This Day in Arizona History

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- May 27
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- Public schools--Arizona--History
- On this date in 1931, Phoenix teachers took five percent cut in salaries to keep schools operating full time. The Board of Education said the cut was voluntary. This photograph is identified as Washington School in Phoenix.
- January 18
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- African American students; Minorities -- Education -- United States
- Tucson's first school for African-American children was establish on this date in 1917. The school was named for poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar. This undated photograph shows the front of Dunbar School.
- May 18
- Unknown
- Education--Arizona--History
- On this date in 1912, acts of the first Arizona Legislature provided for establishment and maintenance of a general and uniform public school system and provided free textbooks for public schools. This photograph showing a view of the music room at...
- March 16
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- Tucson Public Library--Photographs
- On this date in 1890, Tucson received $25,000 from Andrew Carnegie to build a library. This photo circa 1900 shows the library that was built downtown and is now currently the Tucson Children's Museum.
- April 3
- Tucson Citizen
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements; University of Arizona
- On this date in 1968, students gathered at the University of Arizona to protest the draft for the war in Vietnam.
- April 30
- Kibbey, John R.
- Brophy College Preparatory School
- On this date in 1927, Mrs. William Henry Brophy gave $250,000 and 25 acres of land to endow and build a Jesuit school in Phoenix. This image of the Brophy College Preparatory School is undated.
- May 14
- Buehman Studios
- University of Arizona. Board of Regents; University of Arizona--Faculty
- On this date in 1933, the University of Arizona Board of Regents dropped 66 teachers and cut salaries of others from 5 to 15 percent in a cost-saving move. Tempe dropped 11, gave leave to three more, and saw its president resign. This photograph of...
- May 25
- Unknown
- Public schools--Arizona--Tucson
- On this date in 1945, Tucson's Amphitheater High School graduated 29 students. This photograph shows Amphitheater School and students circa 1930.
- January 4
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- Phoenix Indian School.
- The United States government decided to establish an Indian school near Phoenix on this date in 1891. This photo shows the Indian School band parading before a football game in the early 1900s.
- April 4
- Mountain States Telephone Company
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (Tucson, Ariz.)--History
- On this date in 1952, work was underway on Tucson's new Desert Museum. This photograph from 1963 shows the exhibits in what was then the "world's only tunnel-museum." The park also featured outdoor displays, a bird sanctuary, a watershed...
- April 9
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- Hall, Sharlot Mabridth, 1870-1943
- Sharlot Hall, Prescott historian known as Arizona's poet laureate, died on this date in 1943. Born October 27, 1870, she traveled with her family from Kansas to the Arizona Territory in 1882. In addition to writing 10 books and more than 500...
- April 14
- Tucson Citizen
- Television--History
- Television was coming to Tucson in 1952. The city received four channels on this date of that year. This photograph shows a closed circuit TV being viewed at the University of Arizona on December 12, 1958.
- May 12
- Buehman Studios
- University of Arizona--Sports; Polo--Arizona--Tucson
- The University of Arizona's famous polo team left campus for an invasion of the Eastern states on this day in 1931. This photograph of the University of Arizona polo team is undated.
- May 21
- Unknown
- Cummings, Byron, 1860-1954
- Dean Byron Cummings, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Arizona and Director of the Arizona State Museum, died on this date in 1954 at the age of 93. He conducted extensive archaeological work throughout the Southwest and Mexico,...
- June 1
- Fish Roberts, Clara
- Street-railroads--Arizona--Tucson--History
- On this date in 1906, the mule drawn street car made its last run to the University of Arizona beside the electric street car which had gone into operation five days before. The caption on this photograph from circa 1901 notes that Tucson's "Rapid...
- September 1
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- University of Arizona--Student housing
- The University of Arizona cut room and board fees on this date in 1921 to $25 a month. This undated photo shows an early dormitory room on campus.
- September 6
- Burns, J. Robert
- Educators--Arizona
- Mae Don was the first Chinese-American teacher hired in Tucson District No. 1 on this date in 1941. This photo shows Don, far left, at a 1937 planning meeting for a benefit dance for war refugees in China.
- September 21
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- Carrillo Elementary School (Tucson, Ariz.)
- On this date in 1930, Carrillo School was dedicated. This undated photo shows the school which is now a magnet school in the Tucson Unified School District.
- October 1
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- University of Arizona
- The University of Arizona opened its doors on this date in 1891. This undated photograph shows Old Main, the university's first building.
- October 23
- Buehman Studios
- University of Arizona. Library--History
- The University of Arizona dedicated its new $450,000 library building on this date in 1927. The library had 60,000 volumes in its stacks. This photo from the late 1920s shows the outside front of the building. The building currently houses the...