AZ 152
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Collection Summary | |
| Creator: | Staunton, William Field |
| Collection Name: | William Field Staunton papers, |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1937-1952 |
| Physical Description: | 3 linear feet |
| Abstract: | Correspondence, diaries, financial records, photographs, newspaper clippings, maps, and other papers, relating to mining and Staunton's personal activities in Arizona and California. Personal papers consist of diaries, notebooks, photographs and his memoirs. Mining records which include correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, blueprints, maps, and articles by Staunton form the bulk of the collection. |
| Collection Number: | AZ 152 |
| 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/ |
Mining Engineer in Arizona and California. Staunton was mill and mine superintendent at the Tombstone Mill & Mining Co., Charleston, Ariz. from 1885 to 1894, superintendent of the Congress (Ariz.) Gold Co. 1894 to 1910. He was also general manager of the Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co. 1901 to 1910; vice-president and general manager of the Imperial Copper Co., Silverbell, Ariz., and of the Arizona Southern Railroad Co. from 1903 to 1910; and held those positions in the Southern Arizona Smelting Co., Sasco, Ariz. during 1904 to 1910.
In 1910, in Los Angeles, he established a consulting practice to develop oil and copper properties in Arizona and California. In 1911 he became vice-president, treasurer, and later president of Calumet Oil Co., Los Angeles, and president of the Verde Central Mines, Inc., Jerome, Ariz.
Correspondence, diaries, financial records, photographs, newspaper clippings, maps, and other papers, relating to mining and Staunton's personal activities in Arizona and California. Personal papers consist of diaries, notebooks, photographs and his memoirs. Mining records which include correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, blueprints, maps, and articles by Staunton form the bulk of the collection. Correspondents include Frank M. Murphy, V.L. Mason, Henry M. Robinson, and James S. Douglas.
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William Field Staunton papers (AZ 152). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
| Series I: Personal and Family Papers, 1852-1947 | |||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 1 | Diaries, Diary of European Trip, Diary Index, Memoirs. , 1852-1947 | ||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Personal and Biographical Material (commencement programs, awards, memberships, marriage record). , 1852-1947 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Family Papers (mostly relating to father). , 1904-1929 | |||||||||
| Includes:
"W.F. Staunton: His Scrap Book"
"Sundry Writings by W.F. Staunton"
Railroad Passes
Automobile Notebook
Radio Notebook
"Petit Dictionnaire Française"
Calumet Oil Company
Zenda Gold Mining Company
Notes on Old Income Tax Returns, 1913-1929
Notes on Smelting, Ore Contracts, Pumping Machiner, Sundry
Prices, 1904
"Sundry Old Notes from 1904"
French Grammar
"Current" (various notes, personal, financial, reading
lists, magazine subscriptions).
Miscellaneous Notes, 1910-1912 (mostly financial and
concerning the Pan-american Ostrick Company and Calumet Oil Company).
Geological Notes
Envelope of Miscellaneous Notes, Addresses, Cards.
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| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1-5 | Correspondence: Frank M. Murphy. , 1897-1910 | |||||||||
| 3 | 6-8 | Correspondence: V.L. Mason. , 1903-1911 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1-2 | Correspondence: Henry M. Robinson. , 1903-1921, 1937 | |||||||||
| 4 | 4-5 | Correspondence: Miscellaneous. , 1882-1938 | |||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Correspondence: Miscellaneous "R." (Note: This folder is apparently a fragment of a longer alphabetical file covering the 1920s and 1930s. It has been retained intact to indicate the probable scope of missing correspondence for this period.) , 1921-1938 | |||||||||
| Series II: Mining Papers, 1879-1938 | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | Tombstone Mill and Mining Company (miscellaneous papers) , 1879-1901 | |||||||||
| 5 | 2 | Tombstone Mill and Mining Company (reports). , 1881-1895 | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | Tombstone Consolidated Mines Company (miscellaneous papers). , 1901-1910 | |||||||||
| 5 | 4 | Congress Gold Company & Congress Consolidated Mines Company (miscellaneous papers). | |||||||||
| 5 | 5 | Tombstone Pumps and Water Situation. | |||||||||
| 5 | 6 | Clippings and Articles: Tombstone. | |||||||||
| 5 | 7 | Clippings & Articles: Jerome. | |||||||||
| 5 | 8 | Clippings & Articles: Copper Tariff. | |||||||||
| 5 | 9 | Clippings & Articles: Colorado River. | |||||||||
| Series III: Mining Photographs, Blueprints, and Maps, 1910-1938 | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | Photographs: Congress. , 1910-1938 | |||||||||
| 6 | 2 | Photographs: Jerome. , 1910-1938 | |||||||||
| 6 | 3 | Photographs: Silverbell and Sasco. , 1910-1938 | |||||||||
| 6 | 4 | Photographs: Tombstone. , 1910-1938 | |||||||||
| 6 | 5 | Photographs: California (Balboa, Los Angeles) Puget Sound, Arizona. , 1910-1938 | |||||||||
| 6 | 6 | Western Land & Cattle Company-Correspondence (successor to Pan-American Ostrich Company). , 1914-1925 | |||||||||
| 6 | 7 | Western Land & Cattle Company (financial papers). , 1914-1928 | |||||||||
| box | |||||||||||
| 7 | Photographs and Maps. , 1910-1938 | ||||||||||
| Includes:
Photograph: Congress Gold Mining Company's Works
Photograph: Staunton's House in Tombstone
Photograph: Staunton's House in Congress (?)
Photograph: Staunton (?)
Mining Maps and Blueprints: Congress Mine
Mining Maps and Blueprints: Tombstone
Mining Maps and Blueprints: Silverbell
Mining Maps and Blueprints: Unidentified
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