Van Ryder papers, 1927-1969.

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Van Ryder papers, 1927-1969.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41415801

Correspondence, manuscripts, printed matter, legal documents, and art work relating to Van Ryder's interests in rodeo, western art, and Republican Party politics. Correspondences include rodeo personalities such as Guy Wedick, Foghorn Clancy, and Shorty Wallis; fellow artists Will James and Olaf Wieghorst; Richard Van Valkenburgh, publisher of the Arizona Nightingale; and Tucson residents Jane Ivancovich and William Hodgman. Hodgman provides a picture of post-war Tucson. Manuscripts are typescripts of editorials and articles for Arizona magazines and newspapers mostly concerning Van Ryder's opposition to President Franklin Roosevelt's policies. There are brochures from exhibits, divorce decrees, and business agreements. Also present are signed pen-and-ink drawings by Van Ryder.

1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7436684

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Ivancovich, Jane Harrison, 1915-1991.

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Philanthropist and supporter of local culture and history; Ivancovich was active with the Arizona Historical Society overseeing several publications about the Spanish colonization of the Pimeria Alta region. She was involved in the excavation of Kino's burial site, the 1950s restoration of San Xavier Mission, and established the Southwestern Foundation for Education and Historic Preservation. From the description of Ivancovich papers, 1935-1975 (bulk 1950-1965). (Arizona Historical S...

James, Will, 1892-1942

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Wieghorst, Olaf, 1899-1988

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Van Valkenburgh, Richard F.

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Anthropologist; primarily studied the Navajo from 1935 to 1941 and 1952 to 1957. He was employed by the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs to head a social and economic study of the Navajo Reservation from 1935 to 1941 and was the head of the Navajo Tribe's Dept. of Land Use and Surveys. He also wrote volumniously about the Navajo for scientific and popular publications. He was deputy Pima County sheriff from 1948 to 1951 and appeared regularly on "Sheriff's story", a weekly historical radio program ...

Hodgman, William W.

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Tucson resident; worked at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft, Tucson, when he joined the Merchant Marines in 1943. He served in the Pacific during World War II and was stationed mostly in New Guinea. From the description of Hodgman papers, 1942-1958 (bulk 1943-1946). (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 41415881 ...

Van Ryder, Jack (Jackson), 1899-1967.

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Western artist, rodeo cowboy, rancher and political activist, Jack Van Ryder was born in Continental, Ariz. in 1899 and lived in Arizona at various times during his life. He wrote "Ryding on the Range", a popular column in the Brewery Gulch Gazette, and wrote columns in the Tucson Times, a weekly paper he purchased in 1945. From the description of Van Ryder papers, 1927-1969. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 41415801 ...