University of Arizona Special Collections

United States Arizona Archives and Libraries University of Arizona Special Collections

University of Arizona Special Collections Contact Information E-mail:  Ask a research question. Address: 1510 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 Telephone:  520-621-6423 Hours:  Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Map, parking, directions, and public transportation:   Map:  Google map: Special Collections, Univ. of AZ Library. Parking:  Parking map garages in grey. Directions (to Cherry Ave Garage, 1641 E Enke) North East South West Public transportation:  Sun Tran bus routes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 15, 20, 102X, 103X, 105X, 109X, and the 700 Sun Link Streetcar all stop near the University of Arizona and its library. 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 Materials on Arizona, Southwest American history, and the U.S./Mexico Borderlands, including rare books, manuscripts, and photographs. 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. Guides Using Collection Guides Alternate Repositories 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. State Archives, Phoenix, marriages, wills and probates, civil and criminal records, brands, taxes, coroner records, voting registers, prisoners, state agencies, maps, newspapers, photos. 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. Southwest Museum Braun Research Library, Los Angeles, CA. Includes the Monk Library of Arizoniana, California and Arizona history, and records of southwest American Indians. 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. Northern Arizona University Cline Library, Flagstaff, includes Arizona history, Arizona photographs, archives, and oral histories. 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. 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 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. Phoenix Public Library, Burton Barr Central Library The Arizona history collection is a good place for genealogy research. 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. 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