Jerome Historical Society and Museum

• Arizona Corporation Commission Booklet, State of Arizona 2-14-12 to 12-1-1913
  
• United Verde, Clarkdale, improvement records
  
• Mining Congress Journal. Focus: The United Verde Copper Company, 1930, 112 pp.
  
• Heitt, Rose, articles on Jerome, June 1968 (newspaper clippings and a copy of the manuscript)
  
• Mining, Open Pit: Various histories of United Verde open pit; AZ Bureau of Mines, 1960; Pit drawings; article April 1930
  
• Jerome Fire Department: miscellaneous information from the 1930s
  
• Churches: Jerome, Clarkdale (both recent and historical information)
  Christ Church Episcopal, 1913-1947: Booklet listing communicants (and some follow-up information hand-written in); baptisms, marriages, families, some reports of church business, letters, note cards
  United Methodists, list of ministers, not dated
  Holy Family Church inventory, 1985, clippings
  
• Deportation (1917) secondary information
  
• Douglas Family 1980s, clippings, some personal correspondence to Jerome Hist. Soc., James Douglas
  
• Electricity, Jerome, official letters, clippings, secondary accounts, 1950s APS materials
  
• Cemeteries (the information varies according to thoroughness)
  Cottonwood
  Jerome
  Hogback cemetery, identifies graves
  Marked Graves at Cherry Creek cemetery, no date, hand written
  Also covered: newspaper clippings on history of Jerome Old Valley Cemetery, newspaper clippings on headstones on Cleopatra Hill, 1971; Jerome and VV deaths, list, 1918; News from mortuaries, legal documents on cemeteries in Jerome (land ownership); a few funeral records and mortuary bills
  
• Gally, Robert, (1877-1936); United Verde Copper Company employee background information, newsletters, clippings, honors
  
• McDonald, Dr. Lewis. Jerome, Arizona (publications, personal information) no dates, Prof. NAU, Jerome resident
  
• Taylor, Tom, General Supervisor of smelter, UVCC; letter to HV Young, Jerome Historical Society correcting information on the man wrongly placed in Ghosts of Cleopatra hill from widow, Sarah M. Taylor, angry and ready to "debunk the junk"
  
• Lodges, societies and clubs
  Jerome Opera Company, program (original) 1906
  VV rotary club pamphlet, 50 years, 1973, letters
  Knights of Pythius
  Patriotic Committee (1938)
  American Legion
  Elks
  
• Phelps Dodge centennial, copies of magazines and pamphlets published
  
• Jerome and Morris Family genealogy; correspondence and records, clippings, and published history of Morris Park Racecourse and Morris family, and fairly complete genealogy
  
• Phelps Dodge United Verde Branch closure, Monday, March 23, 1953
  
• Brown, C.A. Personal history of my time spent in Jerome; dates from 1896-1900 (done in 1962)
  
• Jerome Historical Society
  Six folders include reports, notes for fly-in breakfast, 1958 bulletins, schedules for event, dues, contributions, solicitation letters, spook night dinner (1950s mostly) packet of tickets for events (originals, preserved) newspaper clippings and copies, news bulletins, lists of workers, news bulletins, news releases, into 1960s (fairly complete collection during 1950s). Information on purchase of property (Coldwell, Banker, Feb. 1957), membership list 1959, 1956 by-laws, constitution, membership list 1985, articles of incorporation, 1976.
  
• Ghosts of Cleopatra Hill, publication information
  
• Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings, Jerome Historic District, bulletin from The Jerome Chronicle, Jerome Historical Society, Incorporated. This announces that Jerome has a historical district, and is dated spring, 1967. Correspondence with National Park Service and US Dept. of Interior, National Park Service, dated in 1960s, original letters.
  
• Dedication program for Jerome Historic District National Historic Landmark, April 19, 1967, committees, speakers, clipping of Verde Independent, April 17, 1967, invitations
  
• Technical papers, United Verde Copper Company, March 14 and 15, 1927, various articles, such as "Problems encountered in steam shovel program," "Supply department procedure," etc. 36 pp
  
• Jeromite reunions in California, 1958, 1963 (miscellaneous notes)
  
• Arkansas and Arizona Copper Company (Mimeo on orig. letterhead, Jan 6, 1914, copies of clippings, map, orig. of stock certificate (125 shares) issued 1908
  
• Jerome Bisbee Copper Company Jan 1, 1919 (Statement and Proposition)
  
• Mahoney, John collection: map of Irish Republic (Friends of Irish Freedom) no date, shows results of Irish General Election Dec, 1918, local election certificates (1916-to State Legislature), and other papers, including stock shares (1915), legislative issues, official information from governor, etc.
  
• Hopkins, Ellen D.; teacher who arrived in Jerome in 1916. No date on notes; arrival experiences, notes on operetta, winter of 1917.
  
• Second Jerome Reunion Exhibit, 1984, general information
  
• Jerome Reunion, 1982 and 84, announcements, activities, letters
  
• Historical Society Mining Museum, members, remodeling Spook Hall (activities in 1950s), notice from Governor about celebration, information on opening of Jerome Historical Society Mine Museum, June 20, 1953, notices, program, list of numbers of registrations 1953-61, numbers of "tourist" memberships for the Jerome Historical Society, 1962-1969
  
• High School reunion biographies, 1982, "Scandals of 1927,"copies of pictures of baseball team, etc.
  
• Miller, Carl. A Chronicle of Early Childhood and Youth of Carl Miller, dated 1965, printed and privately published in 1965, donated by Dorcas Ann Miller Lounsbery from Escondido, Ca., 1979.
  
• Heitt (Mrs. O.L. "Rose") Commencement program June 1951, Jerome HS, 41^st annual Commencement, newspaper article, notes on Jerome, 1968 (14 pp and bibliography); clippings of local interest, early 1970s, Jerome Clips from Sunday Times, 1970s. Information on Jerome Historical Society incorporation, notes and info on Jerome Historical Society, Inc., lists of members, Jan 1966.
  
