Arizona Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

{{Block indent|1=Has records of southern California, '''Arizona''' and Clark County, Nevada. California Indian enrollments, Asian immigrants, naturalizations, land records, Arizona taxes, sailors, all U.S. censuses, military post returns, Five Civilized Tribes, Revolutionary War, Civil War records, passenger arrival lists, Mexican and Canadian border crossings, passport applications.<ref name="NAPRR">[http://www.archives.gov/riverside/ Welcome to the National Archives at Riverside] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 30 October 2013).</ref> <ref>[http://www.archives.gov/riverside/genealogy.html Genealogy Research in Riverside] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 30 October 2013).</ref>|2=1}}

{{Block indent|Tax rolls, brands, coroner records, voting registers, prisoners, court marriage licenses, wills, probate cases, civil and criminal cases, Arizona agency records, 32,000 Arizona maps, and 180,000 photographs. The '''Arizona Collection''' is a continuation of the territorial library. It now includes Arizona history, archeology, biographies, local histories, American Indians, city and county budgets, Arizona high school and college yearbooks, newspaper index, microfilms of missions and military outpost papers, Arizona periodicals, and biographical vertical files.<ref>[http://www.azlibrary.gov/arm/research-archives/arizona-collection Arizona Collection] in ''Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records'' (accessed 14 January 2015).</ref>}}

{{Block indent|1=This is '''''the ''''' 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)}}; {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> This is primarily a book library—the largest one in Arizona. They also have census microfilms. Collection includes immigration and naturalization books and indexes, published material from all states for vital records, courts, wills, and county histories, published material for some international nations, major genealogical periodicals for several states, and Internet sites such as ''Ancestry'' .<ref name="GFH">[http://www.azlibrary.gov/sla/genealogy-and-family-history Genealogy and Family History] in ''Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records'' (accessed 10 February 2015).</ref>|2=1}}

{{Block indent|*Central and Northern AZ Library Reference Desk 480-929-0292 ext.174}}

{{Block indent|*Southern AZ and Rio Colorado Region Library Reference Desk 520-617-1157}}

{{Block indent|*Historic Photographs 480-929-0292 ext. 131}}

{{Block indent|1=Tucson Library and Archives, has a Mexican and an early Arizona collection, Colorado River topics, manuscripts 1860-present, oral histories, maps, and photos. Their excellent genealogical collection is run by one of America's most active historical societies.<ref name="DB" />|2=1}}

{{Block indent|1=The '''Carl Hayden Archives''' and the ''Hayden Arizona Pioneer Biographical Index'' is a good place to look for early Arizona families.<ref name="DB" /> The '''Luhrs Reading Room''' has indexes, guides, databases, and personal reference assistance for researchers.<ref name="SpColl">[http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/index.html Archives and Special Collections Reference Services] in ''ASU Libraries'' (accessed 12 February 2015).</ref> The '''Arizona Collection''' includes 8,000 feet of manuscripts; oral histories; 30,000 books; and 500,000 photos.<ref>[https://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/arizona.htm Arizona Collection] in ''ASU Libraries'' (accessed 15 February 2015).</ref> '''Special Collections''' houses rare books, manuscripts, and special interest collections such as the ''Laos Research Collection''.<ref>[https://www.asu.edu/lib/speccoll/ Special Collections] in ''ASU Libraries'' (accessed 15 February 2015).</ref>|2=1}}

{{Block indent|1=Includes Arizona history, Arizona photographs, archives, and oral histories.<ref name="DB" />|2=1}}

{{Block indent|1=Their Arizona history collection is a good place for genealogy research.<ref name="DB" />|2=1}}

{{Block indent|1=The Arizona collection, and the Southern Arizona Genealogical Society collection are housed here.<ref name="DB" />|2=1}}

{{Block indent|1=Materials on Arizona, Southwest American history, and the U.S./Mexico Borderlands, including rare books, manuscripts, and photographs.<ref name="DB" />|2=1}}

{{Block indent|1=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" /> [[Image:Bancroft Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley in California]]|2=1}}

{{Block indent|1=Premier Western Americana, and Latin Americana collections, including Native Americans, Spanish encounter and colonial settlement, exploration of western America, maps and atlases, the Mexican War, westward migration, the Gold Rush, mining, land surveys, religious and Utopian communities, and ethnic communities. They probably have more '''Arizona''' historical material than any repository in Arizona.<ref name="DB" /> <ref>[http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/ Collections] in ''The Bancroft Library'' Internet site (accessed 26 October 2013).</ref> <ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 19 and 21.</ref>|2=1}}

{{Block indent|The nearby '''Doe Library''' has a large collection of newspapers on microfilm.|2}}

{{Block indent|1=Includes the Monk Library of Arizoniana, California and '''Arizona''' history, and records of southwest American Indians. This includes books and serials on tribal histories, government, and social life and customs of native peoples.<ref name="DB" />|2=1}}