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Collection Summary | |
Creator: | Matthews, William R. |
Collection Name: | William R. Mathews papers |
Inclusive Dates: | 1870-1980 |
Physical Description: | 18.0 linear feet |
Abstract: | The William R. Mathews papers (1870-1980) primarily documents his journalism career as editor and publisher of the Arizona Daily Star (1930-1967). The collection also includes material relating to Mathews' military service in World War I, and his role as an official war correspondent in World War II. Also included are the family papers of William R. Mathews and his wife, Betty B. Mathews. |
Collection Number: | MS 406 |
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/ |
William R. Mathews (1893-1969) was an accomplished journalist, newspaper editor and publisher. Born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1893, he attended elementary and high school in Indianapolis, Indiana, and graduated with an A.B. degree in Money and Banking from the University of Illinois in 1917. He served as a Second Lieutenant and Captain in the Fifth Regiment of the Second Division of the United States Marine Corps during World War I. He fought in the battles of Belleau Wood and Soissons, in France, and was wounded in the attack on Blanc Mont. Mr. Mathews earned numerous awards and citations, including the French Croix de Guerre with Palm, in 1918, for capturing 75 German soldiers. After the war he worked as an advertising solicitor for the San Francisco Chronicle. He married Betty Boyers, in 1919, and they had four children. From 1920-1924, he was the business manager of the Santa Barbara Morning Press. In 1924, he and business partner Ralph E. Ellinwood purchased the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, Arizona. Mr. Mathews served as the general manager from 1924-1930 and as editor and publisher from 1930-1967.
Mr. Mathews' extensive travels enabled him to focus his journalism on international politics and foreign affairs. He served as an accredited military correspondent and completed nine trips around the world. He witnessed and documented unique historical events, such as the signing of the Japanese Surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in 1945, the Bikini Bomb Test in 1946 and the John Foster Dulles trip to Japan and Korea, just prior to the outbreak of the Korean Conflict. Mr. Mathews was active in public service and his appointments include: special adviser to James B. Forrestal, Secretary of Defense (1948-1950), member of the Pulitzer Prize Committee, member of the Board of Regents of the University of Arizona, and Chairman of the Citizens' Public Utilities and Citizens' Water Advisory Committees for the City of Tucson. In 1940 he ran for public office as a democratic representative for Congress.
The William R. Mathews papers (1870-1980) primarily document his journalism career as editor and publisher of the Arizona Daily Star (1930-1967), and also includes material relating to Mathews' military service in World War I, and his role as an official war correspondent in World War II. These papers also contain the family papers of William R. Mathews as well as those of his wife, Betty B. Mathews. This collection consists of biographical information, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, writings, speeches, public service files, travel files, family papers, ledgers, and newspaper clippings.
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The William R. Mathews papers (MS 406). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
Biographical files, 1925-1971 | |||||||||||
Biographical files document Mr. Mathew's military service and accomplishments, along with his experience and achievements as a newspaper journalist, editor and publisher. They include personal and professional recollections and discussions of significant national and international events and leaders during the early to mid-twentieth century. His public service activities at the local, state and national levels are also documented in this series, as well as litigation against the state of Arizona for access to public information. Arrangement is alphabetical. | |||||||||||
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1 | 1 | Arizona Daily Star stationery, undated | |||||||||
1 | 2 | Autobiography; chapters I-VII, undated | |||||||||
1 | 3 | Autobiography; chapters VIII-XVI, undated | |||||||||
