AZ 027
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Collection Summary | |
| Creator: | Henderson, Alexander S., 1859-1944 |
| Collection Name: | Alexander S. Henderson papers, |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1888-1963 (bulk 1900-1954) |
| Physical Description: | 11 linear feet |
| Abstract: | Chiefly records of the A.S.Henderson general merchandise store in Patagonia, Arizona, from 1900 to 1940 including inventories, correspondence, merchandise ads, ledgers, monthly account books, and bills. |
| Collection Number: | AZ 027 |
| Repository: |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL:http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ |
Henderson was a merchant in Patagonia, Arizona.
Chiefly records of the A.S.Henderson general merchandise store in Patagonia, Arizona, from 1900 to 1940 including inventories, correspondence, merchandise ads, ledgers, monthly account books, and bills. His mining interests are represented by correspondence with Josiah Bond and John F. Campbell; legal papers; assay and ore reports; and notices of numerous mines in Santa Cruz County. A photograph album depicts the mine buildings and personnel of the Black Bonanza Mine. Real estate ventures were mainly in the Patagonia area and California. His investments include mainly oil and gas leases in Texas. Personal items for him include correspondence, portraits, bank statements, health books, automobile information, and documents relating to his position on the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors.
Eva Henderson materials include personal correspondence with pioneer relatives in Oklahoma; also books, certificates, photos, and other items related to her educational and professional osteopath activities in Oklahoma and Arizona. Minnie Stevens materials include a musical composition, a diary, photos, and typescripts on Oklahoma land claim shanties.
Personal and business activities of Chinese merchants in Patagonia are documented by files of Woo Ben, Louis Kang, Sam Thomas, and Tom Wegin and include holograph notebooks and letters in Chinese characters, and printed items concerned with fortune-telling, literature, philosophy, and medicine. These materials were found in the leased section of the Henderson store.
Most material is in English, some in Chinese.
None.
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Alexander S. Henderson papers (AZ 027). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
| Series I: A.S. Henderson Store Records, 1907-1940 | |||||||||||
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| 1 | Cash Book. , January 1909-October 1914 | ||||||||||
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| 2 | Ledger. , 1909 | ||||||||||
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| 3 | Journal. , October 1911-1916 | ||||||||||
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| 4 | Journal. , 1916-1923 | ||||||||||
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| 5 | Store financial records: 3 ledgers. , 1911-1912 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Store financial records: Wholesale accounts. | ||||||||||
| 5 | Store financial records: Cost sale price-book. , 1911-1913 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Store financial records: Monthly accounts. , 1909, 1911-1914 | ||||||||||
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| 6 | Monthly accounts (four books). , 1916-1917 | ||||||||||
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| 7 | Monthly accounts (13 books & envelopes). , 1918-1940 | ||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 8 | Store financial records: invoice register. , 1908-1909 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Store financial records: cost price book. | ||||||||||
| 8 | Store financial records: notarial record book. , 1907-1909 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Store financial records: inventories. | ||||||||||
