Arizona Memory Project

Navajo Long Walk
Navajo Long Walk, 1863-1867; Navajo Long Walk to Bosque Redondo (Ariz. And N.M.); Carleton, James Henry, 1814-1873; Carson, Christopher 1809-1863; Fort Sumner (N.M.); Fort Grant (Ariz.); Manuelito, Navajo chief, 1818-1893; Navajo History; Navajo...
4th Grade
This two/three part lesson will introduce the main elements of the Navajo Long Walk during the period of 1864-1868. During Part I, students will gain information from teacher presentation and working in collaborative groups by reading adapted...

Oral History with Irene Aja, March 3, 2011
Aja, Irene Escheverria; Aja, Basilio
Basque Americans--Arizona; Sheep--Arizona
Irene (Escheverria) Aja discusses her family and their work in the sheep industry in Arizona. Both of her parents immigrated from the Basque region of Spain. Mrs. Aja talks about growing up in Winslow, Wickenburg and Phoenix as her family...

Oral History with Connie Bailey, May 20, 2011
Bailey, Connie
Buckeye (Ariz.); General Federation of Women's Clubs;
Connie Bailey is the former president of the Buckeye Women’s Club and Executive Director of the Buckeye Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Bailey talks of her personal history. In her interview she discusses the history of Buckeye, Arizona and the Buckeye...

The Golden West: Articles
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 American literature -- West (U.S.) West (U.S.) --...
Original source materials reflecting observations about the industrialization and burgeoning growth of Phoenix and their far-reaching consequences for the ways of the Old West. 18 pages.

The Golden West: Essays
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
A booklet containing two scholarly essays, “The Golden West,” by Paul A. Carter and “Men of Vision: Phoenix” by G. Wesley Johnson, which examines the effects of the industrialization of the Southwest. New technology (in the form of...

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...

Methods and instruments for use in measuring tree-rings
Gladwin, Harold S. (Harold Sterling), 1883-1983
Archaeological dating; Tree-rings; Dendrochronology
(13,496kb pdf) Methodology and instruments for carrying out tree-ring analysis with the goal of determining age of archaeological structures and artifacts.

Archaeological survey of Verde Valley
Gladwin, Winifred, 1889-1965
Ceramics; Indian Pottery; Archaeological surveying; Indians of North America; Antiquities; Kivas; Cliff-dwellings
(15,676kb pdf) A survey to the north along the Mogollon Rim and Verde Valley using ruins and sherds to identify distinct cultures- signs of their origins and entry into the region

Analysis of Hohokam pottery design
Amsden, Charles Avery, 1899-1941
Ceramics; Indian pottery; Hohokam pottery; Indians of North America; Antiquities
(21,459kb pdf) Analysis of design techniques and treatments used in Hohokam pottery.

Tree-ring analysis: tree-rings and droughts
Gladwin, Harold S. (Sterling), 1883-1983
Indians of North America; Pueblo Indians; Archaeological dating; Droughts; Climatology; Tree-rings; Dendrochronology
(22,582kb pdf) Examination of the validity of the commonly accepted tree-ring drought theory as applied by archaeologists in establishing timeslines for the various cultures in the Southwest.

Red-on-buff culture of the Gila Basin
Gladwin, Winifred, 1889-1965
Ceramics; Indian Pottery; Archaeological surveying; Hohokam culture; Indians of North America; Antiquities; Pottery, Prehistoric; Architecture, Prehistoric
(23,221kb pdf) An examination of clues left by the Red-on-Buff (Hohokam) culture in the vicinity of the Gila Basin as they pertain to understanding the culture; clues include pottery sherds, rubbish mounds and architectural ruins.

Red-on-buff culture of the Papagueria
[Gladwin, Winifred, 1889-1965]
Ceramics; Indian Pottery; Archaeological surveying; Indians of North America; Antiquities; Architecture, Prehistoric; Hohokam culture
(26,285kb pdf) An examination of clues left by the Red-on-buff (Hohokam) culture in the vicinity of the Papagueria as they pertain to understanding the culture; clues include pottery sherds, rubbish mounds and architectural ruins.

Geological aspects of the findings of primitive man, near Abilene, Texas (preliminary report)
Leighton, Morris M. (Morris Morgan), 1887
Indians of North America; Antiquities; Geology; Archaeological surveying
(27,023kb pdf) Based on geological reconnaissance of the Elm Creek silts, Dr. Leighton concludes that primitive man may have inhabited the area around Abilene Texas during the Wisconsin glacial stage.

Eastern range of the red-on-buff culture
Gladwin, Winifred, 1889-1965
Ceramics; Indian Pottery; Archaeological surveying; Indians of North America; Antiquities; Yuman Indians; Mohave Indians; Hohokam pottery; Architecture, Prehistoric
(42,622kb pdf) A survey of the extent to which the Red-on-Buff culture expanded along its eastern front despite geographic obstacles

Review and analysis of the Flagstaff culture
Gladwin, Harold S. (Harold Sterling), 1883-1983
Indians of North America; Antiquities; Architecture, Prehistoric; Pit houses; Tree-rings
(61,568kb pdf) Gladwin compares the previous work done on the architecture of the Flagstaff culture by Colton, Spicer, McGregor and Hargrave with tree-ring dating done by Douglass and McGregor and concludes that the tree-rings dates are in direct...

Executive order No. 2008-17: The Governor's Council on Workforce Policy (Supersedes Executive Order 2003-24)
Napolitano, Janet
Executive orders--Arizona; Arizona. Governor's Council on Workforce Policy; Labor policy--Arizona; Manpower policy--Arizona; Vocational guidance--Law and legislation--Arizona; Career development--Arizona; Vocational...
...Pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1542 and in accordance with Section 111(a) and (3)(1) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, the State Workforce Investment Board shall be known as the Governor's Council on Workforce Policy (the "Council"), under the...

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