Political files, 1888-1935.

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Political files, 1888-1935.

Drachman's political file includes correspondence with Isabella Greenway, the McKinley Reception Committee, 1901, and Sidney P. Osborn as Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee. The materials of Marcus Smith include correspondence to and from Smith about recent elections, statehood, and the Territorial Democratic Central Committee. Smith's correspondent's include O'Brien Moore, Samuel Kingan, George W.P. Hunt, Mose Drachman, Ralph Cameron, and Epes Randolph. Also present are pension and eulogy lists, financial documents, and speeches and resolutions including a speech to the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

1.0 linear ft. (2 boxes).

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King, Isabella Greenway, 1886-1953

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Isabella Dinsmore Selmes Ferguson Greenway King (March 22, 1886 – December 18, 1953) is best known as the first U.S. congresswoman in Arizona history, and as the founder of the Arizona Inn of Tucson. During her life she was also noted as a one-time owner and operator of Los Angeles-based Gilpin Airlines, a speaker at the 1932 Democratic National Convention, and a bridesmaid at the wedding of Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Born Isabella Dinsmore Selmes at the historic Dinsmore Farm in Boon...

University of Arizona Board of Regents.

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Democratic Party (Ariz.). State Central Committee.

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Randolph, Epes, 1856-1921

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Tucson Unified School District Board.

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Smith, Marcus A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1851-1924

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Senator Marcus A. Smith arrived in Arizona in 1880; he served as territorial delegate to Congress from 1887 to 1895, then as U.S. Senator from 1912 to 1921. From the description of Smith papers, 1880-1917. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 44093522 Politician; U.S. Senator for Arizona, 1912-1921. From the description of Constitutional Convention scrapbook, 1910. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31416874 ...

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...

Osborn, Sidney Preston, 1884-1948

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Sidney Preston Osborn was born May 17, 1884 in Phoenix, Arizona. He graduated from Phoenix Union High School in 1903 and attended Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., where he developed an interest in politics. From 1903 to 1905 he was a delegate to the U.S. Congress, and in 1910 was a member of the Arizona Constitutional Convention. Osborn also served as Arizona's Secretary of State from 1912 to 1919 and Arizona's Collector of Internal Revenue from 1933 to 1934. He made three unsuccessful b...

Moore, O'Brien

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Hunt, George W. P. (George Wylie Paul), 1859-1934

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Arizona politician. President of the Arizona Constitutional Convention, 1910; Governor of Arizona, 1912-1919, 1923-1929, and 1931-1933. From the description of Scrapbooks, 1910-1932. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 28404463 Arizona governor and statesman. From the description of The George W.P. Hunt collection, 1709-1955, 1885-1932. (Scottsdale Public Library). WorldCat record id: 22105821 George W. P. Hunt was born in Huntsvill...

Arizona Hut, Inc.

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Drachman, Mose, 1870-1935.

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Tucson businessman; sales representative for Arbuckle Brother Coffee Company, 1892 to 1913, investor in real estate, insurance, laundries, banking, mining and ranching. His political involvements included appointments to the Territorial Board of Equalization, 1896; Tucson City Council, 1906-1907 and 1909-1910; Arizona legislator, 1915-1916; University Board of Regents, 1919-1923, and the Tucson Board of Education from 1920. In 1929, he was appointed joint ancillary receiver for the Public Utilit...

Kingan, Samuel Latta, 1869-1943

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Democratic Party (Ariz.). Territorial Central Committee.

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