Papers, 1941-1975.

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Papers, 1941-1975.

Collection contains newspaper clippings of articles by and about Heald, and on animals, Heald's travel interests, and Native Americans; correspondence (1942-1975); maps, mostly of Arizona; manuscripts of guides that Heald wrote; and miscellaneous memorabilia.

2.7 cubic ft. (6 boxes)

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Heald, Weldon F. (Weldon Fairbanks), 1901-1967

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Phyllis and Weldon Heald were free-lance writers who relocated to southeast Arizona from the northeast. They owned the Flying H Ranch in the Huachuca Mountains, and the Painted Canyon Ranch in the Chiricahua Mountains before settling down to write full-time in Tucson. They wrote books, articles, short stories, poems, plays and screenplays. Much of their writing was on the flora and fauna of the Southwest as well as historical sites in Arizona. Before his career as a writer, artist and photograph...