Jerome State Historic Park
The Jerome State Historic Park is located below the business district of Jerome just off Highway 89A on Douglas Road (phone: 520-634-5381). The museum is housed in the former mansion of James S. Douglas, owner of the Little Daisy copper mine. The museum's archives contain numerous artifacts and documents relating directly to miners, the mining industry, and the history of Jerome. It also showcases those enterprises engaged in by the Douglas family. This is especially well illustrated by the collection's photographs that contain rich visual information on the family's business dealings in Arizona and Mexico.
Due to a common historical focus, both the Park and the Jerome Historical Society collections have some areas of interest that overlap and in some cases they have materials that duplicate one another.
Documents on display in the Douglas House
- Membership booklet, International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers
- Self-teaching manual for the polyphase slide ruler
- Itinerary for 15th Annual convention of the American Legion Dept. of Arizona, Bisbee, Arizona, Aug 1924, 1925, 1926, 1933 (booklet has copper covers)
Newspapers and printed city documents
- Newspaper Index starting for Arizona Weekly Miner in 1864 with information on Verde Valley area and especially Jerome, typed, extending into the very early 1900s
- Notes from Jerome Council meetings, 1917-23
- Copies of Jerome Telephone directories, 1916 and 1939
- Transcriptions from Arizona Mining News, from 1897-Lana Ivie had the newspaper in Jerome and typed these up to use in her paper Jerome Ghost Post in the 1980s
- Jerome Ghost Post, 1983-84 (fairly complete collection)
- Strange Times Dec, 1992-Feb 1993 (fairly complete)
- Jerome Chronicle, fairly complete (from Jerome Historical Society)
- Information on Jerome Historical Society (records, newspaper)
School-related materials/publications
Jerome High School annual, The Mucker 1921, 1925, 1950, 1951, 1953
Ledgers, journals, record books
- 9 ledgers (accts. receivable for the UVX mine Sept 1917-Jan, 1926)
- 3 ledgers United Verde Cooper Company, Smelter sample analyses, 1918-25
- 8 ledgers, run sample books for United Verde Copper Company smelter (no date)
- 2 Journals blank lined pp for recording smelter concentrate contents, United Verde Copper Smelter
- 8 Assay record books for UVC Smelter, 1899-1918
- Record book Scott-McMillan Mortuary records, 30 pp), loose leaf notes, death certificates, etc., from 1905 to 1969 (with 1962-64 missing) Some early records are very complete (manner of death, etc.)
Vertical files (grouped by file folder or collection title)
- UVX Payroll deduction check 1925
- Jerome Mexican Independence celebration, program 1925, original
- One page document: A la culta colonia Mexicana de Jerome
- Poster of Mexican Independence anniversary, 1926
- Mexican Independence Day paper from Miami, Arizona
- Photo clipping Nacozari polo match-no year listed
- Photo clipping of French bas-relief
- Original, Quebec Literary and Historical Society, May, 1862 with article by Rev. Douglas
- Notices of liquidation of bank of Clemenceau (to be held Nov 16, 1933)
- Canceled checks Jerome Verde Copper Company, 1916
- Postmarked letter, from Fas Yuen Tang (1930) and receipt from Dea Yuen (1929)
- Wilson's Mining Laws, US, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, 1907 (paperback book)
- Apache Explosives Blasting supplies accessories and chemicals (book) Benson, Arizona, no year listed
- George List Collection Safety Rules and Regulations, open pit dept., PD, Jerome 1936
Safety Rules and Regulations Underground Dept. 1942
Safety Rules and Regulations Mechanic Dept. 1938 (in Spanish)
Safety Rules and Regulations, Department of Mines, 1938 in Spanish
Safety book put out by Industrial Commission of Arizona, in Spanish
Book: Prevention of Blasting Trouble through the proper care and use of the safety fuse: Livermore, CA, no year listed
- Town of Jerome Collection Gun permission slips issued by Town Marshal, Town of Jerome, 1918 and 20s
Book, public Health Laws of State of Arizona, June 1929
Booklet, "Parking ordinance, Town of Jerome," 1929