• Verde Valley Artists Inc. 1955, 1972, sporadic information, news bulletin, names of artists, announcements of showings
  
• Brogdon, J. Carl: The History of Jerome Arizona, thesis submitted to faculty of Dept. of History for MA, 1952, 156 pp. Copies of other information on Jerome, often no dates or authors listed
  
• Nilson, George W. collection, small, dated Feb 1960 to Herbert Young on history of Jerome
  
• Scott, M.C. collection, American Legion programs, 1929-30, information on State Firemen's Assn. (Yearbook and Record, 1939, 1938, Convention folder 1938), eighth annual convention proceedings, June 1931, Official convention book 1929, 136 pages.
  
• Shidler, Rosemary DeCamp, papers donated 1998 (letters, clippings).
  
• Welsh in Arizona, poems, clippings, letters, reminiscences, collected in mid 1980s
  
• Post Office, Jerome, various information, clippings, list of past postmasters, lease for PO 1937
  
• Johnson, Diane, "One Hundred Years of Jerome's PO" (from symposium, manuscript copy)
  
• Newmont Exploration Ltd., Jerome 1957, mimeo copy
  
• Roberts, James F. Certificate of election as constable, (official copy); copy of oath of office, 1933, appointment of Deputy Sheriff, copy of, "Last of the Old-Time Shooting Sheriffs" Readers Digest, July 1950, copies of articles on Roberts, various publications.
  
• Delgado, Pedro collection, worked United Verde 1927 as laborer, original letters, dated 1930
  
• Clippings on area publicity from 1980s
  
• Reber, Louis file, collected by Herbert V. Young for Ghosts of Cleopatra Hill, 1974 fragments of 1920 mining map, copy of Memorial to Louis Ehrhart Reber, Jr., 1889-1966) copy of letter, May 28, 1917 to "daddy" but doesn't say who its from, very newsy letter, contains information about IWW strike
  
• Theaters, Jerome, Clarkdale, programs, etc., notes, copies, clippings copies of photos
  
• Shen, Ya Chin, file, had "studio" Kodak Filling Station, later Shem's photo supply, including bag, film holders
  
• Copy of The Arizona Sheriff, winter, 1983, Sheriff Marlin Gillespie, Navajo County on cover
  
• Verde Copper News, miscellaneous clippings
  
• List of Mayors of Jerome, 1883 to 1983, copied by Jerome Historical Society, handwritten additions to 1988
  
• Rough Riders, list, from U of A Press, 1970
  
• Nixon visit to Jerome, 1980
  
• Clark, William Andrews family, collected 1985, clippings, secondary information, including Montana Magazine of Western History, winter 1987, newspaper articles, some personal communication
  
• Hospitals, Jerome, blank birth certificates, personal recollections, clippings, newer articles on history, Arizona State Historic Prop. Inventory, Aug 1981, Jerome Chronicle, "Summer, 1990" on Jerome's hospitals
  
• Journal of the West, April 1980 on journalism of the west, article on Jerome Sun, by James W. Byrkit, 12 pp.
  
• Verde Valley Transit Authority, information, 1983, clippings, letters
  
• Jerome Reporter, Dec. 28, 1899 supplement, copy, great issue, large
  
• Phelps Dodge Corp., numbers and names of mining claims, not dated, says only Dec. 31, 19-----
  
• Miscellaneous obituaries
  
• Espejo quadricentennial, "Notes upon the routes of Espejo and Farfan to the mines in the 16^th century" by Katharine Bartlett, New Mexico Historical Review, reprint from Jan 1942, follow up celebration May 18, 1983
  
• Keyes, James M. collection, information on Jerome from printed sources, booster images, booklet "The United Verde Copper Company: a series of articles describing the organization, operations, and activities of this company in the Jerome District of Arizona," Mining Congress Journal, 1930, 113 pp.
  
• McDermott, William, collection-two personal letters, 1905
  
• Prelim study for "the preservation and development of Jerome, Arizona-A national historic site" by H. C. Gallap, Sedona, no date
  
• Shannessy, Mary Rose. "Jerome is not a town. It is a Cause." 1954. 4 typed pp.
  
• Issoglio, Louis, family, copies of news articles, owned Fountain Saloon, 1905; copy of complaint dated 1912 against Andy Issoglio, correspondence necessary for the writing of parts of the family history, 1980s, personal pub. by Arthur Mees Issoglio, 1982
  
• Wilson and Company Engineers and Architects "Amendment to the 1976 Wastewater Facilities Plan: Engineering report," Sept 1987.
  
• Boyle Engineering Wastewater Facilities Plan, as well as correspondence on the Wastewater Facilities Plan
  
• Jerome Zoning ordinance, rev. 4-6-77
  
• Amster, Harry, speech, delivered 1985 in connection with VVTA ribbon-cutting ceremony
  
• Jerome State Historic Park (1960s-1980s), publicity, various dates. Arizona State Parks Newsletter
  
• Copy of menu Palm Garden Café and Tea Room, no date
  
• Subsidence data, (copies of testimony) 1939; includes other information the 1937 slide, contemporary and later reporting, mostly clippings, letters: litigation involved two mining companies, summary of events by George A. Kiersch, Kiersch Associates, Sciences/Resources Consultants, Inc., June, 1988; copy of map, survey and estimate July 1938 of damages to City property (134,871 for retaining walls, pavements, sidewalks, curbs, fire lines, sewer lines); copy of Aug 1931 Dept. of
  Commerce, US Bureau of Mines, "Essential Factors influencing subsidence and ground movement," by W. R. Crane, 14 pp.
  
• Dunlop, Betsy, "Brief History of the Jerome Sun"
  
• Dickson, Robert H. "Verde Central Mine: Information Circular," printed Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Mines; "Mining Methods and Costs of Mining Copper Ore at the Verde Central Mines, Inc.," Jerome AZ, July 1931 17 pp including drawings
  
• Quayle, T.W. "Information Circular: Mining Methods and Practices at the United Verde Copper Mine, Jerome AZ," printed by the Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Mines, Feb. 1931, 31 pp including diagrams
  
• D'Arcy, Richard L. "Information Circular: Mining Practice and Methods at the United Verde Extension Company, Jerome Arizona," 193, 11 pp.
  
