Arizona Territorial Prison Collection

TITLE:  Arizona Territorial Prison

DATE RANGE: 1867-1903

CALL NUMBER:  Y-MS 61

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:  2 linear feet (4 boxes)

PROVENANCE:  Tina Clark, Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area

COPYRIGHT: No copyright

RESTRICTIONS:  This collection is unrestricted

CREDIT LINE:  Arizona Territorial Prison Collection, Y-MS 61, Yuma County Library District

PROCESSED BY:  Laurie Boone

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE: This collection contains chronologically arranged photocopies of material that was extracted from microfilmed documents held by the Arizona State Library and Archives. The collection documents the operation of the Territorial Prison of Yuma from 1875 to 1903.  Included are Arizona Territorial Prison reports, newspaper articles referring to the prison and people associated with the prison, official reports of the Board of Territorial Prison Commissioners and the Office of the Board of Territorial Commissioners. There are inventories, proposals and bids for supplies, physicians’ quarterly reports, prison librarian reports and reports of prison directors.

CONTAINER LIST:    

Box Folder Description Dates
1 1 Territorial Prison Reports 1867-1873
  2 Territorial Prison Reports 1875
  3 Territorial Prison Reports 1876
  4 Territorial Prison Reports 1877
  5 Territorial Prison Reports 1878
  6 Territorial Prison Reports 1879
  7 Territorial Prison Reports 1880
  8 Territorial Prison Reports 1881
  9 Territorial Prison Reports 1882
  10 Territorial Prison Reports 1883
  11 Territorial Prison Reports 1884
2 1 Territorial Prison Reports 1885
  2 Territorial Prison Reports 1886
  3 Territorial Prison Reports 1887
  4 Territorial Prison Reports 1888
  5 Territorial Prison Reports 1889
  6 Territorial Prison Reports 1890
  7 Territorial Prison Reports 1891
3 1 Territorial Prison Reports 1892
  2 Territorial Prison Reports 1893
  3 Territorial Prison Reports 1894
  4 Territorial Prison Reports 1895
  5 Territorial Prison Reports 1896
  6 Territorial Prison Reports 1897
4 1 Territorial Prison Reports 1898
  2 Territorial Prison Reports 1899
  3 Territorial Prison Reports 1900
  4 Territorial Prison Reports 1901
  5 Territorial Prison Reports 1902
  6 Territorial Prison Reports 1903
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