Greater Arizona Collection
Greater Arizona Collection Audio and Visual Materials consist of archival audio recordings, motion pictures and video productions selected from the Arizona Collection. Media is added as permissions are secured, and resources for digitization become available
This exhibit presents over 60 individual documents from the Dorothy V. Gilbert Papers (Accession #1997-01894) describing the efforts of the Phoenix Mountains Preservation Council to establish and preserve the Phoenix Mountains Preserve. Originally presented online, it has been recast in PDF files for sustainability.
This collection includes several examples of the music of cowgirl musician Billie Maxwell and her father's White Mountain Orchestra from Nutrioso, Arizona. Billie Maxwell's songs are solo recordings while the instrumental numbers are performed by the orchestra.
The Howard Pyle Collection contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes, diaries, scrapbooks, notebooks, printed matter, and artifacts. Although the collection dates from 1883 to 1987, the bulk of the material is derived from Pyle's political, professional, and personal activities from 1935 to 1987.
In this interview, Roy Elson discusses James Folsom Moore and Fort Huachuca, Eugene Pulliam, Harry Rosenzweig, the Liberty Bank charter controversy, Don Bolles, Barry Goldwater, the Arizona vs. California Supreme Court case, and Governor Jerry Brown's visit to Arizona.
In this interview, Roy Elson discusses James Folsom Moore and Fort Huachuca, Eugene Pulliam, Harry Rosenzweig, the Liberty Bank charter controversy, Don Bolles, Barry Goldwater, the Arizona vs. California Supreme Court case, and Governor Jerry Brown's visit to Arizona.
This copy of Herb and Dorothy McLaughlin’s Phoenix, 1870-1970, in Photographs includes handwritten notations showing each photograph’s identifier in their photo collection. Full call numbers can be formed by adding the prefix “MCL” to the five- and six-digit numbers and the prefix “MCLMB” to identifiers beginning with “A."
These recordings consist primarily of Sunday morning religious radio programs hosted by Austin Coleman and sponsored by the Ragsdale Mortuary and the Valley Life Insurance Company. Many of these programs were recorded to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Broadcasts feature Christian and gospel music, advertisements for the Ragsdale mortuary and insurance businesses, and political and social commentary by Lincoln Ragsdale, Eleanor Ragsdale, and many others.
This exhibit describes Congressman John J. Rhodes' political career and includes a series of short essays written by Rhodes, excerpts from his books, and news coverage of events including Watergate and the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon. Originally presented online, it has been recast in PDF files for sustainability. Images, videos, and documents were selected from the John J. Rhodes Minority Leader Papers, 1968-1980 (MSS-5), and John J. Rhodes Press Office Files, 1973-1983 (MSS-3).