MS 506
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Collection Summary | |
| Creator: | Heffner, Harry 1874-1965 |
| Collection Name: | Harry Heffner Empire Ranch photograph collection |
| Inclusive Dates: | circa 1875-1954 |
| Physical Description: | 2.25 linear feet |
| Abstract: | Reminiscences, photographs, and photograph albums relating to the Empire Ranch between 1893 and 1905 including cattle and ranching activities. There are also typescript copies of letters written to Edward L. Vail, between 1875 and 1877, from Walter Vail and others. |
| Collection Number: | MS 506 |
| Language: | Materials in English |
| 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/ |
Harry Heffner was employed by Walter Vail of Vail and Gates at the Empire Ranch, Pantano, Arizona from June 1893 to 1905. He started as a ranch hand, and later was manager of the ranch from 1902 to 1905. Heffner moved to California in 1905 where he owned various ranches, managed the Gates estate, and was director of various water districts. From 1939 to 1944, he was Vice President of the Cortaro Farms Company in Marana.
Primarily photographs but also a small amount of reminiscences, typescripts of letters, and notes concerning Harry Heffner’s involvement with the Empire Ranch from 1893 to 1905. There are typescript copies of letters written to Edward L. Vail, 1875 to 1877, mostly by Walter Vail, and there are original ranch and water documents from Heffner’s California activities, 1905-1937
There are photographs of ranch life, cattle and horses, and the McFadden family. Two large photograph albums, one with 102 photographs, the other with 101 photographs relating to Harry Heffner and the Empire Ranch operations, ca. 1893-1905. Images depict cattle and ranching activities including branding, ranch houses, wagons and automobiles (including an 8-team wagon and the “first Oldsmobile in Arizona, 1904”). There are images of Harry Heffner, H. V. McFadden, Bert Alvord, the Herbert Drachman family, the Vail family, and Jim Seaver. Also present are images of Crittenden ruins, Tucson buildings, and Gardner Ranch (Colossal Cave)
There are no restrictions on this collection.
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.
The photographs in the albums and other items have been digitized as part of the University of Arizona Institutional Repository and can be found under the Empire Ranch Collection;and an oral history interview with Harry Heffner by Charles U. Pickrell is located at AZ 21.
Harry Heffner Empire Ranch photograph collection (MS 506). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
| Series I: Biographical, histories and reminiscences , 1875-1954 | |||||||||||
| This series is arranged topically | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Biographical materials, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Heffner’s letters and reminiscences, 1936-1954 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Ranch and water documents, California, 1905-1937 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Typescript letters to Edward L. Vail, 1875-1877 | |||||||||
| Series II: Photographs and photograph albums , 1893-1905, | |||||||||||
| This series is arranged topically, | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Harry Heffner, 1893-1905 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | People, 1893-1905 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Hadden McFadden family, 1896-1902 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Empire Ranch – Views, 1893-1905 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Empire Ranch buildings, 1893-1905 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Empire Ranch cattle and ranching, 1893-1905 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Empire Ranch horses, wagons, roads, 1893-1905 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Miscellaneous photographs, undated | |||||||||