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Guide to

MS 42

Day Family Papers,

1885-1985

Bulk Dates 1925-1984

18 linear feet, 7 1/2 inches

Prepared by Sarah Ann Haldeman

April 2000

Donations by Alan Day, Day Family Papers, 1999.

Citation: Day Family Papers, 1885-1985, MS 42, Library and Archives, Central Arizona

Division, Arizona Historical Society.

Library and Archives

Arizona Historical Society

Central Arizona Division

mailto:[email protected]

1999.131 MS 42 Day Family Papers 2


Phone: 480-929-0292 ext. 174, Email: [email protected]

HISTORICAL NOTE

The Lazy B Cattle Ranch was founded in 1880 on the Arizona-New Mexico

border southeast of Duncan, Arizona by Henry Clay (“H. C.”) Day, Sandra Day O’

Connor’s paternal grandfather. Henry Clay Day came west to Pasadena, California after

meeting and marrying Alice Edith Hilton in Wichita, Kansas. Day then took advantage

of an opportunity he just could not refuse, bought a 300 square mile tract of land in the

Arizona territory for a small sum and bought 6,000 head of Mexican cattle from the

Terrazas ranch in northern Mexico. Those 6,000 cattle were branded with the Lazy B,

which is one of the oldest Arizona brands in the continuous ownership of the same

family. After discovering that his foremen were stealing cattle from him, Day decided to

move his family to the ranch in order to look after the ranch himself.

In 1908, H. C. Day partnered the Lazy B Ranch with Sam and Walter Foster. H.

C. died in 1921 after handing over the ownership of the Day property to his wife Alice

Day to avoid complications. Alice, unfortunately followed her husband shortly after

in1926. Sam Foster turned over the settlement of the ranch to the Alice E. Day Estate,

which led directly into the hands of Harry Day.

Henry (“Harry”) Alfred Day was the fifth child born to H. C. and Alice on

December 11, 1898. Harry came back to the ranch from attending college at Stanford

University to find the ranch in serious legal and financial problems with the Foster

brothers. The matter went to federal court and was eventually settled by giving the Foster

brothers clear title to all the farmland. A new corporation, owned by the Day family,

entitled Lazy B Cattle Company, handled the financial responsibilities of the old

partnership.

In 1926, in buying from a cattle dealer named Willis Wilkey in El Paso, Texas,

Harry Day met Wilkey’s daughter Ada Mae and eloped with her after their courtship in

1927. The ranch at that time was quite rough living with on the newly married couple

and whatever ranch hands lived on the property at the time. Three years after their

marriage, Ada Mae gave birth to the first of the couple’s three children, Sandra on March

26, 1930. Ann would follow a full eight years later in 1938 and Alan in 1939.

The Day family took advantage of summer breaks to go on long trips such as to

Alaska, Mexico and every state capital west of the Mississippi, resulting in many

vacation scrapbooks and photographs. During this time period the Lazy B Ranch did

well despite involvement in a few legal disputes throughout the years.

Over it’s many years of operation, the Lazy B Ranch made quite a few

innovations. Harry Day bought Hereford cattle to breed with the original Mexican cattle

his father had bought. Alan then wanted to breed more exotic breeds of cattle with his

father’s Polled Hereford herd although Harry was against it. Alan won Harry over

though with stock that were heavier and negotiated the rough ranch terrain better.

In the late 1970s, Alan Day took over the presidency of the Lazy B Ranch with

Harry Day still taking an active part in business affairs. The company celebrated its

centennial in 1980 with many friends from the Arizona and New Mexico ranching

communities as well as all the members of the Arizona Cattle Growers Association in

attendance. At the time of the centennial, the Lazy B Ranch was the oldest ranch in

Arizona owned continuously by the same family. After many happy days in the cattle





raising business, Harry Day passed away in 1984 and Ada Mae followed him five years

later in 1989.

Taken from: “One Hundred years at the Day Ranch” and “The Life and Times of H. C.

