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[email protected] MS 1450 Pima County (Ariz.) Pima County Records, 1865- 1978 (bulk 1880-1920) DESCRIPTION Scattered Pima County Recorder, Treasurer, Board of Supervisors and Courts records consisting primarily of appointments to county offices; incorporation and partnership filings, and appointments of business agents; marriage licenses; and Board of Supervisor’s meeting minutes, from 1867 to 1978, with the majority dating from 1880 to 1920. Early documents include records from areas which are now included in Cochise or Santa Cruz counties. 42 boxes, 40 linear ft. RELATED MATERIAL MS 0183, Pima County, Ariz. Records, 1864-1985, 76 boxes; and located at the University of Arizona Special Collection Library, MS 083. ACQUISITION Donated by Pima County administrators over a period of years. ACCESS There are no restrictions on access to this collection. COPYRIGHT Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be addressed to the Arizona Historical Society - Tucson, Archives Department. PROCESSING Kim Frontz completed processing of this collection in February 2012. ARRANGEMENT Organized into seven series: Business-related records, 1868-1942; Marriage licenses, 1865- 1889 and Notary public record books, 1883-1922; Appointments and oaths, 1868-1937; Board of Supervisors, 1915-1978; Treasurer records, 1882-1957; Court records, 1868-1939; Ledgers, 1866-1958. Arranged by type of material, then chronologically, within series. HISTORICAL NOTE Pima County was one of four Arizona counties established by the first Territorial Legislature in 1864. It then extended from New Mexico Territory on the east to Yuma County on the west.