• Paseo das Casas, Jerome, tour of historical buildings; miscellaneous information, letters, news releases, brochures, newspaper articles
  
• Coca Mines, Denver, information from newspaper article, Sept 1984, copy of secondary information on Coca Mines, Inc.
  
• Geology and ore deposits of Jerome area, copies of miscellaneous information
  
• Allen, Oliver E. "A Tree Grows in America," from American Heritage, April/May (no year)
  
• Conclin, Joseph, copy of article, "Beans, Bacon, and galantine truffles: The food of the Western Miners"- Arizona and the West, sp. 1981, personal correspondence included
  
• Jerome Newspaper Genealogy, articles by Nancy Smith, 1991
  
• Zollinger, Norman, manuscript. "Jerome-The billion dollar copper camp" 16pp.
  
• Verde District mines, copies of older maps from published sources, back to 1909, photocopied from newspaper, 1908
  
• Dean, Juanita Maria (Sammie), copy of picture, letter, 1984 from Mrs. Connie Young, niece, abut the murdered woman 1931 (purported to be a prostitute)
  
• Script for "The Ghosts of Cleopatra Hill: A Historical Musical" by Conrad Boyce, first draft (86?)
  
• Brant, Arthur A., transcription of June 1954 tape interview
  
• Joraleman, Ira B., "Adventure Beacons" copy of chapter on UVX and correspondence to get information (1987?)
  
• Upper Verde public utilities copper meter numbers and who had them, 1950s
  
• Prichard, Nancy Lee. "Community, a combination of tradition and the individual with Jerome, Arizona as a case study," thesis, MA (history) for NAU, Aug 1984.
  
• Phelps Dodge Corp., orig. documents, incl. Code of Safe Practice, 1930s
  
• Jerome weather records, 1898-1960
  
• Lomei-Leal collection, 1930s, announcement of events, concerts, etc.
  
• Boyd, Roy, collection, came to Jerome Sept 1916, transcription of oral interview
  
• Beal, Art collection, newspapers, various
  
• Williamson, Kathleen, "Jerome: the most unique city in America, sell it or love it," Senior Seminar paper, Fall, 1985
  
• Brewer, James W., Jr., historical booklet on Jerome, published by the Southwestern Monuments Assn., Gila Pueblo, Globe, Arizona (1953?) along with carbon copy of manuscript
  
• Martin, Michael A. The Santa Fe Magazine, no date: Copies of article on the Ash Fork local: also manuscript on Clarkdale ranch, 4 typed pages
  
• Verde Valley Artists Assn., miscellaneous information
  
• Jerome Chamber of Commerce, brochures, various, orig. bumper stickers
  
• Verde Valley Chamber of Commerce, information, 1980s
  
• Poems on Jerome, manuscript copies, 1950s onward
  
• Kingston, Maxine, chapter on laws pertaining to Chinese: also letter on recollections of Chinese man in town 1926, son of Der Dai Yuen, who came from China and operated Bon Ton restaurant.
  
• Pfeffer, Kurt Collection, donated 1985 promissory notes, 1920s, late, various chattel mortgages, Bank of Arizona, Oaths of Office, 1929 Bills of sale, 1929
  
• Business & Professional Directory of Arizona, 1941
  
• Cantrell, Ruth Bill and Tom collection, Mr. Cantrell was assistant chief of Jerome police force; various notes, article in Arizona Police, 1946; information on Ruth-teacher, historical society founder
  
• Young, Herbert V., interview by Betsy Dunlap and Nancy Smith, 1985
  
• Opening of Mine Museum, June, 1953, transcript of radio address
  
• Budge, A.F., Mining limited, indemnity agreement, not dated
  
• Glover, Joe Collection, letter, very personal and angry, angry at "Fansler" who seems to have deserted his child, (1931) (Fansler's Cash Store), letter to him from Harry J. Gardener, 1936
  
• Verde Lodge AD 1918, funeral receipts, by-laws
  
• Jerome Town Song
  
• Branch Dust Control meeting, June 18, 1949, Phelps Dodge, Corp., minutes
  
• Drake, Elizabeth, copy of small manuscript, Jerome Sun, narrative and photocopies of items, 10 pp., no date
  
• Burch, Jim Collection, "High Altitude Cookbook," pub. Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist Church, Jerome, Arizona 1922
  
• Sullivan, John M., family collection, local businessman Leo Sullivan, ran for State Legislature, personal papers, holy cards, baptismal certificate Gerald Sullivan, born 1934, lode claims Lucky Boy 4, 1951, to James, Gerry and Leo Sullivan. Also small account book, from John Sullivan, 1970s.
  
• Brown, Dr. Frank J., ophthalmologist, worked in Phelps Dodge Hospital, 1943-44, report by N.R. Smith, 1987
  
• Folder on Moreland vehicles, some in history collection from Mesa Verde mine, 1980s information on vehicles
  
• Copy of Pagoda Café menu, Aug 12, 1932, special dinner $.65
  
• Siu Ying Hu, Alianthus, pub. ASU from periodical Arnoldia
  
• Alianthus article from Smithsonian, June 1987
  
• Arizona Territorial Methodist Church Records, (Prescott--published booklet) 1890-1910, compiled 1984, Dora M. Whiteside
  
• Sullivan Apartment Buildings, structural stabilization, records, correspondence 1984
  
• Information on J painting on Cleopatra Hill, when it was created Oct 2, 1923
  
• Corresp and info Jerome Centennial & Restoration Commission, Sept 1987
  
• Knottsberry Farm, correspondence with Jerome Historical Society, 1954
  
• Williams, William "A Treatise on the Jerome Water Works, May, 1956" and personal corresp.
  
• Jerome Buildings, structural reports of Society's buildings, H. Glenn King, Prescott, no year, for Sullivan apartment building, 1968, one King letter, 1967
  
• 1898: photocopies of Jerome news items from 1899 Prescott papers, some transcribed
  
• Whiteside, Dora. Arizona Territorial Hospital Records, 1890-1910, 1985, names, admittance, birthplace
  
• Foster, John collection, on Jerome's centennial
  
• Waite, Edwin, "Clint" manuscript of 3 page story
  
• Ling, Perry M., attorney, Prescott, miscellaneous records, 1917, 1920, 1921
  
• United Verde Locker Room list, 1938-43, hand written original
  
• Peart, D. "A brief history of copper mining and associated environmental impacts in Jerome Arizona, Dept. of Geography," ASU (no date), along with corresp from Historical Society, 1985-87.
  
