Alexander S. Henderson papers,
1888-1963 (bulk 1900-1954)
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Alexander S. Henderson papers,
1888-1963 (bulk 1900-1954) AZ 027 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/
Biographical NoteHenderson was a merchant in Patagonia, Arizona.
Scope and Content NoteChiefly 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.
Organization This collection is organized into six series: Restrictions
None.
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Access TermsPersonal Name(s) Ben, Woo
Bond, Josiah
Campbell, John F.
Henderson, Alexander S., 1859-1944 --
Archives
Henderson, Eva, 1871-1965 --
Archives
Kang, Louis
Stevens, Minnie
Rosilla
Thomas, Sam
Wegin, Tom
Geographic Name(s) Black Bonanza Mine (Ariz.)
Patagonia (Ariz.) -- History
Santa Cruz County (Ariz.) -- Politics and
government
Subject(s) Chinese -- Arizona -- Patagonia -- History
Chinese Americans -- Photographs
Fortune-telling
Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- Santa Cruz
County
Frontier and pioneer life -- Oklahoma
Merchants -- Arizona -- Patagonia -- History
Mine buildings -- Arizona -- Santa Cruz County --
Photographs
Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona --
History
Osteopathic medicine -- History
Retail trade -- Arizona -- History
Women pioneers
Genre Form(s) Account books
Correspondence
Photographs
Credit Line
Alexander S. Henderson papers (AZ 027). Special
Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
Container List Series I: A.S. Henderson Store Records,
1907-1940 volume 1 Cash Book.
, January 1909-October
1914 volume 2 Ledger.
, 1909 volume 3 Journal.
, October
1911-1916 volume 4 Journal.
, 1916-1923 box 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 box 6 Monthly accounts (four books).
, 1916-1917 box 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 box 27 Various printed and holograph items. Includes the following:
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.
box 28 Oversize Material. Includes the following:
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