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Manuscripts - M

MADDOCK, THOMAS
Call No. MS FM MSS 13
7.5 cubic feet
Arizona engineer. Thomas Maddock was born in 1883, and came to Arizona in 1898. He served as the Arizona State Highway Engineer, 1917-1922; was a member of the Colorado River Commission, 1923-1928; served as engineer and general manager of the Gila Valley Irrigation District and was a Republican member of the first Arizona Legislature. He died in 1971.

Consists of correspondence, documents, articles, publications, diaries and newsclippings concerning the Colorado River controversy, Gila Valley Irrigation District, San Carlos Irrigation District, politics and Maddock's engineering career. Finding Aid

 

MANLEY, CATHERINE HENSON 1909-1988
Call No. MS FM MSS 71
.5 cubic feet
Art teacher and wife of freelance photographer, Ray Manley. Contains manuscript material such as reports and poetry written by Manley, Zane Grey newsletters and brochures, newsclippings on information regarding Native Americans and Zane Grey, and photographs. Finding Aid

   

MARICOPA COUNTY LEGAL AID SOCIETY 1953-1961
Call No. MS FM MSS 86
.5 cubic feet
Formed as a non-profit corporation in 1953 by Paul M. Roca, F. Britton Burns and Louis McClennen to provide legal aid gratuitously. Contains Board of Directors lists, correspondence and miscellaneous documents.
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MARKS, ERIC H. 1948-1959
Call No. MS FM MSS 87
.5 cubic feet
Mr. Marks of Show Low, Arizona, spearheaded the drive for telephone service to rural areas throughout northeastern Arizona. Consists of two scrapbooks of newsclippings, correspondence and other items regarding the Navajo-Apache Telephone System and telephone communications in the region. Finding Aid

 

MATTHEWS, JOHN
Call No. MS FM MSS 88
1 cubic foot
Essayist; fiction and non-fiction writer; writer for the Arizona State University News Bureau. Collection of articles published by John Matthews under his own name and under the pen name, Matt Dodge. Finding Aid

 

MAUDLIN, BILL 1945-1973
Call No. MS FM MSS 61
.25 cubic feet
Arizona cartoonist. Consists of newsclippings of Mauldin's cartoons as they appeared in the Phoenix gazette, as well as some clippings about Mauldin himself. Finding Aid

 

McCLINTOCK, JAMES H. PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION
Call No. FP FPC 8
6 linear feet
James H. McClintock was a founding member of Roosevelts Rough Riders, Newspaper reporter, Arizona Postmaster, and State Historian. Photographs of the Military, Dams, Arizona Locales, and Native Americans. 1860s-1930s Finding Aid

 

McCLINTOCK, JAMES H. 1864-1935
Call No. MS FM MSS 85
2 cubic feet
State historian and a colonel with the Rough Riders. Includes correspondence, cancelled checks, newspaper clippings, a manuscript by Odd Halseth, and typescripts of a radio series entitled Forward Arizona. Finding Aid

 

MCLEROY, RICHARD H. PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION
Call No. FP FPC 6
1.5 linear feet
Richard H. McLeRoy was born 1905 in the Oklahoma Territory. In February of 1927 McLeRoy enlisted in the U.S. Army. Almost immediately he transferred to the Army Air Corps. He was promoted to Master Sergeant and then deployed to England with the 2nd Military Air Convoy.
While in England, McLeRoy organized and ran a transport service for the 8th U.S. Air Force Service Command running supplies, personnel and equipment to all Air Force unitsin the United Kingdom. He also was in charge of a transport service for the return and repair of battle damaged aircraft during WWII.

McLeRoy retired in 1957 as a Lieutenant Colonel after more than 30 years of continuous military service. McLeRoy and his wife relocated to Parker, Arizona. Later, McLeRoy and his brother-in-law started the Parker Valley Air Service which provided ambulance and charter flights. McLeRoy not only flew the aircraft but also managed the field from 1960 to 1969.