• KCRJ, radio station in operation in the 1930s, personal correspondence, requests for information
  
• Kinsella, Jim, member of town council, 1982, notes on council, not dated,
  
• Anderson, Leroy: copy of collection at Sharlot Hall; he was from UV Copper Co.
  
• Smith, Nancy, narrative to slide show, given May, 1987
  
• Hotel Jerome, Historic Structure Report, Otwell Associates, Architects, July 31, 1987, appraisal, August 31, 1987, proposal to acquire Jerome Hotel, 1987, other acquisition documents
  
• VeBoren, Clarence, very brief oral history, in town 1930s
  
• Yavapai Drug Store, a few original documents
  
• Sanderson, Frank collection, military papers, tax records, various miscellaneous papers
  
• Smelters in Verde Valley, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, history, secondary information
  
• Willard, Don, correspondence and article on visiting Jerome 75 or 80 years ago; he was 16 in 1912
  
• Peart, Diann Ellen, "The Spatial distribution and land use association of Ailanthus Altisima in Jerome, Arizona," MA thesis, ASU 1988.
  
• 158^th Infantry and First Regiment history, docs, corresp. , copies
  
• Smith, Nancy R., "Early Days in the Jerome Mining District," and copy of Southwest Contractor, Dec. 1987
  
• Hampton House, Building No. J-2, blueprint town map, location, copied maps
  
• Bartlet Hotels, rules, orig., no date but appears to be old
  
• Proclamation for year of action for Jerome seniors, 1980
  
• Phoenix Gazette, Aug 6, 1946, photocopy of article on Jerome, seeking to be "tourist Mecca"
  
• Verde Historical Society, 1988, gen. Information, newsletters, dating onward
  
• Giclas, Henry L. From Journal of Arizona History, summer 1985, biography of Stanley Sykes, also information on UVX liquidation, copies of stock
  
• Jerome property owners, 2-25-88, owners and addresses
  
• Operation and Maintenance Manual for Emergency Flood control project at Jerome, Arizona, US Army Engineer Dist. LA, Corps of Engineers, 1965, book, narrative, maps, drawings
  
• Photographers, Jerome, searches, and information on photographers dated 1980s
  
• Sullivan, John M., personal correspondence, copy of will, 1957
  
• Harris, Charles, Valentine, various material: school boy 1919: school records, clippings on Jerome, letters
  
• Benedict's geology of the Verde Valley, description to go with geology display, no date, 6 pp
  
• Armstrong, Frances "Child's Jerome Arizona Research project," drawings, etc., done 1988.
  
• Clarkdale, short manuscript, done around 1988 by Janet Ball, Salt Lake City, Utah
  
• Smith, W. Forrest collection: civil engineer, some Jerome recollections, typed manuscript, no date, but correspondence is dated 1988 (correspondence with daughter, Mary Lou Smith Madigan, copies of information and pictures, no indication for dates of his time in Arizona
  
• Conway, Paris, "Ghost Tour of Jerome," narrative for video, not dated, directions for making video
  
• Lee, Katie, oral history
  
• Jerome Verde Valley Club (Azusa, CA), Salvador Rodriguez memorial scholarship recipients, 1978-87
  
• Lane, Haydee & Ruth Collection, certificate from Jerome Vol. Fire Dept., 1911
  
• Koenigsberg and Bessie, info gathered by Franklin Koenigsberg
  
• Bertino, Louis collection; he lived in Jerome and died in 1921 of TB and pneumonia
  
• Water Route, Jerome, Arizona, "Additional ordinances of the town of Jerome," 1920
  
• Rhode, Maxine. "Jerome: Ghost Town or Tourist Development," no date, 13 pp.
  
• Cottonwood, Clarkdale and Cornville History, done 1984, newspaper article on the book
  
• Campbell, Hon. Thomas, "The IWW in Arizona," manuscript written between 1934 and 1939, 63 pp
  
• Leonard, Deedee Johnson: poem about Jerome, lived in Jerome as child, short recollections
  
• Wager, Clarence, poem, lived in Jerome 1892-1914, sent to JHS, 1964
  
• Hackmann, Mark, "History of Liberty silent movie theater," 17 typed pages
  
• Camp Verde history, clippings, some information from Camp Verde Historical Society, copies of pictures
  
• Order of the Eastern Star, Masons, Worthy Matrons, Worthy Patrons, Jerome chapter, lists from 1900-1938 other documents, notes, letters
  
• Historic Resource Survey of the Town of Clarkdale, RFP, 1989
  
• Jerome, 1932, tax rolls, copies, owner, valuation, tax
  
• Jerome, 1900, tax roles, personal property
  
• Ginger, Herb Collection, claim map, no date, Shea Copper Company certificates, no date of issue
  
• Hudson, Roga Roshi, hand drawn map of Clemenceau, photocopy from about 1917, done in 1988
  
• Industrial Archaeology, field study by R. A. Bucharian, director, living in England
  
• Beard, Christine D. "People and their environment: A historical overview of the Middle Verde Valley," 30 typed pp.
  
• Smith, Nancy. "Jerome: Man's Changes to one Mountain," The Smoke Signal (Tucson Corral of theWesterners, 1988), and notes for this manuscript
  
• Al Merito Award, August 1989, 12^th Annual Symposium, corresp., etc. given to Historical Society
  
• Clark, Ken. Paper on Jerome deportation, notes, draft (1989 MA thesis for ASU), sent to Arizona Hist. Soc., and rejected but they invited him to take part in the 1990 symposium
  
• 'Ghost Town Ballad,' lyrics Bob Gardner, pictures of The Mining Congress Journal, 1930
  
• Jerome High School: "Muckers" reunion from classes of 1938, 1939, 1940, spiral book, 1989,photos and bios
  
• Handverger, Paul. "Historic McCarthy," reprint of article, no location, no date
  
• Radetich, Joseph collection, article on Jerome, 1895 Association of Engineering Societies, Papers and Proceedings, Verde and Pacific RR, information, maps, from The Journal of the Association of Engineers
  
• Murbarger, Nell, copy of article, "Metropolis of Mingus Mountain," 1950s, no source listed, part missing
  
• Walker, Henry P. "Wagon Freighting in Arizona," The Smoke Signal, fall 1973.
  