1 | 4 | Autobiography; revision, chapters I-XVI, undated | |||||||||
1 | 5 | Autobiography; rough draft, chapters I-XVI, undated | |||||||||
1 | 6 | Cartoon by Thomoson of William R. Mathews in WWI, 1938 | |||||||||
1 | 7 | Certificate of retirement; Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 1964 | |||||||||
1 | 8 | General, 1952-1964 | |||||||||
1 | 9 | Marine Corps Reserve 50th Anniversary commemorative postage stamp, 1966 | |||||||||
1 | 10 | Mathews for Congress pamphlet, undated | |||||||||
1 | 11 | Mathews, William R; Articles about, 1940-1963 | |||||||||
1 | 12 | Mathews, William R. vs. Governor of State of Arizona, 1952-1953 | |||||||||
1 | 13 | Military Records and correspondence, 1925-1935 | |||||||||
1 | 14 | Obituaries, 1969-1971 | |||||||||
1 | 15 | Special Navy consultant, 1949-1963 |
Correspondence files, 1929-1969 | |||||||||||
Correspondence files primarily document Mr. Mathews' professional communication with colleagues and local, state, national and international political and military leaders and other notable individuals. Correspondence in his capacity as editor of the Arizona Daily Star is also included. Some files contain research information and news articles by William R. Mathews. Arrangement is alphabetical. | |||||||||||
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1 | 16 | American National Red Cross, 1950 | |||||||||
1 | 17 | Arizona Daily Star, 1924-1940 | |||||||||
1 | 18 | Arizona State Welfare Board, 1941 | |||||||||
1 | 19 | Arizona Tax Research Association, 1945-1949 | |||||||||
1 | 20 | Astor, David, 1935-1966 | |||||||||
1 | 21 | Atomic Energy Commission, 1958 | |||||||||
1 | 22 | Bohlen, Charles, 1966 | |||||||||
1 | 23 | Bolin, Wesley, 1949-1956 | |||||||||
1 | 24 | Buckley, William F., Jr., 1956-1967 | |||||||||
1 | 25 | Butler University, 1956-1969 | |||||||||
1 | 26 | Central Intelligence Agency; J.E. Hoover and A. Dulles, 1951-1966 | |||||||||
1 | 27 | Clay, Lucius D., 1963 | |||||||||
1 | 28 | Cusick, Watkins and Frey, 1958 | |||||||||
1 | 29 | Daniels, Josephus, 1937-1942 | |||||||||
1 | 30 | Dawes, General Charles G., 1936-1964 | |||||||||
1 | 31 | Dulles, John Foster, 1951 | |||||||||
1 | 32 | Eisenhower, President Dwight D., 1953-1956 | |||||||||
1 | 33 | Forrestal, James; Secretary of Defense, 1944-1949 | |||||||||
1 | 34 | Fredericks, Pierce G., 1959 | |||||||||
1 | 35 | Fund for the Republic Inc., 1957-1958 | |||||||||
1 | 36 | Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1968 | |||||||||
1 | 37 | Garvey, Dan, 1957 | |||||||||
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1a | 1 | General, (1 of 3) , 1957-1968 | |||||||||
1a | 2 | General, (2 of 3) , 1957-1968 | |||||||||
1a | 3 | General, (3 of 3) , 1957-1968 | |||||||||
1a | 4 | Goldwater, Barry, 1952-1964 | |||||||||
1a | 5 | Goldwater, Barry, (1 of 2) , 1952-1969 | |||||||||
1a | 6 | Goldwater, Barry, (2 of 2) , 1952-1969 | |||||||||
1a | 7 | Grand Canyon Dams, 1950-1966 | |||||||||
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2 | 1 | Great Leaders, 1934-1968 | |||||||||
2 | 2 | Hadow, R.H., 1956 | |||||||||
2 | 3 | Halifax, H.E. and Lady, 1942-1946 | |||||||||
2 | 4 | Harbord, James G., 1924-1946 | |||||||||
2 | 5-7 | Hayden, Carl, 1939-1955 | |||||||||
2 | 8-10 | Hayden, Carl, 1956-1968 | |||||||||
2 | 11 | Hayden, Carl; Budget Letters, 1935-1954 | |||||||||
2 | 12 | Hoover, Herbert, 1941-1943 | |||||||||
2 | 13 | Hoover, J. Edgar, 1950-1960 | |||||||||
2 | 14 | Inskeep Resignation, 1945 | |||||||||
2 | 15 | Internal Revenue Service, 1942-1950 | |||||||||
2 | 16 | International Correspondence, 1961-1966 | |||||||||
2 | 17 | Janeway, Eliot, 1964 | |||||||||
2 | 18 | Kennedy, John. F. , 1959-1964 | |||||||||
2 | 19 | Keyser, Ralph S., 1950-1955 | |||||||||
2 | 20 | Kissinger, Henry, 1960-1966 | |||||||||
2 | 21 | Kitchel, Denison, 1963 | |||||||||
2 | 22 | Krock, Arthur, 1964-1965 | |||||||||
2 | 23 | Landon, Alf M., 1952 | |||||||||
2 | 24 | Lewis, Anthony, 1963 | |||||||||
2 | 25 | Lilienthal, Alfred M., 1940-1966 | |||||||||
2 | 26 | Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1959 | |||||||||
2 | 27 | Mannini-Klafter Realty, 1953 | |||||||||
2 | 28 | Marines, 1917-1968 | |||||||||
2 | 29 | Marshall, George C., 1955-1963 | |||||||||
2 | 30-31 | McFarland, Ernest, 1942-1963 | |||||||||
2 | 32 | McNamara, Robert S., 1961 | |||||||||
2 | 33 | Morgenthau, Henry Jr., 1963 | |||||||||
2 | 34 | National Press Club, 1942-1951 | |||||||||
