Social Security to Dorothea and William Thomas,
1944 and
1953
