Arizona Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

*'''[[Arizona State Archives|Arizona State Archives]]''', Phoenix, has collections from state, county and local government offices, boards and commissions as well as collections from private citizens and non-governmental groups. These records help document the official actions of state, county and local governments and the private lives and accomplishments of people and organizations in Arizona.

*'''[[State Library of Arizona|Arizona State Library]]''', [[Image:AZ State Capitol Building 80731.JPG|right|175px|AZ State Capitol Building 80731.JPG]]Phoenix, the book and periodical sections of the collection are the largest in Arizona and specific titles may be located by using the Library and Archives' online catalog. Additional access to CD-ROM's, premium online databases and through inter-library loan. This is '''''the&nbsp;''''' starting place for Arizona research.<ref name="DB">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 15. {{WorldCat|39493985|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>

*[[Mesa FamilySearch Library]][[Image:Mesa Family History Building.jpg|right|175px|Mesa Family History Building.jpg]] is one of the largest [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Centers]] in the world. The public is welcome. They have a good collection of 40,000 United States genealogy books, and an outstanding collection of U.S. federal censuses as part of their 81,000 microfilms.<ref name="DB" /> They also have 129 free guest computers with access to ''FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Fold3, American Ancestors, World Vital Records'', and other popular family history websites. They offer over 90 classes and workshops per month.

*[[Arizona State University Library]], Tempe, Archives and Special Collections, ''Hayden Arizona Pioneer Biographies'' is a good place to look for early Arizona families.<ref name="DB" />

*[[University of Arizona Special Collections]], Tucson, [[Image:UAmainlibr 1008.jpg|right|175px|UAmainlibr 1008.jpg]]materials on Arizona, Southwest American history, and the U.S./Mexico Borderlands, including rare books, manuscripts, and photographs.<ref name="DB" />

*[[Arizona Historical Society]], Tucson Library and Archives, has a Mexican and an early Arizona collection, Colorado River topics, manuscripts 1860-present, oral histories, maps, and photos.<ref name="DB" />

*[[Northern Arizona University Cline Library]], Flagstaff, includes Arizona history, Arizona photographs, archives, and oral histories.<ref name="DB" />

*[[Phoenix Public Library, Burton Barr Central Library]][[Image:Phoenix Central Library.jpg|right|175px|Phoenix Central Library.jpg]] Their Arizona history collection is a good place for genealogy research.<ref name="DB" />

*[[Pima County Public Library, Joel D. Valdez Main Library]], Tucson, Arizona collection, and the Southern Arizona Genealogical Society collection are housed here.<ref name="DB" />

*[[West Valley Genealogical Society]], Youngstown, an active society with a good little library. Probably represents outside Arizona better because of retirees who contribute genealogies from all around the U.S.<ref name="DB" />

*[[National Archives Pacific Region (Riverside)|National Archives—Pacific Region (Riverside)]] The National Archives at Riverside, California, has more than 38,000 cubic feet of archival holdings dating from about l850 to the l980s. In addition to textual records, there are architectural drawings, maps, and photographs. These holdings were created or received by the Federal courts and over 50 Federal agencies in Arizona, southern California, and Clark County, Nevada. Federal law requires that agencies transfer permanently valuable, noncurrent records to the National Archives.

*[[California Archives and Libraries#Bancroft|Bancroft Library, Univ. Calif. Berkeley]] An outstanding collection for early settlers, migration trails, stagecoaches, miners, and histories. They probably have more Arizona historical material than any repository in Arizona.<ref name="DB" />

*[[Southwest Museum Braun Research Library]], Los Angeles, includes the Monk Library of Arizoniana, California and Arizona history, and records of southwest American Indians.<ref name="DB" />

*[[Family History Library]], [[Image:Family History Library.jpg|left|140px|Family History Library.jpg]]Salt Lake City, Utah, holds 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and Mormon records. Includes a good collection for Arizona.