Ashurst (Henry F.) Papers, ca. 1880-1943

Summary

Title:

Henry Fountain Ashurst Papers,

Dates:

ca. 1880-1943

Creators:

Ashurst, Henry F. (Henry Fountain), 1874-1962

Abstract:

Mainly letters and invitations relating to his career as U.S. Senator from Arizona.

Extent:

Number of containers: 1 box

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Henry Fountain Ashurst papers, BANC MSS P-D 116, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Biographical / historical:

Henry Fountain Ashurst, Senator from Arizona, was born in Winnemucca, Nevada, September 13, 1874. In 1875 his parents moved to Arizona, settling near Flagstaff. He attended the public schools of Flagstaff, graduated from the Stockton Business College in California in 1896, and studied law at the University of Michigan. He began his law practice at Williams, Arizona. In 1897 and in 1899 he was a member of the Territorial house of representatives, and served as speaker in 1899. He served in the Territorial senate in 1903, and was district attorney of Coconino County from 1905 to 1908. He moved to Prescott in 1903, continuing his law practice. When Arizona was admitted as a state into the Union, he was elected Democratic Senator in 1912, and re-elected in 1916, 1922, 1928, and 1934. From 1941 to 1943 he was appointed member of the Board of Immigration Appeals in the Department of Justice. He retired in 1943.

Physical location:

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Related resources

Separated material:

• Printed items have been removed for separate cataloging.
• A photocopy, with translation, of a Porfirio Díaz letter dated Sept. 14, 1903, was placed in BANC MSS M-M 1700 (no. 57).

Other descriptive data:

This collection of papers, consisting mainly of official invitations and of letters written to Ashurst during his senatorial career, was given to The Bancroft Library by Donald E. Metzler on Nov. 9, 1964. Single items of correspondence have been placed in an A-Z Miscellany, followed by folders containing multiple items, arranged alphabetically. A group of invitations (2 folders), clippings (1 folder), and miscellaneous personalia completes the collection. A partial list of correspondence follows.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Processed by The Bancroft Library Staff

Date Prepared:

© 1996

Date Encoded:

Machine-readable finding aid derived from typescript by rekeying; finding aid encoded by Susana Franco. Date of source: ca. 1964-1967

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the appropriate curator or the Head of the Public Services for forwarding. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Henry Fountain Ashurst papers, BANC MSS P-D 116, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US

Contact:

510-642-6481

bancref-library@berkeley.edu

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