Spencer family photographs, ca. 1890s, 1940s

Tucson Indian Training School

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Founded in 1888 by the Women's Board of Home Mission of the Presbyterian Church, their chief purpose was to teach Pima and Tohono O'odham children English and Christianity. Enrollment of children was assisted by the work of Rev. Charles H. Cook, minister and teacher at Sacaton, Ariz. By 1950 enrollment was diminishing and the school was closed in 1960. From the description of Tucson Indian Training School records 1888-1953. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). Wor...

Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925

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Miles was born in Westminster, Massachusetts, on his family's farm. He worked in Boston, read military history, and mastered military principles and techniques, including battle drills. Miles was working as a crockery store clerk in Boston when the American Civil War began. He entered the Union Army as a volunteer on September 9, 1861, and fought in many crucial battles. He became a lieutenant in the 22nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and was commissioned a lieutenant colonel of t...

Grossetta, Warren A., 1888-1943

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Spencer family.

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Biographical note: Dr. Michael Spencer and his wife, Abby Wasgate Spencer, came to Arizona in 1884. Dr. Spencer was a surgeon at the Gunsmith Mine for two years, then moved to Tucson as a partner to Dr. John C. Handy. He died on October 2, 1896 as he returned from a medical call. The Spencers had seven sons and two daughters. One daughter, Elizabeth was a physician in San Francisco. His son, Alex was a miner living in Tucson and southern Arizona. Alex and his wife, Minnie, had a son Harold who d...

St. Augustine's Cathedral (Tucson, Ariz.)

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Spencer, Elizabeth, 1921-....

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Writer Elizabeth Spencer was born in 1921 in Carrollton, Miss. Spencer married John Rusher in 1956 and was sometimes known as Elizabeth Rusher among friends and family. Spencer taught writing at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, 1976-1986, and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986-1992. From the description of Elizabeth Spencer papers, 1911-2003 (bulk 1999-2003. WorldCat record id: 59109545 Writer Elizabeth Spencer was born in 1921, in C...

St. Joseph's Academy (Tucson, Ariz.)

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Whitmore, William H.

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Massachusetts merchant, politician, genealogist and antiquarian. From the description of Bookplate of William H. Whitmore [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647995593 ...

First Methodist Church (Tucson, Ariz.)

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Safford School (Tucson, Ariz.)

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Tucson Public Library

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Eagle Milling Company (Tucson, Ariz.)

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St. Mary's Hospital (Tucson, Ariz.)

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Spencer, Michael, 1931-....

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Student at Brigham Young University. From the description of The Spencer-Pike incident, 1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599189 ...

Don Chun Wo Grocery (Tucson, Ariz.)

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