2 | 35 | Navy Department, 1949-1967 | |||||||||
2 | 36 | Newspaper Editors, 1940-1965 | |||||||||
2 | 37-38 | Newspapers and magazines, 1942-1967 | |||||||||
2 | 39 | Nixon, Richard M. , 1956-1963 | |||||||||
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2a | 1 | Osborn, Sidney P., 1941-1947 | |||||||||
2a | 2 | P., (1 of 3) , 1945-1959 | |||||||||
2a | 3 | P., (2 of 3) , 1945-1959 | |||||||||
2a | 4 | P., (3 of 3) , 1945-1959 | |||||||||
2a | 5 | Patten, Harold A. (Porque), 1949-1958 | |||||||||
2a | 6 | Pegler, Westbrook, 1941-1962 | |||||||||
2a | 7 | Perkins, Milo. , 1961 | |||||||||
2a | 8 | Pershing, John J., 1936-1960 | |||||||||
2a | 9 | Phoenix, Arizona, 1940-1963 | |||||||||
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3 | 1 | Phoenix newspapers, 1949-1967 | |||||||||
3 | 2 | Powell River company, 1949-1952 | |||||||||
3 | 3 | Presidential election predictions, 1956 | |||||||||
3 | 4 | Presidential candidates and possibilities, 1943-1952 | |||||||||
3 | 5 | Primary gubernatorial campaigns, 1956 | |||||||||
3 | 6 | Pulitzer, Joseph, 1947-1954 | |||||||||
3 | 7 | Prisoners of war, 1952 | |||||||||
3 | 8 | Pyle, Howard, 1950-1956 | |||||||||
3 | 9 | R., 1944-1961 | |||||||||
3 | 10 | Ramey, Roger, 1947 | |||||||||
3 | 11 | Rankin Family, 1944-1945 | |||||||||
3 | 12 | Reston, James, 1963-1964 | |||||||||
3 | 13 | Rhodes, John J., 1953-1966 | |||||||||
3 | 14 | Rockefeller, John D. III., 1952-1960 | |||||||||
3 | 15 | Romine, L.A., 1954 | |||||||||
3 | 16 | Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1931-1943 | |||||||||
3 | 17 | Rosenberg, Anna M., 1951 | |||||||||
3 | 18 | Rougeron, Camille. , 1952 | |||||||||
3 | 19-21 | S., 1941-1960 | |||||||||
3 | 22-23 | S., 1961-1963 | |||||||||
3 | 24 | Sale of Arizona Daily Star, 1964-1969 | |||||||||
3 | 25 | Salzberger, Arthur Ochs, 1963-1965 | |||||||||
3 | 26 | Santa Barbara Daily News, 1959-1968 | |||||||||
3 | 27 | Sarnoff, David, 1955 | |||||||||
3 | 28 | Schlager, Sig, 1954-1957 | |||||||||
3 | 29 | Schweitzer, Albert, 1965 | |||||||||
3 | 30 | Sedgwick, Ellery, 1936-1949 | |||||||||
3 | 31 | Sen, Sachin; Visit to Tucson, 1956 | |||||||||
3 | 32 | Shepherd, Lemuel C., 1935-1963 | |||||||||
3 | 33 | Slee, Margaret Sanger, 1949-1966 | |||||||||
3 | 34 | Small loan companies, 1954-1956 | |||||||||
3 | 35 | Smith, Howard J., 1953 | |||||||||
3 | 36 | Smith, Ralph C., 1950 | |||||||||
3 | 37 | Social security and welfare, 1942-1958 | |||||||||
3 | 38 | South American tabloid, 1956 | |||||||||
3 | 39 | Special Senate Committee Testimony, 1940-1957 | |||||||||
3 | 40-42 | State Department, 1938-1954 | |||||||||
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4 | 1 | State Department, 1956-1968 | |||||||||
4 | 2 | Stauffer, Oscar; Menninger Foundation, 1958-1960 | |||||||||
4 | 3 | Stevenson, Adlai, 1956-1965 | |||||||||
4 | 4 | Stitt, Phil, 1950-1956 | |||||||||
4 | 5 | Stocker, Joseph, 1949-1957 | |||||||||
4 | 6 | Stolpe, Bert, 1960 | |||||||||
4 | 7 | Swanson, Theodore and company, 1949-1950 | |||||||||
4 | 8 | Swinehart, Gerry, 1960-1965 | |||||||||
4 | 9 | Symington, Stuart W., 1950-1960 | |||||||||
4 | 10 | T., 1950-1960 | |||||||||
4 | 11 | Tabloid requests, 1954 | |||||||||
4 | 12 | Taft, Robert A., 1949-1952 | |||||||||
4 | 13 | Telegrams, 1921-1941 | |||||||||
4 | 14 | Thacher, A.G., 1931-1955 | |||||||||
4 | 15 | Thomason, John William, Jr. , 1940-1955 | |||||||||
4 | 16 | Thompson, Dorothy, 1944-1959 | |||||||||
4 | 17 | Times Letters to the Editor; "German recovery", 1948 | |||||||||
4 | 18 | Times Letters to the Editor; "Indonesia", 1949-1952 | |||||||||
4 | 19 | Times Letters to the Editor; "Moderation in Japan urged", 1945 | |||||||||
4 | 20-21 | Times Letters to the Editor; "Repatriating prisoners", 1952-1953 | |||||||||
4 | 22 | Times Letters to the Editor; "Report from Tucson on foreign policy", 1952-1953 | |||||||||
4 | 23 | Times Letters to the editor; "Tucson Looks at the World", 1953 | |||||||||
4 | 24 | Times Letters to the Editor; "Use of atomic energy", 1954 | |||||||||
4 | 25 | Townley, Josephine, 1929-1954 | |||||||||
4 | 26 | Truman, Harry S., 1945-1951 | |||||||||
4 | 27 | Turner, Lillian, 1945 | |||||||||
4 | 28-29 | Udall, Congressman Stewart L., 1949-1959 | |||||||||
4 | 30 | Udall, Congressman Morris K., 1963-1965 | |||||||||
4 | 31 | U.S. High Commissioner for Germany, 1951 | |||||||||
4 | 32 | Vanderbilt, Neil, 1953-1955 | |||||||||
4 | 33 | Von Royen, J.H., 1952 | |||||||||
