Arizona: Bibliography and Sources

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. 2^nd 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. 2^nd ed. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1986.

Wyllys, Rufus Kay. Arizona: The History of a Frontier State. Phoenix: Hosbon & Herr, 1950.