The Joseph E. Refsnes collection, 1919-1996 [manucript].

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The Joseph E. Refsnes collection, 1919-1996 [manucript].

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This collection contains business files, business correspondence, personal correspondence, personal financial files and ephemera. The bulk of the files are transcripts, correspondence and financial analysis from bond issues throughout the state of Arizona. In many cases the files include debt retirement schedules, hand-written calculations on columnar notepad paper, copies of specimen bonds, teletype conversations (from the 1930s through 1960s), telegrams, correspondence with government officials and brokerages from other parts of the country, and newspaper clippings of bond election or bond bidding announcements. In some cases there are copies of legislation, copies of official ballots, the number and names of electors and voting tally sheets. The collection contains the estate and trust files of several of Refnes' close friends, clients or colleagues. The collection also includes photographs of prominent businessmen and three cassette tapes of oral histories conducted by Dean Smith with Refsnes in 1988. N.B. Within the Government bonds series, particularly the Arizona State Fair Coliseum and Salt River Project, dates on folders overlap. Despite this, the folders do not contain duplicates. These folders were labeled as found.

27 linear ft. (30 boxes)

Arizona State University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7972570

Arizona State University Libraries

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Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District

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Refsnes, Joseph Elmer.

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Joseph E. Refsnes (1897-1991), one of Arizona's most prolific and influential securities brokers, was born Nov. 27, 1897, in Anaconda, Montana, to Norwegian immigrant parents. He grew up playing sandlot baseball and fly fishing. Refsnes launched his business career in his teens hawking newspapers to copper miners and businessmen and assisting backstage at the Margaret Theater. While working, he supplemented his eighth-grade education with three years at the Johnson Business College....

Gila Valley Bank and Trust Company.

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Ricketts, Louis D. (Louis Davidson), 1859-1940

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Gust, Rosenfeld, Divelbess, Robinette & Linton.

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Arizona State Teachers College

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Beck, Paul, Dipl.-Kfm.

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Arizona Board of Regents

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Nierling, John J. (Don)

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Nierling, Lucile C.

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Walker, Jess.

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Verde River Irrigation and Power District (Ariz.)

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Salt River Valley Water Users' Association

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Arizona State Fair Grounds Coliseum.

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Arizona Health Facilities Authority.

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Babbitt, Helene

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Refsnes, Joseph L.

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Rauscher Pierce Securities Corporation.

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Arizona Edison Company

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Pasadena Corporation.

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Phelps Dodge Corporation

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Since its founding as a trading company in 1834 by Anson Greene Phelps (1781-1853), the Phelps Dodge & Co. (renamed the Phelps Dodge Corporation after the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Co. aquired its assets in 1917) provided many of the raw materials that fueled America's early industrial expansion and helped build frontier communities of the American West. In 1881, the Phelps Dodge Corporation invested in copper mining in Arizona and continues to mine those claims today. Fro...

Miles, Jonathan Ney.

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Boettcher & Company.

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John Nuveen & Company (Chicago, Ill.)

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Babbitt, John G., 1908-

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Flagstaff native, businessman and rancher. The Babbitt family settled in the Flagstaff, Arizona area in 1886. John G. Babbitt, born in 1908, has been responsible for overseeing the family ranching operation including buying and selling land, and working with State and Forest Service regulations. He has also served in the State Senate, eventually becoming Senate President. He has also been active as a member of the Arizona Board of Regents. From the descriptio...

Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District

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Rocky Mountain Bank Note Company.

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Refsnes family.

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J.E. Refsnes & Co.

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Valley Bank and Trust Company.

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Wightman, Charles M.

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Kniazzeh, Carolyn Refsnes.

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Arizona Historical Foundation

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This collection is comprised of oral histories from a variety or unrelated sources, the majority resulting from three projects. These oral histories are not part of an existing manuscript collection and are arranged to allow for further additions. The Arizona Way project, created in 1977 as part of a project that examined the traditional values of Arizona, focused on the Anglo, Hispanic and Native American cultures through oral histories. It was funded by a grant from the Arizona Humanities Coun...

Ott, Ann E.

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Central Arizona Light and Power Company

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Ely, Sims

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Stranahan, Harris & Co.

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Rauscher Pierce Refsnes, Inc.

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Ott, Mary L.

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Tretheway, Rita G.

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Salt River Project

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Refsnes, Ely, Beck & Co.

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