4 | 34-35 | W., 1949-1956 | |||||||||
4 | 36 | Waldman, Louis, 1945 | |||||||||
4 | 37 | Wall Street Journal; "By Our Silence", 1952 | |||||||||
4 | 38 | War College, 1945-1948 | |||||||||
4 | 39 | War Department, 1940-1946 | |||||||||
4 | 40 | War Department; censorship, 1940-1948 | |||||||||
4 | 41 | War predictions, 1938-1945 | |||||||||
4 | 42 | Wedemeyer, A.L., 1949-1951 | |||||||||
4 | 43 | White House, 1953-1965 | |||||||||
4 | 44 | Whitton, Margaret, 1957-1961 | |||||||||
4 | 45 | Williams, Herschel, 1950-1951 | |||||||||
4 | 46 | Wilson, Delmar E., 1957-1960 | |||||||||
4 | 47 | Wilson, Lyle C., 1948-1949 | |||||||||
4 | 48 | Wolff, Robert, 1943 |
Writings, 1919-1967 | |||||||||||
This series is divided into three subseries: Articles and Editorials (1919-1967), Oversize Articles and Editorials (1937-1949), and Manuscripts (1939-1962). Articles and Editorials includes writings by Mr. Mathews, primarily in his capacity as editor of the Arizona Daily Star, documenting his interviews with notable individuals, global travels, and local, state, national and international affairs and politics. The arrangement is alphabetical with the bulk of this series organized chronologically under the 'General' category. Manuscripts include several revised and re-titled versions of Mr. Mathews' unpublished book on his military and other professional experiences. | |||||||||||
Articles and Editorials; , 1919-1967 | |||||||||||
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5 | 1 | "30 Days in Equatorial Africa", 1961 | |||||||||
5 | 2 | "Age of Continents", 1956 | |||||||||
5 | 3 | "Are We Being Shouted Into an Unwanted War?", 1951 | |||||||||
5 | 4 | "Arizona and the Colorado", 1944 | |||||||||
5 | 5 | Australia and New Zealand, 1965 | |||||||||
5 | 6 | "Awakening of South America", 1955 | |||||||||
5 | 7 | "Battle of Belleau Wood", 1965 | |||||||||
5 | 8-12 | Battle of Belleau Wood-Research, 1919-1967 | |||||||||
5 | 13 | England, 1942 | |||||||||
5 | 14 | "Europe Will Recover", 1947 | |||||||||
5 | 15 | European Trip, 1966 | |||||||||
5 | 16-21 | General, 1933-1944 | |||||||||
5 | 22 | General, 1945 | |||||||||
5 | 23 | General, 1946 | |||||||||
5 | 24-26 | General, 1947 | |||||||||
5 | 27 | General, 1948 | |||||||||
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6 | 1-4 | General, 1949 | |||||||||
6 | 5-6 | General, 1950 | |||||||||
6 | 7 | General , 1951 | |||||||||
6 | 8 | General, 1952-1955 | |||||||||
6 | 9 | General, 1957-1961 | |||||||||
6 | 10 | "Indonesia Report," Foreward , 1949 | |||||||||
6 | 11 | "Interview with General Douglas MacArthur", 1945-1955 | |||||||||
6 | 12 | "Let's Remember the Rule of Law", 1960 | |||||||||
6 | 13 | "Letter to the New President"; The Atlantic Monthly, 1961 | |||||||||
6 | 14 | Letters to the Times; "Use of Atomic Energy", 1954 | |||||||||
6 | 15 | "Marines WWII Battles Detailed", 1967 | |||||||||
6 | 16 | "Marshall Plan Pays Off", 1951 | |||||||||
6 | 17 | Pan-American; Lima, Peru, 1966 | |||||||||
6 | 18 | "Peace by Negotiation and the Press", 1954 | |||||||||
6 | 19 | "Prediction of Soviet Intentions", 1945 | |||||||||
6 | 20 | "Prelude to War", 1939 | |||||||||
6 | 21-24 | Public Utilities Purchase, 1943-1948 | |||||||||
6 | 25 | Pulitzer, Joseph, 1955 | |||||||||
6 | 26 | Republican Convention, 1948 | |||||||||
6 | 27 | "Roundup, 10 Days Behind the Iron Curtain", 1954 | |||||||||
6 | 28 | Russia, 1943 | |||||||||
6 | 29 | Russian Trip, 1954 | |||||||||
6 | 30 | "Senator Robert Taft Dying of Cancer", 1953 | |||||||||
6 | 31 | South America, 1955 | |||||||||
6 | 32 | Sunland Gardens, undated | |||||||||
6 | 33 | Trotsky, Leon, 1942-1960 | |||||||||
6 | 34 | U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings Comments, 1953 | |||||||||
6 | 35 | Viet Nam, 1965 | |||||||||
6 | 36 | "War with Japan", 1966 | |||||||||
6 | 37 | "We Conquer Japan", 1945 | |||||||||
6 | 38 | "Weapon That Will Prolong the War", 1942 | |||||||||
6 | 39 | "When F.D.R. Was Floored", 1958 | |||||||||
6 | 40 | "When Peace Breaks Out: Can We Afford It?", 1959 | |||||||||
6 | 41 | "Why Not Learn From Our Experiences", 1960 | |||||||||
6 | 42 | Wilson vs. State Consolidated and Morrison. , 1952 | |||||||||
6 | 43 | "With Dulles in Korea and Japan", 1967 | |||||||||
Oversize Articles and Editorials, 1937-1949 | |||||||||||
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6a | "Around the Seething World", 1937 | ||||||||||
6a | "Europe Goes Goosestep", 1935 | ||||||||||
