Isaac Taft Stoddard papers, 1890-1943

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Isaac Taft Stoddard papers, 1890-1943

AZ 148


Collection Summary
Creator:	Stoddard, Isaac Taft
Collection Name:	Isaac Taft Stoddard papers,
Inclusive Dates:	1890-1943
Physical Description:	3 linear feet
Abstract:	Correspondence, legal papers, financial records, maps, and geologists' reports related to the Stoddard Copper Company and Copper Mountains Mines Company in Yavapai County, Arizona; records of the Stoddard Incorporating Company and its dealings with mining firms; and a scrapbook of photographs of mine construction and operations. Includes materials on Arizona economy and politics.
Collection Number:	AZ 148
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 Note

Arizona businessman and politician; Secretary of Arizona Territory, 1901 to 1904.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, legal papers, financial records, maps, and geologists' reports related to the Stoddard Copper Company and Copper Mountains Mines Company in Yavapai County, Arizona; records of the Stoddard Incorporating Company and its dealings with mining firms; and a scrapbook of photographs of mine construction and operations. Includes materials on Arizona economy and politics. Materials from Isaac's son, Celora Martin Stoddard, include personal and business papers, stories and sketches, papers concerning the Great Western Firm Corporation, and a photograph album from his school days. Also included is a 1902 diary by Isaac's daughter, Florence. Note: Material in Volumes 8, 9, and 10 are a selected representation of the business carried on by the Stoddard Incorporting Company. Lesser, routine and fragmentary accounts were not retained.

Restrictions

None.

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Access Terms

Personal Name(s)

Stoddard, Celora Martin -- 1886-1943

Stoddard, Florence, -- 1881-1903 -- Diaries

Stoddard, Isaac Taft -- 1851-1914

Corporate Name(s)

Copper Mountain Mines Company -- Records and correspondence

Arizona Binghamton Copper Company -- Records and correspondence

Great Western Film Corporation

Stoddard Copper Company -- Records and correspondence

Stoddard Incorporating Company -- Records and correspondence

Geographic Name(s)

Arizona -- Politics and government -- Sources

Stoddard (Ariz.) -- History -- Sources

Subject(s)

Copper mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- Sources

Mineral industries -- Arizona -- Finance -- Sources

Mining corporations -- Arizona -- History -- Sources

Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Yavapai County -- History -- Sources

Genre Form(s)

Account books

Correspondence

Diaries

Photographs

Photoprints

Administrative Information

Credit Line

Isaac Taft Stoddard papers (AZ 148). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.

Container List


volume
1			Finding Aid to the collection.


box	folder
2	1	Stoddard, Isaac Taft: Miscellaneous Personal Papers (family records, correspondence and papers relating to his position as Territorial Secretary). , 1894-1913


2	2		Stoddard, Isaac Taft: Newspaper Clippings. , 1911-1913


2	3		Marshall S. Taft. , undated.


2	4		Stoddard Copper Company: Legal Papers. , 1898-1906.


2	5		Stoddard Copper Company: Misc. Papers, Photos, Etc. , 1901-1907.


2	6		Stoddard Copper Company (and others): Notices of Mining Locations, Deeds, Etc. , No Date


2	7		Geologists' Reports. , undated.


2	8		Receipts for Mail Service: Stoddard, Arizona to Humboldt, Arizona; Stoddard, Arizona to Mayer, Arizona. , 1912-1918


2	9		Correspondence Regarding Labor and Strikes: James Douglas to I.T. Stoddard, Celora M. Stoddard to Barr Agency, Celora M. Stoddard to Burns Detective Agency. , 1903, 1916


2	10		Arizona Binghampton Copper Company Papers. , 1915-1919


box	folder
3	1	Copper Mountain Mines Company: Stockholders. , Undated


3	2		Copper Mountain Mines Company: Legal Papers (articles of incorporation, bylaws). , 1917-1929


3	3		Copper Mountain Mines Company: Correspondence. , 1920-1923


3	4		Copper Mountain Mines Company: Financial Papers. , 1917-1919, 1922-1923, 1929


3	5	Copper Mountain Mines Company: Correspondence & Financial Papers. , 1931-1942
			Includes: Stock Journal and Ledger, 1917-1929 Minutes of board of Directors, 1917-1926 Harvey, Henry: Harvey's Mining Code, NY, 1889


volume
4			Scrapbook of Photographs: Mine Construction and Operation at Stoddard, Arizona (includes pictures of I.T. Stoddard, Celora M. Stoddard and other mine workers). , 1916


volume
5			Mineral Patents and Maps: Seven Mineral Patents and 21 Maps of Stoddard Mine Property, Agua Fria Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona. , No Date


box	folder
6	1	Stoddard Incorporating Company: Miscellaneous Papers. , 1904-1943
			Includes: Minute Book and Ledger, 1904-1940 Where and How to Incorporate in Arizona, published by the Stoddard Incorporating Company, Phoenix, No Date


6	2		Stoddard Incorporating Company: Arizona Corporation Commission: Audit no.1. , July 1, 1933-March 31, 1938


6	3		Stoddard Incorporating Company: Assorted Stock Certificates and Book of Cancelled Stock Certificates. , Undated


box	folder
7	1	Celora Martin Stoddard, Personal Papers and Correspondence (photographs and biographical material). , 1903-1919
			Includes: Photo Scrapbook: School years and Photos of Stoddard Mines, 1903-1907


7	2		Celora Martin Stoddard: Stories and Sketches. , Undated


7	3		Celora Martin Stoddard: Serial Story: "Jane-the Gum Model." , Undated


7	4		Celora Martin Stoddard: Novel: "There's a Stain." , Undated


7	5-6		Celora Martin Stoddard: Great Western Film Corporation-Correspondence and Legal Papers. , 1917-1919


7	7		Celora Martin Stoddard: Inventions of C.M. Stoddard: Postage Stamp Stamping Machine; Improvement in Logometers; Route Indicators for Automobiles. , 1901, 1914, 1916


box	folder
8	1-3	Stoddard Incorporating Company: Big Jim Mine-Correspondence. , 1936-1938


8	4-6		Stoddard Incorporating Company: Deriick Mining Company-Correspondence. , 1936-1942


box	folder
9	1	Stoddard Incorporating Company: Columbia Metal Mines Company-Articles of Incorporation, 1936-1943


9	2-5		Stoddard Incorporating Company: Columbia Metal Mines Company-Correspondence. , 1936-1943


9	6		Stoddard Incorporating Company: Columbia Metal Mines Company-Stock Journal and Ledger. , Undated


9	7		Stoddard Incorporating Company: Columbia Metal Mines Company-Stockholders; Miscellaneous Papers. , Undated


box	folder
10	1-4	Stoddard Incorporating Company: Correspondence. , 1938-1942


10	5		Stoddard Incorporating Company: Bills and Receipts. , Undated


10	6		Stoddard Incorporating Company: Old Dominion Papers. , Undated


10	7		Stoddard Incorporating Company: Legal Papers. , Undated


10	8		Stoddard Incorporating Company: Pay Rolls. , Undated


10	9		Stoddard Incorporating Company: Workmen's Compensation Papers. , Undated


10	10		Stoddard Incorporating Company: Miscellaneous Reports. , Undated