The collection contains letters, diaries, and writings of Taylor
F. Ealy and members of his family.
Collection Number:
MS 162
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
Taylor F. Ealy worked as a missionary, doctor, and teacher.
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains letters, diaries, and writings of Taylor F. Ealy
and members of his family. Ealy operated the U.S. Freedmen's School for black
children at Fort Arbuckle, Oklahoma, from 1874 to 1876. He lists pupils for
August and September of 1875, and describes conditions at the time. In 1878, he
relates their trip to Lincoln, New Mexico, as well as experiences during the
Lincoln County War, while they held school and began a church. Writings by his
wife, Mary, and daughter, Ruth, give their impressions of Billy the Kid. After
moving to the Zuni Pueblo, Ealy describes life there in an 1879 diary. A diary
from 1854-1856 by Henry B. Ealy, Taylor's first cousin and a minister in
Pennsylvania is also present. Four diaries by Ruth Ealy describe a 1913 trip to
Azores, North Africa, and Europe; a 1928 trip to Great Britain, and a 1937 trip
to Japan. An undated typescript by her relates conditions of migrant farm
workers' families in Tucson, Arizona. Photographs consist of six portraits of
family members including Taylor and Mary Ealy.
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Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs,
Edward P. Smith, Commissioner, to Taylor F. Ealy.
, November 3,
1874
1
1
Presbyterian Committee of Missions for Freedmen. A. C.
McClelland, to Taylor F. Ealy regarding the certificate of appointment of Miss
Rebecca E. Forbes as teacher to replace Mrs. Lizzie D. Scott.
, March 17,
1875
1
1
Presbyterian Committee of Missions for Freedmen. A. C.
McClelland, to Taylor F. Ealy.
, August 18,
1875
1
1
Taylor F. Ealy to: Dr. John C. Ealy (his father), Lincoln,
NM.
, February 25,
1878
1
1
Taylor F. Ealy to: Anna Clark Ealy (his mother), Lincoln,
NM.
, March 1,
1878
1
1
Taylor F. Ealy to: Corrie E. Ealy (his sister), Lincoln,
NM. (Cover is postmarked Roswell, NM).
, March 4,
1878
1
1
Taylor F. Ealy to: Mary, Lincoln, NM.
, March 4,
1878
1
1
Taylor F. Ealy to: Albert E. Ealy (his brother), Lincoln,
NM.
, March 13,
1878
1
1
Taylor F. Ealy to: Anna Clark Ealy, Santa Fe, NM.
, August 3, 1878,
1878
1
1
M.S. Atterbury (for an unknown organization) to Mary R.
Ealy.
, April 24,
1879
1
1
The Ladies Board of Missions (Julie M. Graham and Mrs. J.
Dorimer), New York City, to Mary R. Ealy.
, April 24, 1879, December
1, 1879
1
1
Susan E. Barber (McSween, nee Hummer), White Oaks, NM to
Mary E. Ealy, (four letters).
, December 15, 1927 to
September 12, 1929
1
1
Albert E. Ealy, Albuquerque, NM to: Brother.
, February 11,
1883
1
1
Albert E. Ealy, Albuquerque, NM to: Father (incomplete).
, April 25,
1885
People and incidents at Fort Arbuckle, Indian Territory.
1
6
Lincoln, New Mexico: "Frontier," a short piece on Lincoln
and the trip there, by Taylor F. Ealy.
, March 11,
1978
1
6
Lincoln, New Mexico: the trip to Lincoln and an incident
during the Lincoln County War, by Taylor F. Ealy.
1
6
Lincoln, New Mexico: the trip to Lincoln, diary extracts
from the Lincoln County War period with commentary, by Taylor F. Ealy.
1
6
Lincoln, New Mexico: "The Lincoln County-
War, New Mexico as I Saw It," by
Taylor F. Ealy, (incomplete: pp. 1-21, 39).
1
6
Lincoln, New Mexico: "The Lincoln County-
War, New Mexico as I Saw It," by
Taylor F. Ealy, (complete version, copied by Mary R. Ealy).
1
7
Lincoln, New Mexico: the trip to and from Fort Stanton for
the Dudley court of inquiry, by Taylor F. Ealy.
1
7
Lincoln, New Mexico: notes on Billy the Kid, extracts from
Pat Garrett's
The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid,
comments on principals of the Lincoln County War, by Taylor F. Ealy.
1
7
Lincoln, New Mexico: "To the Rocky Mountain Presbyterian;"
comments on the Lincoln County War, by Taylor F. Ealy.
1
7
"The True Story of Billy the Kid," by Ruth R. Ealy;
typescript which incorporates Billy the Kid's part in the Lincoln County War,
"as my mother wrote it down for me several years ago."
1
8
Zuni, New Mexico; Miscellaneous: "The old white mule,"
about an attempted trip from Zuni to Fort Wingate, by Taylor F. Ealy.
, June 26,
1889
1
8
Zuni, New Mexico; Miscellaneous: map of locations between
Zuni and Albuquerque.
1
8
Zuni, New Mexico; Miscellaneous: note of formation
(proposed?) of an association for building a library, by Taylor F. Ealy,
(incomplete).
1
8
Zuni, New Mexico; Miscellaneous: "Migrants," by Ruth R.
Ealy.