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Collection Summary | |
Creator: |
Fred Harvey
(Firm) |
Collection Name: | Fred Harvey hotels collection, |
Inclusive Dates: | 1896-1945 |
Physical Description: | 8.3 linear feet |
Abstract: | The Fred Harvey collection documents the business activities of the Fred Harvery Company. The collection consist of approximately 2,000 black and white photographs depicting exterior and interior views of hotels, eating houses, railroad stations and news stands operated by Fred Harvey; a scrapbook;two guest register books; blueprint plans for news stands;a ledger book records some Grand Canyon operations, 1906 to 1933; and correspondence. |
Collection Number: | AZ 326 |
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/ |
Fred Harvey (1835-1901) began a partnership with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1878. In 1889, the Railway gave Harvey exclusive rights to manage and operate his eating houses, lunch stands, and hotel facilities upon the Santa Fe's railroads west of the Missouri River. The Harvey Houses took pride in their first class food, service, and cleanliness.
This collection includes approximately 2,000 black and white photographs depicting exterior and interior views of hotels, eating houses, railroad stations and news stands operated by Fred Harvey. States represented are Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. Other photographs document the Indian exhibits at the Panama-Pacific International Exhibition, 1915, and the Panama-California Exposition, 1915-1916. A scrapbook depicts Mexican scenes and individuals, as well as Southwestern Indians. Two guest register books are for Hermit's Rest, Phantom Ranch, and Hermit Creek Camp, at the Grand Canyon, 1922 to 1930. A ledger book records some Grand Canyon operations, 1906 to 1933. Blueprint plans for news stands are also included. Correspondence consists mostly of letters of commendation for services rendered to patrons. Many are written on menu cards or hotel stationery.
Photographs are arranged alphabetically by state, then city. Numbers within parentheses indicate number of photos.
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Fred Harvey collection (AZ 326). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
Series I: Photographs, No Dates | |||||||||||
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1 | 1 | Arkansas: Fayetteville (3). | |||||||||
1 | 1 | Arkansas: Fort Smith (3). | |||||||||
1 | 1 | Arkansas: Jonesboro (1). | |||||||||
1 | 1 | Arkansas: Rogers (2). | |||||||||
1 | 2 | Arizona: AshFork, Hotel "Escalante" (30). | |||||||||
1 | 3 | Arizona: Del Rio Farms (22). | |||||||||
1 | 4 | Arizona: Kingman (5). | |||||||||
1 | 5 | Arizona: Peach Springs (including one photo of the Santa Fe Dairy). | |||||||||
1 | 6 | Arizona: Phoenix (4). | |||||||||
1 | 7 | Arizona: Seligman (14). | |||||||||
1 | 8 | Arizona: Williams, "Fray Marcos" Hotel (39). | |||||||||
1 | 9 | Arizona: Winslow (20). | |||||||||
1 | 10 | Arizona: Winslow, "La Posada" Hotel (37). | |||||||||
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2 | 1 | Grand Canyon, Arizona: Bright Angel Camp (20). | |||||||||
2 | 2 | Grand Canyon, Arizona: Hermit's Rest and Hermit Creek Camp. | |||||||||
2 | 3 | Grand Canyon, Arizona: Hopi House (47, includes 2 photos of visiting celebrities Douglas Fairbanks and General Pietro Bagdoglio). | |||||||||
2 | 4 | Grand Canyon, Arizona: The Lookout (18). | |||||||||
2 | 5 | Grand Canyon, Arizona: Phantom Ranch (5). | |||||||||
2 | 6 | Grand Canyon, Arizona: Station and railroad yards. | |||||||||
