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  1. Southwest Mission Research Center

    This collection contains materials documenting the activities of the Southwestern Mission Research Center (SMRC) from 1965-1994. This collection is comprised of SMRC daily operational documents including; correspondence, business records, conference ...

    castanoe - 2014-03-25 08:01

  2. Account books of Louis John Frederick Jaeger, 1860-1891

    Louis John Frederick Jaeger (1824-1892) was a ferryman and adventurer. He operated a ferry along the Colorado River in Yuma, AZ from 1850 to 1877. This collection contains four of his holograph financial account books for the years 1860 to 1861, 1876, and ...

    castanoe - 2020-08-24 11:02

  3. Jacobs Family Papers

    The collection consists of correspondence, letter books, invoices, financial statements, ledgers, journals, receipts, cancelled checks, debit and credit memos, certificate of deposit stubs, draft registers, collection registers, and remittance registers ...

    castanoe - 2020-09-11 11:29

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Papers of Floyd S. Fierman

    The material in this collection is organized into two groupings, according to the geographic location of the Jewish individuals, families, or institutions researched. The first four boxes contain materials relevant to New Mexico's Jewish history. The ...

    castanoe - 2023-12-14 17:44