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University of Arizona Special Collections

Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail:^[1] Ask a research question.

Address:^[2]

1510 E. University Blvd.

Tucson, AZ 85721

Telephone:^[2] 520-621-6423

Hours:^[2] Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Map, directions, and public transportation:

Map:

Directions

Public transportation

Internet sites and databases:

University of Arizona Library, Special Collections collections, services, exhibits, news and events, about, location and hours.
UA Library Catalog

online by keyword, title, author, subject, journal title, or medical subject. Also in WorldCat.

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

Materials on Arizona, Southwest American history, and the U.S./Mexico Borderlands, including rare books, manuscripts, and photographs.^[3] The Southwest and Arizona Collection has culture and history, including American Indians, Spanish and Mexican settlement, and other groups since the 1800s. Also includes biographical sketches, ephemera, and photos. Their Borderlands Collection covers the U.S. Southwest and from Baja California to Tamaulipas, Mexico. Digital collections include photos, the Arizona Index, Arizona-Sonora papers, land grants, Mexican-American press, family papers, ranching and cattle company records.^[4]

Tips[edit | edit source]

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Guides[edit | edit source]

{Optional: Internet or guide books describing this collection for genealogists. }

Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

If you cannot visit or find a source at the University of Arizona Special Collections, a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections

National Archives—Pacific Region (Riverside), CA. Federal court records and federal agencies in Arizona.
State Library, Phoenix, has a large book/periodical collection including immigration, vital records, courts, wills, county histories, and Internet sites. The starting place for AZ family history research.^[3]
State Archives, Phoenix, marriages, wills and probates, civil and criminal records, brands, taxes, coroner records, voting registers, prisoners, state agencies, maps, newspapers, photos.^[5]
Bancroft Library, Univ. Calif. Berkeley Early settlers, migration trails, stagecoaches, miners, and histories. They probably have more Arizona historical material than any repository in Arizona.^[3]
Southwest Museum Braun Research Library, Los Angeles, CA. Includes the Monk Library of Arizoniana, California and Arizona history, and records of southwest American Indians.^[3]
Family History Library, Salt Lake City, has many Arizona cemeteries, census, church, court, histories, immigration, land, military, and naturalization records on microfilm.

Similar Collections

Arizona State University Library, Tempe, a good place to look for early Arizona families.^[3]
Northern Arizona University Cline Library, Flagstaff, includes Arizona history, Arizona photographs, archives, and oral histories.^[3]

Neighboring Collections

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.^[3]
Pima County Public Library, Joel D. Valdez Main Library, Tucson, the Arizona collection, and the Southern Arizona Genealogical Society collection are housed here.^[3]
Pima County Vital Records births 1950-present; and deaths.
Pima County Superior Court marriages, criminal, civil, divorces, probate and tax court cases.
Pima County Recorder's Office land and mortgage records.
U.S. District Court Tucson Division civil, criminal, appellate, and bankruptcy cases.
Pima County Genealogical Society, Tucson, membership, organization, research tool box, meetings and seminars.
Repositories in surrounding counties: Coschise, Graham, Maricopa , Pinal, Santa Cruz, and Yuma, and in Mexico: Sonora.
Mesa FamilySearch Library, Mesa, 81,000 microfilms including AZ censuses, 40,000 books (many local histories), 129 public computers, and over 90 classes and workshops per month.^[3]
Phoenix Public Library, Burton Barr Central Library The Arizona history collection is a good place for genealogy research.^[3]
West Valley Genealogical Society, Youngstown, an active society with a good little library. Probably represents outside Arizona better because of retirees who contribute from all around the U.S.^[3]
Arizona Jewish Historical Society, Phoenix, exhibits and genealogical classes.
Repositories in surrounding states (or nations): California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah; in Mexico: Baja California, Sonora, and Mexico.
California State Archives, Sacramento, has county records of the state, such as court records, prison records, wills, deeds, as well as military records, state census records, and school records.
Nevada State Library and Archives, Carson City, births, marriages, deaths, censuses, military.
New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe, government records since 1621, manuscripts, Catholic church records, census, wills, family histories, letters, diaries, maps, photos.
Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City, newspaper, death, land, court, history, naturalization, military, directories, criminals.
Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico City, church, civil, census, court, history, military, migration, land.