2 | 7 | Grand Canyon, Arizona: Campers Lodge, view, trail, etc. (8). | |||||||||
2 | 8 | Grand Canyon, Arizona: "El Tovar" Hotel - exterior (15). | |||||||||
2 | 9 | Grand Canyon, Arizona: "El Tovar" Hotel - interior (23) | |||||||||
2 | 10 | Grand Canyon, Arizona: "El Tovar" Hotel - Rendezvous Room (8). | |||||||||
2 | 11 | Grand Canyon, Arizona: "El Tovar" Hotel - accessory buildings, power house, laundry, garage, etc. (14). | |||||||||
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3 | 1 | California: Bagdad (1). | |||||||||
3 | 2 | California: Bakersfield (9). | |||||||||
3 | 3 | California: Barstow, "Casa del Desierto" (40). | |||||||||
3 | 4 | California: Fresno (5). | |||||||||
3 | 5 | California: Los Angeles, La Grande Station (14). | |||||||||
3 | 6 | California: Merced (4). | |||||||||
3 | 7 | California: Mojave (6). | |||||||||
3 | 8 | California: Needles, "El Graces" Hotel - exterior (26). | |||||||||
3 | 9 | California: Needles, "El Graces" Hotel - interior (37). | |||||||||
3 | 10 | California: San Bernardino (24). | |||||||||
3 | 11 | California: San Diego (18). | |||||||||
3 | 12 | California: San Francisco, ferries and news agencies (7). | |||||||||
3 | 13 | California: Stockton (4). | |||||||||
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4 | 1 | Colorado: Colorado Springs (25). | |||||||||
4 | 2 | Colorado: La Junta (29). | |||||||||
4 | 3 | Colorado: Trinidad, "The Cardenas" Hotel (13). | |||||||||
4 | 4 | Illinois: Chicago, Dearborn Station (21). | |||||||||
4 | 5 | Illinois: Chicago, Englewood Station (1). | |||||||||
4 | 6 | Illinois: Chicago, Union Station - exterior (7). | |||||||||
4 | 7 | Illinois: Chicago, Union Station - waiting rooms (19). | |||||||||
4 | 8 | Illinois: Chicago, Union Station - train concourse (12). | |||||||||
4 | 9 | Illinois: Chicago, Union Station - dining areas and kitchens (25). | |||||||||
4 | 10 | Illinois: Chicago, Union Station - Shoppers' Mart (17). | |||||||||
4 | 11 | Illinois: Chicago, Union Station - Minute Shops (19). | |||||||||
4 | 12 | Illinois: East St. Louis - barber shop, beauty shop, junction shop (12). | |||||||||
4 | 13 | Illinois: East St. Louis (7). | |||||||||
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5 | 1 | Kansas: Arkansas City (3). | |||||||||
5 | 2 | Kansas: Augusta (2). | |||||||||
5 | 3 | Kansas: Chanute (13). | |||||||||
5 | 4 | Kansas: Dodge City, "El Vaquero" Hotel (15). | |||||||||
5 | 5 | Kansas: Emporia (19). | |||||||||
5 | 6 | Kansas: Fort Scott (3). | |||||||||
5 | 7 | Kansas: Hutchinson, "The Bisonte" Hotel (34). | |||||||||
5 | 8 | Kansas: Lawrence (3). | |||||||||
5 | 9 | Kansas: Newton (21). | |||||||||
5 | 10 | Kansas: Pittsburg (2). | |||||||||
5 | 11 | Kansas: Syracuse, "The Sequoyah" Hotel (18). | |||||||||
5 | 12 | Kansas: Topeka (10). | |||||||||
5 | 13 | Kansas: Wellington (11). | |||||||||
5 | 14 | Kansas: Wichita (12). | |||||||||
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6 | 1 | Missouri: Cape Girardeau (4). | |||||||||
6 | 2 | Missouri: Joplin (6). | |||||||||
6 | 3 | Missouri: Kansas City, Union Station - exterior (16). | |||||||||
6 | 4 | Missouri: Kansas City, Union Station - lobby, waiting rooms (29, includes Red Cross and Liberty Loan Booths from World War I era). | |||||||||
6 | 5 | Missouri: Kansas City, Union Station - dining areas and kitchens (21). | |||||||||
6 | 6 | Missouri: Kansas City, Union Station - drug store (13). | |||||||||
6 | 7 | Missouri: Kansas City, Union Station - fruit, candy and toy shops (23). | |||||||||
6 | 8 | Missouri: Kansas City, Union Station - news stand, book shop, cigar stand (21). | |||||||||