Day” Duncan Valley News, August 3, 1983, page 7-8. Huber, Peter. Sandra Day

O’Connor: Supreme Court Justice. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1990.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Sandra Day was born on March 26th, 1930 and would reach the age of eight

before new siblings entered her life. For the first six years of her life, Sandra had little

contact with other children yet became an accomplished ‘cowboy’, agile with a horse,

rifle, branding iron and tractor. Due to the remote location of the ranch, schooling was

not offered close enough for Sandra to attend from the ranch resulting in her attending

private school in El Paso, Texas and living with her maternal grandmother, Maureen

(“Mamie”) Scott Wilkey.

An accelerated student, Sandra was accepted to Stanford University at the age of

sixteen and received a law degree at twenty-two in June 1952. During her law studies at

Stanford, Sandra worked on the Stanford Law Review. Doing research on an article led

her to John Jay O’Connor III, a fellow law student also working on the Review who was a

year behind Sandra in his studies. The couple dated for two years before marrying on

December 20, 1952, a mere six months after Sandra’s graduation from law school.

In June 1953, Sandra and John O’Connor left the United States for Frankfurt,

Germany. John had been drafted into the army to work as a lawyer. Sandra found a job

as a civilian lawyer for the Quartermaster Corps. The couple returned the United States

in 1956 to settle in Phoenix, Arizona. Soon after the couple settled into the city, their

first son, Scott Hampton O’Connor, was born in 1957. Sandra worked part-time

throughout the births of her next two children, Brian in 1960 and Jay in 1962.

As a member of the Republican party, Sandra plunged into political work after the

birth of her last child. She served in a variety of positions and in 1965 went back to work

in the legal profession as state assistant attorney general on a part-time basis, which

turned into a full-time job quickly. In 1966 Sandra was nominated to be an Arizona State

senator by the Arizona Republican party. For Sandra, it was difficult to choose between

her two loves, law and politics. In 1974, O’Connor ended her last legislative session to

return to law. O’Connor ran for trial judge in the Maricopa County Supreme Court and

won the election.

In July 1981, O’Connor was nominated to the United States Supreme Court by

President Ronald Reagan. O’Connor would be the first woman to enter that distinguished

profession and a furor arose over the landmark nomination. In September, O’Connor

underwent three days of Senate confirmation hearings while protestors were stationed

outside over the issue of abortion. Her opinions on abortion concerned many anti-

abortion activists, yet O’Connor was deemed an appropriate candidate for the office and

started the job on September 28th, 1981. O’Connor has since served as a Supreme Court

judge and lives with her husband in Washington, D.C.





Taken from: Huber, Peter. Sandra Day O’Connor: Supreme Court Justice. New York:

Chelsea House Publishers, 1990.





SERIES DESCRIPTION The Day Family Papers are arranged in 3 subgroups and 29 series:

Subgroup 1. Lazy B Ranch

Series 1. Correspondence, 1928-1984, 9 inches, 23 folders.

This series consists of correspondence to and from the Lazy B Ranch, regarding,

for the most part, the business. The correspondence is arranged chronologically.

Series 2. Legal Papers, 1910-1933, 15 ½ inches, 18 folders.

This series includes 3 subseries as follows: Estate Papers, Merriam vs. Foster, and

Other. This series consists of legal documents from court trials involving property

disputes. It also contains papers involving various estates, and land documents such as

deeds. Arranged according to provenance.

Series 3. Financial Papers, 1905-1977, 18 ½ inches, 72 folders.

This series includes 4 subseries as follows: Tax Notices,Tax Receipts, Income

Tax Papers and Other Tax Papers. This series includes a variety of financial documents

generated from the functioning of the Lazy B Ranch. Receipt and papers from ranch

renovation projects and tax documents make up the bulk of this collection. Expense lists,

bank documents and payroll ledgers are also included. When possible, this series was

arranged chronologically by sub-series.

Series 4. Receipts and Ledgers, 1934-1980, 89 inches, 197 folders.

