Arizona and the Southwest at the University of Arizona Library Special Collections
- by Julie Carleton
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4. Summerhayes, Martha. Vanished Arizona: Recollections of My Army Life. Philadelphia: Press of J.B. Lippincott Company. 1908.
Not only is this narrative written by a woman, it also provides a glimpse into the U.S. army in the 19th century. This book is also available in the University of Arizona Library’s Southwestern Electronic Text Center at: www.library.arizona.edu/swetc/projects.html.
Manuscripts
1. Clum, John Philip. Papers of John Philip Clum, 1860-1975. 1.7 ft.
John Clum served as agent on the San Carlos Apache Reservation in the 1870’s. These papers are a primary source account of frontier life and Native American life in Arizona.
2. Udall, Morris K. Papers of Morris K. Udall, 1920-1995. 1200 ft.
Arizona Congressman Morris Udall was a central figure in many areas of Arizona and United States history. This extensive collection of papers includes documentation of the Alaska Wilderness Bill, Central Arizona Project and the Arizona Wilderness Act.
Further Reading
For those interested in collecting or reading about Arizona and the Southwest and borderlands region, I suggest the following sources, which are housed in the University of Arizona Library.
1. Alliot, Hector. Bibliography of Arizona: Being The Record Of Literature Collected By Joseph Amasa Munk, M.D., And Donated By Him To The Southwest Museum Of Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles, California. Southwest Museum, 1914.
Joseph Amasa Munk, an M.D. by profession, was perhaps the most famous collector of materials on Arizona. In 1908 he donated his entire collection to the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles. Hector Alliot was curator of the Southwest Museum. Two earlier catalogs of the Munk Library were published; Arizona Bibliography: A Private Collection of Arizoniana (1908) and Bibliography of Arizona Books Pamphlets And Periodicals In The Library Of Dr. J. A. Munk (1900). This third edition is the most exhaustive. Representing the full holdings of Munk’s collection, it contains over 7,000 titles. This collection is now in the hands of the Huntington Library in Pasadena, California. Although not annotated, Bibliography of Arizona is an excellent starting place for researching books on Arizona published prior to 1914. Titles are arranged by subject as well as author. This book is listed in Beers’ Bibliographie in American History (a future AE Database source). In addition, Aliot’s Bibliography of Arizona this too will soon be a searchable source in the AE Database.
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