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Records Relating to Cases Decided by the Court of Private Land Claims, Arizona District
The Court of Private Land Claims was established by the United States in 1891. Its purpose was to adjudicate title and ownership of Spanish and Mexican land grants in territories ceded by Mexico to the United States by the treaties of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1 ...
castanoe - 2013-01-24 15:03
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Arizona, Southwestern, and Borderlands Photograph Collection
This collection contains photographs, from various sources, of Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico including places, people, events and activities, and dating from about 1875 to the present. Formats include postcards, stereographs, cabinet cards, cyanotypes, ...
castanoe - 2013-02-04 17:51
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Raul Castro Papers
Raul Hector Castro was born in Mexico but raised in Douglas, Arizona. While serving as a Spanish professor at the University of Arizona, he began his law career which eventually led to his appointment by Lyndon B. Johnson as the U.S. Ambassador to El Salv ...
castanoe - 2013-02-05 09:14
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Documents Relating to San Juan de la Boquillas y Nogales Land Grant
Typescript and printed materials, chiefly deeds of sale 1879-1899, relating to the San Juan de la Boquillas y Nogales land grant. Land originally granted to Captain Ygnacio Elias Gonzales and Juan Nepomucino Felix. Included are documents filed with Court ...
castanoe - 2013-02-07 12:02
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Papers of Earle Robert Forrest
Earle Robert Forrest was a cowboy, photographer, and writer. He raveled extensively in the Southwest during the early 1900s, photographing and gathering research materials for his writings. This collection is organized into two subgroups: Papers and Photo ...
castanoe - 2013-02-07 13:31
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Papers of Anton Mazzanovich
Anton Mazzanovich was an author, soldier, and thespian; he served with Troop F, 6th Cavalry, 1881-1882, in Arizona and New Mexico. Anton was also a stage carpenter and mechanic with New York theater companies.nton Mazzanovich was an author, soldier, and ...
castanoe - 2013-03-05 16:59
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The Land of Mañana
William Edgar Blake, 1844-1915, was a lawyer from Iowa. Holograph manuscript consists of a journal of a railway trip through New Mexico, Arizona, and, chiefly, northern Mexico in 1883. Included materials: Manuscript Subject Area: Arizona & Southwest C ...
castanoe - 2013-03-05 18:09
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The March of Arizona History
“The March of Arizona History” typescript with holograph notes. Included materials: Manuscript Subject Area: Arizona & Southwest Collection Area: Literature 1960 to 1962 Number: AZ 149 ...
castanoe - 2013-03-19 16:41
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A Pima Remembers
George Webb was a cattleman and farmer in Arizona as well as an Associate Judge of the Tribal Court, 1942-1950. This collection includes the author's original typescript of sketches of Pima history and traditions. It also includes revisions with edit ...
castanoe - 2013-03-19 17:06
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Portrait of a Teacher; Mary Elizabeth Post and Something of the Times in Which she Lived
Bound typescript story of the life the Mary Elizabeth Post, an amatuer historian. Included materials: Manuscript Subject Area: Arizona & Southwest Explorers/Pioneers Collection Area: Literature 1938 Number: AZ 157 ...
castanoe - 2013-03-19 17:37