This series includes 3 subseries as follows: Gross Receipts, Monthly Receipts and

Other Receipts. Various receipts generated through the running of the ranch make up the

bulk of this series. Ledgers from the year 1976-1977 are also included. Receipts are

arranged chronologically by month and year.

Series 5. Livestock Records, 1934-1983, 8 ½ inches, 22 folders.

This series consists of records concerning the business of raising and

inoculating cattle.

Series 6. Land Management Records, 1957-1984, 3 ½ inches, 9 folders.

This series includes US Department of Interior correspondence to various people

in southern Arizona in the years of 1965-1966.

Series 7. Published Material, 1973-1982, ¼ inch, 2 folders.

This series consists of published material having to do with farming and cattle

raising methods. Two documents are included in this series.

Series 8. Newspaper Clippings, 1925-1965, 1 inch, 2 folders.

This series consists of newspaper and magazine clippings clipped in the interest of

the Lazy B Ranch. The clippings are arranged chronologically.

Series 9. Photographs, ¼ inch, 4 folders.





The photographs in this series originate from the Lazy B Ranch scrapbook and

consist of both family and ranch photographs. Because dates could not be determined for

many pictures, the photographs are arranged by provenance.

Series 10. Scrapbook, c. 1940-c.1970. 1 ½ inches.

This series consists of one leather bound scrapbook.

Subgroup 2. W. W. Wilkey

Series 11. Correspondence, 1925-1965, 2 ¾ inches, 5 folders.

This series consists of business and personal correspondence from and to Willis

W. Wilkey and his wife, Maureen “Mamie” Scott Wilkey.

Series 12. Legal Papers, 1912-1959, 2 inches, 6 folders.

This series consists of various personal legal papers involving Willis W. Wilkey

and Maureen “Mamie” Scott Wilkey.

Series 13. Financial Papers, 1909-1958, 3 ¾ inches, 20 folders.

This series consists of personal financial papers over a large span of time, making

the series spotty. It includes financial statements, loan applications, and handwritten

notes with the bulk of the series in tax documents.

Series 14. Livestock Records, 1919-1935, 2 inches, 4 folders.

This series includes some chattel mortgages and one receipt for the purchase of

cattle belonging to Willis W. Wilkey.

Series 15. Published Material, 1944, ¼ inch, 1 folder.

This series consists of one copy of a veteran’s act belonging to Willis W. Wilkey.

Series 16. Photographs, ¼ inch, 2 folders.

This series consists of four copies of a photograph of an unknown young man as

well as various undeveloped negatives of a woman and man with their child belonging to

Willis W. Wilkey.

Subgroup 3. Day Family

Series 17. Personal Papers, 1912-1983, 3 ¼ inches, 19 folders.

This series consists of various personal momentos collected by and belonging to

Harry Day including personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, poetry, jokes and

important financial records. This series is arranged chronologically and by provenance.

Series 18. Correspondence, 1891-1982, 6 ¼ inches, 16 folders.

This series consists of correspondence to and from members of the Day Family.

Harry, Ada Mae and Alan Day are the chief correspondents in this series. It is arranged

chronologically and by incoming and outgoing mail.

Series 19. Diary, undated, ¼ inch, 1 folder.





This series consists of the diary of one unknown child with only the first couple

pages filled.

Series 20. Education, 1918-1985, 2 inches, 4 folders.

This series consists of the educational ephemera belonging to Harry and Ada Mae

Day.

Series 21. Travel, 1954-1982, 1 ¾ inches, 5 folders.

This series consists of travel documents such as passports and travel ephemera

collected by Harry and Ada Mae Day.

Series 22. Financial Papers, 1916-1930, 1 ¼ inches, 4 folders.

This series consists of only a few financial records specific to the Day Family the

bulk of which are handwritten notes concerning Day Family financial matters.

Series 23. Ledgers, 1920-1972, 1 ¼ inches, 4 folders.

This series consists of financial ledgers as well as one address book and two long

distance telephone ledgers belonging to Harry and Ada Mae Day.

Series 24. Published Material, 1907-1985, 12 inches, 28 folders.

