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  1. Film and music of the Vaudeville era

    This collection comprises commercially produced, American music and film ranging from the 1920s through the 1960s, all of it re-issued on CDs or DVDs/VHS video cassettes. A few are concert films of select jazz performers such as Artie Shaw and Tommy ...

    adhoward - 2021-09-03 12:04

  2. Abraham Chanin Oral History audiocassettes

    Abraham (Abe) Chanin was an author, historian, former publisher of the Arizona Jewish Post, sports editor at the Arizona Daily Star, and professor at the University of Arizona School of Journalism from 1976 to1988. From 1988 to 1994, Chanin was director ...

    mnboyer - 2021-11-02 09:51

  3. Leslie J. Yerman photograph collection

    In 2020, Leslie Yerman created the series "After George Floyd," which captures images of Downtown Tucson after protests. Her 2020 series "Life in the Time of Coronavirus" depicts strong images of settings, individuals, and the ...

    mnboyer - 2022-02-15 14:50

  4. Papers of John Robert Carter

    Collection consists of the personal and professional papers of John Robert Carter, a member of the African-American Company C of the Army's 25th Infantry. This collection includes military records, newspaper clipping consisting of muster rolls, ...

    castanoe - 2022-02-22 11:58

  5. Dr Charles "Chuck" Ford papers

    The Dr. Charles “Chuck” Ford papers (1979-1991) document Ford's political career, from his two terms as Ward IV City Council Member in Tucson (1979-1987), to his 1991 mayoral campaign. The collection contains newspaper clippings and scrapbooks of ...

    adhoward - 2022-04-01 15:06

  6. Records of the Tucson Council for Civic Unity

    This collection contains Board of Director and general membership files, meeting minutes, correspondence, financial papers, programs, newspaper clippings and subject files. Subject files include pamphlets, flyers and other formats on a variety of Tucson ...

    castanoe - 2022-06-13 15:55

  7. Jay Rochlin oral history project audio cassettes

    Jay Rochlin is a native Arizonan from Nogales. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and education (1973), a master's in business administration (1987), and a PhD in higher education (1993), all from the University of Arizona. Rochlin' ...

    Molly Stothert-... - 2022-07-28 15:02

  8. Archive Tucson

    Archive Tucson  is an oral history project of the University of Arizona Libraries and Special Collections to preserve the stories of our neighbors in Tucson and Southern Arizona. Most interviews focus on the second half of the twentieth century. Included ...

    castanoe - 2023-03-08 16:01