Coleman papers, 1883-1959 (bulk 1938-1954).

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Coleman papers, 1883-1959 (bulk 1938-1954).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37850032

Personal correspondence, historical sketches, biographies, and reminiscences, business records, diaries, an autobiography, scrapbooks of news clippings, printed material, property deeds, and photographs relating to Coleman's life as a Mormon and cowboy in Arizona and his lifetime of collecting reminiscences, folk tales, and songs about cowboy life in Arizona and the Southwest. Manuscripts concern experiences on cattle roundups and encounters with Indians and outlaws. He recorded memories of people in his community. The collection also includes his diary and those of his father, Prime T. Coleman, 1878, and his friend, Joseph Neal Heywood, 1880. These diaries relate daily life for cowboys. There are also family deeds, legal documents, brand registrations, Alpine School attendance sheets (1884-1887), scrapbooks and photographs of friends and family.

5 linear ft. (10 boxes).

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7397389

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Coleman family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wb4k2s (family)

Coleman, Evans, 1874-1954

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n88bsz (person)

Cowboy, Mormon and Folklorist; Evans Coleman was born in 1874 and arrived in northern Arizona in 1881. He collected reminiscences, folk tales and songs relating to Mormons and cowboy life and wrote stories and biographies of western life. He died in Safford, Ariz. in 1954. From the description of Coleman papers, 1883-1959 (bulk 1938-1954). (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 37850032 ...

Alpine School (Alpine, Ariz.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xh6f1g (corporateBody)

Coleman, Prime T.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bc50k7 (person)