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    • Oral History with Louis Gradias, April 19, 2011

    • Oral History with Louis Gradias, April 19, 2011

    • Gradias, Louis

    • Yuma County (Ariz.); Gadsden (Ariz.); Bracero Program; Agricultural laborers--Arizona; San Luis (Ariz.); Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993; Mexican Americans--Arizona

    • Louie Gradias was born and raised in Gadsden. His mother was born in Gadsden in 1918 and met and married his father in 1938. They settled in Gadsden, built their own house and farmed the land. Mr. Gradias remembers attending Gadsden Elementary...
    • Oral History with Martha Gayle, February 23, 2011

    • Oral History with Martha Gayle, February 23, 2011

    • Gayle, Martha

    • Buckeye (Ariz.); Prisoner of War camps; World War Two; Buckeye Union High School District (Maricopa County, Ariz.)

    • Martha Gayle was born in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 1, 1932. As a child she moved to Buckeye, Arizona with her parents, both of whom were school teachers. After attending Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina and working in California...
    • Oral History with Ruth Glass, January 13, 2011

    • Oral History with Ruth Glass, January 13, 2011

    • Glass, Ruth

    • Tucson (Ariz.); Animal rights activists; Cooperative stores; Political activists

    • Ruth Glass was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1920. As a young mother Ms. Glass moved to Tucson, Arizona for the benefit of her youngest son, who suffered from a debilitating asthma. This interview chronicles her life in Arizona. After years as...
    • Arizona Ghost Towns/Mining Operations.

    • Arizona Ghost Towns/Mining Operations.

    • Muench, Josef

    • Mines and mineral resources--Arizona; Gold mines and mining--Arizona; Copper mines and mining--Arizona; Ghost towns--Arizona; School buildings--Arizona; Hotels--Arizona; Morenci (Ariz.); Goldroad (Ariz.); Miami (Ariz.); Oatman (Ariz.); Bisbee...

    • This series contains seventy three photographs of ghost towns and mining operations in Arizona. This subseries contains seventy-six photographs of Mesa Verde. Included are images of Goldroad in Mohave County and the Phelps Dodge Copper Reduction...
    • The Golden West: Bookmark

    • The Golden West: Bookmark

    • Tucson Public Library (Pima County Public Library) and Arizona Historical Society

    • West (U.S.) – In literature; American Literature – West (U.S.); West (U.S.) – Literary Collections; West (U.S.) Description and travel; Phoenix (Ariz.) – Description and travel

    • Two-sided bookmark containing resource materials for The Golden West-themed programming.
    • The Golden West: Program Ideas for Public Libraries

    • The Golden West: Program Ideas for Public Libraries

    • Tucson Public Library (Pima County Public Library) and Arizona Historical Society

    • West (U.S.) – In literature; American Literature – West (U.S.); West (U.S.) – Literary Collections; West (U.S.) Description and travel; Phoenix (Ariz.) – Description and travel

    • Booklet containing aids for planning public humanities programs around the theme of “The Golden West.” Booklet, illustrated with photos and maps, is 16 pages, and also contains loose prefatory, program flyer, bookmark reading list, sample...
    • Oral History with Louie Gradias

    • Oral History with Louie Gradias

    • Gradias, Louis

    • Yuma County (Ariz.); Gadsden (Ariz.); Bracero Program; Agricultural laborers--Arizona; San Luis (Ariz.); Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993; Mexican Americans--Arizona

    • Louie Gradias was born and raised in Gadsden. His mother was born in Gadsden in 1918 and met and married his father in 1938. They settled in Gadsden, built their own house and farmed the land. Mr. Gradias remembers attending Gadsden Elementary...
    • JY "EC" Otondo Oral History Interview

    • JY "EC" Otondo Oral History Interview

    • Otondo, JY "EC"

    • Glendale, AZ: Arizona Communities; Basque Community; Los Angeles, CA; Great Depression; Sheep Ranching;

    • “EC” Otondo was part of one of the first, if not the first sheep families to live in Arizona. He remembers herding his sheep down the trail from northern Arizona to Gilbert. Moving along the San Francisco Peaks into the valley. During this...
    • Hastobiga - Navaho Medicine-Man, Portfolio 1, Plate 35

