Mayer Public Library

• Desert View, Mayer, 4 page paper, 1966, 67, approximately 25 copies
  
• The Big Bug Journal, typed, Nov., Dec. 1987 -also larger, later issues in newsprint, April, May, June, 1988

• Mayer High WildCat, May 19, 1976, 4 pages
  
• Student enrollment figures 1984-85 through 1995-96
  
• Good News Newsletter, Mayer Public Schools, April 1982
  
• Random newspaper clippings
  
• Mayer high school grads, pictures (from newspaper, but this doesn't have the name) Monday, May 24, 1982
  
• Mayer Messenger, Mayer Unified School District, Aug 1993 quarterly through 1996, generally 8 pp.
  
• Information on bond issues, publicity
  
• Charger School Newsletter, April 20, 1997
  
• Mayer School Arizona School Report Card, 1995-96 and 1996-97: published by Arizona Department of Education, 4 pp., facts, figures
  
• Mayer charter school, other information, newspaper articles, newspaper clippings
  
• Mayer Messenger, Home of the wildcats, Aug 1997, 8 pp
  
• Principal's newsletter, Mayer Jr-Sr hi May 1998
  
• Mayer Elementary School Student/Parent Handbook 1998-99, 42 pp
  

• Arcosanti: current publicity brochures, foundation information, newspaper clipping Arizona Republic, 1983, random information
  
• Arizona libraries, a few fairly recent clippings. Some copies of information in formation of Library District, 1987.
  
• Arizona literature:
  The Arizona Sun, Vol. 1, #1,2, 3, 4, 1929, published in Phoenix, 49 pp, very small, (4x4, poems, stories, general information)
  Bass, W. W., Rhymes and Jingles: (author is a Grand Canyon guide) LA: J. F. Rowny Press, 1915. 33 page pamphlet
  Parker, Charles Franklin. Fenced Trails and other poems by Bruce Brockett, Prescott, Arizona Publishers, Inc. 1948
  Brisendine, Everett. Old Cowboys Never Die, printed 1984.
  
• Arizona news articles, random newspaper articles often from Phoenix
  
• Maps of Arizona, general, official, undated copy of hand drawn map of Mayer (1976-78); two maps copies of hand drawn Spring Valley, no date listed; small photocopy (8x10) map (sketch plan) for The Bensch Ranch (development) no date (several copies) several copies of maps of Mayer from Wide World of Maps, 1996.
  
• Cordes-Spring Valley: copies of newspapers (Arizona Republic, Monday, July 16, 1979--article on Henry Cordes); recent information from the Arizona Department of Transportation Status Report on Highway 69, 1993; several clippings on retirement of librarian in Cordes Lakes Public Library (Violet Kalina)
  
• Crown King: one newspaper article, Prescott Sun, Aug 25, 1989, general
  
• Jerome and Chino Valley: some general information, brochures Humboldt and Dewey, general information, some newish newspaper articles about the towns.
  
• Mayer Directory of Services (1996 and a slightly older one not dated)
  
• Big Bug Dispatch, Oct 13, 1994, Vol. 1, #12
  
• Mayer Historical Register: general information on preservation from national and state level, brochures, catalog of historic preservation publications from US Dept. of the Interior: copy of page listing locations in Mayer (photos sheet, National Register of Historic Places Continuation sheet (no date)
  
• Mayer buildings:
  Clippings of newspaper articles from various places (Prescott Courier, Arizona Republic), 1968, 1969, 1970.
  "Mayer News:" copies of approximately 10 old, very small articles from a column called "Mayer News," newspaper not named, a few dated 1900 and 1901, most 1902
  Several old photos of a single building in Mayer
  1981 colored snapshots (7) of various areas of the town and photocopies of these photos
  1902 news items
  Mayer Tribune, 1985 (Aug 14) on old Mayer school, photocopy
  US Postal Service Real Estate and Buildings Dept.: Environmental Assessment, Main Post Office,
  Mayer, Arizona draft May 1981 report calling for new PO
  Copy of picture of old hotel, approximately 1902-3
  Copies of others photos
  Several copies of articles on Old Mayer Hospital
  
• Copy of article on Mayer camp from the Courier, Friday, April 16, 1999
  
• "The Dugas Story: A look at both the man and the place," by Bruce Fee (no date, four printed pages)
  
