Crown King Library

The Crown King Library is located in the same building as the school. The mailing address is P.O. Box 465; the phone number is 520-632-5986. The library has several documents and collections that would be valuable for researchers doing local history. In addition, a few potentially valuable books/pamphlets that are not in circulation are listed below.

Unique materials in this library consist of those that have been given to the library or were collected by various librarians. There is a particular interest in school-related materials since the library is literally attached to the school.

Volumes in the file boxes-not in circulation
Rukkila, Come up. Turn Around. Go Back Down, words and drawings by Jean Rukkila, with additional drawings by Silas Hite, March 1994 (Rukkila was an artist in residence at the Crown King School).

Crown King Arizona: Community Cook Book, Volumes I and II, 1989, 1991.

Hand made History of Crown King painted by James Manifer, March 1957

Keller, Edith. Crown King Scrapbook (1957). The author was a local teacher; the book contains many old original photos connected with the school.

Murdock, John R., Shadow Pictures of Arizona Men and Women, 1947.

School related materials

School Newspapers
The Crown King News You Can Use: Created by the students of the Crown King School (each issue is about 15 pages)-these are recent publications
The Crown King Scorpion, free: Created by the students of the Crown King Schools-issues Jan 1986-May 1991
Front Page News: (school newspaper, 1994-95)

Yearbooks
Yearbooks Reflections: 1988-89
Crown King School, class of 1990, yearbook, small spiral book
Crown King Elementary school, 1991-92
Crown King: Then and Now: a Pictorial History published by Crown King School, May, 1991

Students' autobiographies now bound (10) and 5-10 books of stories and poems, mostly done in conjunction with visiting artists about 1988-89

Files:

Special events: copies of fliers, etc., for fairly recent events. Community events, culmination notice, 1993, 1995, some school programs
Christmas Programs, various 1980s and 1990s
Children's work on Crown King's history, from the late 1980s: 5-10 student papers
Library photos, fliers, some historical information, secondary-most work in this file is from the 1990s
Newspaper clippings, mostly on one room schools
Alumni: letters, copies of photos
Miscellaneous, copies of information in and about the school, 1990s
Crown King History:
Chronological, hand written, some gathered from Sharlot Hall Museum by Helen Harrington Sweet and Will Bares. Helen Harrington Sweet wrote a piece in 1930, and the file contains copies of this manuscript.
Student paper (Prescott High School) "Crown King," Margaret Day, Civics, no date
Clippings (late 20^th c.)
Copies of Don Parke's letters (1938) on Crown King ("Two day trip to Crown King among Bradshaw Mountains")

Crown King: miscellaneous, copies of newspaper and journal articles
General Store/Post Office, 1980s-90s letters about the history
Saloon-this is a contemporary establishment-calendars of events for recent years
The House Watering Hole-contemporary bar
Fire Department: fairly contemporary information notices for events, safety pamphlets, locally done
Church: various announcements for activities, late 1980s and 1990s
Realty: Crown King Realty, fliers, announcements, 1980s-1990s (property listings, and prices)
C. K. Improvement association, newsletter, other info., 1990s
Yavapai County Government: information on Property Tax, meeting notices, etc.
Hell's Hole: article published (?) by Kathleen Powers, 1990s
Crown King Road: copies of pictures replacing bridge to Crown King, copies of articles
Bradshaw Mountain Ranch, fliers, 1990s
Cleator, Tommy (d. 1966): owned bar on edge of Crown King Road, articles about him
Bumblebee, copies of articles, none old
Cordes Junction: copies of articles, recent
Mayer: small file with copies of recent articles
Senator Highway: copies of articles, fliers
Railroad: copies of photos of railroad and tunnel-2 photos
Frank M. Murphy: Railroad Involvement, 6 typed pages, no date, from secondary sources
Horsethief Basin: information on it now, and in the past, copies of snapshots (approximately 10) from 1960s
Manuscript: "Report of Route Studies and Reconnaissance: Proposed Phoenix-Bradshaw Mountains Rec. Area, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Prescott National Forest," retyped by Photogammetry Division, Arizona Highway Dept.: "This report is a retype of one of the original copies (number 4) made in 1933, which was available from the US Forest Service office in Prescott." It is about 100 pages including photos.
Bradshaw City, copies of newspaper articles and letters, late 1800s, copy of True West: Non-Fiction, article "The Dead of Bradshaw City," Dec., 1966
Lake Pleasant, map, copies of articles (recent)
Annexation, article, 1996
Castle Hot Springs, many copies of articles, from 1960s to present
Crown King Brewery, copy of Letter of Intent, other letters, 1990s
Forest Service, copies of articles
Roscoe Wilson: resident of Crown King mining camp from 1902-07, copies of old articles on him (fairly recent)
Special Events: fliers, newspaper articles pertaining to Crown King
Mines: secondary information
Gladiator Mine: 1980s and 1990s, copy of web page, other articles
Peck Mine, article from Thurs. Oct 2, 1997 Arizona Republic
Wildflower mine: copy of photo of railway leading up
Crown King Mine: 1931 report, copy from Arizona Historical Society, (Richard Bland, Civil and Exploration Engineer), about 25 pp including diagrams, some copies of maps, photos (3)
Swastika Mine, copy of article with copy of photo (article 1961)
Cougar Mine (Pie Grove District) old articles, 1970 letter to U of A, photocopy of 3 snapshots
Mascot (gold mine), started 1910, copies of three photos
Tiger Mine, copy of picture, overview (account of activities of Miss Grace Drake who was there in 1908)
Golden Turkey Mine, copy of photo and article, 1964 on this mine
Oro Belle, photos (1975 and older), copies of articles
File with information from State Archives, copies, on mines of the area, --copies mostly of newspaper articles about them
Original, The Bashford Burmeister Company, letter, 1896,

Maps:
They have many maps, but only one that appears to be unique:
Local fire department map of roads of the area, 1990s

Photos-mostly originals:

In Railroad file there are copies of photos of railroad and tunnel-2 photos
In Horsethief Basin file there are copies of snapshots (approximately 10) from the 1960s
There are about 200 pictures that pertain more to the school than the community, though some over-lap. The earliest date from about 1926 and they continue to the present.
They have on file approximately 80 photos donated to the library by an elderly gentleman; they were taken in the area in the 1920s.
Approximately 40-50 (mining, railroad)
Mines and Miners, 30-50 photos