Financial accounts, petitions, bonds, reports,
leases, deeds, abstracts of titles, tax lists, bids, and correspondence related
to Pima County operations. Chiefly records of the Board of Supervisors, such as
letterpress copies of correspondence, petitions for appointments to county
office, and financial demands and warrants.
Collection Number:
AZ 083
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/
Historical Note
Pima County, located in southern Arizona, was formed in 1864 by an act
of the First Legislative Session of the Territory of Arizona. The county seat
is Tucson, Arizona.
Scope and Content Note
Financial accounts, petitions, bonds, reports, leases, deeds, abstracts
of titles, tax lists, bids, and correspondence related to Pima County
operations. Chiefly records of the Board of Supervisors, such as letterpress
copies of correspondence, petitions for appointments to county office, and
financial demands and warrants. Other Board records include 1879 orders to
incorporate the villages of Tombstone and Arivaca, and papers related to the
construction of the first and second County courthouses. Assessor records
consist of correspondence and a 1900-1907 block book.
School records include financial records, correspondence, and reports.
Teachers' monthly reports indicate number of students enrolled; reports for
Florence, 1873, and Tres Alamos, 1874-1875, give student names. School census
reports, 1874-1904, list student names, race, whether native or foreign born,
and parents' names. Records of other county offices are from the Justice Court,
District Court, Coroner, County Hospital, Jailer, Sheriff, Treasurer, and
Election Office. A Probate Court docket dates from 1883 to 1885, and an Arizona
tax list is for 1879.
Some records relate to bonds for County services such as road overseers,
constables, justices of the peace, butchers, physicians, and provisions for
indigent sick and prisoners. Also present are records of the Calabasas, Tucson,
and Northwestern Railroad Co., 1885-1886, 1892; also the Tucson and Gulf of
California Railroad, 1882-1884.
Note: A more detailed inventory of boxes 17-19 and box 37 is available
at the repository.
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Access Terms
Corporate Name(s)
Calabasas, Tucson, and Northwestern
Railroad
Tucson and Gulf of California
Railroad
Geographic Name(s)
Arizona -- History -- To 1912 -- Sources
Pima County (Ariz.) -- History -- Sources
Tucson (Ariz.) -- History -- Sources
Subject(s)
Elections -- Arizona -- Pima County -- History --
Sources
School census -- Arizona -- Pima County -- History --
Sources
Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury.
, 1864-1871,
1873
Records include financial accounts, both allowed and disallowed,
covering court fees, sheriff's fees, rents, office supplies, salaries, jail
supplies and services, printing, doctor's fees for care of indigents and
prisoners, etc.
box
3
Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury.
, 1874-1876
box
4
Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury.
, 1877-1879
box
5
Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury.
, 1880-1882
box
6
Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury.
, 1883-1888
box
7
Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury.
, 1889-April
1890
box
8
Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury.
, May-December
1890
box
9
Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury.
, 1891
box
10
Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury.
, 1892-1893, 1895,
1899-1900
box
11
Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury.
, 1901-November
1903
box
12
Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury.
, December 1903-September
1905
box
13
Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury.
, October 1905-April 3,
1908
box
14
Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury.
, April 4-July
1908
box
15
Board of Supervisors: Warrants and Stubs.
, 1864-1865,
1867-1880
box
16
Board of Supervisors: Warrants and stubs.
, 1881-1885, 1887, 1892,
1895-1901, 1903-1905, 1907-1908
box
17
Board of Supervisors: Letters, petitions and reports to
the Board.
, 1865, 1867-1881, 1884,
1886-1888
box
18
Board of Supervisors: Letters, petitions and reports to
the Board.
, 1889-1894
box
19
Board of Supervisors: Letters, petitions and reports to
the Board.
, 1895-1898, 1900-1903, No
Date
box
folder
20
1
From Allen, John B. (Chairman of the Board), order for
Peter R. Brady, Sheriff, to rent from Mark Aldrich certain buildings on
Military Plaza for county offices.
, February 16,
1867
20
1
Lease between Mark Aldrich and Pima County Board of
Supervisors for rent of certain buildings on Military Plaza for use as county
offices.
, March 28,
1867
20
1
Order of Board of Supervisors regarding transfer of San
Rafael del Valle land grant.
, April 3,
1877
20
1
From Osborn, William J. (Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors), notice of meeting called to discuss establishment of a public
road from Tucson via Davidson Canyon, Empire Ranch, Crittenden, etc.
, October 8,
1879
20
1
From Oury, William S. (Clerk of the Board of Supervisors),
communication regarding the construction of a bridge across the San Pedro River
at Charleston (copy).
, December 29,
1880
20
1
From Martin, James (of St. Louis), affidavit relating to
loss of warrants.
, June 25,
1887
20
1
From Lacy, H. (Chairman of the Board), order for a special
meeting of the Board.
, April 8,
1890
20
1
Transcript of proceedings before the Board of Equalization
of Taxes regarding assessment of Santa Rita Land and Cattle Company for 1891.
, July 14,
1891
20
1
Assessment list in the handwriting of Lionel M. Jacobs.
, No
Date
20
1
Two sketches for "forms and notice for mortgages," in the
handwriting of Lionel M. Jacobs.
, No
Date
20
2
Commitments to the County Hospital.
, 1876,
1880-1881
20
3
Orders to incorporate the villages of Tombstone and
Arivaca.
, November 1, 1879 and
December 20, 1879
20
4
Orders to Tax Collector, regarding assessments, and to
Treasurer, regarding transfer of county funds.
, 1889-1890
20
5
Papers relating to the construction of the first and
second Pima County Court Houses, and the various additions to same.
