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- 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.
- 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...
- February 6
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- Ashurst, Henry Fountain, 1874-1962; Northern Arizona Normal School
- On this date in 1899, Henry Fountain Ashurst, youngest member of the Territorial Legislature of Arizona and Speaker of the House, introduced House Bill 41 which created the Northern Arizona Normal School, now Northern Arizona University in...
- 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.
- September 21
- Unknown
- 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.
- December 20
- Tucson Citizen
- Carrillo Elementary School (Tucson, Ariz.)
- Santa came early for pupils at Carrillo School in Tucson on this date in 1941 when members of the Parents and Community Club sponsored a Christmas party at the school. This photo shows the school community gathered at the event.
- November 28
- Roberts, Clara Fish
- Congress Street School (Tucson, Ariz.)--Photographs
- Tucson citizens sponsored a dancing party on this date in 1875 to raise funds for support of public schools. Receipts were $1,675. This 1897 photo shows the Congress Street School in Tucson.
- August 9
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- Cummings, Byron 1860-1954; Navajo National Monument (Ariz.)
- On this date in 1909, a party of six men with Dean Byron Cummings, archaeologist from the University of Arizona, became the first known non-indigenous people to explore Betatakin Ruins, an Anasazi cliff dwelling located in what is now the Navajo...
- May 21
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- 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,...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- July 31
- Buehman Studios
- Schools--Arizona--Tucson
- On this date in 1930, Mansfeld Junior High School in Tucson was completed. This photograph shows Mansfeld Junior High circa 1930.
- July 18
- Western Ways Features Service
- Steward Observatory; University of Arizona. Department of Astronomy
- On this date in 1922, a huge 36-inch lens was installed at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory. This view of Steward Observatory is believed to have been photographed circa 1930-1940.
- 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...
- 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.
- February 8
- Unknown
- Tempe Normal School of Arizona -- Photographs
- Tempe Normal School, the predecessor of Arizona State University, opened on this date in 1886 with 33 students. This photo shows the main building of the school in 1925.