• Mayer Daze
  Information and brochures on centennial, locally printed and from other sources, including Sunset Magazine, special pages from The Big Bug Journal, June/July, 1989; Prescott Valley Progress, June 5, 1982, on Mayer and Mayer Daze, short information on Mayer Daze (other information 1986, 1987)
  Special publication: The Old West Chronicle, April 1994, on Joe Mayer and his town (A Free monthly Publication for the Thinking American) published in Sedona.
  Other information on Prescott Valley Days (1991), Yarnell Daze, 1994 (also 1996) Fiesta Days, Black Canyon City, 1997
  1997 Mayer Daze publicity
  Canyon Country News, free paper, June 1998 on Mayer Daze (and an article form the Prescott Courier)
  
• Mayer People:
  Various newspaper articles on: Mrs. Thorpe, Emil Muller some copies of obits (Maria Amelia Bennett, Louise Passmore, Thomas Thorpe Jr. and others
  Photocopies of photos: 4^th grade (no year listed) with Julia Mannering and Charles Mannering (1920s?)
  Copy of photo Red Brick School (1917?) children and teachers in front of school (about 50 students)
  "The Dugas Story," from Canyon Country News on Evelyn Elizabeth Dugas Dingman (1987?)
  Obituary of James Leo Peplinsky d. 1996
  Copy of photo of Wyatt Earp by Mayer Apts., around 1890
  Arizona Republic supplement June 4, 1978, on Winnie and Cora (Winnie Mayer Thorpe)
  Article on Frank Polk, old cowboy, copy from Arizona Republic, March 1979
  Floyd Orr (cowboy), dated March 20, 1980
  Article on Wagonmaster Bud Brown (dated Jan 22, 1986)
  Claire Champie Cordes article, Dec. 21, 1980, and other articles on Cordes
  Blaine Bowman (RR Museum) Arizona Republic, Aug 23, 1981
  Frank Polk (cowboy) "Outlook," (a Prescott publication) Nov 27, 1985
  Les Wood, Prescott Courier, Aug 3, 1980
  Frank Polk from (Mayer), article in Express, Dec. 10 1981
  Bea Carlton, article in Prescott Courier, May 6, 1988, Jan 6, 1987
  Daniel Arthur Leonard of Prescott, obituary
  Willie and Alice Braatz, Mayer Tribune, 3-18-86
  Miscellaneous articles from Mayer Tribune
  Polk, Frank: Northland Press article, 1978; at least 5-10 other articles on Frank Polk, sculptor
  Cora Poley from Prescott Valley Progress, 2-24-82, on her 86^th birthday
  Mayer Community Church 1990 directory
  Betty Gordon, obituary Oct 27, 1997 from Prescott Courier
  Ruth Hodges, obituary, 1997
  Geneva Adams, "One Room Schoolteacher," printed Friday, Jan 16, 1981 by Claudette Simpson
  Cynthia Rigden and Tom Rigden, in Arizona Republic, Sept 27, 1981
  Wes Segner, Courier, Aug 3, 1980
  Dean Cameron an Louis Wingfield, Arizona Republic, Sunday, Feb, 15, 1987 (Horseshoe Ranch)
  Two old orig. photos LaVonne and Ed Vessels around 1940 and Myrna Vessels around 1940,
  Alice and Lloyd Weems (short, no source, no date)
  Mary Robineau, July 7, 1985 Arizona Republic
  Winnie Mayer Thorpe, Prescott Courier Territorial Days Extra, June 4, 1981
  Ralph Bennett, obituary, 1995
  Joyce Segner, Dir. Mayer Public Library, Prescott Valley Progress, 7-23-81
  John Kerpelm PV Progressive 1982
  Perralee Strand, Nov. 27, 1994 Arizona Republic
  Marvin Bennett, July 1, 1992, This Week
  Payne, Morris Wing (born Prescott 1889): interview by Virginia E. Rice, Aug 23, 1974
  Gibbs, Fred, interview by Virginia E. Rice, Nov. 1, 1974
  Mayer Mission Society
  Brother Albert Walter Lessard, copy of memorial
  William Ron Atkins, obituary, 1994
  Lawrence E. Diggers, obituary 1994
  Ursel Irene McDonald, Prescott Courier, 12-6-95
  William Witting, obituary 1994
  Winnifred Mayer Thorpe
  Irene McDonald (who grew up with Mayer) article by Claudette Simpson in June 4, 1982
  Faith Fenwick, obituary 1989
  Rosie Ross (Leonard is his real name), musician, (4-3-98) no name of paper
  James Joyner, son of Alice Weem, Big Bug 2^nd Hand store, May 8, 1998 Prescott Courier
  Bob Shepherd, Artist, no date, newspaper promotional pamphlet in Prescott Courier 11-3-97
  Ken Akers, Los Angeles Times, June 21, 1998
  Bill Gates (cowboy) People Magazine, and Courier art Sept 4, 1998
  Report of Donna L. Fagan, CPA to Fire Board of the Mayer Fire District, Sept 19, 1998
  Lloyd Raven, obituary 1-14-99
  Johnnye Hines, obituary 1-31-99
  Gary Frey, no date on clipping from the Courier
  Hook-Um, art in Local/State section of Courier Friday, July 24, 1998
  
