Arizona Bibliography and
Sources
Arizona Atlas of
Historical County Boundaries
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The Newberry Library 2007
Abel, Annie Heloise, ed. Official
Correspondence of James S. Calhoun. Washington D.C.: Government Printing
Office 1915. Includes a copy of “Map of New Mexico Territory made by order of
Brig. Gen. S.W. Kearny under instructions from Lieut. W. H. Emory, U.S.T.E. by
Lieut’s S.W. Abert and W.G. Peck, U.S.T.E. 1867-47” which shows boundaries for
the original seven counties in New Mexico Territory; also referred to as the
“Calhoun Map.”
Arizona. Acts, Resolutions and
Memorials of the State of Arizona, 1912–. Title varies. The session laws
for the state of Arizona. Cited as Ariz. Laws
Arizona Territory. Acts,
Resolutions and Memorials of the Territory of Arizona. Prescott, Tucson [et
al.], 1864–1909. Title varies. The session laws for the territory of Arizona.
Cited as Ariz. Terr. Laws.
Arizona Territory. The Revised
Statutes of Arizona, 1887. Prescott: Prescott Courier Print, 1887.
Arizona Territory. The Revised
Statutes of Arizona Territory, 1901. Columbia, Mo.: E.W. Stephens, 1901.
Bahre, Stephen. Atlas of Arizona.
Yuma: Arizona Information Press, 1976.
Baldwin, P.M. “A Historical Note on
the Boundaries of New Mexico.” New Mexico Historical Review 5 (April
1930): 117–137.
Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of
Arizona and New Mexico, 1530–1888. San Francisco: The History Company,
1889.
Barnes, Will C. Arizona Place Names.
University of Arizona Bulletin 1935 (Vol. 6, No. 1). Tucson: University of
Arizona.
Beers, Henry Putney. Spanish and
Mexican Records of the American Southwest: A Bibliographical Guide to Archive
and Manuscript Sources. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1979.
Coan, Charles F. “County Boundaries
of New Mexico.” Southwestern Political Quarterly 3 (June 1922–March
1923): 252–286.
Coffey, Frederic A. “Some General
Aspects of the Gadsden Treaty.” New Mexico Historical Review 8:3 (July
1933): 145–164.
Granger, Byrd H., ed. Will
Barnes’ Arizona Place Names. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1960.
Kelly, George H., comp. Legislative
History, Arizona 1864–1912. Phoenix: Manufacturing Stationers, 1926.
“Kearny’s Code of Laws 1846,” in Laws
of the Territory of New Mexico. Santa Fe, 1851. A Bill of Rights and Code
of Laws established prior to the United States’ official organization of New
Mexico as a territory. Cited as Kearny’s Code 1846.
McDonald, Grace E., comp. Check-List
of Session Laws. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1936. Complimented by Pollock
(below), this guide lists all state session laws through 1935.
McDonald, Grace E., comp. Check-List
of Statutes of the United States of America, Including Revisions, Compilations,
Digests, Codes and Indexes. Providence: Oxford Press, 1937. The most
complete guide to state codes through 1937.
New Handbook of Texas. 6 vols. Ron Tyler et al., eds.
Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1996. An essential resource for
Texas research; well-written articles with helpful bibliographies.
New Mexico Territory. Laws of the
Territory of New Mexico. Santa Fe, 1848–1909. Cited as N.M. Terr. Laws.
Parry, Clive, ed. Consolidated
Treaty Series. 231 vols. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, 1969–1981.
Paullin, Charles O. Atlas of the
Historical Geography of the United States. Edited by John K. Wright.
Washington D.C., and New York, 1932. Excellent section on international and
interstate boundary disputes.
Peplow, Edward H. Jr. History of
Arizona. 3 vols. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1958.
Pollock, Ervin H., comp. Supplement
with Bibliographical Notes, Emendations, and Additions to the Check List of
Session Laws, Compiled by Grace E. McDonald. Preliminary ed. Boston:
National Association of State Libraries, 1941. Fills gaps in McDonald’s 1935
compilation (above) to produce the most complete list of state session laws
through 1935.
Powell, Lawrence Clark. Arizona:
a Bicentennial History. New York: Norton, 1976.
Sacks, B, M.D. Be It Enacted: The
Creation of the Territory of Arizona. Phoenix: Arizona Historical
Foundation, 1964.
Salyer, Barbara Baldwin. Arizona
Genealogical and Historical Research Guide: Early Sources for Southern Arizona
Including Cochise, Pima, Pinal, and Santa Cruz Counties. Tucson: Arizona
State Genealogical Society, 2006.
Stribling, C. K. Doña Ana County.
New Mexico County Guide Series, vol. 3. Truth or Consequences: Talking Boy,
1986.
Swindler, William F., ed. Sources
and Documents of United States Constitutions. 10 vols. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.:
Oceana Publications, 1973–1979. The most complete and up-to-date compilation
for the states.
Thorndale, William, and William
Dollarhide. Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790–1920.
Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing C., 1987.
United States. Statutes at Large
of the United States of America, 1789–1873. 17 vols. Boston: Little, Brown,
1845–1874, Vols. 18–. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1875–.
Cited as U.S. Stats
U.S. Census Bureau. “Significant
Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970–Present.” http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html
(last accessed 20 Dec 2007).
Van Zandt, Franklin K. Boundaries
of the United States and the Several States. Geological Survey Professional
Paper 909. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1976. The standard
compilation for its subject.
Wagoner, Jay J. Arizona
Territory, 1863-1912: A Political History. Tucson: University of Arizona
Press, 1970.
Wagoner, Jay J. Early Arizona:
Pre-history to Civil War. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1975.
Walker, Henry P., and Don Bufkin. Historical
Atlas of Arizona. 2nd ed. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press,
1986.
Weber, David J. The Mexican
Frontier 1821–1846: The American Southwest Under Mexico. Albuquerque:
University of New Mexico Press, 1982.
Williams, Jerry L., ed. New
Mexico in Maps. 2nd ed. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico
Press, 1986.
Wyllys, Rufus Kay. Arizona: The
History of a Frontier State. Phoenix: Hosbon & Herr, 1950.