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Letter from U.S. Representative Martha W. Griffiths to Arizona State Senator...

Griffiths summarizes her work towards the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment and requests State Senator O'Connor's assistance in passing similar legislation at the state level. Map of 17th...

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Judgement of guilt and sentence of Ernesto Arturo Miranda for kidnapping and...

Judgement of guilt and sentence of Ernesto Arturo Miranda for kidnapping and rape, June 27, 1963. Document also contains record of incarceration of Miranda at the Arizona State Prison in Florence. Copy...

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Arizona Supreme Court order to reverse conviction of and retry Ernesto...

Order reverses sentence of Ernesto Miranda per U.S. Supreme Court Opinion and orders a retrial.

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Combined Flow Salt and Verde Rivers

Bar chart produced by the Salt River Valley Water Users' Association showing the combined flow of the Salt and Verde Rivers for 1889-1951.

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Stream Flow Central Gila Basin

Bar chart showing the stream flow of the Central Gila Basin in acre feet, measured at four points, from 1890 to 1939.

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Copy of the Colorado River Compact

Text of the Colorado River Compact, written by representatives of the seven states in the Colorado River basin: W.S. Norviel (AZ), W.F. McClure (CA), Delp E. Carpenter (CO), J.G. Scrugham (NV), Stephen...

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Map of Colorado River Drainage Basin Below Green River, Utah

Map of Colorado River Drainage Basin Below Green River, Utah. Showing undeveloped water-power sites and flood-control reservoir sites on the main stream.

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Profile of the Colorado River from the Dolores River to the Gulf of California

Profile of the Colorado River from the Dolores River to the Gulf of California and Green River from Green River, Utah, to Colorado River showing position of all known dam sites and a suggested plan for...

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Letter from Genevieve Bratton to K. Berry Peterson, November 15, 1929, re:...

Letter from Arizona citizen Genevieve Bratton to Arizona Attorney General K. Berry Peterson regarding California's attitudes towards Arizona water rights and Bratton's own opinions on the same topic.

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Letter from Thomas Maddock to Governor Hunt, December 1, 1927, re:...

Letter from Thomas Maddock, State Engineer, to Governor Hunt, relaying Maddock's experiences at meeting regarding Arizona-Nevada conference.

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Letter from Henry S. Stevens to Dr. James M. Kilgore, Jr., May 20, 1963, re:...

Letter summarizes the crimes for which Ernesto Miranda was tried and requests documentation of Kilgore's medical examination of Miranda.

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Memo from John B. Kelly to Governor Symington, July 29, 1994, re: Indian...

Memo summarizes Kelly's concerns with proposed legislation to allow gaming on American Indian reservations in Arizona.

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Excerpt from the 1917 Motor Vehicle Register

Single spread from the 1917 Arizona Secretary of State vehicle license registration book. Contains names of vehicle owners and drivers and vehicle information. Entire volume available for viewing at...

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Women's Suffrage Petition

Excerpt from the Woman's [sic] Suffrage Initiative Petition filed July 5, 1912. One page from each county,with the exception of Pinal and Apache Counties, is represented online. Petitions from Apache...

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Excerpt from the 1912 Motor Vehicle Register

Single spread from the 1917 Arizona Secretary of State vehicle license registration book. Contains names of vehicle owners and drivers and vehicle information. Entire volume available for viewing at...

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Proclamation of State of Emergency by Governor Hull, June 19, 2002

Proclamation of State of Emergency as a result of the fire started on the Rodeo Fairgrounds, Fort Apache Indian Reservation.

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Letter from Val Peterson, August 1954, re: Key facilities

Letter presents state civil defense directors with a list of key facilities within their respective states.

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Department of Defense Abridged Key Facilities List Arizona

List of key facilities in Arizona. Attached to letter from national Civil Defense Agency Director Val Peterson.

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Letter from Harry Welch to Major George H. Kelly, March 5, 1923, re: Arizona...

Letter summarizes the history of the Arizona Good Roads Association from 1910-1923. Includes names of officers.

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Order of Protection, Bruce Babbitt and Arizona Department of Safety, Greenlee...

Order of Protection, Bruce Babbitt and Arizona Department of Safety, Greenlee County Superior Court, May 6, 1984

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Log of operations for Yavapai County Civil Defense Agency during Operation...

Report summarizes activities of Yavapai County law enforcement and volunteers during Operation Beware and comments on weaknesses in response.

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Bulletin describing general situation for Operation Beware, June 20, 1953

Bulletin outlines the general scenario driving Operation Beware in Arizona. Includes a timeline of mock emergency events within the state.

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Hopi Reservation: Arizona Indian Community Profile, 1973

Profile summarizes the economic activities, labor force, population, transportation, finance, taxes, recreational facilities, medical facilities, government services, area scenic attractions,...

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Navajo & Hopi Relocation Program update and report, February 1990

Report summarizes commission meetings and work on New Lands homes, and presents relocation program statistical summary.

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Leupp, Navajo Reservation: Arizona Community Profile

Profile summarizes the economic activities, labor force, population, transportation, finance, taxes, recreational facilities, medical facilities, government services, area scenic attractions,...

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Letter from Japanese Association of America to Governor Thomas E. Campbell,...

Letter expresses Association's regret over the actions of Japan in World War I and pledges Japanese-American citizens' loyalty to the U.S. Signed by JAA president and secretary.