6 | 9 | Missouri: Kansas City, news agency (3). | |||||||||
6 | 10 | Missouri: Monett (18). | |||||||||
6 | 11 | Missouri: Newburg (2). | |||||||||
6 | 12 | Missouri: Saint Louis, Union Station (18). | |||||||||
6 | 13 | Missouri: Saint Louis, news agency, news stands at Eads Bridge and Tower Grove (6). | |||||||||
6 | 14 | Missouri: Springfield (23). | |||||||||
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7 | 1 | New Mexico: Albuquerque, "The Alvarado" Hotel - exterior (11). | |||||||||
7 | 2 | New Mexico: Albuquerque, "The Alvarado" Hotel - various interiors (12). | |||||||||
7 | 3 | New Mexico: Albuquerque, "The Alvarado" Hotel - dining areas (21). | |||||||||
7 | 4 | New Mexico: Albuquerque, "The Alvarado" Hotel - museum and Indian building (35). | |||||||||
7 | 5 | New Mexico: Albuquerque, "The Alvarado" Hotel - Indian store room, laundry (13). | |||||||||
7 | 6 | New Mexico: Albuquerque, "The Alvarado" Hotel - news stand, news agency (12). | |||||||||
7 | 7 | New Mexico: Albuquerque, "The Alvarado" Hotel - events (25). | |||||||||
7 | 8 | New Mexico: Belen (14). | |||||||||
7 | 9 | New Mexico: Clovis, "Gran Quivira" Hotel (27). | |||||||||
7 | 10 | New Mexico: Deming (8). | |||||||||
7 | 11 | New Mexico: Gallup, "El Navajo" Hotel (53). | |||||||||
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8 | 1 | New Mexico: Lamy, "El Ortiz" Hotel (12). | |||||||||
8 | 2 | New Mexico: Las Cruces (3). | |||||||||
8 | 3 | New Mexico: Las Vegas, "Castaneda" Hotel. | |||||||||
8 | 4 | New Mexico: San Marcial (5). | |||||||||
8 | 5 | New Mexico: Rincon (5). | |||||||||
8 | 6 | New Mexico: Santa Fe, "La Fonda" Hotel (17). | |||||||||
8 | 7 | New Mexico: Vaughn, "Las Chaves" Hotel (6). | |||||||||
8 | 8 | Mississippi: Amory (1). | |||||||||
8 | 8 | Tennessee: Memphis (1). | |||||||||
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9 | 1 | Ohio: Cleveland, Union Station - general (19). | |||||||||
9 | 2 | Ohio: Cleveland, Union Station - dining rooms and shops (35). | |||||||||
9 | 3 | Oklahoma: Afton (3). | |||||||||
9 | 4 | Oklahoma: Antlers (3). | |||||||||
9 | 5 | Oklahoma: Ardmore (6). | |||||||||
9 | 6 | Oklahoma: Bartlesville (3). | |||||||||
9 | 7 | Oklahoma: Claremore (2). | |||||||||
9 | 8 | Oklahoma: Enid (2). | |||||||||
9 | 9 | Oklahoma: Francis (3). | |||||||||
9 | 10 | Oklahoma: Guthrie (6). | |||||||||
9 | 11 | Oklahoma: Henryetta (3). | |||||||||
9 | 12 | Oklahoma: Hugo (10). | |||||||||
9 | 13 | Oklahoma: Madill (1). | |||||||||
9 | 14 | Oklahoma: Miami (2). | |||||||||
9 | 15 | Oklahoma: Muskogee (3). | |||||||||
9 | 16 | Oklahoma: Oklahoma City (10). | |||||||||
9 | 17 | Oklahoma: Okmulgee (3). | |||||||||
9 | 18 | Oklahoma: Purcell (2). | |||||||||
9 | 19 | Oklahoma: Sapulpa (20). | |||||||||
9 | 20 | Oklahoma: Snyder (6). | |||||||||
9 | 21 | Oklahoma: Tulsa (5). | |||||||||
9 | 22 | Oklahoma: Vinita (6). | |||||||||
9 | 23 | Oklahoma: Waynoka (9). | |||||||||
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10 | 1 | Texas: Amarillo (18). | |||||||||
10 | 2 | Texas: Beaumont (2). | |||||||||
10 | 3 | Texas: Brownwood (10). | |||||||||
10 | 4 | Texas: Canadian (13). | |||||||||
10 | 5 | Texas: Cleburne (1). | |||||||||
10 | 6 | Texas: Dallas (4). | |||||||||
10 | 7 | Texas: El Paso (10). | |||||||||
10 | 8 | Texas: Fort Worth (13). | |||||||||
10 | 9 | Texas: Gainesville (1). | |||||||||
10 | 10 | Texas: Galveston (15). | |||||||||
10 | 11 | Texas: Houston (14). | |||||||||
10 | 12 | Texas: Paris (3). | |||||||||
10 | 13 | Texas: Rosenberg (4). | |||||||||
10 | 14 | Texas: Silsbee (6). | |||||||||
