Wright papers, 1890-1966 (bulk 1924-1927).

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Wright papers, 1890-1966 (bulk 1924-1927).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40614170

Primarily legal documents and correspondence concerning the legal claim by Carlotta Cockburn to the estate of Carlotta Crabtree in 1926-1927. The collection contains Wright's notes on the depositions of witnesses who were discussing life in Tombstone in the 1880s. There are also materials from Charles Wright mostly concerning the Tucson High School class of 1916 and their 1956 and 1966 class reunions. Correspondence from classmates describe their high school years and their lives since. Correspondents include Rosemary Drachman Taylor, Ralph Herndon, Eleazor Herreras, Leta Hoffman Davis, and Mary Fickett Howes. Also present are photographs of the class of 1916, the reunions, and photographs of Yuma in the 1890s.

1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes).

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7428111

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Earp, Wyatt, 1848-1929

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Lawman, U.S. marshal, and gunfighter of the American West; b. in Monmouth, Ill.; after serving as a peace officer in Kansas, was involved in the controversial gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Ariz., in 1881; b. Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp. From the description of Wyatt Earp collection, 1839-[ongoing]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70954219 ...

Cockburn, Carlotta.

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Crabtree, Carlotta.

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Wright, Charles McPhee, d.1975.

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Parsons, George Whitwell, 1850-1933

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Parsons was born in Washington, DC, Aug. 26, 1850; graduated Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, NY; moved to CA, 1876 and worked for several years at National Bank & Trust Co. San Francisco; moved to Tombstone, AZ, 1880, and was involved in mining; relocated to Los Angeles, CA, 1887 and was charter member Chamber of Commerce serving as director and chairman for Committee on Mines and Mining, and Transportation Committee; represented CA at Omaha Exposition; was identified with mining industry an...

Taylor, Rosemary Drachman, b. 1899.

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Author, daughter of Arizona pioneers Mose and Ethel Drachman. From the description of Taylor papers, 1931-1949. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 38859303 ...

Wright, John B., 1872-1934.

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Tucson attorney; District Attorney for Yuma County, then was Territorial Attorney General from 1909 to 1912, and U.S. District Attorney from 1925 to 1929, and maintained a private practice in Tucson. His work on the Lotta Crabtree case brought him national attention. In the case, Carlotta Cockburn claimed she was the daughter of Carlotta Crabtree's brother and was born in Tombstone in 1881. Her lawyers called as witnesses many individuals who were in Tombstone at that time including Wyatt Earp, ...

Herreras, Eleazor Dias, 1897-1992.

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