• Bradstreet Company ratings from 1930 edition, people in Cottonwood, Clemenceau, Clarkdale, Jerome
  
• Phelps Dodge Code of Safe Practice, 1942; Safe Practice from Blacksmith Shop, 1943;For trip hammers, 1942
  
• Simpson, Claudette, Spelunking, maps, descriptions, (Geological Inst. of Northern Arizona)
  
• APS, Light up the Plaza! Info, Electricity on the Arizona Frontier, written by Dennis Preisler, no date
  
• Smelter City Laundry List Nov. 5, 1935, list and cost (original)
  
• Copper Glow from Clemenceau JR Hi, 1935
  
• Articles on Clemenceau, by Nancy Smith for symposium 1989
  
• Riordan, Pat, family info., James Jerome Riordan in Jerome 1917, family tree back to 1871, copies of early memories and life style in Jerome, no date for writing, 17 pp
  
• "Those were the days," about Al Sieber, date and author unknown.
  
• Earthquake Hazards: The Jerome-Mingus area, Arizona," 1987. Arizona Earthquake Information Center, NAU
  
• Arizona Health status and vital statistics, 1987 special section, causes of infant death by region, 1973-87
  
• Steenberg, F. G., "Montezuma Castle, 1894," published by Southwestern Monuments, supplement for November 1937.
  
• Civil Defense booklets, 1960s, contents of medical fallout shelter kits, blank certificates for training course
  
• Jerome HS books, teachers' plans books, pub. 1907,manuscript materials, Muckers News Letter, March 24, 1944
  
• "Rescue and Recovery Operations in Mines," old booklet, no cover, no date
  
• The Schoolhouse business collection, brochures for boutique
  
• Gardner, C.S. P & Charlotte collection, copies of photos, hand written remembrances of Charlotte Gardner, whose father was in Jerome on railroad
  
• Directorio Latino Americano, Arizona, not dated (from the time of three digit telephone numbers)
  
• Tovrea, Phil, collection; campaign for mayor
  
• Jerome, Census, 1990, various info., Jerome Award night, 1990, award ballot, Jerome Town Hall,
  
• Newsletter, July 1991, Jerome housing study report, no date: fairly new
  
• Various environmental reports and pamphlets, ADEQ, 1989 sewer plant nutrient waiver
  
• Cottonwood AZ General Plan, 1917, booklet; Zoning Ordinance
  
• Brands Registered, in VV, 1920 (ranching brands), recently compiled list
  
• Droubay, Helen. "Those Lively Old Mining Camps," Salt Lake City, 1986 (about Jerome in 1926; author lived there and taught school)
  
• Copy of list of inquests, 1885-1891 in Yavapai County District Court, typed and hand written notes
  
• Smith, George & Rebecca, family genealogy and notes
  
• Gemmill's class of 1990, "Stories of the Verde Valley" school children (where? date?) collected information from older folks and recorded it into this book
  
• Scott, Bessie, "Reminiscences of early Jerome," no date, hand written, 4 pp
  
• Brewer, James W. Jerome, a story of mines, men and money," historical booklet pub. Southwestern Monuments Assn., no date
  
• Holy Family Church, Association of the Blessed Sacrament, lists of members 1945-46
  
• Geology and Ore Deposits of the Jerome Area, Yavapai County, AZ, paper 308 for Geological Survey, 1958, with maps
  
• Churches, Hispanic; information from people who answered Nancy Smith's requests, 1990
  
• Clarkdale reunion in 1967, for class of 1928, various letters
  
• Clarkdale High School, class of 1933, lists for reunions, etc., several folders
  
• Rippa documents, former teacher
  
• Wells Fargo Agents, hand written, from 1895-1920, compiled R. Wahmann 11/90
  
• Ghost City Hill Climb, 1959, insurance info, gen. info, hand written, etc. in another folder, auto race booklet, May 19-20, 1962, sponsored by Phoenix Chapter four-cylinder club of America, 4th Annual, 5^{th Annual}, 2^nd Annual (booklets), another folder with press clippings on this, various sources, another with miscellaneous information
  
• Verde Valley Art. Association, documents with Jerome Hist Society, various, 1990, 1991
  
• Laskin, Israel family collection: Steven Walzer wrote a paper for Professor Campbell, "The Existence of a Boomtown: Mining Communities in the American west." He was related to Laskin, who was born in Russia, 1880.
  
• Copy of article, Andres E. Jimenez: (SUNY Review) 1981: "The political formation of a Mexican working class in the Arizona copper industry, 1870-1917."
  
• Arizona State Property Tax documents
  
• Arizona State prison report on Supt. 1913, old, original, for State Legislature
  
• "Hardrock Miners," manuscript by Alberto Franco, 1991.
  
• Clipping on Dr. Joe Pecharich dated April 21, 1966
  
• Clarkdale schools, various information lists of classes, reunion information, correspondence with former students
  
• O'Brien, summer 1991 "Jerome-Arizona's Mining Legacy," manuscript
  
• Jerome Tour Guide booklets, no date, must be early 1970s
  
• Names of dead from WWII plaque
  
• Sycamore Canyon mine, copies of claim information
  
• Order of Eastern Star, recent programs, (1986)
  
• General town election, miscellaneous materials, 1928 and 1990
  
• Stevick, Paul, "The History of Mining in Jerome," 12-1-91, manuscript
  
• Sullivan, Howard, miscellaneous information, 1929-Western Union original of application for employment
  
• Benedict, Oliver Avery and Edna Getha Munds, genealogy and information for their descendants' celebration 1978-79
  
• Inquest: coroner's report Jesus Bustamente, May 7, 1911
  
• Various newspaper ads photocopied, not dated, but quite old.
  
