Bass papers, 1852-1976, 1894-1926.

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Bass papers, 1852-1976, 1894-1926.

Diaries by William Wallace and Ada Bass covering life at the Grand Canyon, and business correspondence dealing with development of the Grand Canyon in the early 1900s. Contains information on tourism, the establishment of the Grand Canyon National Monument and National Park, the Santa Fe Railroad, mining, Grand Canyon and Arizona history, and the Havasupai Indians. Correspondents include the Fred Harvey Organization, Carl Hayden, and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System.

4.75 linear ft. (10 boxes)

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Diefendorf family.

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Harvey, Ford.

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Fred Harvey Firm

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Fred Harvey (1835-1901) began a partnership with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1878. In 1889, the Railway gave Harvey exclusive rights to manage and operate his eating houses, lunch stands, and hotel facilities upon the Santa Fe's railroads west of the Missouri River. The Harvey Houses took pride in their first class food, service, and cleanliness. From the description of Fred Harvey hotels collection, 1896-1945. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29699443 ...

Hockataia Mining and Milling Company.

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Hayden, Carl Trumbull, 1877-1972

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Arizona representative and senator to the United States Congress from 1911-1970. From the description of Carl T. Hayden papers, 1851-1972 (bulk 1940-1968). (Scottsdale Public Library). WorldCat record id: 34298637 Biographical note: Legislator; Carl Hayden was born in Tempe, Arizona in 1877, and held various elective offices before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1912, then the U.S. Senate in 1927. He represented Arizona until his retirement in 1969. ...

McAdams, H. F.

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Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

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U.S. railroad, primarily in the Midwest and West; headquarters: Chicago, Ill. Name changed from Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway after bankruptcy reorganization in 1895. From the description of Santa Fé train robberies, 1890-1895. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 228418621 The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (AT&SF) was founded by Cyrus K. Holiday in Kansas in 1859. By 1888 the railroad s...

Bass, William Wallace, 1848-1933

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Grand Canyon entrepreneur; established a camp at the Grand Canyon in 1844, engaged in prospecting and developed tourist facilities on the South Rim of the Canyon. Bass was active in the tourism industry at the Grand Canyon from 1885 to 1923. From the description of Bass family photographs, 1875-1933, 1980 (bulk 1890-1920). (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 42853117 Entrepreneur and promoter of early tourism at the Grand Canyon; play...

Bass family.

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Bass, William Guy

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Cameron, Ralph H. (Ralph Henry), 1863-

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Delegate to the U.S. Congress from Arizona, 1909-1912; U.S. Senator, 1921-1927; and businessman, operated Cameron's Hotel and Camps and developed Bright Angel Trail at the Grand Canyon. From the description of Ralph Henry Cameron papers, 1899-1915. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31388166 From the guide to the Ralph Henry Cameron papers, 1899-1915, (University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections) Politician; Ralph Henry Cameron was a Flagstaff res...

Bass, Ada Lenore, 1867-1951

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Havasupai Hotel (Ariz.)

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Ashurst, Henry Fountain, 1874-1962

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U.S. Senator from Arizona. From the description of Henry Fountain Ashurst Manuscript Collection. 1913-1952. (Nogales-Santa Cruz County Public Library). WorldCat record id: 48204993 From the description of Papers, 1896-1963 (bulk 1920-1962). (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 30599358 U.S. Senator from Arizona, 1912 to 1941, Ashurst was raised near Flagstaff, served in the territorial legislature in 1897, practiced law in Williams and Flagstaff, Ariz. and w...