6a | "Arizona and the Colorado", 1944 | ||||||||||
6a | "England at War", 1942 | ||||||||||
6a | "We Conquer Japan", 1945 | ||||||||||
6a | "Europe Will Recover", 1947 | ||||||||||
6a | "Europe Will Recover", 1949 | ||||||||||
Manuscripts, 1939-1962 | |||||||||||
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7 | 1 | "America Cannot Escape History", undated | |||||||||
7 | 2 | "America Cannot Escape History"; Chapters I-VII, undated | |||||||||
7 | 3 | "America Cannot Escape History"; Chapters VIII-XX, undated | |||||||||
7 | 4 | "America Cannot Escape History"; Chapter VIII "Germany and Synthetic Character", 1961 | |||||||||
7 | 5 | "America Cannot Escape History"; Miscellaneous Chapters, undated | |||||||||
7 | 6 | "America Cannot Escape History"; Original Draft, 1941 | |||||||||
7 | 7 | "America Cannot Escape History"; Research, 1939-1962 | |||||||||
7 | 8 | "America Cannot Escape History"; Research about Raw Materials, 1939-1944 | |||||||||
7 | 9-10 | "America Cannot Escape History"; Research, Population Association of America, 1943-1954 | |||||||||
7 | 11-13 | "America Cannot Escape History"; Research, Population Reference Bureau, 1940-1943 | |||||||||
7 | 14-15 | "America Will Make, Not Escape History", undated | |||||||||
7 | 16-17 | "America Will Make, Not Escape History"; Incomplete , undated | |||||||||
7 | 18 | "America Will Make, Not Escape, History", 1962 | |||||||||
7 | 19 | "America Will Make, Not Escape History"; Chapters VI- XV, undated | |||||||||
7 | 20 | "America Will Make, Not Escape History"; Autobiographical version, undated | |||||||||
7 | 21 | "Brief Summary of Belleau Wood", 1959 | |||||||||
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8 | 1 | "Coming of Medical Education to Arizona", undated |
Speech Files, 1937-1967 | |||||||||||
This series includes professional and public speeches, primarily on national and international affairs. The arrangement is alphabetical with the bulk of this series organized chronologically under the 'General' category. | |||||||||||
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8 | 2 | "America Marches on to its Destiny", 1962 | |||||||||
8 | 3 | "An American Empire?", 1958 | |||||||||
8 | 4 | Channel Club, Santa Barbara, 1955 | |||||||||
8 | 5 | "Food, People and War", undated | |||||||||
8 | 6 | General, 1937-1940 | |||||||||
8 | 7-8 | General, 1942-1949 | |||||||||
8 | 9-12 | General, 1950-1966 | |||||||||
8 | 13 | General Shepherd's Remarks at Dinner for Bill Mathews, 1967 | |||||||||
8 | 14 | Mathews Candidate for Congress, 1940 | |||||||||
8 | 15 | Other Authors, 1959 | |||||||||
8 | 16 | Radio Broadcasts, 1943 | |||||||||
8 | 17 | "Recent Travels and Observations in the Middle East"; Tucson Committee on Foreign Relations, 1962 | |||||||||
8 | 18 | "Resume of War"; Rotary Club, 1945 | |||||||||
8 | 19 | "South Viet Nam and American Destiny", 1966 | |||||||||
8 | 20 | "Spanish Element in Our Nationality"; Speech to Spanish Americans, undated | |||||||||
8 | 21 | "Yalta Conference", 1945 |
Public Service Files, 1926-1964 | |||||||||||
This series documents Mr. Mathews' local, state and national public service activities, including his campaign for Congress in 1940. Arrangement is alphabetical. | |||||||||||
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8 | 22 | Arizona State Office Building Committee, 1955 | |||||||||
8 | 23 | Board of Governors; Federal Reserve System, 1958-1963 | |||||||||
8 | 24 | Board of Regents; University and State Colleges of Arizona, 1949-1961 | |||||||||
8 | 25 | Board of Regents; University and State Colleges of Arizona- Meeting Agendas, 1958 | |||||||||
8 | 26 | Campaign for Congress; Publicity. , 1940 | |||||||||
8 | 27 | Campaign for Congress; Republican Hand Bill, 1940-1944 | |||||||||
8 | 28 | Citizens' Advisory Water Committee, 1930-1951 | |||||||||
8 | 29 | Citizens' Advisory Water Committee, 1940-1949 | |||||||||
8 | 30 | Citizens' Advisory Water Committee; Avra-Altar Valley Water, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
8 | 31 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee, 1943-1946 | |||||||||
8 | 32 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Arizona Corporation Commission Hearing, 1944-1945 | |||||||||
8 | 33 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Arizona Edison Company, 1945 | |||||||||
8 | 34 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Arizona Power Authority, 1945 | |||||||||