The bulk of this series are magazines containing articles on Sandra Day O’

Connor from 1981-1984 collected by Harry and Ada Mae Day. Publications

accumulated through travel and ranch life are also included such as travel brochures,

brand books and publications on the growth of flowers.

Series 25. Newspapers Clippings, 1934-1985, 10 inches, 9 folders.

This series consists of newspaper clippings collected by Harry and Ada Mae Day.

The bulk of this series is the month of July 1981, when Sandra Day O’ Connor was

nominated to the United States Supreme Court. The are also many clippings from the

years 1973-1974 concerning O’ Connors activities in the Arizona State Senate. This

series is arranged chronologically.

Series 26. Photographs, 1885-1984, 18 inches, 40 folders.

This series consists of photographs and negatives of several friends of and

members of the Day Family. Due to the haphazard nature the photographs were stored,

the photographs are not chronologically or thematically numbered.

Series 27. Scrapbooks, 3 inches.

This series consists of several loose pages of one scrapbook which belonged to

Harry and Ada Mae Day as well as a large travel scrapbook which belonged to Eleanor

Day.

Series 28. Memorabilia, 1959-1982, 4 inches, 5 folders.

This series consists of certificates of achievement, a calendar and cufflinks

collected by Harry and Ada Mae Day.





Series 29. Media, n.d., 3 inches.

This series consists of two five-inch reels of sound recordings, one reel of video

footage, one undeveloped film cartridge and a Kodak camera with film inside.





SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The records in the Day Family Papers represent the papers compiled by a family

and business for a century, 1885-1985. The papers were primarily assembled by Harry

and Ada Mae Day as well as by Alan Day when he took over the Lazy B Ranch in the

1970s. The collection includes financial, legal papers and receipts as well as family

documents such as family photographs, correspondence and articles in published

materials relating to prominent members of the family. The records also document

family travel. The collection was housed at the Lazy B Ranch until it was accessioned in

1999 by the Arizona Historical Society. The collection came in essentially two segments,

boxes including Lazy B Ranch records and boxes holding documents concerning only the

Day Family.

Subgroup 1. Lazy B Ranch

Series 1. Correspondence, 1928-1984. This series consists of correspondence not only

to Lazy B Ranch employees but also carbon copies from the Lazy B Ranch, business

cards and telephone messages concerning the everyday functioning of the ranch. Due to

the familial nature of the business, much correspondence may appear personal at the

outset yet refer to business and/or legal matters after one to two paragraphs. If

correspondence refers to business and/or legal matters, the correspondence is filed in

Lazy B Ranch Correspondence. If this is not the case, the correspondence will be located

in Day Family Correspondence.

Series 2. Legal Papers, 1910-1933. This series consists of legal papers involving

various estates, transcripts, transcripts of oral arguments, court orders, court complaints,

deeds, and land leases. Harry Day and the Lazy B Ranch were involved in a number of

legal disputes after the death of H. C. Day. Due to this, a number of court transcripts and

court orders are included in this series.

Series 3. Financial Papers, 1905-1977. This series consists of a variety of financial

papers having to do with the everyday functioning of the Lazy B Ranch. This includes

correspondence, financial statements, expense lists, receipts and records from renovation

and housing projects as well as vehicle overhauls and repair, deposit slips, bank

statements and receipts, land office receipts, payroll ledger and receipts and property sale

notices. Financial statements from other corporations are included in two instances,

Zabyl Corp. and Western Battery and Magneto Co. Tax records are also present

including tax notices and receipts from Greenlee County, Arizona; Pima County,

Arizona; Grant County, New Mexico; Hidalgo County, New Mexico; Maricopa County,

Arizona; and Lordsburg, New Mexico. This series also includes income tax papers from

1936-1959, a taxable income log, tax correspondence, tax notice slips, tax assessment list

and income tax forms. Both Harry and Alan Day, administrators of the Lazy B Ranch

scribbled handwritten notes concerning financial matters and these are also included.