Sources[edit | edit source]

↑ Research Assistance in University of Arizona Special Collections (accessed 12 Feb 2015).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Home in University of Arizona Special Collections (accessed 12 February 2015).
↑ ^3.00 ^3.01 ^3.02 ^3.03 ^3.04 ^3.05 ^3.06 ^3.07 ^3.08 ^3.09 ^3.10 William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 15. At various repositories (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 J54d. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "DB15" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Special Collections in University of Arizona Special Collections (accessed 16 February 2015).
↑ Genealogy and Family History in Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records (accessed 10 February 2015).

[1] Research Assistance in University of Arizona Special Collections (accessed 12 Feb 2015).

[Home-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Home in University of Arizona Special Collections (accessed 12 February 2015).

[DB15-3] 3.00 ^3.01 ^3.02 ^3.03 ^3.04 ^3.05 ^3.06 ^3.07 ^3.08 ^3.09 ^3.10 William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 15. At various repositories (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 J54d. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "DB15" defined multiple times with different content

[4] Special Collections in University of Arizona Special Collections (accessed 16 February 2015).

[GFH-5] Genealogy and Family History in Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records (accessed 10 February 2015).

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 === Contact Information  ===
-'''Email:'''<ref>[http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/research-assistance Research Assistance] in ''University of Arizona Special Collections'' (accessed 12 Feb 2015).</ref> &nbsp;[http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/research-assistance Ask a research question]. <br>
+'''E-mail:'''<ref>[http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/research-assistance Research Assistance] in ''University of Arizona Special Collections'' (accessed 12 Feb 2015).</ref> &nbsp;[http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/research-assistance Ask a research question]. <br>
 '''Address:'''<ref name="Home">[http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ Home] in ''University of Arizona Special Collections'' (accessed 12 February 2015).</ref>
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 '''Hours:'''<ref name="Home" /> &nbsp;Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-6 p.m. <br>
-'''Map, parking, directions, and public transportation:''' &nbsp;<br>
+'''Map, directions, and public transportation:''' &nbsp;<br>
-*'''Map:''' &nbsp;[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Special+Collections/@32.2315798,-110.951968,16z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x86d671a9fedaff7b:0xe0f11872f2f31e06 Google map: Special Collections, Univ. of AZ Library].
+*'''Map:'''
-*'''Parking:''' &nbsp;[http://map.arizona.edu/ Parking map] garages in grey.
+*'''Directions'''
-*'''Directions''' (to Cherry Ave Garage, 1641 E Enke Dr, near the UA Library Special Collections)<ref>Based on [https://www.google.com/maps Google Maps] directions.</ref>
+*'''Public transportation'''
-**'''''from the Northwest via I-10 E toward Tucson:&nbsp;''''' Follow I-10 E to N Freeway in Tucson. Take exit 257 from I-10 E. Turn left onto W Speedway Blvd, 2.1 mi. Turn right onto N Cherry Ave, 0.4 mi. Cherry Ave Garage will be on the left.
-**'''''from the North via AZ-77 S / N Oracle Rd toward Tucson:&nbsp;''''' Turn onto AZ-77 S/N Oracle Rd toward Tucson. Turn left onto W Orange Grove Rd, 0.8 mi. Turn right onto N 1st Ave, 5.1 mi. Continue straight onto N Euclid Ave, 1.0 mi. Turn left onto E Speedway Blvd, 0.7 mi. Turn right onto N Cherry Ave, 0.4 mi. Cherry Ave Garage will be on the left.
-**'''''from the Southeast via I-10 W toward Tucson:&nbsp;''''' Follow I-10 W to South Kino Pkwy in Tucson. Take exit 263 toward Ajo Way/Kino Pkwy. Turn right onto South Kino Pkwy, 3.0 mi. Continue onto N Campbell Ave, 0.6 mi. Turn left onto E Enke Dr, 0.3 mi. Where E Enke Dr turns right and becomes Cherry Ave, the Cherry Ave Garage will be on the right.
-**'''''from the South via I-19 N toward Tucson:''''' Merge onto I-19 N toward Tucson. Take the exit on the left onto I-10 W toward Phoenix, 2.7 mi. Take exit 257 toward Speedway Boulevard, 0.3 mi. Merge onto N Freeway St, 410 ft. Turn right onto W Speedway Blvd, 2.1 mi. Turn right onto N Cherry Ave, 0.4 mi. Cherry Ave Garage will be on the left.
-**'''''from the West via AZ-86 E toward Tucson:&nbsp;''''' Take AZ-86 E toward Tucson. Turn left onto S Mission Rd, 2.0 mi. Slight right toward W Starr Pass Blvd, 0.3 mi. Continue onto W Starr Pass Blvd, 0.6 mi. Continue onto 22nd St, 1.7 mi. Turn left to merge onto South Kino Pkwy, 1.1 mi. Continue onto N Campbell Ave, 0.6 mi. Turn left onto E Enke Dr, 0.3 mi. Where E Enke Dr turns right and becomes Cherry Ave, the Cherry Ave Garage will be on the right. <br>
