Arizona History

Selected Web Sites on Arizona and Western History

The web site for Northern Arizona University's Cline Library contains not only the usual reference tools, but also a database for a superb photo collection as well as links to the catalogs at Arizona State University, the University of Arizona and several others.

Hayden Library at Arizona State University provides many useful resources, including its Department of Archives and Manuscripts.

The University of Arizona is another major repository with much to offer a researcher.

The Heard Museum in Phoenix is an internationally respected museum of Native American art and culture.

The Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott is dedicated to the lands and peoples of Central Arizona.

The Arizona Historical Society with its main collections in the Southern Division offices in Tucson, holds a wide variety of valuable Arizona history, including manuscript collections, oral histories, maps, historical newspapers, and over 700,000 photographs documenting Arizona and the Southwest.

The Arizona State Museum in Tucson has been collecting, preserving, researching and interpreting the cultures of the Greater Southwest since 1893.

The Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff provides many types of information on the Colorado Plateau area including the Grand Canyon.

The Southwestern Archaeology site provides not only good data but also a host of links to Arizona history, Indians, rock art, museums, institutions, organizations and publications.

The Consortium of Arizona Museum Archives and Libraries (CAZMAL) links four major Arizona repositories.

The Hayden Arizona Pioneer Biographies Index is a large collection of digitized biographical sketches compiled by Senator Carl Hayden.

This site contains on-line versions of several articles from the Journal of Arizona History, the pre-eminent historical journal in the state.

Selected Web Sites on Environmental History and Issues

High Country News reports on environmental issues in the West.

The U.S. Geological Survey is the Nation's largest earth-science agency. The Water Resources Division of the USGS has the principal responsibility within the Federal government for providing hydrologic information and for appraising the Nation's water resources. The Arizona District offices of the USGS collect basic data and conduct interpretive investigations of Arizona's water resources.

The Institute for the Study of Planet Earth at the University of Arizona provides an interdisciplinary approach to studying global environment.

The Forest History Society maintains a database of historical collections related to environmental/conservation history. The materials represented are from repositories all over the country.

This web site contains an extensive history of mining in North America.

Selected Web Sites on Native Americans

The Hopi Cultural Preservation Office maintains a web site.

A bibliography relating to many tribes in North America is very useful.

This site contains a valuable and expanding set of links to sites related to the Navajo, the largest Indian tribe in the country.

The Inter Tribal Council of Arizona was established in 1952 to provide a united voice for tribal governments located in the State of Arizona to address common issues of concerns.

Selected Web Sites on Traveling Arizona

The Arizona Humanities Council site provides information on historical places to visit in Arizona.

The National Park Service provides a guide to sites in Arizona.

Arizona also has numerous State Parks, including the magnificent Kartchner Caverns.

The Arizona Office of Tourism provides an excellent introduction to Arizona.

The Arizona Dude Ranch Association maintains a website for its fourteen members.

Arizona Highways provides beautiful photographs, interesting articles and humor every month. Arizona Highways Online will whet your appetite.

Selected Web Sites for Kids

The Arizona Governor's Kids Page provides lots of useful information for youngsters.