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This collection houses diaries, correspondence, certificates, diplomas, news clippings, photographic prints, and films documenting the career of Civilian Conservation Corps chaplain Rev. Benjamin Freye. A guide to these papers is available…

Still from Bill Baily film depicting boxing

Amateur motion pictures made by "Varsity" Bill Baily of the Arizona State University campus (then Arizona State Teacher's College) and the Varsity Inn in 1937 and 1938. Baily was the owner of the Varsity Inn restaurant on University Drive (then 8th street) from 1929-1944. The films depict…

Billie Maxwell

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…

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The Bj Bud Memorial Archives was collected and assembled by local LGBT activists and the Valley of the Sun Gay and Lesbian Center. The Community Center, established in 1993, provided a safe space for the LGBT community in Phoenix. They sponsored and provided several health services, support…