Schneider papers, 1867-1949 (bulk 1903-1930).

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Schneider papers, 1867-1949 (bulk 1903-1930).

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Correspondence, blueprint caricatures, maps, ephemera, Health Dept. certificates, and photographs concerning Schneider and his collecting interests. Correspondence relates to Schneider and his collecting. His co-workers are the subjects of the caricatures; one drawing by John T. McCutcheon is present. Letters and a Ft. Bowie muster roll are present from J.P. Widney, U.S. Army Surgeon, from Fort Bowie, Ariz. and Drum Barracks, Calif., to his family between1867 and 1868. Emphemeral materials consist of Tucson promotional brochures and calling cards of local citizens. Also present is a collection of materials about Gay Alley, the location of many Tucson prostitutes, 1910 to 1917. These materials include City Health Dept. certificates for various women, a list of the women's names, two street maps of Gay Alley, and sixteen photographs. The photographs are mostly studio portraits, two are casual portraits, and a few show Gay Alley buildings. The Randolph Veteran's Association material includes correspondence to members, group photographs, and information about the organization and its members from 1940 to 1951. There is also biographical material about Epes Randolph.

.75 linear ft. (2 boxes).

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7389641

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Schneider, Gustav van Hemert, 1885-1951.

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Engineer, local historian, and mapmaker; worked for Southern Pacific Railroad from 1903 to 1948 in Tucson, Ariz. Previously worked for Arizona Eastern Railroad Co. He served as secretary for the Epes Randolph Veteran's Association; a group formed by men who worked for Epes Randolph on the old Randolph Railroad lines in Mexico, later part of the Southern Pacific Railway system. From the description of Schneider papers, 1867-1949 (bulk 1903-1930). (Arizona Historical Society, Southern ...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Randolph, Epes.

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Arizona & Eastern Railroad

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McCutcheon, John T.

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John Tinney McCutcheon (1870-1949) was a newspaper cartoonist and war correspondent. Born in Lafayette, Indiana, McCutcheon graduated from Purdue University in 1889. After graduation, McCutcheon got a job as a cartoonist for the Chicago Morning News (later the News-Record; Chicago Record; Record-Herald). McCutcheon published political cartoons and was a correspondent covering the Spanish-American War and the South African (Boer) War. He illustrated the stories of his close friend, humorist Georg...

Widney, J. P. (Joseph Pomeroy), 1841-1938

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Joseph Pomeroy Widney was an American physician in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. He served, briefly after he graduated from college, in the Civil War for the Union and sailed to California after he was discharged for frail health. He travelled all throughout the state and was especially interested in the Spanish and Mexican populations. Widney went back to school in 1865 and earned his medical degree in 1866 from Toland Medical College. He moved to Los Angeles in 1868, where he began h...