| 8 | Store financial records: 2 folders of miscellaneous accounts. | ||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 9 | Store correspondence. , 1909-1930 | ||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 10 | 1-5 | Store bills: various. , 1909-1934 | |||||||||
| 10 | 6 | Store bills: J.A. Dick, El Paso. , 1911-1925 | |||||||||
| 10 | 7 | Store bills: Escalad Brothers, Nogales. , 1914-1934 | |||||||||
| 10 | 8 | Store bills: B. Maier & Co., Benson. , 1915-1928 | |||||||||
| 10 | 9 | Store bills: Murray & Layne Co., Deming, NM. , 1920-1925 | |||||||||
| 10 | 10 | Store bills: Albert Steinfeld & Co., Tucson. , 1912-1925 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 11 | 1 | Store miscellany: merchandise orders on Henderson store. | |||||||||
| 11 | 2 | Store miscellany: advertisements (calendars, blotters, notebooks, almanacs, etc.). | |||||||||
| 11 | 3 | Store miscellany: ads, trade journals, revenue stamps, letterhead paper, etc. | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 12 | 1 | Store Mercandise Ads (A-K): canvas goods. | |||||||||
| 12 | 2 | Store Mercandise Ads (A-K): clothing. | |||||||||
| 12 | 3 | Store Mercandise Ads (A-K): construction materials (fences, roofing, paint, floor-covering). | |||||||||
| 12 | 4 | Store Mercandise Ads (A-K): food. | |||||||||
| 12 | 5 | Store Mercandise Ads (A-K): furnaces and heating equipment. | |||||||||
| 12 | 6 | Store Mercandise Ads (A-K): hardware and machinery. | |||||||||
| 12 | 7 | Store Mercandise Ads (A-K): hats. | |||||||||
| 12 | 8 | Store Mercandise Ads (A-K): household supplies and equipment. | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 13 | 1 | Store Mercandise Ads (L-Z): lamps and lighting. | |||||||||
| 13 | 2 | Store Mercandise Ads (L-Z): saddlery, harnesses, wagons. | |||||||||
| 13 | 3 | Store Mercandise Ads (L-Z): shoes. | |||||||||
| 13 | 4 | Store Mercandise Ads (L-Z): seed catalog. | |||||||||
| 13 | 5 | Store Mercandise Ads (L-Z): miscellaneous. | |||||||||
| 13 | Store Mercandise Ads (L-Z): Marconi Velvet Tone Disc Records ("For sale by Henderson & Johnson, Patagonia, Arizona"). | ||||||||||
| Series II: Mining Records and Correspondence, 1911-1954 | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 14 | 1-3 | General. , 1912-1913 | |||||||||
| 14 | 4 | Josiah Bond. , 1914-1933 | |||||||||
| 14 | 5 | Phelps Dodge Corporation. , 1913, 1926-1935 | |||||||||
| 14 | 6 | John F. Campbell and wife. , 1912-1954 | |||||||||
| 14 | 7 | Arizona Lyrics (magazine of verse written and published by Josiah Bond at Alto, Arizona). , 1921-1924 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 15 | 1-2 | Notice of mining location. | |||||||||
| 15 | 3 | Harshaw mining district. | |||||||||
| 15 | 4 | Patagonia mining district (Golden State mine). | |||||||||
| 15 | 5 | Patagonia mining district. | |||||||||
| 15 | 6 | Tyndall mining district (Alto mines group). | |||||||||
| 15 | 7 | Tyndall mining district (Jefferson mine, Baca float. | |||||||||
| 15 | 8 | Tyndall mining district. | |||||||||
| 15 | 9 | Wrightstown mining district. | |||||||||
| 15 | 10 | Miscellaneous mining papers. | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 16 | 1 | Ore settlements (Consolidated Kansas City Smelting & Refining Co.). , 1911-1925 | |||||||||
| 16 | 2 | Ore settlements (American Smelting & Refining Co.). , 1925-1939 | |||||||||
| 16 | 3 | Ore settlements (Phelps Dodge Corporation). , 1926-1930 | |||||||||
| 16 | 4 | Assay Reports (American Smelting & Refining Co.). , 1926-1941 | |||||||||
| 16 | 5 | Assay Reports (Hugo Miller, Nogales). , 1914-1940 | |||||||||
| 16 | 6 | Assay Reports (various). , 1913-1947 | |||||||||
| 16 | 7 | Ore shipments. , 1925-1934 | |||||||||
| 16 | 8 | Bills. , 1918-1942 | |||||||||
| 16 | 9 | Photographs of Black Bonanza mine. | |||||||||
| Series III: Property Records and Investments, 1900-1963 | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 17 | 1 | Arizona Property: Patagonia property (including Henderson store). | |||||||||