• Prop tax records and valuation sheets, 1942, various years, blueprint map Hampshire Avenue
  
• Copy AZ Business Directory, 1884, 1885, Camp Verde, Clarkdale (not available) Cottonwood, Jerome, Same, 1909-10, 1920, this time Clarkdale included, 1929, 1930, 19397
  
• Zamora, Luis and Laura Machado, marriage certificate, orig., 1938
  
• Mader, Harry, four folders, Member of Verde District in House of Rep.: maps, booklets from 1940s, Phelps Dodge retirement plan, letters to him and from him, late 1930s, typed and handwritten
  
• Vihel, Richard "Chick" and Edna Robertson Vihel, Funeral program, both died Dec, 1994, interment, Tempe
  
• Engineering and Mining Journal, July 10, 1926, copy of article on UV Coyote blast by E.M J. Alenius
  
• Iner, Judie, "Collaborative Planning for Responsible Tourism," MA thesis, NAU, about Jerome
  
• Douglas, Sharman, obituary, no date-- young girl in England around WWII
  
• Richard Martin collection, miscellaneous items; he was mayor of Jerome, no dates, copy of letter, not signed, to Mountain States Tel. and Tel. Co., in Denver, about the heroism of a Mrs. Wykoff in Jerome explosion Dec. 9, 1936
  
• Sedona VV phone directory 1992-93, 1994, 1995
  
• Local businesses: postcard Nelly Bly (current); Haunted Hamburger menu (current), brochures for Forum, Jerome Calendar 1980, Jerome's Grand Hotel (booklet on the most recent renovation)
  
• Journal of Arizona History autumn 1982, centennial IVC
  
• Jerome "Book" phone numbers, 1992, 1994, and 1996
  
• Travel and Leisure June 1988, copy of article on Jerome
  
• Newspaper clipping from AZ Rep., May 23, 1976 on Cruz Hernandez, born in Jerome 45 yrs. prior
  
• Various copies of articles on Jerome in various newspapers and magazines
  
• Copy of booklet on Pearl Hallett Jordan, first curator of Fort Verde Museum 1887-1977, locally printed, no year listed
  
• "James Stuart Douglas 1868-1949: a biographical sketch," Robert Klein, Oct 1995, typed manuscript
  
• Zorms, Dorothy, Jerome teacher, copy of letter, Aug 5, 1928
  
• Jerome Chamber of Commerce, various information from about 1993-4, brochures, officers
  
• Citizenship papers (copy) of Mike Filip Wujovich, no date but came to US 1-6-13
  
• Info from Camille Jones on Louise Hellbron Eldredge, report cards, certificates, (in school 1924-25)
  
• Local promotional postcards, several, from 1930s
  
• Sedona Phone book, 1996
  
• Cottonwood phone book, 1995-96,1996-1997
  
• Personal certificates (copies) for Joseph Perpich and Eva Perpich-marriage (1905), baptism, death
  
• Jerome climate information, currently published (1897-1996) also info for Prescott, Sedona, Jerome from Utah Climate Center, 1996.
  
• Home Tour Information, 1998, clippings, publicity
  
• 'A Preliminary Study for the Preservation and Development of Jerome, AZ, a national historic site," by H. C. Gallap, Sedona, 8-22-88
  
• Miscellaneous 1997 Jerome Fire Dept.
  
• Jerome Christmas 1997: Information on Jerome Home Page, 1997, 1998 (print outs), Jerome election, 1998, fliers,
  
• Letter to Verde Independent, no date, on Santos Contreras, local Tamale Lady, (fairly recent)
  
• Jerome HS Reunion for 1947 Muckers, in 1997
  
• "Jerome Community Profile," AZ Dept. of Commerce, 1997
  
• Compost information for Jerome, 1997
  
• Old post cards from Jerome, reproduced by House of Joy (about 5)
  
• Project Work Plan for Jerome State Park, Jan 14, 1998
  
• Chamber of Commerce map of Jerome 1998
  
• Town of Jerombe (the way it's written) Monthly Newsletter, April 1, 1998 April fools joke
  
• Summer Times, Clarkdale Jerome School, summer 1997 8 pp
  
• Announcements for Jerome Artists Coop Gallery, 1994, 1998
  
• Deeds, copy, lot 7, block 5 copy of records, starting 1893, Main Street
  
• Deed Lot 8, block 5, copies, various dates, 1908 is first, 1952 is last, Block 5, 1893-1973
  
• "Holder-Mallette Family history," written by Steve Kirtley, 1995 (family moved to Jerome 1880s)
  
• Historic postcards of Jerome, three styles, recent reprints
  
• Handwritten info (dated May 4, 1998) on Barbara P. Citlau (n?), born Jerome 1919
  
• Jerome community profile, 1997
  
• Goodwin, John M. family. A few sheets of information
  
• Collection of Jerome business cards, fairly recent
  
• Information from NAU Cline Library, on John P. Connolly, all items related to appraiser of homes in Jerome, born Ireland, 1869, mostly pictures and appraisals (copies)
  
• Jerome Historical Symposium, 1998, records and information
  
• Journal of the West, April 1998, law and order in a western industrial mining camp Jerome, AZ 1890-1930, Reprint
  
• Clark, Miller, and Minty families, genealogical search
  
• Jerome 1997-98, miscellaneous information
  
• Jerome Chamber of Commerce Newsletter, folded sheet, 1996, 1997
  
• Jerome Guide quick update, Jan 13, 1998, Jan 1999 (Newsletter of Jerome,) Nov. 1998
  
• Jerome Humane Society, recent materials
  
• Holy Family church, brochure, Verde Indep article, recent
  
• Haven United Methodist Church, Jan 1998, brochure, general information
  
• Arizona DPS, management project, Jerome State Parks Roadways Improvement (1998) booklet
  
• Jerome Phone Books, 1994, 1996
  
• Copies of newspaper stories, 1998, on Jerome
  

BOXES
Various boxes UVX mine, employee records, (16 boxes, some accident records)

Jerome Historical Society
10-15 large boxes containing various materials on Jerome Historical Society and preservation
Folders on Each of the Annual Symposia, Jerome Hist Society
Williams, Laura; active community woman, personal, legal, papers from 1950s-70s
Jerome Historical society records, 1993-95, business matters

