This Day in Arizona History

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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- July 2
- Buehman Studios
- University of Arizona --College of Agriculture
- Roused by the efforts of Maricopa County to move the university's agricultural college from Tucson to Tempe, Pima County citizens threatened a referendum seeking removal of the state capital from Phoenix to Bisbee, Douglas or Globe. This undated...
- 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.
- 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.
- August 1
- Buehman Studios
- United States. Navy--History; University of Arizona--History; World War, 1939-1945--Arizona--Tucson
- On this date in 1944 the University of Arizona regained possession of Old Main as the U.S. Navy's training program prepared to evacuate 26 classrooms. This undated photograph is identified as a group from the Naval R.O.T.C. program on the...
- August 9
- Unknown
- 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...
- August 17
- Buehman Studios
- World War, 1914-1918--Soldiers--Arizona; University of Arizona
- On this date in 1918, the University of Arizona campus was operating under its World War I declaration as a military establishment, and prostitution and gambling were outlawed within a ten mile zone. This photograph of the R.O.T.C. band practicing...
- February 6
- Unknown
- 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...