Scope and Content Note
The Louis H. Chalmers Papers, 1894-1908 consist of correspondence with a number of Phoenix area businessmen and legal clients including railroads, mining companies, and banks.
Dates
- Creation: 1894-1908
Creator
Language of Materials
Material in English
Access Restrictions
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Copyright
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Biographical Note
Louis Henry Chalmers, Phoenix attorney and territorial legislator, was born to Clark and Hattie (Jenkins) Chalmers in Jamestown, Ohio on January 13, 1861. His father died shortly after his birth and he moved to Albion, Iowa with his mother when he was four years old. Chalmers was raised in the Cedar Falls Soldiers' Home and attended the public grade schools. He returned to Jamestown when he was sixteen years old and graduated high school in that town. Chalmers purchased Waverly, a Republican newspaper in Pike County, Ohio, in 1881 and graduated from Cincinnati Law School in 1884.
After his graduation, Chalmers relocated to Phoenix, where he established Chalmers and Kent. This firm represented the Phoenix National Bank, Cobre Grande Copper Company, and the Santa Fe, Phoenix and Prescott Railroad Company. Chalmers also served as Phoenix City Attorney and Maricopa County representative to the 16th Territorial Legislature.
Chalmers married Laura E. Coates (1867-1953) on January 13, 1891 in Phoenix and the couple had at least two children, Raima and Louis James (1892-1945). Louis H. Chalmers died in 1934.
Full extent
5 Box(es)
Full extent
2.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
The Louis H. Chalmers Papers, 1894-1908 consist of correspondence with a number of Phoenix area businessmen and legal clients including railroads, mining companies, and banks.
Arrangement
This collection consists of five boxes.
Provenance
No acquisition information is available.
Subject
- Chalmers, Louis H. (Louis Henry), 1861-1934 -- Archives (Person)
- Bartlett, A. C. (Adolphus Clay), 1844-1922 (Person)
- Alexander, Joseph L. B. (Joseph Lancaster Brent), 1857-1931 (Person)
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company -- History (Organization)
- Phoenix Light and Fuel Company (Ariz.) -- History (Organization)
- Phoenix National Bank (Ariz.) -- History (Organization)
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Louis H. Chalmers Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Roann Monson and Robert P. Spindler; machine-readable finding guide created by Joyce Martin.
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding guide encoded in English.
Repository details
Part of the Greater Arizona Collection Repository
Contact
Arizona State UniversityP.O. Box 871006
Tempe AZ 85287-1006 United States
(480) 965-4932
archives@asu.edu