Newspaper special editions and scrapbooks, ca. 1921-1964.

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Newspaper special editions and scrapbooks, ca. 1921-1964.

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Summary: Newspapers and scrapbooks consists of special newspaper issues of noteworthy events in Arizona and national history that were preserved and scrapbooks with clippings of local interest. Events range from outbreak of war, Great Depression events, election of Franklin Roosevelt, economic news, and activities of national and state political individuals. Additional papers highlight various world's fairs and expositions in American's cities including the New York Worlds Fair of 1939, Golden Gate Exposition of 1939, San Diego World's Fair of 1935, and the Chicago 1934 Century of Progress World's Fair. Six scrapbooks highlight events and activities in the Tucson area from 1955 to 1964. Many articles feature Tucson improvements and changes including construction of new buildings, zoning regulations, sale of commercial buildings, the changing Tucson population statistics, changes to downtown areas of Tucson, and street paving and improvements.

5 linear ft. (5 boxes)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7912212

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Chambers, George W., 1901-1978.

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Business manager, Tucson Newspapers, Inc., 1930-1963; Publisher, Arizona Silhouettes Press; Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Board of Trustees, Vice-President, ca. 1956-1966. From the description of Oral history interview, 1971 Nov. 4 [sound recording]. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 35827184 Tucson businessman, civic leader and amateur historian; born in 1901, he arrived in Arizona in 1914 and began a career at the Tucson Daily Cit...