Arizona State Archives

Favorite item found (so far) highlight in the Archives - this letterpress copy book from Governor Brodie circa 1902. One of my favorite things about working in the archives is all the different kinds of paper we deal with. This letter copy book has some of the thinnest paper I've ever seen, and it's in remarkably great condition - we keep it preserved in its own box lying flat on the shelf. The only problem is this only contains letters *from* Governor Brodie, not copies of replies, so we're left to fill in the pieces of the conversation with context clues!

You can see our Governor Brodie collection here:
https://7085.sydneyplus.com/archive/final/Portal/Default.aspx?component=AABC&record=64433ae2-c968-44f3-a063-3fbc51e3a0bb
And read more about preserving letterpress books like this here:https://cool.culturalheritage.org/coolaic/sg/bpg/annual/v28/bpga28-21.pdf

The Arizona State Archives is closed today for Memorial Day, but we still wanted to share some cool things from our collection today. We have a photo of Governor Hunt giving a speech for Memorial Day in 1912, and some notes on history from Governor McFarland's collection around 1940 - it appears he wrote to the Library of Congress to get research help on the history of Memorial Day, and this was printed on very thin paper, almost like tissue paper. The image on the last slide is not part of the original record, just added for a bit of visual interest in empty space.