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  1. Six Shooter's Who's Who

    Guy J. Giffen was a California author and local historian. In this collection is an unpublished typescript of Giffen's bibliography of western badmen and peace officers active from 1865 through the 1890s. The typescript lists 362 outlaws/peace ...

    castanoe - 2022-03-07 14:33

  2. Four Generations of the Douglas Family in America

    Lewis W. Douglas was a businessman, Democratic politician, philanthropist, and diplomat. This collection includes a typescript (photocopy) made from author's original manuscript. ...

    castanoe - 2022-03-11 13:47

  3. Mormons in Arizona

    Historical sketches, minutes of meetings, letters, journals, diaries, and autobiographical sketches including histories written by R.E. Porter and George S. Tanner relating to Mormon settlements in Arizona, chiefly at Joseph City and other points along ...

    castanoe - 2022-03-17 12:46

  4. Papers Relating to His [Thomas Edwin Farish] History of Arizona

    The collection presents typescripts, in the form of eight volume notebooks, by Arizona historian Thomas Edwin Farish that pertain to his history of the state of Arizona. The title pages of volumes 1-4 and 7 were inscribed by the author to Governor G.W.P. ...

    castanoe - 2022-03-25 10:40

  5. Comments by James Hancock on Walter Noble Burns' Book Tombstone

    James Hancock lived in Tombstone at the time of the O.K. Corral gunfight, a 30-second shootout between lawmen and outlaws known as the Cowboys on October 26, 1881. Notes indicate Hancock's comments were written in Paradise, AZ on March 30 and 31, ...

    castanoe - 2022-03-25 10:41

  6. Ramon F. Adams Papers

    Ramon F. Adams was a Western writer and bibliographer. The collection comprises correspondence and manuscripts chiefly concerning Western history and literature, as well as letters from friends, authors, editors, and publishers. Included are original ...

    castanoe - 2022-03-29 17:31

  7. Papers of Joseph Thomas McKinney

    Autobiographical sketch, letter, and documents. The 19-page sketch includes his involvement as a law enforcement officer in the Graham-Tewksbury feud; and a letter, dated 1927, to his son describes a hanging at the Arizona State Prison at Florence. Also ...

    castanoe - 2022-06-14 09:51

  8. Letter, 1938 Dec. 22, Prescott (Ariz.), to Mrs. John W. Mayes, Phoenix (Ariz.)

    Mikul G. Levy was a pioneer, shop-keeper, and postmaster in Ajo, AZ. The collection contains an original typescript letter to Mrs. John W. Mayes describing his mining and mercantile activities in Nogales and Ajo, AZ from 1883 to 1931, including his ...

    castanoe - 2022-06-30 15:47

  9. Pioneering Sociology on "The Last Frontier"

    The collection contains a carbon typescript of the history of the Departments of Sociology at The University of Arizona, Arizona State University, and Northern Arizona University. It was written by Frederick Allan Conrad, professor emeritus of the ...

    castanoe - 2022-07-06 13:21

  10. Diary-Journal of Events, etc. on a Journey from Missouri to California

    William W. Hunter was a pioneer and a participant of the California gold rush of 1849. The collection consists of his daily journal describing conditions and events of journey from Missouri through New Mexico and southern Arizona, to California, Apr. 23 ...

    castanoe - 2022-07-18 16:46

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