TITLE: Arizona Historical Society Small Manuscript Collection DATE RANGE: 1776-2020 CALL NUMBER: PP MSM 1 – 1492 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 70 linear feet (146 boxes) PROVENANCE: Multiple donors COPYRIGHT: Unknown RESTRICTIONS: None CREDIT LINE: Small Manuscript Collection, MSM # and folder number, Arizona Historical Society-Papago Park PROCESSED BY: Paul Hollmann, March 2010; Michelle Bickert, September 2012; updated February 2017; updated August 2020 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE: The Small Manuscript collection is an active, artificial collection begun circa 1960 in an effort to aggregate historical materials, orphan documents, unpublished works, hard-to-find and out-of- print studies and reports as well as fragmented personal papers into a “ready reference” for researchers. The Small Manuscripts Collection, donated in 2012 to the Arizona Historical Society by the Arizona Historical Foundation, comprise the core of this collection. The AHS vertical files in Tempe were then integrated within Small Manuscripts. The materials in this collection are fragmentary and of insufficient quantity (less than one document box or .5 linear feet) to merit a stand-alone status. The donations came from multiple sources ranging from family histories for class assignments to items purchased from historical document dealers. The collection includes correspondence, eye witness reports, genealogies, diaries, old newspaper clippings, reminiscences, short stories, early histories of cities and towns, annual reports, small ledgers, and military documents. The criteria used to determine the strengths of this collection were as follows: materials that provide insight into experiences of Arizonans from different perspectives; fresh and unique points of view on events in Arizona history; and materials that represent a continuum of political, cultural and minority experiences. The overall condition of the materials is excellent and most fragile materials have been copied for researcher use. Small Manuscript Collection – 1 of 66 Arizona Historical Society at Papago Park, 1300 N. College Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85281 Phone: 480-387-5355, Email: [email protected] Highlights: Strengths of this collection include but are not limited to primary sources under the following headings. Territorial Arizona: A Summer Trip Among the Strange People and Strange Places of Great American Desert in America, 1901; Black Cowboys in the Territory of Arizona, 1984; Report on the Water Supply of the Agua Fria River and the Storage Reservoir Project of the Agua Fria Water and Land, 1903; Territory of Arizona vs. Doc Holliday et al, March 25, 1882; Proceedings against Sylvester Mowry in the Arizona Territory, 1862. Pioneers/Ranchers: The “IN” Cattle Brand (St. Germain family), 1975; Letters written by William O’Brien to His Daughter, 1908-09; Diary of Eunice Riggs Knight, 1880s, Farmer Ranchman newspaper. Early Phoenix History: Early Phoenix Jewry, 1870-1920: The Founding of a Community, 1982; Pioneer Physicians of Arizona, 1977; Dr. E. Payne Palmer Correspondence, 1917-1952; Early Phoenix Maps 1863-1916. Arizona Women: Phoenix Women in the Development of Public Policy: Territorial Beginnings, 1982; Significant Pioneer Women of Arizona, 1860-1912, n.d.; A Real Home on the Desert: Anglo Women in the Arizona Territory, 1863-1912, 1994; “Like Yeast in Bread”: Women in the Phoenix Civil Rights Movement, 1950-1970, 1991 Black History: (mostly secondary, hard-to-find) Blacks of Phoenix, 1890-1930; The Racist Southwest, 1991; Black History in Arizona, 1940s -1981 (multiple folders of notes, bibliographies, book reviews, articles, and statistics compiled by Geoffrey Mawn); surveys of historic properties; histories of black institutions. Asian History: Ginger Roots: A History of the Song Family, n.d; Editorial Reaction to the Evacuation of Japanese into Arizona, 1971; Study of Japanese Immigration to the Southwest, 1973; Nothing Is Impossible – A Story of My Father, a history of Arizona politician Wing F. Ong by Madaline Ong-Sakata, 1994, History of Chinese in Arizona; WWI Japanese Internment. For readers of this who may have, or know of, materials that would add value to this collection please contact the Library and Archives, Arizona Historical Society – Papago Park at 480-387- 5355. CONTAINER LIST: Box Folder Title Dates 1 1 Arizona: The Territory & Statehood (MSM 1) 1928 2 Arizona: The Territory & Statehood, cont. (MSM 1) 1928 3 Marble Camp, Arizona (MSM 2) 1961 4 Marble Camp, Arizona, cont. (MSM 2) 1961 5 Arizona National Guard (MSM 3) n.d. 6 Hogan's Orphan (MSM 4) n.d. Small Manuscript Collection – 2 of 66 Arizona Historical Society at Papago Park, 1300 N. College Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85281 Phone: 480-387-5355, Email: [email protected] 7 Arizona Heritage Essay Contest (MSM 5) 1976-1978 2 1 Comparison of Date Creek of the Early Years to the Late n.d. Years (MSM 6) 2 Settlement on the Salt: the Story of La Casa Vieja (MSM 7) 1967 3 Samuel Peter Heintzelman and the Sonora Exploring