TITLE: Clara T. Woody collection DATE RANGE: 1876-1977 CALL NUMBER: MS 0887 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 9 linear feet (19 boxes) PROVENANCE: Donated by Clara Woody and family over a period of several years (1976-1980), and later from her estate COPYRIGHT: The Arizona Historical Society owns the copyright to this collection (or RESTRICTIONS: This collection is unrestricted. CREDIT LINE: Clara Woody collection, MS 0887, Arizona Historical Society-Tucson PROCESSED BY: Mary Flynn in August 1994, under the supervision of Rose Byrne. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Clara Thompson Woody was born in Belleville, Kansas on December 2, 1885. She lived in various places in Kansas (Clay Center, Morganville, Goodland, and Topeka) and went to school in Colorado City, Colorado; Las Cruces and Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Monrovia, California. Clara moved to Globe, Arizona, in the spring of 1917 and married Clarence W. Woody later that year. After two years in Texas and Oklahoma, Clarence Woody was discharged from the Army and they returned to live in the Globe area because the climate was good for her health. Clarence worked at various mines in the Globe area, and retired in 1957. Clara worked in law offices and insurance companies, and began historical research in 1940, and collected a small library of western books. Clara wrote a series of articles for the Arizona Republic in 1956, and in 1977 wrote “Globe, Arizona” with Milton L. Schwartz. She was also active in the Gila County Archaeological and Historical Society, the Arizona Pioneers’ Historical Society (later the Arizona Historical Society), and corresponded with friends and relatives, various historical and professional organization, and others interested in historical research. Clara T. Woody died in Globe, Arizona on April 5, 1981. Leslie Ethelbert Gregory was born in Guatemala, Central America on November 28, 1878. At the age of four, he moved with his family to California, where he was educated. Gregory worked as an accountant, a journalist, and a banker in Mexico, before moving to Arizona. During the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, Gregory served as the Gila County Field Representative for the Federal Writers Project and wrote numerous articles on the area for the Arizona State Guide and for other publications. He also wrote a number of articles for the Arizona Silver Belt on items of local interest. Leslie E. Gregory died in Globe, Arizona on November 29, 1946. Clara Woody collection – 1 of 15 Arizona Historical Society – Tucson, 520-617-1157 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE: This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, research notes, newspaper clippings, maps and brochures, and miscellaneous material, and relates to the eastern part of Arizona, especially Gila county and Globe in particular. The events of the Pleasant Valley War are also covered in the material. Included in the collection is a significant body of material from Leslie E. Gregory, who was the Gila County Field Representative for the Federal Writers Project during the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. We surmise the Gregory material ended up in the collection with Woody used it as a resource for her writings. The collection is arranged into five series: Series I: Correspondence, 1912-1979 is divided into three section: a) Clara Woody’s correspondence; b) Leslie Gregory’s correspondence; and c) the correspondence of others. Woody corresponded with friends and relatives, members of historical and other professional organizations, state and federal legislators, and others interested in historical research. Gregory corresponded with other authors and old times, and other correspondence includes letters exchanged between various people concerning issues of interest to the Gila County area. Series II: Manuscripts, ca. 1920-1977 is also divided into three section: a) Wood manuscript material; b) Gregory material; c) material by a variety of other writers and eye-witnesses to events in early Arizona history. Some of the articles are from magazines, journals, and books, and much of the material is copyrighted. Series III: Newspaper clippings, ca. 1876-1974 includes articles from newspapers and magazines on Arizona subjects of local interest, such as mines and mining towns, expeditions to locate stolen stock and mineral deposits for later exploitation and development, conflicts between numerous interests, geological features, roads, Indian reservations, stage and railroad robberies, and biographical sketches of early settlers. There are also articles about Kansas and Ohio, two states in which Woody had a personal interest, as well as obituaries, high school commencements, births and marriages. Series IV: Research notes, ca. 1920-1977 contains material collected by Woody and Gregory on mining history and exploration, military activities, wars, murders, celebrations, various communities, Apache people and reservations, transportation, excerpted material from the Arizona Silver Belt, biographical files on early