PO Money order records, 1896-98, Post Office money order records, two books, 1902, 1903, 1910, postal savings accounts records 1920s-40s

Upper Verde Public Utilities receipt books, 1952 1953, 1954
Upper Verde Costs books, 1938, 1939 through 1947 (each month)-reports of expenditures, receipts Upper Verde, Cash books, 1939, 1941 1947: General ledger, (looks like general Operational) 1929, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1947

United Verde Public Utilities, 1942, profit and loss, capital stock accounts books, 1923-27, 29, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1942, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952


United Verde Power Company ledgers, 1919, 1928, 1933; United Verde Utilities Company Costs booklet, Monthly April-Dec. 1942, cost sheets, Aug-Dec, 1953

John McMillan Collection: general Jerome information: Newspaper clippings, correspondence on school, School board minutes, 1951-58, clippings on town, McMillan funeral parlor notes, 1961-61, McMillan correspondence with US Senator, other McMillan notes, 1958, aircraft information

AZ newspaper directory, 1958

Babbitt, Bruce and James Harrington Collection: Family is identified as Nora and James J. Harrington and children. The Harringtons were in Jerome for over 40 years and were considered prominent pioneers of Irish descent. various subjects: taxes on real property in Jerome and Phoenix, 1909-54,
personal correspondence, religious items, photos, rent receipt books, insurance policies, and income taxes, social security cards, union books, Phelps Dodge departmental regulation manuals. Receipts, as early as 1917, 1918, state and county tax info, 1914

Peggy Mason Collection: Jerome Associated Charities; Methodist parish cash book, 1939; "High altitude Cookbook," Ladies' Society of the Methodist Church, Jerome 1922

Verdugo collection: Consists of photographs, negatives, and primary documents.
There are some prints of the negatives on file and contacts of others felt (by the Historical Society) significant to historical research in general. The Verdugo family lived in and still owns the house on the left-hand side of the upper Gulch Road (as of 1987) where it meets 89A. The house has been deserted for several years. George and Gene Verdugo managed the Cigar Store in the 1950s when it was located at the Hotel Connor corner shop area presently occupied by the Spirit Room. They had children, one group older than the other, total of 5: names of noted people (in the collection) are Miranda, Guisti, Salas, Carra, Rivera, Guitierres, Moran, Lopez, Sanchez, Gonzales. Documents include information on the Army and the Cigar store, clippings, tax information, personal letters, valentines, miscellaneous photos (not always identified), army information from the 1940s?, and pictures (Camp Cody panorama, July 19, 1918). There are 75 negatives in various sizes, ration stamps, books and papers on mine procedure, safety, hunting regulations, Bank of AZ documents, school related information, miscellaneous social and cultural items.

UVCC assay record, 1915

Records of area businesses:
B.B &B. Store, 1920s
Bend Store Ledgers, 1894, 1896
Hotel Sullivan ledger, 1919-1940
Hull, George W., ledgers 1894, 1900
Jerome Historic State Bank, some cash records, etc., 1965
Jerome Market, General Ledger, 1958
Kubins, Eberdt and Elizabeth Kubins collection: Various local business records, from 19teens and later records, tax, various for Denver Shoe Shop 1940
McMillan Info: undertaker and furniture store; Statement of Income and expenditures, 1920, miscellaneous tax info; Scott & McMillan ledger books, 1938, 1943, 1923-25, 1936, store ledger 1948-49, other records 1948-53
JP Scott & Son & McMillan, account book, 1928, 1924, another ledger, 1924, 1925, 1926-27
McMillan store registers, cash records Jan 1923-Feb. 1925,Store ledger 1948-49, 1952, 1949-50;
Accounts rec. 1930, 1933, 1939, 1943-47; ledger 1920, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1933, 1938-42, 1948, (cash pd) 1936-38, 1942-47, 1949-50
The Popular Store (1920s), large box of receipts
Porter, Robert K. and Bank of Arizona, ledger books, accounts dating, generally around 1929
Post Office Cigar Store Ledger (1929-32), receipts, 1948, various other Cigar Store information
Selna's Market info 1934-40

Ritz Theater Bank Night ledgers (fund raising) 1945, 1946-money (gifts?) lists of people's names

Clark, W. A. "Reports on the By-Product Resources of the United Verde Ore Body" no date

Address book (blank) compliments of F. H. Lyons Jerome, AZ: autograph book from Lillie Bell to her niece Lillian Belle Tally, July 29, 1910

Bratezani, collection of various types of cards, 1910s

Christ Episcopalian Church records, general

Holy Family Catholic Church ledgers; Various, for masses, music information, pamphlets, the dates go from 1885 (only a little) through the 1940s; Ledgers 1945, 1951

Alianza Hispano-American, including cash books 1916-28, various miscellaneous information

Leal, Francisco and Petra Lomeli collection; Hispanic and Spanish community- related items dating from the late 1920s, 1930s, a few 1940s, fliers for parties, letters, addressed envelopes, small posters, photos, copies of Spanish programs (such as 1931 for Cinco de Mayo, sponsored by La Comision Honorifica, La Alianza Hispano Americano, Campamento No. 59 de WOW

Norwich Union Fire Ins. Society, Ltd., 1916-18, policies, names and locations of property insured in Jerome

Liberty Theater, various information, 1928

Fong Toy monthly magazine (in Chinese)

McDonald, Dr. Lewis Collection: The Mucker, 1920, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1948, 1950; The Alchemist (Clarkdale HS yearbook) 1938; Jerome High--Photos taken from Mucker yearbooks, various years, 1925-41

Morenci Branch Annual report, 1938, mining journals, personal correspondence, called "war letters"

Knights of Pythias, various information, 1910s-30s

Baisch collection: miscellaneous information; photos, tax papers, vehicle information, information on UVCC accidents, 1924-26, Vickers family, 1948-49 school football schedule, announcements for local openings, photos and negatives, including contact prints of Kathleen Williamson in Speakeasy, Little Daisy Hotel, cribs, various

Yavapai County tax and treasurer's information 19teens (mostly 1919), ledgers, letters, receipts, etc.