The photographs document McLeRoy’s long and varied military career. Included are many aerial views of European cities before and after WWII bombings, U.S. Air Force bases, atomic testing, his flight crews and officers. Finding Aid

MECHAM RECALL COLLECTION 1986-1988
Call No. MS FM MSS 32

30 cubic feet
Formed in 1987, the Mecham Recall Committee was dedicated to the removal from office of Arizona Republican governor Evan Mecham. Elected in 1986, Mecham inspired much controversy for his views regarding various issues. Documents activities of the Mecham Recall Committee. Includes office files of correspondence, copies of signed petitions, news clippings, audiovisual items, and miscellaneous publicity materials used in the recall effort. Contains documents related to the Mecham Watchdog Committee, predecessor of the Mecham Recall Committee, as well as items pertaining to other activities of gay activist, Ed Buck. Finding Aid

    

MECKLER, BRENDA WEISBERG 1938-1988
Call No. MS FM MSS 58

2.5 cubic feet
Phoenix writer, director and actor; television and movie script writer. Consists of Screenplays, materials relating to the Phoenix Little Theater, manuscripts of Meckler's book Papa was a farmer and miscellaneous materials. Finding Aid

 

MILNER, DANA T. 1903-1970
Call No. MS FM MSS 62

.5 cubic feet
Banker in Southeastern Arizona. Consists of papers related to the personal and professional activities of Dana T. Milner. Divided into four series: Legal/Financial; Correspondence; News-clippings; and Miscellaneous. Finding Aid

 

MINES AND MINING COLLECTION 1865-1971
Call No. MS FM MSS 34

.5 cubic feet
Miscellaneous records from various Arizona mining enterprises acquired by the Arizona Historical Foundation. Verde Jerome Mining Company (1924) -- Copper Queen Gold Mining Company and financial statements (1919) -- Copper and gold (1900) -- Harcuvar Consolidated Mining Company -- San Miguel Mining Company (amendment to articles of incorporation, 1903) -- Vulture Mine (1903) -- United Vulture Copper Company (wage scale) -- Mining correspondence (including George F. Kunz, 1886-1919) - Harqua-Hala Mining Company (correspondence) -- Payroll voucher of Canyon Copper Company -- Silver Strike Mining Company (1880-1881) -- El Tajo Mines (1893-1907) -- Mining stock certificates (1901-1903) -- Greenwater Furnace Creek Copper Company (photocopies, 1906) -- Silver King Mining Company (1931) -- Morgan Gold and Silver Mining Company and stock certificates book (1917-1923) -- Donald Mining Company -- Mineral Products of United States (1895-1904) -- Arizona ores and minerals (1971) -- Frue Vanner (ore concentrator, 1898) -- Mining (miscellaneous; 1860s) Finding Aid

 

MONTGOMERY, FRANCES AND MARY 1942-1983
Call No. MS FM MSS 7
4.5 cubic feet
Arizona teachers. Frances and Mary Montgomery were teachers at Butte High School located at Gila River, Arizona, from 1942-1945. This was the location of the Gila River Relocation Center, one of the communities at which Japanese Ameicans were resettled following the United States' declaration of war on Japan. Contains correspondence, newspapers, yearbooks, and various artifacts related to the relocation center. Accompanied by a separate photograph collection. Finding Aid

A Celebration of the Human Spirit.
Images from the Montgomery collection have been mounted online as part of the Arizona Memory Project, established by the Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records.

MONTI, LEONARD F SR. 1912 - 1997
Call No. MS FM MSS 139
3 cubic feet
This collection contains material including menus, promotional materials, legal documents and photographs concerning the restaurant Monti's La Casa Vieja owned and operated by the late Leonard F. Monti Sr. and his son Michael Monti. Monti's La Casa Vieja was the original home built by Charles Trumbell Hayden in 1871 and the birthplace of Arizona U.S. Senator Carl Hayden. Monti's La Casa Vieja is still open for business after 50 years.

The collection is arranged into four series; Series I: Monti’s La Casa Vieja; Series II: Personal; Series III: Michael Monti Office Files; Series IV: Photographs. Files are arranged alphabetically within each series.
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