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Finding Aids
A finding aid is a descriptive guide to the content of a collection. The guide describes the origin, background, contents, and arrangement of a collection. It also includes a folder listing of the contents.

Processed Collections
The alphbetical links below lead to an annotated list of all processed collections with links to the finding aids.

Finding Aids by Collection Type

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Photograph Collections

Projects are underway to arrange, describe and catalog the photo collections in a consistent and helpful way. We have begun generating finding aids for each distinctive photograph collection. As each one is completed it will be posted below.

Title Description
Consists of orphaned or individually donated photo albums. Represent various subject matter, photographic processes, and photographers from Arizona and the greater Southwest. 1860s-1970s. 7 boxes.

AHF Postcard Collection
Collection of vintage postcards from various sources. 1900's - 1980's. 10 boxes.

Contains approximately 15,000 photographs. The collection is organized by broad subject categories: Animals, Artifacts, Biography, Buildings, Canals, Dams, and Irrigation, Cemeteries and Graveyards, Churches, Missions, and Temples, Farming and Agriculture, Geology, Housing, Indians, Law Enforcement, Landscapes, Military, Mining, Natural Disasters, Organizations, People, Places, Plants, Parades and Rodeos, Schools and Universities, Sports, Transportation, and Utilities. 1850s-1990s. 78 boxes.
Allen, Helen
Building roads, towns, houses and highways. 1920s-1930s. 3 boxes

Baker, Roland
Historic images of Phoenix and Roosevelt Dam. 1920s-1950s. 1 box
Barnes, Will C.
Val Verde Ranch, NM; Fort Huachuca and military personal; personal awards and accomplishments. 1910s, 1930-1950s. 1 box

Barney, James M.
Historic territory street scenes, mule train, covered wagons. 1890s-1910s. 1 box
Bate, Claude
Prescott businesses and mines. 1930s-1950s. 2 boxes
Brandes, Ray
Various forts, camps and Indian ruins. No Date. 2 boxes.
Coolidge, Dane
Cowboys, ranchers, and wranglers. 1890s-1910s. 7 boxes.
Dedera, Don
Navajo tribe, Indian activities, various people's portraits. 1930s-1940s. 2 boxes.

DuPree, D.M.
Various Arizona towns, building exteriors, motels, livestock and parades. 1940s-1960s. 3 boxes.
Dutton, Allen A.
Allen Dutton is an ambitious and talented photographer who set out to photograph every street corner in every town in Arizona. This collection represents over fifty years of Dutton’s photographic career, including people, cities, towns, streets, and landscapes. Contains over 25,000 photographs. 1950s-2000s. 178 boxes.

