The Journal of Arizona History
Each issue of The Journal of Arizona History features original research articles and an extensive book review section that focuses on new works on Arizona, the American West, and the border region. A subscription to the journal is a benefit of Arizona Historical Society membership. Members also receive access to archived issues through JSTOR (1960-2022) and Project MUSE (2018-2026). Not a member yet? Join today.
All AHS Members receive a copy of the journal. If available, individual copies of recent or back issues can be purchased for $15.
Submit an Article
To submit an article manuscript to the Journal of Arizona History, contact The Editor, Dr. David Turpie, at [email protected]. Authors are encouraged to read the submission guidelines before submitting a manuscript.
Recent Special Issues
Arizona Histories, American Stories - Spring 2026
Journal of Arizona History
Winter 2025
Volume 67, Number 1
Special Issue: Arizona Histories, American Stories
Mining, Minerals, and Miners in Arizona History - Winter 2025
Journal of Arizona History
Winter 2025
Volume 66, Number 4
Special Issue: Mining, Minerals, and Miners in Arizona History
Guest Edited by Eric C. Nystrom
The Arizona-Sonora Borderlands Before 1821 - Autumn 2025
Journal of Arizona History
Autumn 2025
Volume 66, Number 3
Special Issue: The Arizona-Sonora Borderlands Before 1821
Guest edited by Michael M. Brescia
Japanese Incarceration in World War II Arizona - Summer 2025
Journal of Arizona History
Summer 2025
Volume 66, Number 2
Special Issue: Japanese Incarceration in World War II Arizona
Guest edited by Stephanie Hinnershitz, assistant professor at the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base
AZ Environmental History - Autumn 2024
Journal of Arizona History 
Autumn 2024
Volume 65, Number 3
Special Issue: Rethinking Arizona’s Environmental History
Guest edited by Char Miller, Ph.D., Pomona College
Arizona Zoos - Summer 2024
Journal of Arizona History 
Summer 2024
Volume 65, Number 2
Featuring a photo essay of Reid Park Zoo with color photos!
Stating History: Arizona and Kentucky in Comparison - Autumn 2023
Journal of Arizona History 
Autumn 2023
Volume 64, Number 3
"Stating History: Arizona and Kentucky in Comparison"
By Stephanie M. Lang and David C. Turpie
"'The Country Club on the Colorado': The Surprisingly Progressive Carceral System of the Arizona Territory"
By Eduardo Obregón Pagán
"Borderland Business: Slavery and Convict Leasing in Antebellum Kentucky"
By Charlene J. Fletcher
Indigenous Histories of Arizona - Summer 2023
Journal of Arizona History 
Summer 2023
Volume 64, Number 2
Maurice Crandall, Guest Editor
"'As So Many Bengal Tigers': The U.S. Army, Native Scouts, and the Imagined Martial Races of the Southwest"
By Ryan W. Booth
"Sand People and Yellow Fever: O'odham Himdag, Arizona Territory, Calendar Sticks, and Resistance, 1851-1860"
By David Martínez
"A Manufactured Identity: Cattle-Raising, the Coolidge Dam, and the Creation of the San Carlos Apachean Peoples"
By Marcus Macktima
The Diary of Mim Walsh - Winter 2022
Imagining Arizona - Autumn 2022
Journal of Arizona History
Autumn 2022
Volume 63, Number 3
Kara L. McCormack, Guest Editor
"Between Place and Plot: Reimagining the Story of Arizona"
By Anita Huizar-Hernández
"Searching for Wyatt Earp in Anatolia: The Mythic West in the Turkish Imagination"
By Kara L. McCormack
"Souvenirs of the Past: Patricia Preciado Martin and the Preservation of Tucson’s Mexican American History"
By Victoria Herrera Cannon
"Where are all the Black Folks? Popular Narratives and the Erasure of Black History in Arizona"
By Meskerem Z. Glegziabher
"Strata of Meaning: Monument Valley in and out of Frame on the Navajo Nation"
By Liza Black, Josh Garrett-Davis, Mihio Manus, and Tommy Rock
"Confederate Memorials in Arizona: Imagining the Civil War in the West"
By Alison Fields
New Directions in Arizona Sport History - Winter 2021
Journal of Arizona History
Winter 2021
Volume 62, Number 4
"A 'Dumping Ground for Tramp Athletes': The Rise and Fall of the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Conference"
By Ryan Swanson
"The Borderlands of Integration: Arizona, Arizona State, and the Racial Desegregation of the Border Conference"
By S. Zebulon Baker
"'The 'ONLY' Woman Sport Scribe': The Career of Sally Jacobs at the Arizona Republican Newspaper, 1912-1922"
By Heidi J. Osselaer
Arizona Monuments and Memory - Summer 2021
Arizona Monuments and Memory
Summer 2021
Volume 62, Number 2
Mark Tebeau, guest editor
"Introduction: Arizona Monuments and Memory"
By Mark Tebeau
"Not Set in Stone: Civil War Memorialization at Picacho Pass and the Emergence of a Confederate Fantasy Heritage in Arizona"
By Christopher M. Bradley
"Myth, Memory, and the Limits of Inclusivity in Arizona Pioneer Monuments"
By Cynthia C. Prescott
"Making Invisible Memory Visible: Memorializing Japanese American Concentration Camps in Arizona and the West"
By Erin L. Smith
"Remembering the 307: A Call for LGBTQ Historic Preservation in Arizona"
By Carolyn Evans
"A Monument to Resilience: One Phoenix Building and the Three Communities It Served, 1955–2021"
By Volker Benkert, Kelly Bitler, Jason Bruner, Lauren McArthur Harris, Kevin McHugh, David Pijawka, Sharon C. Smith, Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, Marc Vance
Exploring Arizona’s Diverse Past - Autumn/Winter 2020
“Exploring Arizona’s Diverse Past”
Autumn/Winter 2020
Volume 61, Numbers 3 and 4
Katherine Morrissey, Guest Editor
“From Pima Villages to the Walker Mines: Anglos, Hispanos, and Natives in the Making of Civil War Arizona”
By Megan Kate Nelson
“The Sediments of History: Placing Arizona in the Columbian Exchange”
By Thomas D. Finger
“The Twining Paths of Mormons and ‘Lamanites’: From Arizona to Latin America”
By Daniel Herman
“Engendering the Long Nineteenth Century and Mapping Gender onto Arizona History”
By Katherine Sarah Massoth
“Beyond Border Spectacle: Oral History and Everyday Meaning in Chinese Mexican Tucson”
By Priscilla M. Martínez and Grace Peña Delgado
“Yava-Who?: Yavapai History and (Mis)Representation in Arizona’s Indigenous Landscape”
By Maurice Crandall
“On the Borders: Towns, Mobility, and Public Health in Mojave History”
By Juliet Larkin-Gilmore
“Change and Continuity in the Time of the Blob: Growth Politics in Postwar Arizona History”
By Andrew Needham
“Barry and Beyond: Conservatism in Arizona before, during, and after Its Most Famous Representative”
By Geraldo Cadava
“From Senior Citizen to Sun Citian: Aging and Race in Neoliberal Retirement”
By Flannery Burke
“Critical Indigenous Studies: A Lifetime of Theory and Practice”
By Jennifer Nez Denetdale
“Navigating the Border: The Struggle for Indigenous Sovereignty in the Arizona-Sonora Borderlands”
By Eric V. Meeks
“Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way?: Arizona History and the Nation”
By Katherine Benton-Cohen

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