• Mayer Cemetery
  Copy of layout, copy of art on "Official Pioneer Cemetery," from Mayer Tribune, Jan 13, 1988
  Copy of list of article in time capsule at cemetery (1987-88)
  Layouts of plots, owners, death dates
  
• Thorpe, Winifred Mayer. "Joe Mayer and his town," Journal of Arizona History, summer 1978. Copy of permission to copy and circulate copies of the article from Arizona Historical Society June 18, 1997.
• Town of Mayer
  Newspaper clippings with articles on the Town of Mayer, various
  Map (handwritten extra information -- Hudson, no date)
  Mayer Brochures, Fire Dispatch paper, 1996
  Information on Santa Fe Station (which was sold and moved from Mayer)
  Information on developments: Spring Valley, Bensch Ranch
  Copy of 1912-13 (newspaper?) some information in Mayer, Chamber of Commerce
  Mayer's downtown, Prescott Courier, various dates including 1-13-78
  Copy of plat for Oak Hills Subdivision, no date, lot dimension and future sales, from Black Canyon Realty and Investments Inc., no date
  Copy of figures (rent? phone bill?) 1922, Big Bug Market
  Various information on Mayer businesses, openings, etc.
  Arizona Department of Commerce profile on Mayer, 6/90 (statistical)
  Mayer, Arizona Community Profile, Arizona Office of Ec. Planning and Development, 1-82, same as above, growth, tax rate, pop., etc.
  Copy of Article of Association for Mayer Recreation center, no date
  Smelter article from Courier, June 20, 1990
  Various manuscripts for plays and presentations for Mayer Daze, including the one with the old timers living in Mayer, Prescott Courier, March 23, 1992
  "Days Past" column by Brad Hasserock, Sunday, Nov. 17, 1996 on how Mayer tried to turn cactus needles into tooth picks.
  
• White House Hotel, Mayer, various articles and copied write ups, 1980s publicity mostly, big piece in Westward (The Prescott Courier's Weekly Feature Magazine) Sept 25, 1981
  
• Movies, Mayer, article on location of Harts of the West, Beau and Lloyd Bridges, April 7, 1993, Prescott Sun
  
• Newspapers (single papers in the file) in file
  The Times Herald, Wed April 17, 1985
  Central Mountain Star, Nov. 1978
  Special Territorial Days Extra, The Courier, June 4, 1981
  Big Bug Dispatch, Oct 13, 1994
  A photocopied paper, The Big Bug Journal, local, low key, probably 1990, 27 pp
  Smoke Stack News, Mayer, Aug 1986, typed, 8 pp
  The Old West Chronicle, Jan, 1993, April 1994
  Prescott Courier Territorial Days Edition, June 1, 1983, on Mayer
  AZ highways, Aug 1994, (Old Black Canyon Highway)
  AZ Highways April, 1995
  AZ Senior World, Sept 1997
  Home Town Shopper, Oct and Nov. 1987 (ad sheet)
  Prescott Courier on Hungry Bear, Fri. Dec. 18, 1998
  Canyon Country News, March 5, 1999
  
