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JACOBS,
BARRON AND LIONEL 1868-1903
Call No. MS FM MSS 81
.5 cubic feet
Prominent businessmen in Tucson and Southern Arizona. Includes cancelled
checks, drafts, invoices, receipts, weigh bills, stationery letterheads
(business), letters and miscellaneous items pertaining to the mercantile
and banking businesses of Barron and Lionel Jacobs in Tucson and
southern Arizona. Finding
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JUDD,
WINNIE RUTH 1930s
Call
No. FP FPC 4
1linear foot
Winnie Ruth Judd, the "trunk murderess",
was convicted in 1932 for shooting two neighbors - Agnes Anne LeRoi
and Hedvig "Sammy" Samuelson. The collection contains
photographs from the murder trial and insanity hearing. Additional
information about Winnie Ruth Judd can be found in the Ephemera
collection, call no. FB BIO JUD, WIN
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KANTZ,
WILLIAM 1952-1954
Call. No. MS FM MSS 49
.5 cubic feet
Valley National Bank executive; president of Rural Citizens Association
which opposed the incorporation of South Phoenix. Consists of correspondence,
news clippings, research material, press releases and other documents
of the Rural Citizens Association. Also includes voter handouts
from the February 1953 referendum on incorporation.
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KARTUS,
SIDNEY 1919-1957
Call No. MS FM MSS 42
.5 cubic feet
Arizona water rights activist and Arizona legislator. Consists of
documents, news clippings and correspondence about the Colorado
River controversy and Sidney Kartus' involvement in water rights
and reclamation issues as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives.
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KEANE
(Bil) CARTOON COLLECTION
Call No. MS FM MSS 65
4 linear feet
Original art for cartoons dating from 1962 to 1989. Series I. 158
(5x8) daily Family Circus cartoons 1962-1983; Series II.
50 (11x26) Sunday Family Circus cartoons 1962-1989. Finding
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KOBER,
MARGARET 1926-1982
Call No. MS FM MSS 123
1 linear foot
Civic leader in Phoenix, Arizona. First woman elected to the Phoenix
City Council. Contains documents, correspondence, newspaper clippings,
photographs and other memorabilia relating to Margaret Kober's activities
and issues while serving on the Phoenix City Council, and the Presevation
of Camelback Mountain Project, as well as when she received the
Phoenix Woman of the Year Award. Finding
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KRAUSE,
M. WARREN COLLECTION
Call No. MS FM MSS 108
7 cubic feet
Arizona publisher and journalist. M. Warren Krause, born in Chicago,
Illinois, came to Arizona in the mid-1920's to work in the copy
department of the Arizona Republic. He published The
Arizona Guide continuously from 1938 until his death in 1972,
except for four years during World War II. He was an active member
of the Phoenix Advertising Club, the Phoenix Press Club, the Arizona
Newspaper Association, as well as the Valley Field Riding and Polo
Club.
Consists mainly of promotional pamphlets and brochures from Arizona
cities, towns, and points of interest, from the 1930's to the 1960's.
Arranged alphabetically by cities and towns and by county, with
a special section for resorts and guest ranches. Includes some information
on Mexico, New Mexico, Southern California, Utah, Nevada and Southwestern
Colorado . The information was gathered by M. Warren Krause and
his wife, Betty Fennemore Krause, for publication of The Arizona
Guide. Published over a 35-year period from 1938 to 1972, except
from May 1942-Dec. 1944, the Guide was a source of information about
places to go and things to do in Arizona .
The collection is accompanied by a separate map collection and a
photograph collection containing over 800 photographs subjects covered in the M. Warren
Krause Collection. Finding
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KRAUSE,
M. WARREN COLLECTION
Call No. FP FPC 12
4 linear feet
This collection contains 800+ photographs, ranging from good to excellent condition. The collection is organized by subject then alphabetically and chronologically within. These photographs were specifically taken or collected for use in the Arizona Guide. Many were staged or contain hired models. These photographs, referred to as stock images, were intended for use in publications reaching a large audience. The photographs represent various Arizona landscapes, animals, people and places. Finding Aid
KU
KLUX KLAN 1924-1925
Call No. MS FM MSS 83
.25
linear feet
Miscellaneous correspondence and records of the Ku Klux Klan in
Arizona. Finding
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LaMARR,
JOHN 1871-1982
Call No. MS FM MSS 73
1 cubic foot
Historian for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. Consists primarily
of clippings and research notes collected in the course of compiling
Arizona lawmen, a history of sheriffs in Arizona. Also includes
a series of photographs. Finding
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LEWIS,
ORME 1930s-1980s
Call No. MS FM MSS 27
12 cubic feet
Prominent Arizona lawyer and businessman. Contains business, political,
personal and miscellaneous correspondence as well as reports, financial
records, case files and printed matter. Finding
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LORING,
MADISON R. 1875-1963
Call No. MS FM MSS 84
4 cubic feet
Consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other items
related to the life of George E. Loring, Phoenix merchant, businessman
and owner of the Loring Bazaar. Also includes Madison R. Loring's
correspondence regarding his father's papers. Finding
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