Series 4. Receipts and Ledgers, 1934-1980. This series includes a great many receipts

from an assortment of Lazy B Ranch expenses and are listed by month beginning with

January 1956 through December 1980. Yearly receipts include typed lists of bank





deposits from 1934 through 1979. Receipts for various projects and rental properties are

included along with correspondence concerning those projects and properties. This series

also contains ledgers of sundry analyses, cattle sales, disbursements, and check registers

from the years 1976 through 1977.

Series 5. Livestock Records, 1934-1983. This series consists of a wide range of

materials having to do with livestock management including, correspondence concerning

livestock matters, gestation tables, livestock inventory, livestock registration, various

contracts from 1914 through 1983, a cattle classification report, livestock health records,

papers from the Breeders Association of America (BARZONA), the Arizona Cattle

Growers Association, and the National Cattlemen’s Association. This series also

includes a report on the Bureau of Land Management use of the Range Improvement

Fund as well as a handwritten note on cows rendered in 1950 in Hidalgo County, a

project list and various receipts.

Series 6. Land Management Records, 1957-1984. This series includes US Department

of Interior correspondence to various people in southern Arizona in the years of 1965-

1966. It also includes papers concerning the Lazy B Ranch’s involvement with a cotton

program and a speech from the Public Lands Committee annual meeting.

Series 7. Published Material, 1973-1982. This small series includes a copy of the bill

“National Resource Lands Management Act of 1973” numbered H.R. 5441 93rd

Congress 1st Session and a copy of an article entitled, “The Blue-Green Algae

Aphanaizomenon Flos-Aquae: Man’s Pathway to Energy and Eternity” by Victor H.

Kollman (K.C. Laboratories, 1982).

Series 8. Newspaper Clippings, 1925-1965. Newspaper and magazine clippings are

included in this series. The newspaper clippings include articles on the death of J. H.

Merriam in 1934 who was the Lazy B Ranch attorney as well as various articles on land

management and the law. The magazine clippings are articles concerning horse and

cattle management.

Series 9. Photographs. This series contains photographs taken from the pages of

Scrapbook 1 and are not arranged chronologically. Due to the nature of the collection,

ranch and family photographs are difficult to differentiate, thus photographs in this series

include a combination of family and ranch photographs.

Series 10. Scrapbook. c.1940-c.1970. This series consists of one leather bound

scrapbook containing mostly Lazy B Ranch photographs with some family photographs.

Subgroup 2: W.W. Wilkey

This subgroup’s papers are, by no means, complete and due to this, the various series

within this subgroup contains various documents spanning a number of years.

Series 11. Correspondence, 1925-1965. This series consists of Willis W. Wilkey and

his wife’s, Maureen “Mamie” Scott Wilkey, personal and business correspondence.





Series 12. Legal Papers, 1912-1959. This series consists of various personal legal

papers including, land contracts and deeds, a court summons, an affidavit, a homestead

application and accompanying receipts and a real estate license belonging to Maureen

Scott Wilkey. Again, the items in this series are not cohesive.

Series 13. Financial Papers, 1909-1958. The bulk of the documents in this series are tax

receipts from various counties in the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Florida.

Other documents in this series are general land office receipts, insurance papers, stock

certificates and various bank documents such as bank books and cancelled checks.

Series 14. Livestock Records, 1919-1935. This small series contains various chattel

mortgages and one cattle purchase receipt arranged chronologically. These records show

little of the large cattle ranch W. W. Wilkey once owned, which is a clue that these

papers are incomplete.

Series 15. Published Material, 1944. This series contains a copy of the Guaranty of

Home Loans pursuant to Section 501 of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944,

Public Law 346, 78th Congress, 2nd Session.

Series 16. Photographs, n.d. This series contains four copies of one picture of an

unknown young man and several undeveloped negatives of an unknown family with

unknown dates.