8 | 35 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Bond Houses, 1942-1945 | |||||||||
8 | 36 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Central Arizona Light and Power Company, undated | |||||||||
8 | 37 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Charter Amendment, undated | |||||||||
8 | 38 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; City Attorney, 1940-1947 | |||||||||
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9 | 1 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Electric Power Board of Chattanooga, 1943-1944 | |||||||||
9 | 2 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Engineering Firms, 1944 | |||||||||
9 | 3 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Federal Light and Traction Company, 1942-1945 | |||||||||
9 | 4 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Federal Power Commission, 1938-1945 | |||||||||
9 | 5 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Holding Companies, 1943 | |||||||||
9 | 6 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Information from Other Cities, Re: Boards, 1929-1943 | |||||||||
9 | 7 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Initiative Petition, 1944 | |||||||||
9 | 8 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Knoxville Electric Power and Water Board, 1935-1943 | |||||||||
9 | 9 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Meeting Minutes, 1943 | |||||||||
9 | 10 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Ordinance Acquisition Election, 1944 | |||||||||
9 | 11-13 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Rates Comparisons, 1926-1947 | |||||||||
9 | 14 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Reports: Burns and McDonnell Engineering Company, 1935-1944 | |||||||||
9 | 15 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Reports: Duff and Phelps. , 1944 | |||||||||
9 | 16 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Reports: Finance Committee, 1943 | |||||||||
9 | 17 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Resolutions: Dahlberg and Durand, 1941-1943 | |||||||||
9 | 18 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Resolutions: Stranahan, Harris and Company, Inc., 1944 | |||||||||
9 | 19 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Safford Utility Court Decision, 1944 | |||||||||
9 | 20 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; San Antonio Utility Purchase, 1943-1944 | |||||||||
9 | 21 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Security and Exchange Commission, 1942-1946 | |||||||||
9 | 22 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Tucson Gas, Electric Light and Power Company, Analysis from, 1936-1946 | |||||||||
9 | 23 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Tucson Gas, Electric Light and Power Company, Annual Meeting Notice, 1948 | |||||||||
9 | 24 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Tucson Gas, Electric Light and Power Company, Annual Reports, 1941 | |||||||||
9 | 25 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Tucson Gas, Electric Light and Power Company, Annual Reports, 1942 | |||||||||
9 | 26 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Tucson Gas, Electric Light and Power Company, Annual Reports, 1944-1946 | |||||||||
9 | 27 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Tucson Gas, Electric Light and Power Company, Income Tax Returns, 1937 | |||||||||
9 | 28 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Tucson Gas, Electric Light and Power Company, Pension Trust Plan, 1953 | |||||||||
9 | 29 | Citizens' Public Utilities Committee; Utilities Purchase, Mayor's Statement, undated | |||||||||
9 | 30-31 | Mid-Century Conference on Resources for the Future Steering Committee, 1953-1954 | |||||||||
9 | 32 | Pima County Zoning, 1928-1952 | |||||||||
9 | 33 | Pulitzer Prize Committee, 1954-1956 | |||||||||
9 | 34 | State School Funds, 1951-1956 | |||||||||
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10 | 1 | Sunshine Climate Club, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
10 | 2 | Tucson School Bond Elections, 1964 | |||||||||
10 | 3 | United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1947 | |||||||||
10 | 4 | Young Women's Christian Association; New Building Committee, 1950-1954 |
Travel Files, 1937-1968 | |||||||||||
This series documents Mr. Mathews' extensive international travels. The files include travel itineraries, photographs, field notebooks, dispatches and other writings and memorabilia. Arrangement is alphabetical. | |||||||||||
