Robert Cleland Research Collection on Phelps Dodge Corporation
mssPhelps
Gina C Giang
The Huntington Library
October 2019
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
reference@huntington.org
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Robert Cleland research collection on Phelps Dodge Corporation
Creator:
Cleland, Robert Glass,
1885-1957
Identifier/Call Number: mssPhelps
Physical Description:
5.22 Linear Feet
(9 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1861-1940
Abstract: The Phelps Dodge Corporation collection
consists of manuscript drafts, notes, research materials, and interviews compiled by Robert
Glass Cleland for his book A History of Phelps Dodge (1952), from 1861-1940.
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Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department.
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Conditions Governing Use
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from
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responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining
necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Robert Cleland research collection on Phelps Dodge Corporation,
The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Phelps Dodge Corporation via Robert Glass Cleland, April 1953.
Biographical / Historical
Phelps Dodge Corporation was an American mining company founded in 1834 as an import-export
firm by Anson Greene Phelps and his two sons-in-law William Earle Dodge, Sr., and Daniel
James. Originally, Phelps, Dodge & Co. (renamed the Phelps Dodge Corporation after the
Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company acquired 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.
Robert Glass Cleland (1885-1957) was an educator, historian and scholar who received his
B.A. from Occidental College in 1907 and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1912. He
served as professor of history and held numerous positions at Occidental College from
1912-1943. Upon retiring from Occidental College, he joined the Permanent Research Group at
the Huntington Library. Cleland used Arthur Train, Jr. and John L. Lawler's unpublished
manuscript on the history of Phelps Dodge extensively for his book
A
history of Phelps Dodge
.
Scope and Contents
The Robert Cleland research collection on Phelps Dodge
Corporation consists primarily of chapter drafts written by Arthur Train, Jr., comments from
readers at the Huntington, research notes, interviews, history essays, and printed ephemera
about the history of the Phelps Dodge Corporation from 1861-1940. The chapter files usually
include manuscript drafts, notes, some also include interview questions, excerpts, and
photographs. Of note are the interviews, interview notes, and questions conducted by Train in
1939 and 1940. The identification of interviewees is very poor, with some interviews
identified only as "Mr. Wilson." Included are index notes created by Cleland for microfilm he
made of Train's research and notecards referencing various sources with citations for Train's
work. The location and existence of this microfilm is not known. Also included are records
from the District Court (1st Judicial District, Cochise County, Arizona), transcripts of a
court testimony from the Supreme Court of New Mexico, articles of agreement from the
Recorder's Office in Pima County, Arizona, and a smelter register. The contents of two loose
leaf binders, which contained miscellaneous information organized by subject with references
to the microfilm reels and interviews, has been re-housed in folders. Included is an
unpublished and undated typescript entitled
Men and Mines: the story of
Phelps Dodge
by Arthur Train, Jr. and John L. Lawler.
Source: Dennis Preisler, "Readers Guide to the Phelps Dodge Collection at the Huntington Library," 1998.
Related Materials
Phelps Dodge papers, 1836-1849 [microform]. mss MFilm 00262
Phelps, Anson G. Diary of Anson G. Phelps, 1806-1853 [microform]. mss MFilm 00263
Cox, Annie M. The history of Bisbee, 1877-1937 [microform]. mss MFilm 00264
Miscellaneous material relating to the Phelps, Dodge & Co., 1906 [microform]. mss MFilm
00265
Phelps-Dodge papers [microform]. mss MFilm 00266
Cleland, Robert Glass. A history of Phelps Dodge, 1952. HD9506.U64 P43
Arrangement
Cleland's original files were maintained and arranged in loose alphabetical order by folder
title.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Copper Miners' Strike, Bisbee, Ariz.,
1917
Copper mines and mining -- Arizona -- History -- Sources
Deportation -- Arizona
Mining corporations -- United States -- History -- Sources
Railroads -- Southwest, New.
Strikes and lockouts -- Copper mining --
Arizona
Ajo (Ariz.) -- History -- Sources
Bisbee (Ariz.) -- History -- Sources
Copper Queen Mine (Ariz.)
Douglas (Ariz.) -- History -- Sources
Morenci (Ariz.) -- History -- Sources
Nacozari Viejo (Mexico) -- History -- Sources
Verde River Valley (Ariz.) -- History -- Sources
Drafts (documents)
Interviews
Notes (documents)
Research (documents)
Cleland, Robert Glass,
1885-1957
Train, Arthur, Jr., 1901-1981
Arizona. District Court (1st Judicial
District, Cochise County)
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Phelps Dodge Corporation -- History --
Sources
Box 1, Folder 1
Arizona. District Court. Divorce proceedings, James Daily versus Angela Dias
de Daily
1891
Physical Description: Fragile.
