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Phoenix (Ariz.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 104 Collections or records:

Manuel Lito Peña Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-278
Abstract The Manuel Lito Peña Papers consist of personal files and photographs documenting Peña's work in Tolleson, Arizona in the 1950s with the Community Service Organization (CSO); correspondence reflecting his friendship with César Chávez, farm labor union leader and organizer; legislative speeches made and bills introduced in the Arizona Senate (1966-1996); campaign literature generated when Peña sought re-election as the Democratic representative for District 22; political...
Dates: 1957-2000

Phoenix 40 Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-390
Abstract This collection includes curricula vitae, newspaper clippings, correspondence, minutes, membership surveys, memorandae, and other materials documenting the Phoenix 40. Among the subjects discussed are the group’s goals, history, Crime Task Force, Transportation Task Force, and positions on opening its membership list to the public. Biographical information on numerous members, including Samuel Mardian, Mason Walsh, Gary Driggs, A. J. Pfister, G. M. Sollenberger, and Don B. Tostenrud, is...
Dates: 1973-1987

Phoenix and Prescott Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: CP SPC 101
Abstract

This photograph album contains commercial and snapshot views of Phoenix and Prescott, Arizona, including views of the Congress Consolidated Gold Mine, San Xavier del Bac, Phoenix Indian School, the Territorial Asylum, Tumacacori, Casa Grande, and railway bridges.

Dates: circa 1885-circa 1900

Watson Pickrell Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: CP SPC 53
Abstract

This collection houses seventeen photographs, primarily silver gelatin, showing Watson Pickrell and his family, the Granite Reef Dam and gatehouse, a concrete bridge over the Salt River in South Phoenix, and a billboard advertising the Palmcroft Addition in Phoenix.

Dates: 1892-1929