| 17 | 2 | Arizona Property: Henderson Ranch. , 1900-1959 | |||||||||
| 17 | 3 | Arizona Property: Private road crossing at Crittenden. , 1924-1928, 1948 | |||||||||
| 17 | 4 | Arizona Property: Rent Receipts. , 1915-1961 | |||||||||
| 17 | 5-7 | Arizona Property: Santa Cruz County Taxes. , 1913-1959 | |||||||||
| 17 | 8 | Arizona Property: Grazing permits. , 1913-1931 | |||||||||
| 17 | 9 | Arizona Property: Insurance (Patagonia property). , 1933-1958 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 18 | 1 | Out of State Property: California property, Atascadero (legal papers, correspondence). , 1913-1956 | |||||||||
| 18 | 2 | Out of State Property: California property, Atascadero (taxes). , 1917-1957 | |||||||||
| 18 | 3 | Out of State Property: California property, Palos Verdes Estates. , 1925-1950 | |||||||||
| 18 | 4 | Out of State Property: California Property, Lost Angeles County (taxes). , 1925-1954 | |||||||||
| 18 | 5 | Out of State Property: California Property, Washington Home Park. , 1917-1955 | |||||||||
| 18 | 6 | Out of State Property: Oklahoma property (legal papers, taexes, etc.). , 1912-1941 | |||||||||
| 18 | 7 | Out of State Property: Texas property (legal papers, taxes.). , 1914-1942 | |||||||||
| 18 | 8 | Out of State Property: Miscellaneous legal papers. | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 19 | 1 | Investments: Burnham Chemical Company. , 1924-1957 | |||||||||
| 19 | 2 | Investments: Oil and Gas Leases (New Mexico). , 1943-1963 | |||||||||
| 19 | 3-6 | Investments: Oil and Gas Leases (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi). | |||||||||
| 19 | 7 | Investments: miscellaneous investments (mining, aircraft, tire & rubber, real estate, bonds, etc.). | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 20 | 1 | Banks: Consolidated National Bank, Tucson (various papers). , 1912-1916 | |||||||||
| 20 | 2 | Banks: First National Bank, Nogales (statements). , 1908-1945 | |||||||||
| 20 | 3 | Banks: First State Bank, Patagonia (statements). , 1918-1923 | |||||||||
| 20 | 4 | Banks: Nogales National Bank, Nogales (statements). , 1923-1927 | |||||||||
| 20 | 5 | Banks: Sonora Bank and Trust Co., Nogales (various papers). , 1923-1928 | |||||||||
| 20 | 6 | Banks: Valley National Bank, Nogales (statements). , 1945-1947 | |||||||||
| 20 | 7 | Banks: Correspondence and miscellaneous material (various banks). | |||||||||
| 20 | 8 | Banks: miscellaneous financial records. | |||||||||
| Series IV: Alexander S. Henderson, Personal Materials, 1899-1958 | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 21 | 1-2 | Correspondence: ASH and Eva. , 1914-1943 | |||||||||
| 21 | 3 | Correspondence: various relatives. , 1905-1944 | |||||||||
| 21 | 4 | Correspondence: miscellaneous. , 1899-1944 | |||||||||
| 21 | 5 | Correspondence: pension. , 1921-1945 | |||||||||
| 21 | 6 | Photographs of ASH. | |||||||||
| 21 | 7 | Personal miscellany. | |||||||||
| 21 | 8 | Estate of A.S. Henderson. , 1944-1952 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 22 | 1 | Santa Cruz County. Board of Supervisors. | |||||||||
| 22 | 2 | Patagonia Chamber of Commerce. , 1919-1920 | |||||||||
| 22 | 3 | Automobile material. , 1914-1958 | |||||||||
| 22 | 4 | Automobile material (ads). , 1915-1937 | |||||||||
| 22 | Ralston Gardens of Life: A study of health and the best way of living...Ralston Health Club, by Edmund Shaftesbury, Washinton, D.C. , 1900 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Book of General Membership of the Ralston Health Club. , 1900 | ||||||||||
| Series V: Eva Henderson, Personal Materials, 1888-1961 | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 23 | 1-2 | Letters from Minnie Stevens (sister). , 1907-1940 | |||||||||
| 23 | 3 | Letters from Mother. , 1908-1939 | |||||||||
| 23 | 4 | Letters from Father. , 1908-1917 | |||||||||
| 23 | 5 | Letters from Cal Stevens (brother) and his wife. , 1907-1955 | |||||||||
