april, 2021
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Arizona Heritage Center
Arizona Heritage Center Library & Archives
Arizona History Museum
Arizona History Museum Library & Archives
Downtown History Museum
Fort Lowell Museum
Heritage Branch of the Yuma County Library District
Mexican American Heritage and History Museum at the Sosa-Carillo House
Northern Arizona University's Cline Library
Pioneer Museum
Riordan Mansion State Historic Park
Sanguinetti House Museum and Gardens
Sosa-Carillo-Frémont House Museum
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Flagstaff
Tempe
Tucson
Yuma
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At 3 o’clock in the afternoon of April 25, 1934, six-year-old June Robles stepped inside a Ford sedan on her way home from
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At 3 o’clock in the afternoon of April 25, 1934, six-year-old June Robles stepped inside a Ford sedan on her
way home from school and disappeared from the streets of Tucson, Arizona. June Robles’s disappearance was the most notorious child abduction of the 1930s, setting in motion a massive manhunt in Tucson and around the country. It was the first major case that ambitious FBI director J. Edgar Hoover’s agents could not solve.
David Turpie, VP of Exhibitions and Publications with the Arizona Historical Society, presents a chilling synopsis of the award-winning book, “The Girl in the Iron Box” by author Paul Cool.
Books are available for purchase at Arizona Historical Society Museum Stores: Pioneer Museum (Flagstaff), Arizona Heritage Center (Phoenix/Tempe), and Arizona History Museum (Tucson).
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(Thursday) 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Arizona COVID-19 Story Collection Event at Sosa-Carillo Saturday, April
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Arizona COVID-19 Story Collection Event at Sosa-Carillo
Saturday, April 17
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Mexican-American Heritage and History Museum at the Sosa-Carillo House
151 S. Granada Avenue Tucson, AZ 85701
Located on Congress St. and Granada Avenue. Parking is available in the Tucson Convention Center parking lot, which can be accessed from Granada Avenue.
For all of us experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic, we will not soon forget its impact on us and our lives. But what about future generations? We need your stories and stories from your community to help ensure that people remember this historic time. Now is the time to share stories, photographs, or other digital media about how the pandemic has impacted your lives.
In partnership with Los Descendientes Del Presidio De Tucson, join the Arizona Historical Society and ASU’s School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies on Saturday, April 17 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. at the Sosa-Carillo house for a special event to learn how you can share your COVID-19 pandemic story and contribute to A Journal of the Plague Year: An Archive of Covid-19.
Enjoy the exhibits and historic architecture of the Sosa-Carrillo house while learning about how your digital submission can become part of a unique Arizona Collection. This collection will be researched and analyzed by future Arizonans and encourage people to witness themselves as participants in this historical moment.
Masks and social distancing required.
Time
(Saturday) 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
Mexican American Heritage and History Museum at the Sosa-Carillo House
151 S. Granada Avenue
Organizer
Los Descendientes Del Presidio De TucsonBetty Villegas (520) 850-5779.
22aprAll Day2021 Arizona History Convention (Virtual Event)
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The Arizona History Convention is Making History! April 22-24, 2021 “Advocating for Change, Navigating Crises”
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The sixty-second Arizona History Convention features a dynamic line up of presentations from over 50 speakers. Enjoy three days of discovery, connection, and exploration with historians, researchers, and history lovers from across the state and country. Anyone interested in Arizona history is invited to attend. Topics include archaeology, geography and environment, Indigenous land and reservation life, identity, women, military, filmmaking and podcasting, Southwest borderland communities, careers in public history, health, tourism, the law, and higher education. Here are a few of the highlights:
- Desert Visionaries: Arizona History in the Popular Imagination–Documentary filmmakers and podcasters will discuss the changing nature of Arizona history. Panelists include Katrina Parks, Assertion Films, producer of Route 66 Women: The Untold Story of the Mother Road and Frontline Women; Cameron Trejo, Cameron Trejo Films, producer of the award-winning Power’s War: Arizona’s Deadliest Shootout and Lust for Gold: A Race Against Time; Chris and Mandi Wimmer, producers, writers, and directors of the popular podcast series Legends of the Old West at Black Barrel Media.
- Pandemic in Arizona—A discussion of how past health crises has influenced the state and how historians are documenting the current Covid-19 pandemic. Speakers include Erin Craft and Mark Tebeau of Arizona State University, Robert Fleck of the Arizona Historical Society, and Katherine Morrissey, Mary Feeney, and Anita Hernandez of the University of Arizona.
- Do you know your Miranda rights? Join the Arizona Justice Forum as attorneys John Lacy and Gary Stuart discuss the landmark United States Supreme court decision, Miranda v. Arizona.
For the full line-up of speakers and events, go to: https://arizonahistory.org
Registration is now open at: https://hopin.com/events/
Follow the Arizona History Convention on Facebook for the latest updates: https://www.facebook.com/
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All Day (Thursday)
23aprAll Day2021 Arizona History Convention (Virtual Event)
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The Arizona History Convention is Making History! April 22-24, 2021 “Advocating for Change, Navigating Crises”
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The sixty-second Arizona History Convention features a dynamic line up of presentations from over 50 speakers. Enjoy three days of discovery, connection, and exploration with historians, researchers, and history lovers from across the state and country. Anyone interested in Arizona history is invited to attend. Topics include archaeology, geography and environment, Indigenous land and reservation life, identity, women, military, filmmaking and podcasting, Southwest borderland communities, careers in public history, health, tourism, the law, and higher education. Here are a few of the highlights:
- Desert Visionaries: Arizona History in the Popular Imagination–Documentary filmmakers and podcasters will discuss the changing nature of Arizona history. Panelists include Katrina Parks, Assertion Films, producer of Route 66 Women: The Untold Story of the Mother Road and Frontline Women; Cameron Trejo, Cameron Trejo Films, producer of the award-winning Power’s War: Arizona’s Deadliest Shootout and Lust for Gold: A Race Against Time; Chris and Mandi Wimmer, producers, writers, and directors of the popular podcast series Legends of the Old West at Black Barrel Media.