and 1975 Mining Company (MSM 8) 4 Samuel Peter Heintzelman and the Sonora Exploring and 1975 Mining Company, cont. (MSM 8) 5 Samuel Peter Heintzelman and the Sonora Exploring and 1975 Mining Company, cont. (MSM 8) 6 A Summer Trip Among the Strange People and Strange Places 1909 of Great American Desert in America (MSM 9) 7 The Army at Arizona State University, a Historical Survey of 1967 Military Training at the Institution of Higher Learning - Tempe, Arizona (MSM 10) 3 1 Arizona Population 1860-1870: An Empirical Examination of 1970 Leyburn's Hypothesis of Camp Frontier (MSM 11) 2 Bloody Run: Wham Paymaster Robbery (MSM 12) n.d. 3 A Survey Trip Down the Colorado River in 1921 Thru Glen 1921 Canyon (MSM 13) 4 The Life Story of William Edward Oliver, 1858-1935 (MSM 1980 14) 5 Angela Hammer, Pioneer Publisher (MSM 15) n.d. 6 Reminiscences of Thomas Dudley Sanders (MSM 16) 1922 7 Reminiscences of Thomas Dudley Sanders, cont. (MSM 16) 1922 8 Frank Hamilton Cushing and the Hemenway Southwestern n.d. Archaeological Expedition (MSM 17) 9 From Picax to Scalping Knife: Mexico's Efforts to Control the n.d. Apaches in the Northern States, 1810-1846 (MSM 18) 10 The Kickopoos of Coahuila (MSM 19) n.d. 11 Myopia: A Study in Civil and Military Affairs in the Contest 1961 for the Trans-Pecos Southwest, 1848-1860 (MSM 20) 12 Vanished Arizona - Footnotes, Glossary and Historical n.d. Introduction, 4th Edition by Arizona Silhouettes (MSM 21) 4 1 Ice in Arizona, A Look at its History and Uses (MSM 22) 1984 2 Terrorism Against the Japanese Farmers in Maricopa County 1983 1934 – 1935 (MSM 23) 3 From Racism to Terrorism: the Anti-Alien Crusade in 1984 Maricopa County, 1934-1935 (MSM 24) 4 Martin Gold (MSM 25) n.d. 5 Early Christmases in Arizona (MSM 26) 1976 6 Early Doctors of Prescott: 1865-1869 (MSM 27) n.d. 7 Black Cowboys in the Territory of Arizona (MSM 28) 1984 8 Blacks of Phoenix, 1890-1930 (MSM 29) unpublished n.d. manuscript by Geoffrey Mawn Small Manuscript Collection – 3 of 66 Arizona Historical Society at Papago Park, 1300 N. College Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85281 Phone: 480-387-5355, Email: [email protected] 9 Study of Swedish Immigration to the Southwest (MSM 30) 1972 10 Oldest Summer Camp in Arizona (MSM 31) 1970 11 The Black Canyon Stage Lines (MSM 32) n.d. 12 A History of Early Tempe (MSM 33) n.d. 5 1 Mission Cattlebrands in the Old Southwest - Jesuit and 1969 Franciscan: 1696-1824 (MSM 34) 2 Tuzigoot (MSM 35) n.d. 3 Judge Wells and the Phoenix Post Office (MSM 36) n.d. 4 A Frontier Regiment in the Apache Wars (MSM 37) 1970 5 Preliminary Report of the Peabody Museum Awatovi n.d. Expedition of 1938 & Photograph Collection: Church Ruin and Kiva at Awatovi (MSM 38) 6 Luke Air Force Base Floods (MSM 39) 1951 7 Spanish Archives (MSM 40) n.d. 8 The Glendale Colony: How the Colony Originated and Why n.d. Located Here (MSM 41) 9 Fort Thomas, Arizona Territory: A Doctor's Perspective (MSM 1984 42) 10 Phoenix Women in the Development of Public Policy: 1982 Territorial Beginnings (MSM 43) 11 The Little Adobe School House, Mesa, Arizona (MSM 44) 1976 12 History of the Trinity Cathedral, 1880-1915 (MSM 45) 1986 13 Molokan Culture (MSM 46) 1971 14 The Cultural Landscape of the Russian Molokan Colony- 1976 Glendale, Arizona (MSM 47) 15 Economic Analysis of the Ostrich Industry in Arizona's Salt 1978 River Valley (MSM 48) 16 Navajos in World War II (MSM 49) n.d. 17 Wishbooks and Washdays: Items and Activities of the Kitchen 1987 (MSM 50) 18 Naked Winter Swim: First Cavalry's Expedition Between 1987 Camps McDowell and Lincoln, January, 1868 (MSM 51) 19 The Mystic House: Documentation of the Ahwatukee Ranch 1981 and the Slawson Home (MSM 52) 20 The Case of the 98,000 Acres (MSM 53) 1981 21 Mountain Memories (MSM 54) 1979 22 Writing a Newspaper Chronology of Phoenix (MSM 55) n.d. 6 1 Arizona's 158th Infantry Regiment The 102-Year Saga of the 1968 Bushmasters (MSM 56) 2 Phoenix Drive for Municipal Reform and Charter Government, 1975 1911-1915 (MSM 57) 3 Arizona Legislative Council: Its Development, Powers, and 1975 Duties (MSM 58) 4 Early Irrigation Systems in the Salt River Valley (MSM 59) 1971 5 The Development of Chandler (MSM 60) 1920 Small Manuscript Collection – 4 of 66 Arizona Historical Society at Papago Park, 1300 N. College Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85281 Phone: 480-387-5355, Email: [email protected] 6 The Development of Chandler and Vicinity (MSM 61) n.d. 7 Editorial Reaction to the Evacuation of Japanese into Arizona 1971 (MSM 62) 8 Our Trip to Arizona (MSM 63) n.d. 9 Jose Figueroa and Foreign Encroachment on Mexican n.d. California (MSM 64) 10 Lost Agricultural Empire in Mohave County (MSM 65) 1983 11 Phelps Dodge Corporation - Morenci Branch Plant- 1940 Production-History (MSM 66) 12 The Development of the Salt River Watershed: From the Salt/ 1981 Verde Confluence to the Upper Drainage Points, an Environmental View (MSM 67) 13 How Arizona Showed Them (MSM 68) 1962 14 Historical Overview of Tempe, Arizona, 1870-1930 (MSM 69) 1981 15 Ginger Roots: A History of the Song Family (MSM 70) n.d.