-*'''Public transportation:''' &nbsp;[http://www.suntran.com/routes.php Sun Tran] bus routes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 15, 20, 102X, 103X, 105X, 109X, and the 700&nbsp;Sun&nbsp;Link&nbsp;Streetcar all stop near the University of Arizona and its library.
 '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>
 *[http://www.library.arizona.edu/speccoll/ University of Arizona Library, Special Collections] collections, services, exhibits, news and events, about, location and hours. <br>
 *[http://sabio.library.arizona.edu.ezproxy1.library.arizona.edu/ UA Library Catalog] {{WC}}online by keyword, title, author, subject, journal title, or medical subject. Also in [http://www.WorldCat.org WorldCat].<br>
 === Collection Description  ===
-Materials on Arizona, Southwest American history, and the U.S./Mexico Borderlands, including rare books, manuscripts, and photographs.<ref>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> The ''Southwest and Arizona Collection'' &nbsp;has culture and history, including American Indians, Spanish and Mexican settlement, and other groups since the 1800s. Also includes biographical sketches, ephemera, and photos. Their ''Borderlands Collection'' covers the U.S. Southwest and from Baja California to Tamaulipas, Mexico. Digital collections include photos, the ''Arizona Index'', Arizona-Sonora papers, land grants, Mexican-American press, family papers, ranching and cattle company records.<ref>[http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/collections Special Collections] in ''University of Arizona Special Collections'' (accessed 16 February 2015).</ref>
+Materials on Arizona, Southwest American history, and the U.S./Mexico Borderlands, including rare books, manuscripts, and photographs.<ref name="DB15">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> The ''Southwest and Arizona Collection'' &nbsp;has culture and history, including American Indians, Spanish and Mexican settlement, and other groups since the 1800s. Also includes biographical sketches, ephemera, and photos. Their ''Borderlands Collection'' covers the U.S. Southwest and from Baja California to Tamaulipas, Mexico. Digital collections include photos, the ''Arizona Index'', Arizona-Sonora papers, land grants, Mexican-American press, family papers, ranching and cattle company records.<ref>[http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/collections Special Collections] in ''University of Arizona Special Collections'' (accessed 16 February 2015).</ref>
+=== Tips  ===
+{Optional}
 === Guides  ===
-[http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/using-collection-guides Using Collection Guides]
+{''Optional: Internet or guide books describing this collection for genealogists. ''}
 === Alternate Repositories  ===
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 *[[National Archives Pacific Region (Riverside)|National Archives—Pacific Region (Riverside)]], CA. Federal court records and federal agencies in Arizona.
-*[[State Library of Arizona|State Library]], Phoenix, has a large book/periodical collection including immigration, vital records, courts, wills, county histories, and Internet sites. ''The&nbsp;'' starting place for AZ family history research.<ref>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>
+*[[State Library of Arizona|State Library]], Phoenix, has a large book/periodical collection including immigration, vital records, courts, wills, county histories, and Internet sites. ''The&nbsp;'' starting place for AZ family history research.<ref name="DB15">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>
-*[[Arizona State Archives|State Archives]], Phoenix, marriages, wills and probates, civil and criminal records, brands, taxes, coroner records, voting registers, prisoners, state agencies, maps, newspapers, photos.<ref>[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>
+*[[Arizona State Archives|State Archives]], Phoenix, marriages, wills and probates, civil and criminal records, brands, taxes, coroner records, voting registers, prisoners, state agencies, maps, newspapers, photos.<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>
-*[[California Archives and Libraries#Bancroft|Bancroft Library, Univ. Calif. Berkeley]] Early settlers, migration trails, stagecoaches, miners, and histories. They probably have more Arizona historical material than any repository in Arizona.<ref>William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 15. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>
+*[[California Archives and Libraries#Bancroft|Bancroft Library, Univ. Calif. Berkeley]] Early settlers, migration trails, stagecoaches, miners, and histories. They probably have more Arizona historical material than any repository in Arizona.<ref name="DB15">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 15. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>
