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Manuscripts - D-F

DALE, KENNETH 1936-1950
Call No. MS FM MSS 67

.75 cubic feet
Teacher with special interest in Indian education. Consists of printed matter including reports and pamphlets relating to Indian education and welfare; and manuscript items pertaining to education and/or Indians.
Finding Aid

 

EGERTON, KEARNEY 1981-1986
Call No. MS FM MSS 96

2 cubic feet
Cartoonist and columnist for the Arizona Republic. Contains original cartoon art, articles, newspaper clippings, fliers and other materials relating to the career of Kearney Egerton. Finding Aid

 

ELLINWOOD, RALPH EVERETT 1881-1984
Call No. MS FM MSS 78
8.75 linear feet
Native of southern Arizona; former prisoner of war during World War I; editor and co-owner of the Arizona Daily Star.

Includes correspondence of Ellinwood to and from his family as well as personal diaries during his deployment to Europe and subsequent internment as a prisoner of war. Includes a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and artifacts that track the major events of the war. Arranged in five series: Series I. Correspondence; Series II. Publications; Series III. Journals and diaries; Series IV. Photographs; Series V. Personal artifacts. Finding Aid

EMPIE, HAL 1950-1987
Call No. MS FM MSS 35

6.5 cubic feet
Pharmacist, artist and art teacher born in Safford, Arizona 1909 and died in Tubac, Arizona 2002. Consists of personal papers, correspondence, photographs, humorous post cards styled by Empie which became known as Kartoon-Kards, paintings, scrapbooks and art work. Finding Aid

 

FIREMAN, BERT COLLECTION 1921-1980
Call No. MS FM MSS 150

30 linear feet

Bert worked in the newspaper field for the United Press and Associated Press, the Pittsburgh(California) Independent, the Southside Progress, and the Phoenix Gazette. For thirteen years (19-19) he was the author of the daily column, Under the Sun, in the Phoenix Gazette. The column covered both current and historical events. For seven years (1950-1957) he wrote and narrated a radio program, “Arizona Crossroads”, dealing with the history, lore and legends of Arizona.

In 1959 he along with Senator Barry Goldwater was one of the founders of the Arizona Historical Foundation. He served as the Executive Vice-President of the Arizona Historical Foundation for 20 years. Mr. Fireman also served as the curator for the Arizona Collection at Arizona State University. He was a member of the Arizona Historical Advisory Commission; a member and director of the Arizona Historical Society; member and former chairman of the Arizona State Parks Board; member of the Western History Association; founder and member of the Westerners, Phoenix Corral; member of the Advisory Council of Region 9 of the National Archives and Records Administration; and an appointed member of the President’s Advisory Council on Historical Preservation.  In recognition of his contributions to Arizona history he received the Arizona Historical Society’s Al Merito award in 1976. Finding Aid