Pamphlet titled "Saving life by Barricading in mines and tunnels at times of Disaster," US Bureau of Mines, April 1933
- Postcard verifying a Jerome Radio Station test (KCRJ) in 1938
- Timber sale permits 1923 (to Geronimo Pena)
- RR Trip pass on UV&D 1920
- RR pass on the VT&S 1920
- Personal hand written letters from Ray Morris to his parents and Hubert Morris to his grandfather 1915
- Theater receipts from film corporations to Liberty Theater, Jerome, late 1920s
- Correspondence from Liberty Theater to various film companies and associates, late 1920s
- Several original menus from English Kitchen and Pagoda Café; hard to tell dates (one is 1942)
- Passenger's cash fare receipt for Santa Fe Railroad, no date
- Instruction book on ritual of the Ladies Auxiliary to the International Assn. of Machinists, 1939
- Union Song Card
- Book: Constitution of Ladies Aux. To the Int. Assoc. of Machinists, Last revision 1949
- Report from State Labor Div., Phoenix to the organized and unorganized workers of Arizona, 1936, typed
- Issue of the Verde Copper News, Sept 15, 1933
- Letterhead stationary of Int. Assn. of Machinists, (5 copies)
- Application for membership in the Ladies' Auxiliary to IAofM 1952 (applicant's name not on the paper)
- Memorial program of BPOE Jerome Lodge No. 1361, Dec. 4, 1938
- Booklet by-laws and rules of order of Jerome lodge (above) 1936
- Booklet US Dept. of Interior Bureau of Mines, Manual of First-Aid Instruction 1935
- Clair Barnett Collection
22 pages of corresp. 1909-11 and a leaflet, primarily from the brokerage firm of Glass and Meyer of Pittsburgh PA to stockholders of Arizona Central Copper Co, extolling the virtues of investment (booklet called "Safety and Profit of Legitimate Mining," no date visible)
- Jerome Hotel Stationary
- Canceled checks from the Bank of Clemenceau, 1925, 1928
- Newspapers: Verde Independent, Jerome supplement July 1952
- Newspaper article, LA Times, photo spread 1953 "Boom Days Return Awaited"
- Newspaper article by J.O. Mullen about Jerome Schools 4-10-52
- Linn Traction Member advertisement
- Papers from produce billing book W. H. Goodwin grocer, 1922
- Blank statements from Miners' hardware & Furniture Co.,
- Verde Copper News, Vol. 3, #166, Nov. 11, 1918: front page headlines: War Ends (6 pp)
- Theater Program from 1930s
- Envelope (Jerome postmark) commemorating Jerome State Historical Park Dedication, Oct 16, 1965, with historic photos on front
- First Aid Training certificate card, 1932 for Harlam Barnes,
- Everett Roscoe's report card for School semester Aug 28, 1916
- Health Dept. Vaccination form for Everett Roscoe June 1916
- Jerome Mercantile Co blank invoice sheet
- Drawings for Newport Ltd. Offices, guest house annex
- Phelps Dodge Corp. UV Branch, Mines Division, Train Schedule for 500 level, 7-21-50 (different shafts and times listed)
- Various voucher checks, 1921, 1929,
- Privilege Sales Tax License 8-1-41 for Phelps Dodge
- Membership certificate of receipt of Arizona Bankers Assn. Bank of Clemenceau 1933
- Copy of Jerome Reporter Supplement, 12-28-1899
- Some genealogy information on the Cronin, Connolly, Keohane families, quite recently done
In Boxes:
- Used Car ledger, but the name of the company is not clear. , 1924 receipts and sold slips
- John Connolly budget ledger 1892
- Box: mining operations photographs (probably from Arizona) 3 glass negatives, not printed
- Box: UV Copper company, (booklet large) "A Series of articles describing the organization, operations, and activities of this company in the Jerome District of Arizona, Reprinted from the Mining Congress Journal, April, 1930 VV Common Stock certificates some blank, some issued to John Connolly in 1930
Blank Green Monster Mining Company certificates
Arcadia Citrus Development Co. shares issued to H. J. Bailey, 1932
Stock Certif. Verde Combination Copper Company, issued to William I. Mead, Oct 1917
Copy of "The Mucker" 1921 (Jerome school annual)
Box: Newspapers with memory of Dr. Douglas: Douglas Daily Dispatch, April 8, 1928 The Bisbee Review, April 8, 1928, Douglas Daily Dispatch, April 10, 1928; El Imparcial, (Hermosillo Sonora) April 27, 1966