| 23 | 6 | Letters from other relatives. , 1922-1954 | |||||||||
| 23 | 7 | Miscellaneous bills and receipts. , 1937-1960 | |||||||||
| 23 | 8 | Regarding the estate of Lorance E. Stevens (mother). | |||||||||
| 23 | 9 | Minnie Stevens (sister). , 1905 | |||||||||
| 23 | 10 | Minnie Stevens (sister): musical composition. | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 24 | 1 | Personal Miscellany. | |||||||||
| 24 | 2-3 | Miscellaneous correspondence. , 1908-1961 | |||||||||
| 24 | 4 | Patagonia Ice and Light Company (utility rate uproar). , 1948-1949 | |||||||||
| 24 | 5 | Photographs. | |||||||||
| 24 | Bible Readings for the Home Circle (Seventh-Day Adventist). , 1888 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Notebook, containing financial records. , 1946-1954 | ||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 25 | 1 | Osteopathy Material: American School of Osteopathy. , 1900-1902 | |||||||||
| 25 | 2 | Osteopathy Material: Ariozna State Osteopathic Board, State Dept. of Health, registration papers. , 1924-1959 | |||||||||
| 25 | 3 | Osteopathy Material: Arizona Society of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons. , 1949-1956 | |||||||||
| 25 | 4 | Osteopathy Material: miscellaneous material on Osteopathy and Health. | |||||||||
| 25 | Osteopathy Material: Journal of Osteopathy , (Kirksville, MO). , 1901 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Osteopathy Material: Philosophy of Osteopathy, by Andrew T. Still, Kirksville, MO. , 1899 | ||||||||||
| Series VI: Chinese Materials, 1900-1954 | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 26 | 1 | Patagonia property, lot 16, block A (legal papers). , 1901-1902, 1929-1930, 1942 | |||||||||
| 26 | 2 | Woo Ben: correspondence. , 1935-1937 | |||||||||
| 26 | 3 | Woo Ben: correspondence (family). , 1902-1934 | |||||||||
| 26 | 4 | Woo Ben: correspondence (mining). , 1900-1909 | |||||||||
| 26 | 5 | Woo Ben: Bonnie Carie & Gray Eagle Mines (legal papers). , 1900-1914 | |||||||||
| 26 | 6 | Woo Ben: notebooks. | |||||||||
| 26 | 7 | Louis Kang: correspondence. | |||||||||
| 26 | 8 | Louis Kang: Santa Cruz County, Texas. , 1903-1938 | |||||||||
| 26 | 9 | Sam Thomas: correspondence. | |||||||||
| 26 | 10 | Sam Thomas: financial papers. , 1939-1948 | |||||||||
| 26 | 11 | Tom Wegin: miscellaneous material (correspondence, bills, etc.). | |||||||||
| 26 | 12 | Tom Wegin: store records. , 1944-1954 | |||||||||
| 26 | 13 | Tom Wegin: bank records. , 1945-1949 | |||||||||
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| 27 | Various printed and holograph items. | ||||||||||
| Includes the following: | |||||||||||
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Fortune Telling with Numbers. New Continent
Library (Chinese), 1926
Types of Hand Machines (Chinese).
Notebook: clippings and notes of a political nature.
Two Fortune-telling notebooks (Chinese).
Fortune-telling handbook (Chinese).
Monthly literary magazine, published in Hong Kong and
Canton (Chinese).
Mail Boat Rates in China (Chinese), 1919
Metals, published in Hong Kong (Chinese),
1917
The Youth's Magazine, vol.VI, not.9, published
by the Commercial Press, Shanghai (Chinese), September 20, 1917
Poetry notebook (Chinese).
A Collection of Medicine Distributors and Providers of
Urgently needed Prescriptions, published by C.T.Sun, Los Angeles
(Chinese).
A Look at my Life, philosophical text (Chinese).
Newspapers.
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| 28 | Oversize Material. | ||||||||||
| Includes the following: | |||||||||||
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Marriage Certificate, A.S. Henderson and Eva Stevens,
Patagonia, AZ, December 31, 1907
Degree of Doctor of Osteopathy, American School of
Osteopathy, Kirksville, MO, to Eva Stevens, June 26, 1902
Two Osteopath's certificates, Oklahoma, for Eva Stevens,
July 7, 1903 and January 4, 1908
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