, 1867-1899
Includes bids, deed from Mark Aldrich for land, articles of
agreement between the Board and Charles Meyers for construction, notice of
completion and establishment of offices, specifications for re-roofing and bids
for same, articles of agreement for construction of additional rooms, and
similar papers dealing with the construction of the second Court House in 1881.
20
6
Requisitions to the Board for office supplies and
equipment.
, 1877, 1879,
1887-1893
20
7
Certificates of audit.
, 1895-1897
box
21
Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of
correspondence, forms sent out, reports to various territorial officials,
assessment lists, etc.
, January 1885-February
1888
Also contains correspondence of the Board of Equalization.
box
22
Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of
correspondence, etc.
, March 1888-June 1890.
box
23
Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of
correspondence, etc.
, July 1890-August
1891
box
24
Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of
correspondence, etc.
, June 1891-March 17,
1893
box
25
Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of
correspondence, etc.
, March 20, 1893-October 10,
1894
box
26
Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of
correspondence, etc.
, October 11, 1894-April 16,
1898
box
27
Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of
correspondence, etc.
, April 16, 1898-May 23,
1899
box
28
Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of
correspondence, etc.
, May 24-December
1899
Assessor: Letterpress copies of correspondence and tax
notices.
, June 1892-August 1894, June
1897
box
32
Assessor: Tax list and other records.
, 1879-1880
Contains a record of sale of horses and mules by the sheriff,
April 9, 1880
box
33
Assessor: Block book.
, 1900-1907
Includes documentation of Buell's Addition, South Side University
Addition, Sunny Side Addition, Buena Vista Addition, Canfield Tract, Manlove
Addition.
District Court: Case of Santiago Ainsa, administrator of
estate of Frank Ely (deceased) vs. New Mexico and Arizona Railroad Company
(transcript).
, 1892
36
5
District Court: Case of Frank Dobszinsky vs. H. E. Jenkins
and H. D. Jenkins (transcript).
, 1890
36
6
District Court: Case of John L. Stevens vs. Morgan R. Wise
(transcript).
, 1899
36
7
District Court: Case of City of Tucson vs. Lizzie Woods,
et al. Regarding removal of the "wedge" on Congress Street. (Order appointing a
commission, and assessment roll).
, 1903
36
8
District Court: Case of United States of America vs. Colin
Cameron. Regarding fencing of public lands (transcript).
, 1887
36
9
District Court: Case of C. M. Williams vs. San Pedro
Cattle Company (transcript).
, 1894
Includes names of incorporators, notice of election to vote about
granting county aid and various petitions to issue bonds, secure county aid,
extend completion time of the railroad.
Schools: Joint County Institutes, attendance of teachers.
, 1894,
1897
39
3
Schools: Miscellaneous school documents.
, 1872-1873, 1875, 1887-1891,
1893-1895, 1898-1899
39
4
Schools: Correspondence from Osburn, William J.
(Superintendent of Schools).
, 1873-1874
39
5
Schools: Apportionments of school funds.
, 1890-1893,
1897-1898
39
6
Schools: Superintendent of Schools report to Territorial
Board of Examiners.
, 1887-1888, 1892-1894,
1896-1898
39
7
Schools: Superintendent of Schools annual report to the
Governor.
, 1873-1874
39
8
Schools: Superintendent of Schools quarterly report to the
Board of Supervisors of warrants drawn upon the School Fund.
, 1887-1888
39
9
Schools: Teacher's annual report of the public school.
, 1893-1894, 1896-1897,
1898-1899, 1899-1900
39
10
Schools: Tucson School District notice of special election
regarding tax to be levied to build a public school house; also a poll list and
tally list.
, June 21,
1873
39
11
Schools: Trustees' reports
, 1874,
1895-1896
39
12
Schools: Warrants for supplies.
, 1892
39
13
Schools: Warrants for salaries, services, etc.
, 1873-1880, 1883, 1887, 1895,
1897-1901, 1904-1905
box
folder
40
1
Abstract of census returns of children in Pima County.
, 1873-1876
40
2
School Census Marshall: Report.
, 1873-1904
1873: District No. 2, Sanford
1873: District No. 3, Florence
1873: District No. 4, San Pedro
1874: District No. 2, Sanford
1874: District No. 3, Florence
1874: District No. 4, San Pedro
1886-1887: District No. 1, Tucson
1895-1896: District No. 6, Kenilworth
?: District No. 37, Oro
1899-1900: District No. 29, Sahuarito
1900-1901: District No. 1, Tucson
1902-1903: District No. 1, Tucson
1903-1904: District No. 1, Tucson
40
3
County Superintendent of Schools: Report to the
Superintendent of Public Instruction regarding the annual school census.
, 1892-1893, 1893-1894,
1895-1896, 1897-1898
box
41
Superintendent of Schools: Day Book of School Funds and
Probate Court Docket.
, 1886-1887,
1883-1885
Record of receipts and disbursements for each district.
box
42
Superintendent of Schools: Minutes of meetings of the
Board of Examiners of Pima County.
, 1889-1894
box
43
Superintendent of Schools: Minutes of meetings of the
Board of Trustees of School District No. 15.
, 1884-1886
box
44
Superintendent of Schools: Record of Trustees in each
school district.
, 1891-1896
box
45
Superintendent of Schools: Quarterly financial report.
, July-September
1897
box
46
Schools: Teachers' monthly reports from various districts.
, 1873-1875, 1891-1892,
1894-1896
Election returns including poll lists, tally lists,
certificates of registration and other related material.
, 1864, 1870, 1874, 1876,
1878, 1880, 1890, 1902