-*[[Southwest Museum Braun Research Library]], Los Angeles, CA. Includes the Monk Library of Arizoniana, California and Arizona history, and records of southwest American Indians.
+*[[Southwest Museum Braun Research Library]], Los Angeles, CA. Includes the Monk Library of Arizoniana, California and Arizona history, and records of southwest American Indians.<ref name="DB15" />
-*[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library], Salt Lake City, has many Arizona cemeteries, census, church, court, histories, immigration, land, military, and naturalization records on microfilm.
+*[[Family History Library]], Salt Lake City, has many Arizona cemeteries, census, church, court, histories, immigration, land, military, and naturalization records on microfilm.
 '''''Similar Collections'''''<br>
-*[[Arizona State University Library]], Tempe, a good place to look for early Arizona families.
+*[[Arizona State University Library]], Tempe, a good place to look for early Arizona families.<ref name="DB15" />
-*[[Northern Arizona University Cline Library]], Flagstaff, includes Arizona history, Arizona photographs, archives, and oral histories.
+*[[Northern Arizona University Cline Library]], Flagstaff, includes Arizona history, Arizona photographs, archives, and oral histories.<ref name="DB15" />
 '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>
-*[[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.
+*[[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="DB15" />
-*[[Pima County Public Library, Joel D. Valdez Main Library]], Tucson, the Arizona collection, and the Southern Arizona Genealogical Society collection are housed here.
+*[[Pima County Public Library, Joel D. Valdez Main Library]], Tucson, the Arizona collection, and the Southern Arizona Genealogical Society collection are housed here.<ref name="DB15" />
 *[http://webcms.pima.gov/health/personal_records/birth_death_certificates/ Pima County Vital Records] births 1950-present; and deaths.
 *[http://www.sc.pima.gov/ Pima County Superior Court] marriages, criminal, civil, divorces, probate and tax court cases.
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 *[http://pimacountygenealogysociety.blogspot.com/ Pima County Genealogical Society], Tucson, membership, organization, research tool box, meetings and seminars.
 *''Repositories in'' '''''surrounding counties:''''' [[Cochise County, Arizona|Coschise]], [[Graham County, Arizona|Graham]], [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa ]], [[Pinal County, Arizona|Pinal]], [[Santa Cruz County, Arizona|Santa Cruz]], and [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma]], and '''''in Mexico:&nbsp;''''' [[Sonora]].
-*[https://www.familysearch.org/en/centers/mesa_arizona Mesa Arizona FamilySearch Center], Mesa, 81,000 microfilms including AZ censuses, 40,000 books (many local histories), 129 public computers, and over 90 classes and workshops per month.
+*[[Mesa FamilySearch Library]], Mesa, 81,000 microfilms including AZ censuses, 40,000 books (many local histories), 129 public computers, and over 90 classes and workshops per month.<ref name="DB15" />
-*[[Phoenix Public Library, Burton Barr Central Library]] The Arizona history collection is a good place for genealogy research.
+*[[Phoenix Public Library, Burton Barr Central Library]] The Arizona history collection is a good place for genealogy research.<ref name="DB15" />
-*[[West Valley Genealogical Society]], Youngstown, an active society with a good little library. Probably represents outside Arizona better because of retirees who contribute from all around the U.S.
+*[[West Valley Genealogical Society]], Youngstown, an active society with a good little library. Probably represents outside Arizona better because of retirees who contribute from all around the U.S.<ref name="DB15" />
 *[https://azjhs.org/Home.html Arizona Jewish Historical Society], Phoenix, exhibits and genealogical classes.
 *''Repositories in'' '''''surrounding states (or nations):''''' [[California Archives and Libraries|California]], [[Nevada Archives and Libraries|Nevada]], [[New Mexico Archives and Libraries|New Mexico]], [[Utah Archives and Libraries|Utah]]; '''in&nbsp;Mexico:''' [[Baja California Archives and Libraries|Baja California]], [[Sonora|Sonora]], and [[Mexico Archives and Libraries|Mexico]].
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 *[[New Mexico State Records Center and Archives|New Mexico State Records Center and Archives]], Santa Fe, government records since 1621, manuscripts, Catholic church records, census, wills, family histories, letters, diaries, maps, photos.
 *[[Utah State Archives]], Salt Lake City, newspaper, death, land, court, history, naturalization, military, directories, criminals.
-*[https://www.gob.mx/agn Archivo General de la Nación], Mexico City, church, civil, census, court, history, military, migration, land.
+*[http://www.agn.gob.mx/ Archivo General de la Nación], Mexico City, church, civil, census, court, history, military, migration, land.
 === Sources  ===
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