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Swilling, Jack, 1830-1878

 Person

Found in 8 Collections or records:

Painting Depicting Jack Swilling Recognizing the Economic Potential of Using Irrigation in the Salt River Valley in 1867, 1980

 File
Identifier: 1904/OV2
Scope and Content Note From the collection: This collection houses snapshots and studio portraits showing George and Catharina (Dodenhof) Luhrs' family, including their siblings, four children, grandchildren, and such family friends as the Thalheimers, Hibbards, and Demunds. Also included are images depicting Stanford University (where Arthur C. Luhrs and George Luhrs Jr. studied), Southern California (where the family vacationed), the Commercial Hotel, the Luhrs Hotel, the Luhrs Tower, the Luhrs Office Building, and fraternal...
Dates: 1980

Painting of Phoenix Town Site Construction in the 1870s, 1980

 File
Identifier: 1907/OV2
Scope and Content Note From the collection: This collection houses snapshots and studio portraits showing George and Catharina (Dodenhof) Luhrs' family, including their siblings, four children, grandchildren, and such family friends as the Thalheimers, Hibbards, and Demunds. Also included are images depicting Stanford University (where Arthur C. Luhrs and George Luhrs Jr. studied), Southern California (where the family vacationed), the Commercial Hotel, the Luhrs Hotel, the Luhrs Tower, the Luhrs Office Building, and fraternal...
Dates: 1980

Portrait of Jack Swilling Seated Holding a Gun. S.L., circa 1867

 File
Identifier: 40
Scope and Content Note From the collection: This collection houses 1,334 images primarily depicting the Robinson family and their work at the Ingleside Inn and San Marcos Resort. The family photographs include images of Grace and William Robinson as babies, Dorothy and Bruce Robinson during childhood; such relatives as Polly Perley, Helen (Robinson) Sartelle, Nancy Perley, Anne M. Perley, and the Fulwiler family; such family friends as the Hearl and Farrish families; and trips to various destinations, including the Apache Trail and...
Dates: circa 1867

Jerry S. and Elizabeth M. Stover Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-115
Abstract

The Jerry S. and Elizabeth M. Stover Papers contain correspondence, notes, charts and printed matter documenting their genealogical research into Jack Swilling, the accredited founder of Phoenix, Arizona.

Dates: 1825-1965; 1949-1964

Swilling House, Facing East

 File
Identifier: 54
Scope and Contents

Photo of an adobe home in Tempe.

Dates: 1895-1987, Undated; Majority of material found within 1895-1953

John William (Jack) Swilling Collection

 Collection
Identifier: FM MSS 28
Abstract

This collection contains a variety of primary and secondary source materials compiled by historians Mark Shields and Geoffrey P. Mawn, including biographical manuscripts, research notes, articles, correspondence, genealogies, and records of military service. Of particular interest is a journal from the Phoenix Ditch Company chronicling financial dealings from 1870 to 1883.

Dates: 1830-1978