settlers, including a file on Woody’s family, New Mexico pioneers, and other subjects. There is a file of information on Alvin Booth, a black man who served as a delegate for the State of Arizona to the exhibition on the 50th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There are also files of information on various professional organizations and association (the US/Arizona History Commission, Gila County Archaeological and Historical Society, the Gila County Museum, state historic sites surveys, and historical preservation). Miscellaneous files contain poetry, lists of books, addresses and names, various events, a card file of historical notes, and materials about various organizations. Clara Woody collection – 2 of 15 Arizona Historical Society – Tucson, 520-617-1157 Series V: Maps and brochures, 1906-1973 consists of guest registers, maps and a 1906 edition of the New Mexico Collegian. CONTAINER LIST: Box Folder Title Dates Series I: Correspondence; Sub-series A: Clara 1912-1981 Woody correspondence 1 1 Unknown/Undated/Incomplete undated 2 Angove-Burrington undated 3 C-Evans undated 4 Faires-Gwynn undated 2 5 Hall-Josie undated 6 Katnich-Myrick undated 7 McCarthy-Quila undated 8 Radbourne-Rowlands undated 3 9 Schmidt-Sloan undated 10 Smith-Sylverstein undated 11 Thrapp undated 12 Tate-Vivian undated 13 Walker-Zimmerman undated Subseries B: Leslie Gregory correspondence 1920-1946 4 14 General correspondence undated 15 Bauersfield-Ellery undated 16 Forrest-Young undated Subseries C: Others’ correspondence 1931-1960 17 Others’ correspondence undated Series II: Manuscripts; Sub-series A: Clara 1956-1977 Woody manuscripts 5 1 “Globe, Arizona” revised rough draft Part 1, Chapters undated 1 & 2 2 “Globe, Arizona” revised rough draft Part 1, Chapters undated 3 & 4 3 “Globe, Arizona” revised rough draft Part 1, Chapters undated 5 & 6 4 “Globe, Arizona” revised rough draft Part 2 (with 1975 letter) 5 “Globe, Arizona” revised rough draft Part 2 (with undated foot notes) 6 “Globe, Arizona” revised rough draft Part 2 (without undated foot notes) 7 “Globe, Arizona” revised rough draft Part 3 undated 8 Original manuscript carbon undated 6 9 Highway to History, Rt 77 undated 10 Outlaw Valley undated Clara Woody collection – 3 of 15 Arizona Historical Society – Tucson, 520-617-1157 11 An Arizona Treasure Chest undated 12 The Bible As A Book undated 13 Books About Arizona undated 14 Early Military Posts In Arizona undated 15 The Fabulous Road undated 16 An Historical Look – Backward and Forward – At undated Two Arizona Counties 17 Old Gentleman Missionary undated 18 Protestant Missionary Efforts In An Early Arizona undated Town 19 Pleasant Valley War undated 20 Miscellaneous articles undated Sub-series B: Leslie Gregory manuscripts 1925-1946 21 A Sidelight On Hartford Business In Arizona undated 22 Analects undated 23 The Apaches’ Last Stand In Arizona undated 24 Arizona undated 25 Arizona’s Contemporary Scene undated 26 Arizona’s Queer Corners and Interesting Characters undated 27 Arizona’s Shadowed Walls of Silence undated 28 Atop the Famed Mogollon Rim undated 29 Cattle On A Thousand Hills undated 30 Clum of San Carlos undated 31 Coolidge Dam undated 32 Crimes of the Road undated 33 Gila County History Introduction undated 34 Gila County Mines, Minerals, and Mining Towns undated 35 Gila Pueblo undated 7 36 Globe undated 37 Globe AD undated 38 God’s Truth Personally Conducted undated 39 Greenback Valley undated 40 The Grime-Hawley Lynching undated 41 Hayt-Hammond-Hart undated 42 Hell On Earth undated 43 Helldorado undated 44 How Apache Leap Got Its Name undated 45 Indians undated 46 Killing of Reynolds and Holms undated 47 Labor undated 48 Miami undated 49 Miss Ola undated 50 The Old Dominion Mine undated 51 Old Wham Payroll Robbery Is Recalled undated 52 One Mile of the Arizonesque undated Clara Woody collection – 4 of 15 Arizona Historical Society – Tucson, 520-617-1157 53 Origin of the Name “Apache” undated 54 Pesh-Ba-Gowah Pueblo Ruin and Globe City undated Museum Combined 55 A pilgrim on the Gila undated 56 Pinole Treaty or “Bloody Tanks Massacre” undated 57 Pioneer Builders undated 58 Re: Pleasant Valley War undated 59 Racial Groups In Arizona undated 60 Roosevelt/Biography undated 61 Running Down the Quarry undated 62 San Carlos undated 63 San Carlos Blasted Into Dust undated 64 San Carlos Indian Reservation undated 65 San Carlos-White River undated 66 Settlers Saved By Globe Rangers undated 67 Al Sieber, Chief of Scouts, 1872 to 1982 undated 68 Tom Horn undated 69 The Tonto Basin War undated 70 Too Much Texas undated 8 71 Touched By The Gods undated 72 The Truth About Geronimo undated 73 The White River Apache Indian Reservation undated 74 Young undated 75 Miscellaneous articles undated Sub-series C: Other manuscripts 1926-1968 76 Allison, Hattie – Reminiscences undated 77 Allison, Robert – The Blevins family undated 78 Arkills, S.T., Mrs. – Pioneering Along the Rails In undated Arizona 79 Bailey, Tom – The Adams Diggins undated 80 Barnes, Will C. – Commodore Perry Owens undated 81 Bono, Ettorina – The Life of Claude Bataelleur undated 82 Cox, Quentin T.