Box 1, Folder 2
Arizona. District Court. Indictment for murder, The Territory of Arizona versus
James Daily
1890
Physical Description: Fragile.
Box 1, Folder 3
Arizona. District Court. Judgement roll, Copper Queen Consolidated Mining
Company versus Arizona Prince Copper Company
1886
Box 1, Folder 4-5
Chapter on Ajo
1939-1940
Scope and Contents
Includes Ajo Mining District histories by Phelps Dodge Corporation.
Box 1, Folder 6
Chapter on Ajo and Other Camps
1939-1940
Box 1, Folder 7
Chapter on Arizona
1939-1940
Box 1, Folder 8
Chapter on Bisbee, Arizona
1939-1940
Box 2, Folder 1
Chapter on Bisbee, Arizona (1 and 2)
1939-1940
Box 2, Folder 2-3
Chapter on Bisbee, Arizona (2)
1939-1940
Box 2, Folder 4
Chapter on Bisbee, Arizona (3)
1939-1940
Box 2, Folder 5
Chapter on Bisbee, Arizona (4)
1939-1940
Box 3, Folder 1-2
Chapter on Bisbee, Arizona (9 and 9.5)
1939-1940
Box 3, Folder 3
Chapter on Bisbee, Arizona (9, 9.5, and 10)
1939-1940
Box 3, Folder 4
Chapter on Calumet and Arizona
1939-1940
Box 3, Folder 5
Chapter on the Company's Expansion
1939-1940
Box 3, Folder 6
Chapter on the Expansion of Phelps Dodge
1861-1940
Box 4, Folder 1-2
Chapter on the Expansion of Phelps Dodge
1939-1940
Box 4, Folder 3
Chapter on Geology
1939-1940
Box 4, Folder 4
Chapter on Labor
1939-1940
Box 4, Folder 5-6
Chapter on Morenci, Arizona
1929-1943
Box 5, Folder 1
Chapter on Nacozari, Mexico
1939-1940
Box 5, Folder 2-3
Chapter on Railroads
1939
Box 5, Folder 4-5
Chapter on Verde, Arizona
1935-1940
Scope and Contents
Includes a report regarding United Verde Copper Company.
Box 6, Folder 1
Copper Queen Mines: [printed ephemera]
1877-1938
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings and The Copper Queen Mines: Phelps Dodge Corporation by American
Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers.
Box 6, Folder 2
Frederick E. Murray diaries and letters: [typescripts]
1886-1887
Box 6, Folder 3
Harry C. Wheeler testimony in Bisbee, Arizona deportation case
1918
Box 6, Folder 4
History of Dawson, New Mexico by Phelps Dodge Corporation
1940 June
Box 6, Folder 5
History of Douglas, Arizona smelter
undated
Box 6, Folder 6-8
History of Queen Copper Mines
1939-1940
Scope and Contents
Includes excerpts, interview questions, interviews, manuscript drafts, notes, and two
photographs.
Box 7, Folder 1
Interviews with Starr Williams, Bill Luttley, Mike Cunningham, John Jeffrey,
John A. Campbell, Hoval A. Smith, [George] Watkins, Wilson -----, and Welsh
-----
1939
Box 7, Folder 2
Interviews with William C. Robinson, James Logie, Louis D. Ricketts, and Ida H.
Pratt
1939-1940
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings, interview questions, and manuscript drafts.
Box 7, Folder 3
Men and Mines: The Story of Phelps Dodge by Arthur Train, Jr. and John L.
Lawler
undated
Box 7, Folder 4-6
Miscellaneous notes (A-F)
1940
Physical Description: Previously housed in a loose leaf
binder 1.
Box 8, Folder 1-3
Miscellaneous notes (M-Z)
1940
Physical Description: Previously housed in loose leaf
binder 2.
Box 8, Folder 4
New Mexico Supreme Court transcripts of court testimony, Adolph Ladenburg
versus The Old Dominion Copper Company
1887
Box 8, Folder 5
Notecards
1940
Scope and Contents
Citations for Arthur Train's work.
Box 9, Folder 1
Phelps Dodge Corporation subsidiaries
1933-1940
Scope and Contents
Includes excerpts, interviews, notes, and Industrial Los Angeles County volume 5,
number 4.
Box 9, Folder 2
Pima County (Ariz.) Recorders Office. Articles of Agreement for purpose of
mining and smelting ore in Mule Mountain Pass
1880
Box 9, Folder 3
Presbyterian Copper: Phelps Dodge: A Pious Royal Family and a Vertical
Integration; A New Mine, A New Man; Tariffs, Curtailments, Copper in Bisbee, and
Christians in Beirut: [stats (copies)]
undated
Box 9, Folder 4
Smelter register. Laurel Hill and Nichols Copper Company
1895-1898
Physical Description: Fragile.