- Pandemic in Arizona—A discussion of how past health crises has influenced the state and how historians are documenting the current Covid-19 pandemic. Speakers include Erin Craft and Mark Tebeau of Arizona State University, Robert Fleck of the Arizona Historical Society, and Katherine Morrissey, Mary Feeney, and Anita Hernandez of the University of Arizona.
- Do you know your Miranda rights? Join the Arizona Justice Forum as attorneys John Lacy and Gary Stuart discuss the landmark United States Supreme court decision, Miranda v. Arizona.
For the full line-up of speakers and events, go to: https://arizonahistory.org
Registration is now open at: https://hopin.com/events/
Follow the Arizona History Convention on Facebook for the latest updates: https://www.facebook.com/
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All Day (Friday)
24aprAll Day2021 Arizona History Convention (Virtual Event)
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The Arizona History Convention is Making History! April 22-24, 2021 “Advocating for Change, Navigating Crises”
Event Details
The sixty-second Arizona History Convention features a dynamic line up of presentations from over 50 speakers. Enjoy three days of discovery, connection, and exploration with historians, researchers, and history lovers from across the state and country. Anyone interested in Arizona history is invited to attend. Topics include archaeology, geography and environment, Indigenous land and reservation life, identity, women, military, filmmaking and podcasting, Southwest borderland communities, careers in public history, health, tourism, the law, and higher education. Here are a few of the highlights:
- Desert Visionaries: Arizona History in the Popular Imagination–Documentary filmmakers and podcasters will discuss the changing nature of Arizona history. Panelists include Katrina Parks, Assertion Films, producer of Route 66 Women: The Untold Story of the Mother Road and Frontline Women; Cameron Trejo, Cameron Trejo Films, producer of the award-winning Power’s War: Arizona’s Deadliest Shootout and Lust for Gold: A Race Against Time; Chris and Mandi Wimmer, producers, writers, and directors of the popular podcast series Legends of the Old West at Black Barrel Media.
- Pandemic in Arizona—A discussion of how past health crises has influenced the state and how historians are documenting the current Covid-19 pandemic. Speakers include Erin Craft and Mark Tebeau of Arizona State University, Robert Fleck of the Arizona Historical Society, and Katherine Morrissey, Mary Feeney, and Anita Hernandez of the University of Arizona.
- Do you know your Miranda rights? Join the Arizona Justice Forum as attorneys John Lacy and Gary Stuart discuss the landmark United States Supreme court decision, Miranda v. Arizona.
For the full line-up of speakers and events, go to: https://arizonahistory.org
Registration is now open at: https://hopin.com/events/
Follow the Arizona History Convention on Facebook for the latest updates: https://www.facebook.com/
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All Day (Saturday)
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Experience a photo journey across Northern Arizona with contemporary artist Katharine L. McKenna. During her
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Experience a photo journey across Northern Arizona with contemporary artist Katharine L. McKenna. During her gap year from college in upstate New York, McKenna spent the summers of 1977 and 1978 volunteering at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff. While there, she assisted the museum in collecting woven rugs, pottery, baskets, and jewelry for the museum’s annual Navajo Arts and Crafts show. She documented her experience by journaling and taking photographs of the 24 trading posts she visited, and the countless miles she traveled through the Navajo and Hopi Nations in Northern Arizona.
This exhibition features McKenna’s black and white images and Native American artifacts from the Arizona Historical Society Collections. Visitors can travel along with McKenna and read excerpts from her journal that she kept during this time period.
“Unframed: A Photo Journey through Navajo and Hopi Nations, 1977-1978” opens April 29, 2021 at the Arizona Heritage Center at Papago Park. The Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. For tickets and more information, please call 480-929-0292.
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All Day (Thursday)
29apr6:00 pm7:00 pmAsk the Author: Seeing Arizona, Imagining Mars (Virtual Event)
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Exploring Mars has captivated generations of
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Images courtesy Lowell Observatory Archives.
Exploring Mars has captivated generations of scientists and the general public, including right here in Arizona. In 1894, Percival Lowell brought his telescope to Flagstaff to study Mars. Over the next two decades, he explored Arizona’s canyons, deserts, petrified forests, and mountains to help imagine what the Mars landscape might look like. Join Journal of Arizona History author and historian Michael A. Amundson from Northern Arizona University for a special “Ask the Author” virtual event on Thursday, April 29 from 6:00-7:00 p.m. Learn how Arizona’s landscape and irrigation inspired the now-discredited theories popular at the end of the 19th century that Martians existed and built irrigation canals much like those in Arizona. How can this history help us to learn about global climate change in the changing American West?
To read Michael’s article on JSTOR, create an account to download 100 free articles. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44985770
AHS Members also have access to all past issues of the Journal through the AHS Members Only portal. https://arizonahistoricalsociety.org/members-only/
Save the date! The Arizona Historical Society’s new exhibition, “Ready to Launch: Arizona’s Place in Space” opens May 20, 2021, at the Arizona History Museum in Tucson.
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(Thursday) 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
