Bledsoe papers, 1870-1973 (bulk 1931-1959).

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Bledsoe papers, 1870-1973 (bulk 1931-1959).

Correspondence, tax returns, remininscences, legal documents, manuscripts, printed material and hospital records relating to Bledsoe's medical work and Masonic activities. There is a play and printed material about the I.W.W. and the Bisbee Deportation. Scrapbooks, 1922-1952, contain articles and letters from Morris Goldwater, George Roskruge and others, as well as clippings and photographs of Bisbee. Masonic material includes correspondence, speeches, and handbooks, and a letter describing the removal of Dr. C.H.Marvin, president of the University of Arizona. Military records and correspondence of Robert Van Riper, 1870-1929, and a 1938 will of Anna McDuel are present as well as a cash disbursement journal, 1918-1924, and profit and loss statements, 1929-1931, for the Calumet and Arizona Hospital.

5 linear ft. (6 boxes).

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Van Riper, Robert, 1921-

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McDuel, Anna.

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Bledsoe, Nelson Charles, 1876-1974,

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Physician; born in 1876 in California, Bledsoe moved to Bisbee, Arizona in 1904 and worked as company physician for the Calumet Mining Co. He was activ in the Masons, Elks and scouting. In 1931, he moved his practice to Tucson, Ariz. where he died in 1974. From the description of Bledsoe Photo Collection, 1880-1974 (bulk 1910-1930). (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 38995920 Physician; directed Calumet and Arizona Hospital, Bisbee, ...

Marvin, Cloyd H. (Cloyd Heck), 1889-

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Industrial Workers of the World

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The IWW is a labor organization dedicated to uniting laborers around the world into a single large union. From the description of Collection 1916-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778701431 Established in Chicago in 1905 by sponsors of socialism and the remnants of previous labor unions, including the Knights of Labor, Western Federation of Miners and the American Labor Union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or "Wobblies", evolved into a radical industrial unio...

Calumet and Arizona Hospital (Bisbee, Ariz.)

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