Eckhart, George
Album of Mexican Missions
Fannin, Paul
Personal and political portraits. 1960s. 1 box.
Fay, Clark A.
Douglas and Bisbee, Arizona. 1900s-1910. 1 box.
Fears, Jess
Cowboys and cattle ranchers. 1900-1930s. 1 box.
Fireman, Bert
Local Phoenix people and places. 1950s-1960s. 3 boxes.
 Documents the Gilliland family, their homes, farms, and daily ranch life in southern Arizona. 1906-1960s. 10 boxes.
Photographs taken by Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona, the Grand Canyon, landscapes, and Native Americans. 1938-1968. 4 boxes.
Historic photographs collected by Barry M. Goldwater. Desert flora and fauna, landscapes, military, mining, Native Americans, agriculture, buildings, street scenes, transportation, and various people and places. 1850s-1960s. 8 boxes.
Historic downtown Phoenix, state fair, Hancock and Latham family. 1860s-1950s. 1 box.
Hassenbruch, Robert
Historic desert landscapes and postcards. 1890s-1910s. 1 box.
Hayden, Carl
Family portraits, buildings, local businesses. 1870s-1969. 1 box.
Hooper, Mildred
Family portraits, desert landscapes. 1960s-1980s. 1 box.
Judd, Winnie Ruth
Photographs from Winnie Ruth Judd's murder trial and insanity hearing. 1930s. 1 box
Kelley, R.F.
Miami, Arizona. 1920s. 1 box
Krause, Warren
Indian ruins and dwellings, State parks, desert landscapes. 1920s-1960s. 4 boxes.
Lamb, Blaine
Historic street scenes of various Arizona cities. 1880s-1920s. 1 box.
LaMarr, John
Law enforcement, sheriffs, portraits. 1880s-1930s. 1 box.
Loring, Madison
Historic family, downtown Phoenix, various store fronts. 1860s-1900. 1 box.
Marietti, Romolo
Family portraits, wedding, historic Clifton, mining. 1910-1930s. 1 box.
McClintock, James H.
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. 12 boxes.
McLeRoy, Richard H
Aerial views of European cities, U.S. Air Force bases, atomic testing, his flight crews and officers. 1940s-1950s. 3boxes.
Photographs of Arizona Governor Sidney P. Osborn. 1940s. 3 boxes
Perkins Family
Historic family portraits, Roosevelt Dam, family ranch and farm, downtown Phoenix, Gila River Relocation Center, Superior. 1890s-1930s. 1 box
Photographs documenting the Green and Colorado Rivers in 1871 and 1968. 1 box
Redewell, Victor
Personal family portraits, family store, Mexican Earthquake. 1880s-1930s. 1 box.
Rothrock, George H.
George Rothrock opened Phoenix’s first photography studio on the corner of First and Jefferson Streets.Stereocards of Apache Indians, various Forts, Early Phoenix, Plants and Animals. 1860s-1890s. 2 boxes.
Sacks, Benjamin
Movie stills, Hollywood headshots, portraits of famous figures from Library of Congress Collection, Indians, various building exteriors. 1880s-1940s. 2 boxes.
Sato, Susie
Various buildings and hotels in Phoenix. 1930s-1982. 1 box.
Schaus, Richard
Various portraits of local and national businessmen, actors, and politicians, cattle growers and ranchers, Indians, landscapes, Greer, museum artifacts. 1930s-1950s. 7 boxes.
Smith, Gusse Thomas
Northern Arizona, State parks, Indian ruins, cowboys, Native Americans, desert landscapes, Biltmore hotel, golf.. 1910-1930s. 1 box.
Prescott and Yavapai County, Pioneer Days and rodeo, Fort Whipple, Northern Arizona Fair, Indian Dancers, Arizona Monuments, and Grand Canyon. 1880s-1940s. 20 boxes.
Spude, Robert
Mining, mining camps, general stores. 1880s-1910s. 1 box.
Stevenson, Jeff
Crown King, Arizona. 1880s, 1980s. 1 box.
Stoddard, Isaac T.
Family album. 1870s-1900. 1 box.
Theobold, Lillian
Apache Pass, Fort Bowie, Wells Fargo. 1890s-1930s. 1 box.
Tillotson, C.C.
Marble Canyon. 1920s-1950s. 1 box.
Trennert, Robert A.
Tempe train station; Oatman, Arizona. 1980s. 1 box.
Voth, H.R.
Various Indian tribes, trading posts, ceremonies, dwellings, and Kivas. 1900s. 3 boxes.
Vroman
Arizona landscapes. 1950s-1960s. 1 box.
Woodruff, L.E.
Downtown Phoenix and cityscapes. 1960s. 1 box.
Webb, A.C.
Indians; 'Q' Ranch, Pleasant Valley; Roosevelt Dam. 1890s-1920s. 1 box.
Willson, Roscoe
Consists of 2000 photographs, 100 postcards, 6 album pages, and thousands of negatives, ranging from fair to good condition. Highlights of the collection include photographs of notable individuals like Teddy Roosevelt, Mark Twain, Al Sieber, and Henry Ashurst. Petroglyphs, historic markers, gravesites, miners and mines, and panoramas of forests are richly documented. 1860s-1970s. 22 boxes.