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  1. Church Women United in Tucson

    The collection contains materials relating to Church Women United in Tucson (CWUT), a non-denominational organization which began in the late 1940s dedicated to promoting world peace and justice through community programs, events, and celebrations. ...

    castanoe - 2014-03-09 15:11

  2. The Great Soul Trial Collection

    The Great Soul Trial was first held in Phoenix, Arizona in 1967 and went to retrial in 1971. The purpose of the trial was to honor the will of James Kidd that left money to fund scientific research that provided proof of a human soul that leaves the body ...

    trentp - 2016-01-22 09:31

  3. Patronato San Xavier Collection

    The Patronato San Xavier collection comprises of the administrative files of the non-profit corporation. The corporation’s mission is to be used solely and exclusively for historical, research, scientific and education purposes concerned with the ...

    castanoe - 2017-08-01 14:44

  4. Letters of Hoffman Birney

    Hoffman Birney (1891-1958) was an American author and New York Times book critic. Birney also spent time working for several government services, such as in the United States Army as the Deputy Chief of reports and publications for the Ballistics ...

    castanoe - 2020-05-05 15:53

  5. Father Bonaventure Oblasser, O.F.M. Collection

    Emil Oblasser studied for the Franciscan priesthood (taking the name of Bonaventure) at Mission Santa Barbara from 1901 until 1908. His missionary work in Arizona resulted in the construction of over a dozen schools and churches on what would become known ...

    trentp - 2020-10-12 10:26

  6. Papers of Edward J. Pettid

    Manuscript draft about the Oatman family massacre in 1851, research materials and photographs pertaining to the draft and other writings about the Southwest by the author during the 1960s. Research materials include photocopies of correspondence and ...

    castanoe - 2022-02-11 13:46

  7. Las Posadas Collection

    Las Posadas collection contains material relating to the long tradition of Carrillo Elementary School's re-enactment of Mary and Joseph’s pilgrimage from Nazareth to Bethlehem in a procession seeking shelter or  posada. This event was based on an old ...

    trentp - 2022-02-11 16:43

  8. Overson Family Photograph Collection

    Photographs and negatives, primarily prints, glass plate, nitrate, and acetate negatives, but also a few travel stereographs, cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite, and daguerreotypes, mostly relating to the Overson family of St. Johns, Arizona, along with some ...

    trentp - 2022-03-04 12:33

  9. John Franks Bisbee Catholic Church glass plates collection

    This collection consists of 10 glass plate negatives of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, located in Bisbee, Arizona. The photographs were taken circa 1917 by John Franks, who lived in Bisbee, Arizona. John B. Franks was born in Kansas in 1872 and ...

    mnboyer - 2022-03-29 15:40