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10 | 5 | Africa; 1961, 1961-1963 | |||||||||
10 | 6 | Alaska, 1957-1962 | |||||||||
10 | 7-9 | Antarctica; 1961, 1961-1962 | |||||||||
10 | 10 | Bikini; 1946, 1946 | |||||||||
10 | 11 | China; 1937, 1937-1945 | |||||||||
10 | 12 | Dutch Indonesia; 1949, 1949-1956 | |||||||||
10 | 13 | Europe; 1945-1947, 1945-1947 | |||||||||
10 | 14 | Europe; 1951, 1951 | |||||||||
10 | 15 | Germany; 1962, 1962-1963 | |||||||||
10 | 16-17 | Korea; Dulles Mission; 1950, 1950-1967 | |||||||||
10 | 18 | Near East; 1962, 1962 | |||||||||
10 | 19-20 | Orient; 1945, 1945 | |||||||||
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11 | 1 | Pearl Harbor; Aboard U.S.S. Oriskany (CVA34), 1960 | |||||||||
11 | 2-3 | South America; 1955-1956, 1955-1963 | |||||||||
11 | 4 | South Viet Nam; 1966, 1965-1968 | |||||||||
11 | 5-6 | Soviet Union; 1954, 1942-1957 | |||||||||
11 | 7 | Venezuela; Meeting in Caracas, 1963, 1963 |
Photographs, 1886--1980 | |||||||||||
This series is divided into three subseries: General (1886-circa 1940), Albums (1928-1969) and Oversize (1943-1980). General includes military photographs that document U.S. Navy and Marine Corps training exercises and facilities, World War I personal and aerial photos, and images of William R. Mathews. Albums include photographs documenting Mr. Mathews' travels, meetings with notable individuals and leaders, as well as his military interests and public service activities. Of note are photographs documenting the signing of the Japanese surrender ending World War II and images of the Bikini Bomb Test from aboard the U.S.S. Appalachian. Oversize includes items from both the General and Albums subseries and also includes the family photographs of the Boyers and Mathews families. | |||||||||||
General; , 1886-circa 1940 | |||||||||||
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11 | 8 | Marine Corps Air Station; Physical Fitness Center, undated | |||||||||
11 | 9 | Navy Training, undated | |||||||||
11 | 10 | World War I, Aerial Photos of Battle Areas, undated | |||||||||
11 | 11 | World War I; Photos Carried by Mathews, William R., undated | |||||||||
11 | 12 | Mathews and Boyers Family Photos, 1886-circa 1940 | |||||||||
Albums, 1928-1969 | |||||||||||
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11 | 13 | Japanese Military, undated | |||||||||
11 | 14 | Military and International Leaders, 1928-1969 | |||||||||
Oversize, 1943-1980 | |||||||||||
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12 | 1 | Albums; International Travel, 1944-1968 | |||||||||
12 | 2-3 | Albums; Marine Corps and Navy, 1943-1963 | |||||||||
12 | 4-6 | Albums; Professional and Public Service. , 1947-1965 | |||||||||
12 | 7 | Mathews, William R. , undated | |||||||||
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12a | 4 framed photographs of Mathews and Boyers family, undated | ||||||||||
12a | Framed certificate to Mrs. Betty Boyers; University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, 1980 |
Scrapbooks, 1916-1968 | |||||||||||
This series is divided into three subseries: Military (1916-1968), Newspaper Clippings (1942-1968) and Travel and Events (1945-1950, 1967). Military includes documentation of Mr. Mathews' numerous military awards and citations, extensive travels, meetings with notable individuals and military and civilian leaders, speeches, writings, and memorabilia. Newspaper Clippings document Mr. Mathews' prolific writing career as a journalist, most notably as editor and publisher of the Arizona Daily Star and his extensive travels. The writings of other journalists on particular topics of interest to Mr. Mathews are also documented in this subseries. Travel and Events document Mr. Mathews’ extensive travels and special events held in his honor. Arrangement is alphabetical. | |||||||||||
Military, 1923-1968 | |||||||||||
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13 | 1 | General Pershing's Funeral, 1948-1968 | |||||||||
13 | 2 | Military and Professional Awards, 1923-1966 | |||||||||
13 | 3 | World War I; Awards and Photographs. , undated | |||||||||
13 | 4 | World War I; Photographs and Clippings. , 1917-1919 | |||||||||
13 | 5 | World War II; Europe, 1916-1942 | |||||||||
Newspaper Clippings, 1942-1965 | |||||||||||
