Riordan Family Collection (formerly the Blanche Riordan Chambers Collection), 1883-1931

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Riordan Family Collection (formerly the Blanche Riordan Chambers Collection), 1883-1931

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Personal papers and letter books of Michael J. Riordan; letter books of Arizona Lumber and Timber Company and Riordan Mercantile Company, as well as other records of Riordan Mercantile Company; scrapbooks of Riordan family trips; newspaper articles and letters to the editors by Michael Riordan; papers of Denis M. ("Matt") and Timothy A. Riordan; Verde Council of Knights of Columbus minute book; First National Bank of Flagstaff records, 1929-1930. Overall date ranges are from 1883-1931. [Note: Many of the materials from this collection survived a fire at the Riordan Office Building where they were originally stored. Therefore, researchers should be forewarned that documents are particularly brittle and may also have carbon residue (soot) from smoke damage.]

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Arizona Historical Society/Flagstaff Archives

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Chambers, Blanche Riordan, 1896-1985

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The Riordan family first established themselves in Flagstaff, Arizona in 1884 when the oldest of three brothers, Denis Matthew ("Matt") Riordan, became general manager of the Ayer Lumber Company (established in 1881 following the demand for railroad ties for the Atlantic-Pacific rail line project). In 1887 Denis ("Matt") Riordan bought the Ayer Lumber Company, which then became the Arizona Lumber and Timber Company, and his brothers Timothy and Michael Riordan helped run the operati...