    • Hastobiga - Navaho Medicine-Man, Portfolio 1, Plate 35

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Navajo Indians

    • “Most Navaho ceremonies are conducted, at least primarily, for the purpose of healing disease; and while designated medicine ceremonies, they are, in fact, ritualistic prayers. There are so many of these ceremonies that no student has yet...
    • Snake Dancer in Costume, Portfolio 12, Plate 430

    • Snake Dancer in Costume, Portfolio 12, Plate 430

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Hopi Indians

    • “The first white men in the Province of Tusayan, as the Spaniards called the Hopi country, were Captain Pedro de Tovar, Fray Juan de Padilla, and a small company of horseman and foot-soldiers, who in 1540 were sent to explore the region by...
    • Jicarilla Matron, Portfolio 1, Plate 23

    • Jicarilla Matron, Portfolio 1, Plate 23

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Jicarilla Indians

    • “The Jicarillas seem to have no system of clans or gentes. The tribe is divided into two bands – commonly called by their Spanish names, Olleros (Potters) and Llaneros (Plainsmen) – within which marriage is not prohibited. In the days of...
    • Vash Gon - Jicarilla, Portfolio 1, Plate 20

    • Vash Gon - Jicarilla, Portfolio 1, Plate 20

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Jicarilla Indians

    • “The Jicarillas, or, as they are commonly called, ‘Jicarilla Apaches,’ occupy a reservation of nearly four hundred and fifty square miles of mountainous country in northern New Mexico. Linguistically the Jicarillas are of the same stock as...
    • Luzi - Papago, Portfolio 2, Plate 53

    • Luzi - Papago, Portfolio 2, Plate 53

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Tohono O’odham Indians

    • “The larger part of the Papago are semi-nomadic; that is, they wander from place to place as occasion necessitates. One week they may be harvesting their little crops of grain; the next they have taken the trail to the mines to work for a time,...
    • Pakit - Maricopa, Portfolio 2, Plate 70

    • Pakit - Maricopa, Portfolio 2, Plate 70

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Maricopa Indians

    • “The Maricopa are a small tribe of Yuma stock living as neighbors of the Pima, chiefly in the valley of the Gila in southern Arizona, though a few make their home on the Salt River reservation east of Phoenix. Maricopa, Yuma, and Mohave...
    • Havachachi - Maricopa, Portfolio 2, Plate 64

    • Havachachi - Maricopa, Portfolio 2, Plate 64

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Maricopa Indians

    • “The Maricopa, of course, possessed the same wealth of native vegetal and animal foods as the Pima, and employed the same methods of gathering and treating them. The fruit of the giant cactus, found in unlimited quantities, is still one of their...
    • Sunset in Navaho-Land, Portfolio 1, Plate 38

    • Sunset in Navaho-Land, Portfolio 1, Plate 38

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Navajo Indians

    • “The Navaho are a pastoral, semi-nomadic people whose activities centre in their flocks and small farms. Their reservation of more than fourteen thousand square miles is in the desert plateau region of Northern Arizona and New Mexico. Its mesas...
    • Carlos Rios - Papago Chief, Portfolio 2, Plate 50

    • Carlos Rios - Papago Chief, Portfolio 2, Plate 50

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Tohono O’odham Indians

    • “The Papago are a strong branch of the Piman family living in the narrow valleys of south-central Arizona as far north as Tucson, and the broad desert stretches of northern Sonora. They were among the first of the Indians of this section to come...
    • Kaviu - Pima, Portfolio 2, Plate 42

    • Kaviu - Pima, Portfolio 2, Plate 42

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Pima Indians

    • “The Pima early came in touch with Spanish missionaries, and with a single exception, in the middle of the eighteenth century, have always been friendly to the whites. Physically they are of average height, strongly built, with winning...
    • Facade - San Xavier del Bac Mission, Portfolio 2, Plate 51

    • Facade - San Xavier del Bac Mission, Portfolio 2, Plate 51

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Missions, Spanish

    • “The recorded history of the village of Bac, situated ten miles south of Tucson, may be said to begin with 1692, in September of which year the celebrated German Jesuit missionary, Father Eusebio Kino, or Kuehne, visited the spot. He probably...
    • Point of Interest - Navaho, Portfolio 1, Plate 36

    • Point of Interest - Navaho, Portfolio 1, Plate 36

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Navajo Indians

    • “While the Navaho leads a wandering life, the zone of his movements is surprisingly limited; indeed the average Navaho’s personal knowledge of his country is confined to a radius of not more than fifty miles. The family usually has three...

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