Finding Aid to the Arizona Citizen Interview with Mariana Dias by A. P. K. Safford and Samuel Hughes MS.555

Holly Rose Larson
Library and Archives at the Autry
2012 October 5
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org


Contributing Institution: Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Arizona Citizen Interview with Mariana Dias by A. P. K. Safford and Samuel Hughes
Creator: Hughes, Samuel
Creator: Safford, A. P. K. (Anson Peasley Keeler)
Identifier/Call Number: MS.555
Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Date: 1873 June 21
Abstract: This is a typed copy of an interview that appeared in Arizona Citizen, Tucson, 1873 June 21. Written by A. P. K. Safford and Samuel Hughes, it describes early Arizona during the Spanish occupation recounted by Mariana Dias and two other women. The article includes description of attacks by Apache Indians. This collection includes a Southwest Museum "Individual Manuscript Form," 1939, with additional data on the authors and Tucson history. Safford was Governor of Arizona from 1869-1877.
Language of Material: English .

Processing History

Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 October 5, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).

Scope and Contents

This is a typed copy of an interview that appeared in Arizona Citizen, Tucson, 1873 June 21. Written by A. P. K. Safford and Samuel Hughes, it describes early Arizona during the Spanish occupation recounted by Mariana Dias and two other women. The article includes description of attacks by Apache Indians. This collection includes a Southwest Museum "Individual Manuscript Form", 1939, with additional data on the authors and Tucson history. Safford was Governor of Arizona from 1869-1877.
Note at header of manuscript: Mrs. Lizzie Hughes Corbett says her father was in the habit of giving such papers to his children for use in the schools when they were required to prepare composition papers. This is marked "Maggie" and was evidently so used.

Acquisition

Purchased for the Munk Library of Arizoniana, 1910 May 10.

Preferred Citation

Text: Arizona Citizen Interview with Mariana Dias by A. P. K. Safford and Samuel Hughes, undated, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West; MS.555.

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

Carbon copies
Typescripts
Captivity narratives
Arizona Territory
Women pioneers -- Arizona
Apache Indians
Tucson (Ariz.)
Arizona Citizen
Cruz, Pasqual
Solares, Ursula
Dias, Mariana.