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14 | 1 | Cuban Revolution, Africa, Alaska and Antarctica Trips, 1958-1961 | |||||||||
14 | 2 | Dutch Indonesia, Orient and Korea Trips; Public Service. , 1948-1950 | |||||||||
14 | 3 | European Trip; Public Service. , 1966-1968 | |||||||||
14 | 4 | Mathews Newspaper Cartoon, undated | |||||||||
14 | 5 | Near East, Germany, Venezuela and Viet Nam Trips; Public Service. , 1962-1965 | |||||||||
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15 | 1 | Other Writers, 1951-1953 | |||||||||
15 | 2 | Soviet Union Trip, 1945-1951 | |||||||||
15 | 3 | World War II; Atomic Bomb, England and Near East Trips, 1942-1947 | |||||||||
Travel and Events, 1945-1950, 1967 | |||||||||||
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15a | 500 Arizonans Honor Star's Editor at Banquet, 1966 | ||||||||||
15a | The Bikini 'A' Bomb Test; Aboard the USS Appalachian, 1946 | ||||||||||
15a | From London to Toyko, 1945 | ||||||||||
15a | Letters from the Pacific and the Third Fleet, Summer 1945 | ||||||||||
15a | General Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr. Visit, May 1967 | ||||||||||
15a | Korea, the 38th parallel and Toyko, 1950 | ||||||||||
15a | Letters from Europe and the Mediterranean, Summer 1947 | ||||||||||
15a | Letters from Indonesia and the Pacific, Summer 1949 |
William R. Mathews Family Papers, 1939-1966 | |||||||||||
The William R. Mathews Family Papers document the correspondence of Mr. Mathews’ mother as well as correspondence regarding the potential publication of her handwritten autobiography. Also included are several writings regarding the Strong family including historical sketches and genealogical notes representing Mother Mathews’ family. | |||||||||||
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16 | 1 | Correspondence: Mathews, William R. Re: publication of “Mother Mathews Life Story”, 1943-1966 | |||||||||
16 | 2 | Correspondence: Mother Mathews, 1942 | |||||||||
16 | 3 | "Mother Mathews Life Story"; copy, circa 1965 | |||||||||
16 | 4 | "Mother Mathews Life Story"; Original draft, 1939 | |||||||||
16 | 5 | Sketch of the Life of Robert T. Mathews, undated | |||||||||
16 | 6 | The Strong Family in Indiana, undated | |||||||||
16 | 7 | Typed copies of Strong Family History, undated | |||||||||
16 | 8 | The Western Branch of the Strong Family by Clara Murray Mathews, 1943 |
Betty B. Mathews Family Papers, 1870-1975 | |||||||||||
This series documents Bettty B. Mathews and the Boyers family through correspondence, journals and diaries. It also includes various papers relating to Betty B. Mathews, including hand copied medical research articles. | |||||||||||
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17 | 1 | Betty B. Mathews Journal, 1972 | |||||||||
17 | 2 | Betty B. Mathews Trips Journal, 1935-1937 | |||||||||
17 | 3 | Correspondence: Butler University, 1972-1975 | |||||||||
17 | 4 | Correspondence: Mathews, Betty B., 1971-1973 | |||||||||
17 | 5 | Diary of Eva E. Boyers, 1927-1937 | |||||||||
17 | 6 | Diary of Mrs. J.S. Boyers, 1890-1909 | |||||||||
17 | 7 | J.S. Boyers; Account of Experiences, 1870-1879 | |||||||||
17 | 8 | Medical Research Materials, 1970 | |||||||||
17 | 9 | "Silent Influences"; James S. Boyers,M.D., circa 1900 |
Magazine and Newspaper Clippings, 1949-1974 | |||||||||||
This series consists of newspaper clippings collected by William R. Mathews and his wife Betty B. Mathews. Clippings and magazines relating to Watergate and Richard Nixon’s resignation as President of the United States are also represented in this series. These materials were collected by Betty B. Mathews after the death of William R. Mathews. | |||||||||||
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18 | 1 | Arizona Daily Star, 1949-1953, 1964 | |||||||||
18 | 2 | National Newspapers, 1949-1962, 1973 | |||||||||
18 | 3 | NNixon Related Clippings, 1972-1973 | |||||||||
18 | 4 | Nixon Related Magazines, 1973-1974 | |||||||||
18 | 5 | Scrapbook of Nixon Related Political Cartoons, 1973 |
Ledgers, 1916-undated | |||||||||||
This series consists of ledgers belonging to William R. Mathews during his undergraduate education at the University of Illinois. Accounts and receipts for dairy purchases are noted, along with the account name. Most accounts were held by University of Illinois fraternities and sororities. | |||||||||||
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19 | Ledger, 1916 | ||||||||||
19 | Ledger, 1916 | ||||||||||
19 | Ledger, undated |