Arizona Historical Society

United States Arizona  Archives and Libraries  Arizona Historical Society Library

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Contact Information
E-mail: [mailto:AHSTucson@azhs.gov AHSTucson@azhs.gov]

Address:


 * 949 E. 2nd Street
 * Tucson, AZ 85719

Telephone: 520-628-5774

Hours and holidays: Tuesday–Friday 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Research Library is closed for state holidays.

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Internet sites and databases:


 * Arizona Historical Society visit AHS museums, education and programs, research collections, membership, publications, about, and events.
 * Repository catalog online.
 * Repository database.
 * other(s).

Collection Description
The Arizona Historical Society Library has a Mexican and an early Arizona collection, Colorado River topics, manuscripts 1860-present, oral histories, maps, and photos. Their excellent genealogical collection is run by one of America's most active historical societies.

History. The Arizona Historical Society (AHS) is Arizona’s oldest historical agency established by an Act of the First Territorial Legislature on 7 November 1864. The First Arizona Territorial Legislature whose members drafted the Territory’s code of laws realized they were making history and that it was important to preserve a record of their activities. One of their earliest actions was to create the means for documenting the past and recording contemporary events as they unfolded. This became the Arizona Historical Society, formed to collect and preserve “all facts relating to the history of this Territory.”

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Alternate Repositories
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Overlapping Collections


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 * such as: NARA I
 * NARA II
 * National Archives at _____
 * State Archives
 * State Library
 * State Library

Similar Collections


 * National Personnel Records Center
 * LC
 * FHL
 * LC
 * FHL

Neighboring Collections


 * County Vital Records Office
 * City Vital Records Office
 * County Archives
 * County Orphan's Court
 * County Probate Court
 * County Recorder
 * County Coroner
 * U.S. District Court
 * County and local historical societies
 * County and local genealogical societies
 * Public Libraries
 * Museums and heritage societies
 * Repositories in surrounding counties: [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin]
 * State Vital Records Office
 * State Historical Society
 * State Genealogical Society
 * University Libraries
 * Church archives
 * Repositories in other surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]
 * Repositories in other surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]