Welcome Contributing to a ‘greater’ understanding of the region, its people and places through a vast collection of resource materials on Arizona and the Southwest, the Greater Arizona Collection includes personal papers, photographs, organizational and business records, congressional and political papers and community-centered materials. It features a variety of primary and secondary resources documenting politics, mining, labor history, Phoenix history, water and land management, organizational history and community-based history. Collections of note Herbert and Dorothy McLaughlin Black and White Photography, 1850s–1977 Over 100,000 photographs documenting agriculture, mining, recreation, transportation, city and aerial views, schools and churches. View finding aids for McLaughlin photography U.S. Congressional Research Collection The papers of a number of Arizona senators and congressmen, including Carl T. Hayden, Barry M. Goldwater and John J. Rhodes. More information about the U.S. Congressional Research Collection Gila River "Relocation" Center Photographs Photographic prints of the Gila River Relocation Center, 1942-1945, available online in the ASU Digital Repository.  View the Gila River Relocation Center Photographs , Information Access the collection Materials in this collection can be viewed by appointment in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138). Please make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or call 480-965-4932 for more information. Questions? Ask an Archivist , Resources Greater Arizona Collection Library Guide Arizona Archives Online ASU Digital Repository ASU Distinctive Collections Policies American Continental Corporation Use Agreement Arizona AFL-CIO Use Agreement Camera Use Agreement Using our collections in publications , Renee James Assistant Archivist renee.d.james@asu.edu 480-965-9279

Last year the family of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor generously gifted the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and the Ross-Blakley Law […]

We have one of the nation's finest collections of archival materials as well as printed texts on the Borderlands of the Southwest and Northwest of Mexico, from Baja, California to Tamaulipas, Mexico. These collections document the region's culture and history, from the colonial period to the present. Accounts of Native Americans and their ancestors, the impact of Spanish and Mexican settlement and the influx of people into the region during the 19th century are also included.

Regional and local history will always be a focus of our collections. Special Collections is the repository for printed texts and manuscripts on Arizona and its Borderlands. These collections document the region’s culture and history, including accounts of Native Americans, the impact of Spanish and Mexican settlement, and the influx of other groups into the region starting in the 19th century.

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The entire population of Tucson in 1950 could fit, with plenty of seats to spare, in today's University of Arizona Stadium. Tucson grew by orders of magnitude in the second half of the twentieth century. With growth, of course, came change. The change occurred so quickly that many of yesterday’s stories, landscapes, people, and lifestyles are invisible to today's Tucsonans. This is why we record history. Archive Tucson is the University of Arizona Libraries’ ever-growing collection of interviews about life and change in Tucson and Southern Arizona. As part of a Land Grant institution, we believe that one of the most important ways to serve our community is to preserve the stories of today for the people of tomorrow. We invite you to browse our collection and start seeing Tucson in four dimensions.

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