Vida Social Hermosillense (June 8, 1968) newspaper
April, 1923 Good Housekeeping (258 pp)
"Yavapai" newspaper-type magazine August, 1920, articles on the road from Jerome to Prescott
Report on UVX shaft #8, no date (but after 1930s) copy of report
Dept. of Commerce, US Bureau of Mines, Information Circular, "Mining Methods and Practices of the United Verde Copper Mines, Jerome, Arizona," Feb. 1931
"Methods and Costs of Stripping and Mining at the United Verde Open-Pit Mine, Jerome Arizona," Feb. 1930
Box:
Originals of cartoons for campaign for supervisor in 1936 (labor issue here)
Truck manual, 1931
Orig. Phelps Dodge Corp. UV Branch, Smelter Division, General Warning to Employees regarding misconduct justifying discharge, Aug 1949
Two Jerome Supply Department change of price sheets, late 1940s
Technical Papers of the Operations of the United Verde Copper Company, Delivered to Arizona Chapter of the American Mining Congress held in Jerome, March 14 and 15, 1927
Copy of Engineering and Mining Journal, Sept 28 1918 on Jerome District
Copy of art from Mining and Scientific Press, Jan 12, 1918 by T.A. Richard
Box
Several old, women's magazines: Good Housekeeping, May, 1923 Ladies Home Companion, June, 1923, The Delineator (Better Homes in America) May, 1923, Nov. 1922, Oct 1922, Ladies Home Journal, June, 1923, Pictorial Review June, 1923
Box
The Mucker, 1950, 1951
Bible presented by Neola Anderson to the Ladies Auxiliary, IA of M, 1940 (King James)
Box
Stock certificates at least 20, various companies, various dates (some from 1920s)
Many stock certificates and ledgers (for sale of stock) very bad shape Green Monster Mining Company
Stock certificate book for Verde Hercules Copper Company (unused, as in case of Green Monster stock)
Jones Collection
Cash ledger, 1917
Various papers United Verde Copper Company-letter and calligraphed honor to Mr. Thomas Taylor (Aug 20, 1931), years of faithful and efficient service
Two greeting cards, old Bible, Carnegie medal box
Other personal papers, and funeral announcement of Tom Taylor
Box
Verde Cooper News, June 21, 1927, Aug 9, 1927, June 22, 1927 Aug 2, Sept 23, 1927 Nov. 16 1927
Arizona Rep June 24, 1931
Some general clippings
Notices of whopping cough (about 6x8 cardboard, other public health signs and warnings
Plat Claim James Douglas 1882 (map)
Civilian Conservation Corps Poster
Typed copies, Business and Prof. Directory of Arizona, 1939 and 1941-42 for Verde Valley towns
WWI French and American certificates of service for Felix Tamitti
Maps
Various USGS maps of Jerome area
Copy of Blueprint: Area to be annexed by Jerome, 1959
Copy of Jerome Map, large blueprint, Dec 1961
Architectural drawings
- Lescher/Kibbe Collection, of "A Miner's Hotel for the United Verde Extension Mining Company" (The Little Daisy Hotel), drawings appear to be quite complete 17 drawings
- From Arizona Historical Society, set of 23 architectural drawings of the Douglas Mansion by Architects Lescher and Kibbey of Phoenix
- Drawing, Hopewell building site Nov. 1920, location of buildings, pipe lines (transfer station at foot of hill to take ore to smelter (had tow, school, etc.)
Oral Histories transcripts
- Laura Williams done June 13, 1978
- Herb Young interview by Sarah Bouquet, June 23, 1977
- John McMillan, Sept 1977 by Sarah Bouquet
Scrapbooks (each over one inch thick)
Copies of Scrapbooks, UVX, very large, with news releases, reports (official) not always dated but seem to begin around 1916 through 1923, some into 1930 (newspaper clippings are not just on company activities)
Scrapbook, UVX
Seem to have been copied from special collections at University of Arizona re: United Verde, the town, etc., 1915-25 or so (UVXs), various newspaper articles, information, other clippings, very extensive and broad
Photos
Approximately 3000 photos of Jerome, mining and Arizona-miscellaneous views, early 1900s to present.
- Approximately 500 photos are originals from the Douglas Collection, including many scenes from southern Arizona and Mexico.
- Mining development in Nacozari, Sonora
- Cannanea riots and Mexican Revolution
- Bisbee Deportation, scenes range from approximately 1900-1917