10 | 15 | Texas: Slaton (7). | |||||||||
10 | 16 | Texas: Somerville (1). | |||||||||
10 | 17 | Texas: Sweetwater (9). | |||||||||
10 | 18 | Texas: Temple (19). | |||||||||
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11 | 1 | Panama-California Exposition, Painted Desert Exhibit, San Diego, California (32). , 1915-1916 | |||||||||
11 | 2 | Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Grand Canyon Exhibit, San Francisco, California (22). , 1915 | |||||||||
11 | 3 | Miscellaneous and unidentified photos (15). | |||||||||
Includes photos of Jackie Coogan from a movie role and a photograph tentatively identified as Herman Schweizer with one of the Harveys. | |||||||||||
11 | 4 | Scrapbook of photos of unidentified persons, Grand Canyon, Indians, Mexico and unidentified places, possible compiled by Herman Schweizer (184). | |||||||||
Postcards addressed to Herman Schweizer found in the scrapbook were processed with correspondence. | |||||||||||
Series II: Correspondence, 1896-1944 | |||||||||||
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12 | Correspondence. , 1896-1915 | ||||||||||
Includes testimonial signed by Caruso, Sembrich and other members of the Conried Metropolitan Opera Company, April 15, 1906. | |||||||||||
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13 | Correspondence. , 1916-1921 | ||||||||||
Includes correspondence from William Jennings Bryan, August 11, 1920 and William Jennings Bryan, Jr., July 31, 1921. | |||||||||||
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14 | Correspondence. , 1922-1926 | ||||||||||
Includes correspondence from William Jennings Bryan, July 28, 1925, Howard Chandler Christy, December 9, 1925 and A. V. Kidder, August 30, 1926. | |||||||||||
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15 | Correspondence. , 1927-1930 | ||||||||||
Includes correspondence from Neil Judd while on a Pueblo Bonito Expedition, October 27, 1927 and from the Chicago Cubs while on a training trip to Catalina Island, February 13, 1928. | |||||||||||
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16 | Correspondence. , 1931-1935 | ||||||||||
Includes correspondence from Neil Judd, September 4,1931. | |||||||||||
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17 | 1-6 | Correspondence. , 1936-1942 | |||||||||
17 | 7 | Motor Vehicles correspondence, financial and legal papers. , 1925-1944 | |||||||||
17 | 8 | Postcards to Herman Schweizer. , 1908, 1910, 1915 |
Series III: Supplemental Material | |||||||||||
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17 | 8 | Miscellaneous clippings. | |||||||||
17 | 8 | Promotional Photo Brochure. , 1945? | |||||||||
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18 | Hermit's Rest Register Book. , January-May 1924 | ||||||||||
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19 | Hermit Creek Camp Register Book. , August 1922-August 1930 | ||||||||||
The register also includes records for Phantom Ranch, 1922-1928. | |||||||||||
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20 | Fred Harvey News Stand Plans (an album of blueprints). | ||||||||||
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21 | Ledger: "Transportation Department, Grand Canyon, Arizona." , 1906-1933 | ||||||||||
Includes records for blacksmith and carpenter shops, bungalows, garage, livestock, Hermit Creek Camp, mess house, Phantom Ranch, various rest houses, etc. | |||||||||||
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22 | Ledger. | ||||||||||
Similar to volume 21. | |||||||||||
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23 | Miscellaneous items. |