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Letter from Roscoe C. Mitchell to Governor Thomas E. Campbell, May 8, 1917,...

American League of National Unity Director of Publicity Roscoe C. Mitchell invites Governor Campbell to attend the conference of the American League for National Unity in Washington D.C. as Arizona's...

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Letter from C. E. Breniman to Dwight B. Heard, April 19, 1918, re: Disloyalty...

Letter from C. E. Breniman, Division Superintendent of the Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation responds to Heard's letter concerning suspected disloyalty among residents of Globe, Arizona.

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Letter from Dwight B. Heard to A. B. Bielaski, March 30, 1918, re: disloyalty...

Letter from Dwight B. Heard, chairman of the Arizona Council of Defense, to A.B. Bielaski, Chief of the Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, calling attention to suspected disloyalty among...

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Letter from Dwight B. Heard to W. B. Wilson, May 4, 1917 re: agricultural...

Letter from Dwight B. Heard, chairman of the Arizona Council of Defense, to W.B. Wilson, U.S. Secretary of Labor, describing agricultural labor shortage in Arizona and requesting suspension of literacy...

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Letter to George F. Porter, November 28, 1917, re: letter from F. S. Moreno,...

Letter to George F. Porter, Chief of Section on Cooperation with States, Council of National Defense, regarding letter from F.S. Moreno, publisher of Spanish-language El Tucsonense newspaper requesting...

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Foreign Language Newspapers, August 16, 1918, Supplementing Council of...

Foreign Language Newspapers, August 16, 1918, Supplementing Council of National Defense Bulletin 06 and Circular of June 5, 1918. Recommends that state councils of defense publish news articles in...

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Letter from Grace E. Doebler to Col. Quinton C. Harvey, May 26, 1953, re:...

Letter summarizes attached minutes of Tucson Civil Defense Council meeting in preparation of Operation Beware.

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Bulletin no. 62, Reaching the German-Speaking Population, January 4, 1918

Council of National Defense Bulletin no. 62, Reaching the German-Speaking Population, January 4, 1918. Offers recommendations to State Councils of Defense to strengthen loyalty of German-speaking...

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Report on Tucson/Pima County Civil Defense Services as to willingness and...

Report on meeting of Tucson Civil Defense Council meeting May 25, 1953 in preparation for Operation Beware. This report was attached to letter from Grace E. Doebler to Quinton C Harvey, May 26, 1953.

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Remarks to Associated Women Students at ASU, May 7, 1970, by Sandra Day O'Connor

O'Connor summarizes history of women's rights movement in the U.S. and addresses the current state of women's rights in the U.S.

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Form letter from Senator Sandra Day O'Connor, February 18, 1984, re: Equal...

Describes current status of the Equal Rights Amendment in Arizona's 31st legislature and addresses concerns about the Amendment.

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Chediski-Rodeo [sic] Fire Map, June 29, 2002

Map depicts the spread of the Rodeo-Chediski fire from 6/19/2002-6/29/2002.

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Map of Rodeo-Chediski Fire and Percent Containment, June 26, 2002

Topographic and political map depicting extent of Rodeo-Chediski fire, evacuated towns, and percentage of fire contained as of 9:00 pm MST June 26, 2002.

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Map of Rodeo-Chediski Fire and Percent Containment, June 28, 2002

Topographic and political map depicting extent of Rodeo-Chediski fire, evacuated towns, and percentage of fire contained as of 4:07 pm MST, June 28, 2002.

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Letter from Mulford Winsor to Jay Datus, November 6, 1941, re: Lon Megargee's...

Letter summarizes negative and positive comments, including those of artist Lon Megargee, on the Pageant of Progress murals painted by Datus for the Arizona State Library.

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Letter from Jay Datus to Mulford Winsor, November 12, 1941, re: Lon...

Letter acknowledges Lon Megargee's comments on the Pageant of Progress murals.

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Letter from Jay Datus to Mulford Winsor, September 13, 1939, re: mountains...

Letter responds to Winsor's inquiries as to the location of mountains depicted in the Pageant of Progress murals.

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Letter from Mulford Winsor to Jay Datus, September 9, 1939, re: mountains...

Letter inquires as to the location of mountains depicted in the Pageant of Progress murals.

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Program for Organization of Negroes by the Southern State Councils

National Council of Defense Bulletin, Program for Organization of Negroes by the Southern State Councils, offers recommendations for organizing African-American citizens to aid in the war effort.

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Flood Regulation on the Colorado River as Affected by the Existing and...

To the State Water Commissioner of Arizona, Phoenix Arizona, for consideration of the Colorado River Commission. Flood Regulation on the Colorado River as Affected by the Existing and Proposed Works on...

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Arrest record for Ernesto Miranda, March 14, 1963

Arrest record for Ernesto Miranda, on two counts of kidnapping and rape in the first degree.

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Statement of Facts on Conviction in State of Arizona v. Ernesto Arturo...

Statement of Facts on Conviction submitted in the case Arizona v. Ernesto Arturo Miranda by Maricopa County Attorney Moise Berger.

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Amended accusation by Maricopa County Superior Court charging Ernesto Miranda...

Amended accusation by Maricopa County Superior Court charging Ernesto Miranda with robbery. Amended version corrects erroneous date in original.

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Original Arizona State Constitution

Original Arizona State Constitution with signatures

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