• Mayer Public Library:
  Typed histories, 1969, 1977
  1976 "Beginnings"
  Letters, pictures, memorials, newspaper clippings, local and regional
  Information on opening, newsletters, information on librarians
  Annual Report Yavapai County Library system 1983-84
  Copy of map of Ghost Railroads of Central AZ., 1985
  Photocopy of map by Rob Krohn, no date on the orig. copy
  Annual reports, some personal correspondence from member lists, board members, thank you letters, various dates) for contributions mostly
  
• Orme School, clippings, send-outs, brochure on The Orme Summer Camp, recent, no date
  Fairly current brochure for school, and other general information on school, end of twentieth century (including catalog)
  
• Prescott: old post card of Whipple Barracks (no date), very old folding postcard Panoramic view showing Yavapai Club, city hall and library, various Arizona Highways magazines with Prescott articles; various clippings folders
  
• Rail trips around Clarkdale, brochures, AAA information, publicity, newspaper clippings, etc.
  
• Yavapai County Folder, various information on forests, Department of Agriculture, Arizona Department of Commerce brochure: Profile: Yavapai County, Arizona, 10-96 highway information
  
• "Verde River Sheep Bridge and the Sheep Industry in Arizona" (private publication)
  
• Young's farm, various newspaper clippings
  Brochure; 1986, "Rachel's Memories," by Rachel Gillett Young (died 1988 106 pp)
  Article from Highroads (AAA)
  Their own publication Young's Farm Country Corner, various copies Summer 1993, -Summer, 1998
  Brochures for some festivals
  
• Arizona Mines
  Clippings and old articles, Nat'l Geographic (On Poland) Apr 1982; Camp Verde paper, (no name, no date-not "old") "Aboriginal Salt Mine at Camp Verde," several pages
  Commercial pamphlets
  Copies of pictures (The Divided Gold Mining Co., Big Bug District around 1900)
  Original Middletown 1906 (section house, power house)
  Four others, definitely older, around 1900, labeled, but not always with the year, local mining-one is of the Peck Boarding House
  Probably reprint Big Bug-Henrietta Mine, Braganza Gold Mining Co., no date (during operation, it appears)-these are representative of about 30 8x10 photos, could be old, definitely not professionally developed, of local mines, Verde Mines, Senator Mine, Poland Mine, etc., of inside and outside, buildings, some with workmen. Mostly from right around 1900, some later, into the twenties
  
• Plays, Old West-Pioneer, some published by "Pioneer Drama Service, Denver, Co), 1980s publications; two older copies of plays
  

• Loose colored photos (approximately 30), 1990s, of local events that are generally library related; they are not labeled.
  
• Book from 1985 donated by Margaret Mellen, approximately 30 well-labeled library photos
  
• Scrapbook/album of Mayer Public library,
  Copies of article and photos of events connected with the library from the 1970s onward with planning, groundbreaking and building, clippings on library.
  Finished product, annual report
  Approximately 35 miscellaneous photos
  1948 photo of Grace Combs, co-founder of Mayer public library
  Article on death of Joyce Segner from Prescott Courier, Monday, April 1 1991
  
  
• Album: Library-related
  Mayer Daze, loose, recent photos, not labeled
  Children in the library (6)
  Library in General (approximately 20), subjects not identified
  
  Photos
  In file folders:
  
• Mayer Buildings
  Photo of old hotel, approximately 1902-3
  color snapshots of various areas of the town (7, 1981) photocopies of these photos
  
• Mayer People
  Two original photos LaVonne and Ed Vessels around 1940 and Myrna Vessels around 1940
  
• Arizona Mines
  The Divided Gold Mining Co., Big Bug District around 1900-
  Original Middletown 1906 (section house, power house)
  Four others photos taken around 1900 are not clearly identified, but one is of the Peck Boarding House
  Approximately 30 8x10 photos of local mines: Verde Mines, Senator Mine, Poland Mine, Big Bug-Henrietta, Braganza Gold Mining Co., of exterior and interior of mines, buildings, some with workmen in the photos. Most of these are from around 1900; some were taken later, into the twenties.
  
• Overview of Mayer taken 1913 by F. Sufea, Prescott, a gift from Winnie to Mr. and Mrs. Posso
  
• Photos on the wall:
  Mayer: two originals of the city, one from the late 1930s or early 1940s, and one from the mid-1950s