Subgroup 3. Day Family

Series 17. Personal Papers, 1912-1983. The Harry Day Personal Papers make up the

bulk of this series. Harry Day kept a separate folder in the Lazy B Ranch Records

entitled “Harry Day Personal Mementos.” This folder and its subsequent series includes

a variety of personal papers such as correspondence, a pet vaccination record, various

financial records such as a 1895 mortgage release, copies of jokes, poetry with an

unknown author, speeches by his daughter Sandra Day O’ Connor and various newspaper

clippings. The rest of the series consist of two separate meeting minutes. One, minutes

from a Taylor Grazing meeting and the second, minutes from a meeting of the Stanford

Alumnae Association of which Sandra Day O’ Connor was a member in 1979.

Series 18. Correspondence, 1891-1982. The bulk of this collection rests in the years

1981 and 1982 when the Sandra Day O’ Connor was nominated and subsequently

appointed to the Supreme Court. The Days received an onslaught of congratulatory mail

due to these events. Another bulk year is 1925 when Harry Day’s mother wrote him on a

regular basis from California. The series is broken into incoming and outgoing mail and

contains folders for Greeting cards received in 1982, birth and graduation announcements

(note: photographs within birth announcements stayed in the announcement), and

wedding invitations. Any newspaper clippings that were within the correspondence

were copied onto acid-neutral paper and kept with the correspondence. A particularly

fascinating document is the folder titled “Telegram.” This telegram is from Harry Day to





his sister Eleanor in California in which Harry tells Eleanor he has recently married a

woman she has never met, Ada Mae.

Series 19. Diary, n.d. This series contains one anonymous child’s diary contained on

loose-leaf paper within a small 3-ring binder.

Series 20. Education, 1918-1985. This series contains ephemera belonging to Harry and

Ada Mae Day. This includes Harry Day’s high school graduation announcements and

diploma, Ada Mae’s 1923 University of Arizona yearbook, and elementary school

calendar from 1984.

Series 21. Travel, 1954-1982. The bulk of this series consists of several blank postcards

collected from Europe, Asia and the United States. The rest of the series includes two

passports belonging to Harry Day, a map of the United States and visitor’s pamphlet from

Alaska.

Series 22. Financial Papers, 1916-1930. This series contains only a few financial

documents including a 1916 bank book, a voucher for Sears merchandise from 1930, a

small undated receipt and a few handwritten notes concerning financial matters.

Series 23. Ledgers, 1920-1972. The ledgers in this series are, like the financial papers,

quite incomplete. The ledgers include one 1920 address book treated like a day planner,

a household expense ledger from 1938, a taxable income ledger from 1966-1972 and two

long distance telephone record books.

Series 24. Published Material, 1907-1985. The publications in this series cover a wide

variety of subjects accumulated over a lifetime of reading and traveling by Harry and Ada

Mae Day. Travel publications include the Oberamergau Passion Play from

Oberamergau, Germany in 1922, a Rand McNalley Atlas, an undated Mark Twain

Region guide, a book of San Francisco Etchings from 1965, various cruise books and

event programs. Other publications concern ranch life and include a New Mexico Brand

Book from 1934, a Copy of Arizona Climate 1964, a Land Forms Map of the Arizona-

New Mexico Border Region, a book on the control of Arizona Rose Diseases, newsletters

from various cattle raising associations, and cattle raising catalogues as well as a copy of

Public Law 94-579 concerning the use of land in Arizona. Two maps are also included

and have been moved to the main map collection. They are: Flip Low Altitutde High

Speed Training Route Chart of the Western United States from the Department a of

Defense, 1969 and a Geologic map of the Duncan and Canador Peak quadrangles in

Arizona and New Mexico, dated 1965. A Master’s thesis on the development of black

grama in southern New Mexico would also apply to ranch interests. While several

publications are listed above, the bulk of this series lies in with an extensive collection of

popular magazines such as Time and People which cover the nomination of Sandra Day

O’ Connor to the United States Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.

Magazines are arranged chronologically and most include one article or mention of Judge

O’ Connor. Other magazines are miscellaneous.