Great Register Yavapai County 1884, 1894, 1908, 1898, 1904 1906

Stock certificates Baltimore Mine

Public Library book, first entry 1929 into 1940 (not much information in between)

Salas Munroe collection, connected with Alianz Hispano Americana, receipts from local businesses

Phelps Dodge Smelter Daily Power House reports, June, 1938

Community Service Organization scrapbook, 1960s onward, clippings, letters, photos, miscellaneous information

JHS clippings for the years 1953-58 inclusive. Photos were placed in photo collection.

Jerome:

• Town of Jerome Books of Ordinances, 1920, 1918
  
• Clippings from newspapers with information on Jerome, 1950s - 1990s
  
• Box of magazines, in alphabetical order, with articles on Jerome, mostly 1970s and 1980s;
  
• Clippings from area newspapers with information about Jerome and its citizens, 1970s and 1980s
  Scrapbook containing clippings from newspapers with information on Jerome, early 1970s.
  
• Town Manager's reports, 1985 (Nancy Smith collection); Town of Jerome Budget information; Jerome Community Survey 1986; information on sewers, celebrations, town agreements,annexation, 1980s.
  
• "A research correspondence." Letters to and from people-general aim to build more information on Jerome or on specific individuals in the town.
  
• Jerome Bicentennial scrapbook
  
• English Kitchen, Jerome Hotels; Stock certificates for various local businesses
  
• Payroll documents, Town of Jerome, 1928-37
  
• New State Motor Company checks, 1978
  
• Jerome Centennial and restoration commission, 1984: papers, clippings, notes, bank receipts
  

Young, Herbert, oral history interview for Cottonwood Public Library, June 23, 1977 approx. 30 pp, (transcript in vertical files) clippings, letters describing him later in life, notice of death Dec 1988

Photos and scrapbooks
The Jerome Historical Society has approximately 5,000 photos. The majority of the photos are from Jerome and the greater Jerome area. By using the Society's photo database, one can search for photos by the subject's name. There are many current photos as the town records its present; however, the majority of the pictures, are from the 1890s to the 1930s.

Although some photos listed below are identical to those in the Historic State Park, roughly two thirds of the photos in the collection are unique to this location. The numbers listed below are approximate.

• Animals (25-30) -mules and burros, mostly-hauling to and from mines people on horseback, some with other pets
  
• Churches of Jerome: approx. 15. Most are exterior but there are interiors of the Catholic Church.
  From the Catholic Church there are pictures of catechism classes, the priests and the congregation.
  Haven Methodist
  Christ Episcopal
  Holy Family Catholic
  Mexican Methodist/Powderbox Church
  
• Entertainment
  Bands (15) most are from 1900-1920s; there are local bands-some are from schools and some are company bands (e.g., T. F. Miller Band)
  Theaters: (35) most of the pictures are of theater stars who were in or from Jerome, such as Rosemary Decamp and Katie Lee. Some are of the movie theaters, the Liberty, the Ritz and Lyric (the Lyric and Ritz were the same). There are photos of the opera house and some high school photos.
  Parades: (5-10) Hispanic and other parades; 4^th of July, and some unidentified; people marching and on horseback; some with children, some with floats. They date from 1900 into 1940s Holidays: (50, including some current) Christmas, Cinquo de Mayo, 4^th of July; parades and picnics, gatherings (some are historic and some are current)
  
• UV hospitals (20)
  There were four different hospitals over time. Most of the photos are of exteriors but a few are of interiors. Some are classified as being "of" the hospital, even after closure and renovation.
  
• Houses in Jerome (200) from very old to current, mostly 1890s to current
  Areas where the houses are located:
  Downtown (listed by street);
  Mexican Town;
  Hogback (UVX-owned, 1920s);
  Company housing (at two levels 300 is mining level 500);
  Company Hill (older still existent Victorians);
  The Gulch;
  Verde and Center Streets
  
• Interiors of houses and businesses (15-20)
  
• Jerome Historical Society, events, currently owned and operated buildings (30) Some are current, which means they are from the post-mining era.
  
• Jerome Fire Department (30-40) including the new fire station photos taken while the facility was under construction
  
• Jerome Fires (10) 1890s-1940s
  
• Jerome subsidence (30) Landslides 1936-37-downtown
  
• Mining: time of heaviest concentration, 1900-1920
  Shots of underground and open pit mining
  UV Copper Company (200-300)
  UVX Little Daisy (30)
  Smelters (30)
  Other Jerome area mines (20-30)
  Miners (30)-some specifically of union members
  
• Natural scenes around Jerome and VV (some not identified as to location) Mostly 1900-1930 (20)
  
• People (at least 500)-heaviest concentration 1900-1940-and some current: some are listed by name in the Historical Society's database, some are listed by location (Jerome, VV., etc.)
  Men (225)
  Women (150)
  Children (80)
  Groups (370)-may be overlap with this and other groups (photos may go under three categories)
  School pictures
  Ethnic groups:
  Native American (5-6)
  Hispanics (100+)
  Other ethnic groups include Croatian (this was a prominent group in town; category not exactly listed, but name search would show it), a few Chinese and one or two African-Americans.
  Prostitutes (4-5)-and some of cribs district (only a few)
  Military: more WWI and II
  Not classified but they have some funeral and some post mortum pictures
  
• Recreation-heavy concentration 1920-1940s
  Hiking (10)
  Sports (20-including football, swimming-some high school and some adult leagues)
  
• Saloons 10-15, dates 1890s 1900 and after to 1916
  
• Jerome Deportation 1917 (10)
  
• Schools, elementary and high school (30) -some interior and exterior (int. of high school) about 1900-1951 and 1970s
  
• Technology and transportation
  Some of freight wagons
  Automobiles (30) most 1900-1920
  Railroads (50 or so 1893-1940s), mostly of locomotives and full trains, Verde RR. area
  Machines miscellaneous (several)
  
• Town Hall
  
• Separate photos and some photo albums
  
• Other towns covered: 30-40
  Clarkdale (mostly older)
  Cottonwood
  Clemenceau (location of smelter for UVX)
  Some general VV (Sedona, Oak Creek)
  Hopewell, a few
  Jerome Junction (5-6)