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BARNES,
WILL C. 1897-1964
Call No. MS FM MSS 3
2 cubic feet
Prominent Arizona author. Born in 1858, Will Croft Barnes came to
Arizona as a telegrapher at Fort Apache in 1880. A Congressional
Medal of Honor winner and considered by many to be the father of
Navajo County, he authored several books including Arizona place
names before his death in 1936.
Includes
book reviews of Barnes' publications, the dedication of Barnes Field
House, manuscripts, play bills, theater programs, biographical sketches,
and scrapbooks of personal items and photographs. Also known as
Will C. Barnes collection. Accompanied by a separate photograph
collection. Finding
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BARNEY,
JAMES MITCHELL 1870-1964
Call No. MS FM MSS 4
3 cubic feet
Prominent Arizona native. Born in Yuma in 1874, James Mitchell Barney
was educated at Stanford University. He served for thirty years
as an engineer and topographical draftsman for the United States
government and was the unofficial historian for Arizona. He died
in 1965.
Includes correspondence, original
manuscripts, published pictures and articles that have appeared
in the Phoenix Gazette, Sheriff magazine and Oak leaves. Accompanied
by a separate photograph collection.
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BARROW, CHARLES
A
Call
No. MS FM MSS 130
3.5 linear feet
Charles A. Barrow worked in various family businesses.
These include the Consolidated Machine Tool Corporation, the Grand
Pacific Copper Company in Superior, Arizona and the Joy Manufacturing
Company in Franklin, Pennsylvania which manufactured heavy coal
loading equipment for the mining industry. In 1959, he establish
a neurology laboratory adjacent to Saint Mary’s Hospital in
Phoenix (now St. Joseph’s Hospital). With his generous contributions,
the laboratory became the Barrow Neurological Institute which opened
in 1962. It was dedicated to his father, William E. Barrow. Later,
the Charles A. Barrow Heart Lung Center at Saint Luke’s Hospital
was dedicated in his honor. Finding
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BASHA (EDDIE)
GUBERNATORIAL CAMPAIGN COLLECTION
Call No. MS FM MSS 140
2 linear feet
Contains speeches, newsclippings, campaign schedules, and promotional
material from Eddie Bashas run for Arizona Governor in 1994. Also
includes records from an Exploratory Committee formed to investigate
another possible run for Governor in 1998. Finding
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BASS,
WILLIAM WALLACE 1888-1941
Call No. MS FM MSS 17
.5
cubic feet
William W. Bass established Bass Camp in 1883, built a trail into
the Grand Canyon and conducted tours on horseback. He also built
a cable tramway across the Colorado River and wrote poetry.
Consists of publications on the
Grand Canyon written by Bass and other authors as well as the U.S.
Department of the Interior series on the Grand Canyon National Park,
1922-1941. Finding Aid
BAUGHN,
OTIS JAMES 1916-1983
Call No. MS FM MSS 55
.5
cubic feet cubic ft.
Arizona lawyer and Superior Court judge. Consists of biographical
material, correspondence, material addressing various issues relating
to the San Carlos Project and dam, texts of speeches delivered to
civic groups, and information regarding Baughn's membership in the
Masonic Lodge. The bulk of the material covers from 1916. Also included
is a brief biography written by Baughn's son in 1983. Finding
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BENTZ,
DONALD N. 1965-1985
Call No. MS FM MSS 18
.5 cubic feet
A former Arizona State University faculty member and author of numerous
western stories, Donald N. Bentz also served as assistant professor
of library science at the University of Arizona. Later, while a
visiting instructor at Western Carolina University, he resigned
and went to Tucson, Arizona, where he joined a casting company and
performed as an extra in television programs and commercial. Consists
of newsclippings and western lore magazines containing Bentz's bylines.
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BLAIR,
ROBERT
Call No. MS FM MSS 24
2.5
cubic feet
Author of books on local Arizona history. Consists of research and
drafts relating to Robert Blair's book Tales of the Superstitions.
Also includes copies of documents relating to the infamous Peralta-Reavis
land grant case of 1890. Finding
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BOYD,
CONSUELO 1960-1981
Call No. MS FM MSS 68
.75 cubic feet
Multi-lingual librarian, writer, researcher and translator. Comprised
of manuscript materials and correspondence. Materials include a
copy of Boyd's English translation of the Index to El Archivo de
Hidalgo del Parral, 1631-1821, and a manuscript copy of Rudolph
Francis Acuna's doctoral dissertation on which Sonora strongman
is based. Finding
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BOYD, GEORGE
A. 1950s-1980s
Call No. MS
FM MSS 132
.75 linear feet
George Addison Boyd was born in Texas in 1907. He was teacher and
researcher who held various positions at Arizona State College (now
known as Arizona State University).
This collection contains information
on the subjects of science and meteorology. Of note are Boyd’s
research notebooks which contain detailed descriptions of his meteorite
site visits and findings. Of significance is a manuscript copy including
original notes and corrections of George A. Boyd’s book Autoradiography
For Biology and Medicine. The book was later published in 1955
under the title Autoradiography In Biology and Medicine.
The collection includesis a research proposal to travel to the Sahara
Desert in West Africa near Chinguetti, Mauritania in order to find
an 800,000 ton mass reported to be there. The report contains copies
of correspondence as well as a detailed plan, budget and outline
for the trip. Finding
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BRANDES,
RAY
Call No. MS FM MSS 75
2 cubic feet
Historian, author, curator for the Arizona Pioneers' Historical
Society, president of the Arizona Archaeology and Historical Society,
director of the San Diego Historical Society and archivist for the
University of San Diego Library.
Contains correspondence, rough draft
manuscripts, newspaper clippings and material relating to the Arizona
Pioneers' Historical Society and the Historical Advisory Commission.
The Brandes photographs are in a separate photograph collection.
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BURGESS, ISABEL COLLECTION
Call
No. MS FM MSS 36
2.5 linear feet
Isabel was active in Republican politics and began a Republican Party Group
within her district. She became well known in Republican circles and was encouraged to run for the Arizona State Legislature in 1952. She was elected to the Arizona House of Representative where she served five successive terms. In 1966, she became the first Republican woman elected to the Arizona State Senate. During her tenure, Isabel was Chairman of the Arizona State Senate Highway and Transportation Committee.
In 1969, Isabel Burgess was nominated by President Richard Nixon to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
This collection documents Isabel Burgess’s personal and public life which includes herassociation with the Episcopal Church, awards, friends, travels, biographical files, an oral history of her time with the Heard Museum in Phoenix and her work within the NTSB. Arranged in seven series, alphabetically and chronological within except as noted. Series I: Personal, Series II: Personal Correspondence, Series III: NTSB, Series IV: NTSB
Correspondence Series V: Personal Journals; Series VI: Newsclippings, Series VII: Photographs Finding Aid
BUSINESS
JOURNALS, RECORDS AND ACCOUNT BOOKS 1864-1968 (bulk 1870-1931)
Call
No. MS FM MSS 36
2.5 linear feet
Miscellaneous journals, records,
and account books from various Arizona businesses. Finding
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