MS 638
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Collection Summary | |
| Creator: | Harris, Sallie Van Valkenburgh |
| Collection Name | Sallie Pierce Harris papers |
| Inclusive Dates: | circa 1912-1989 |
| Physical Description: | 1.5 Linear Feet |
| Abstract: | Reminiscences, research correspondence and printed materials, from 1917 to 1989, and photographs and a photograph album, circa 1912 to 1917, relating to the history of Mansfield Mining Camp near Patagonia, Ariz. and the Pierce, Rood and Etchells families. |
| Collection Number: | MS 638 |
| Language: | Materials are 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/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu |
Sallie Pierce was born in 1911 in Colorado to Colwell and Mary (Rood) Pierce. They moved to Patagonia, Arizona in 1912 where Colwell worked as a mining engineer at the Mansfield Mining Camp. Later Sallie studied archaeology at the University of Arizona graduating in the 1930s. She married Jim Brewer, a ranger for the National Parks Service (NPS) and worked with him at various northern Arizona national monuments. During World War II, she became the first permanent woman park ranger in the Southwest working at Casa Grande and Tumacacori. She was divorced after the war and in the 1950s, married Richard Van Valkenburgh, a NPS archaeological researcher working with the Navajo. They divorced in the 1960s. She later worked at the Southwest Archeological Center in Globe and married William Harris, Jr. In retirement, she lived in Prescott until her death in 1994.
Paper and photographs including correspondence, collected reminiscences, photocopies of newspaper articles, along with an article by Harris relating memories of the Mansfield Mining Camp in Patagonia, Arizona. Reminiscences are contributed by members of the Rood and Etchells families. Correspondents include Bob Lenon and Doris Seibold. There are photographs and a photograph album, dated mostly from 1912 to 1917, with images of family and the Patagonia, Arizona and Mansfield Canyon areas of Santa Cruz County. These include views of the Patagonia Development Company, the railroad depot, freight teams, miners and mining activity. Also included are images of Mexico, both photographs and postcards, particularly Nogales, Sonora, and Nogales, Arizona. These include images of the international line, customs house, school, and a July 4th parade. Two cyanotypes in folder 5 show a mine building and town.
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Sallie Pierce Harris papers (MS 638). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries
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| Series I: Papers, circa 1912-1989 | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence, 1968-1989 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Collected reminiscences, 1949-1987 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Article: Memories of Mansfield Mining Camp, 1987 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Research, printed materials, news articles, 1912-1916 | |||||||||
| Series II: Photographs and photograph album, circa 1912-1917 | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Photographs, including cyanotypes, circa 1912-1917 | |||||||||
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| 2 (Vault) | Photograph album, circa 1912-1917 | ||||||||||