Murphey real estate and personal papers, 1910-1934.

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Murphey real estate and personal papers, 1910-1934.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47958445

Summary: Correspondence about real estate, managing farmland near Coolidge, printed advertisements for lots in University Heights subdivision in Tucson, and handwritten hat patterns for making hats. There is a small amount of correspondence about the San Carlos Irrigation Project. Isabella Greenway, U.S. Representative, writes to inform Murphey on the amendments to the Project being attempted in Congress.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7587127

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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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...

Murphey, Walter Edgar, 1859-1934.

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Biographical note: Real Estate and Insurance agent; Walter Murphey, Sr. became Assistant Surveyor General for Arizona following his arrival in the State in 1894. He developed land surrounding the University of Arizona and was a founder of the original Old Pueblo Club. From the description of Murphey real estate and personal papers, 1910-1934. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 47958445 ...