Collections
Photography of Homer L. Shantz
Dr. Homer L. Shantz (1876-1958) was a leading American botanist and former president of the University of Arizona. Dr. Shantz was also a remarkable photographer. He traveled widely, with an emphasis on the American West and Africa, and made documentary photographs wherever he went. Among Dr. Shantz's research interests was photographic documentation of vegetation change. He began focusing on the Arizona-Sonoran desert area intensively in 1931 and continued for about twenty-five years. Also notable in the collection are portraits of Native Americans.
Raul H. Castro Collection
This collection contains photographs and documents regarding Raul H. Castro’s life and career. The collection documents his political career including his early legal practice, judgeship, each of his three ambassadorships, campaigning for Jimmy Carter and his tenure as governor of Arizona. The original photographs and documents are part of the Raul H. Castro Papers housed at University of Arizona Libraries Special Collections.
Empire Ranch Collection
The Empire Ranch Collection presents digital surrogates of various documents, photographs, and maps located in Special Collections at the University of Arizona Libraries which chronicle the early years of one of Southern Arizona's largest cattle ranches. The pioneering effort to build the Empire Ranch and Cattle Company got underway in 1876 when Walter Vail arrived in Tucson. The Empire Ranch located about 50 miles southeast of Tucson is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. This collection presents information about the ranch's early years.
Empire Ranch Photo Album 1
Two albums of Empire Ranch early photographs are located in Special Collections. Little information is known about these photographs. Some photographs are marked with captions but many are not. Any notations from the albums regarding specific photographs have been included and appear with the respective photograph. We would welcome any additional information about the subjects of these undocumented photographs. If you have any information please send an email to askspecialcollections@u.library.arizona.edu.
Empire Ranch Photo Album 2
Two albums of Empire Ranch early photographs are located in Special Collections. Little information is known about these photographs. Some photographs are marked with captions but many are not. Any notations from the albums regarding specific photographs have been included and appear with the respective photograph. We would welcome any additional information about the subjects of these undocumented photographs. If you have any information please send an email to askspecialcollections@u.library.arizona.edu.
Morales de Escárcega Collection
The Escárcega family library was built by, Gildardo G. H. Morales Díaz of Apetatitlán, Tlaxcala, México [b. 1899]. Mr. Morales Díaz was a self-taught bibliophile and was a founding member of the Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia. Having survived a tragic loss as a young man during the Mexican Revolution, Mr. Morales Díaz dedicated his life to the study and understanding of Mexican History. With few possessions including books, the family moved to Puebla. He started collecting more books in the early 1920s, building the library over time by adding important manuscripts and broadsides. The Morales de Escárcega Collection includes over 2000 books, just under 80 broadsides and manuscripts, as well as some photographs. Included in this digital collection are the manuscripts and broadsides included in the collection.
Da Afghanistan Kalanay Collection
Da Afghanistan Kalanay Collection
Latino Politics (eBook)
Latino Politics: A Growing and Evolving Political Community
(A Reference Guide)
Preserving and Creating Access to Unique Afghan Records, 1989-2006
The University of Arizona Libraries (UAL), in partnership with the Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University (ACKU), is collaborating on a digitization project “Preserving and Creating Access to Unique Afghan Records.” The goal of this project is to collect, catalog, digitize, and create metadata in providing access to this unique collection. The collection contains information related to history, social, economic, and cultural heritage of Afghanistan. ACKU’s collection is the most extensive in the region covering a time of war and social upheaval in the country, with most of the documents in the principal languages of Pashto and Dari. This project is being funded from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
Preserving the History of Agriculture & Rural Life: State & Local Literature, AZ, 1820-1945
This digital collection of books, pamphlets, and serials representing Arizona agricultural history and rural life from the period 1820 and 1945 was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Administered by Cornell University, the grant provided funding for land grant universities in the United States to digitize rare and fragile items from this period. Scholars and Librarians at the University of Arizona identified the materials that were digitized. The collection includes approximately 900 items.