Series 25. Newspaper Clippings, 1934-1985. The newspaper clippings in this series

cover a variety of topics yet the bulk lie in two date areas. The first are the years 1973

and 1974 which cover various actions Sandra Day O’ Connor took in her Arizona State

Senate position. The second significant bulk area is in 1981 with Sandra Day O’

Connor’s nomination to the Supreme Court.

Series 26. Photographs, 1885-1994. The photographs and few negatives in this series

encompass four generations of the Day family.

Series 27. Scrapbooks, c. 1940s-c.1950s. This series contains loose pages of a

scrapbook made for the occasion of Harry and Ada Mae Day’s 50th Wedding Anniversary

in 1977 and one scrapbook owned by Eleanor Day (Harry’s sister) encompassing the

years 1941 through 1950. Eleanor Day’s Scrapbook, entitled Purple Patches, is a travel

scrapbook with pictures from all over the continental United States.

Series 28. Memorabilia, 1959-1982. This series contains achievement certificates

earned by Ada Mae Day such as one earned for flower arranging. This series also

includes a Cowboy Hall of Fame certificate given to Harry Day, a 1982 Ranch Life

Calendar and three sets of men’s cufflinks. Two images, one, a silhouette printed in

Germany and the other a drawing of a young boy by Bill Schumacher.

Series 29. Media, n.d. The media in this series includes a camera with film inside, a

undeveloped film cartridge, two reels of sound recordings and a reel of video tape. It is

unknown what is on this media or what time period they encompass.





PROVENANCE These records were accumulated by the Lazy B Cattle Ranch and the Day Family.

In November 1994, Alan Day donated the Day Family Papers to the Arizona Historical

Society, Central Arizona Division.

RESTRICTIONS None

LITERARY RIGHTS STATEMENT Permission to publish material from the Day Family Papers, 1885-1985, must be

obtained from the Library and Archives Department at the Central Arizona Division of

the Arizona Historical Society.

NOTES TO RESEARCHERS In order to stabilize the materials and preserve the information contained in this

collection, newspaper clippings and items on deteriorating acidic paper are in the process

of being photocopied onto acid-neutral paper and the originals will be recycled. Also,

staples were removed and replaced with paper clips to preserve the documents’ context.

These paper-clipped documents are now protected by strips of acid-neutral paper.

Photographs were placed in acid-neutral sleeves. When possible, provenance has been

preserved.





CONTAINER LIST

SUBGROUP 1: LAZY B RANCH

SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1928-1984 Box : Folder

1 : 1 Incoming Mail, 1928-1930

1 : 2 Incoming Mail, 1931







2 : 9 Outgoing Mail, 1930-1935

2 : 10 Outgoing Mail, 1936-1946

2 : 11 Outgoing Mail, 1947-1967

2 : 12 Outgoing Mail, 1968-1981

2 : 13 Alice E. Day Estate

2 : 14 James A. Mansperger, 1978-1979

2 : 15 James A. Mansperger, 1980-1984

2 : 16 Ray Richardson

2 : 17 John W. Seely

2 : 18 W. F. Warnock, 1953-1968

2 : 19 W. F. Warnock, 1969-1975

2 : 20 Clark & Clark

2 : 21 Business cards / Telephone Messages

2 : 22 Telegrams, 1934-1936

2 : 23 Undated Correspondence

SERIES 2: LEGAL PAPERS, 1910-1933

Estate Papers

2 : 24 Alice E. Day Estate, 1922-1934

2 : 25 Eleanor Day, 1958

2 : 26 Nina S. Day Estate, 1931

2 : 27 Oberholser vs. Day et al., 1929

Merriam vs. Foster

3 : 28 Orders and Complaints, 1932-1933

3 : 29 Merriam vs. U. S. transcript, 1932

3 : 30 Oral Argument vol. 1, 1930

3 : 31 Oral Argument vol. 2, 1930

3 : 32 Oral Argument vol. 3, 1929-1930

3 : 33 Transcript vol. 1, 1929



4 : 36 Transcript notes, 1929





Box : Folder


Other 4 : 38 Merriam vs. Estrada et al.

4 : 39 Deed and Bill of Sale, 1910-1933

5 : 40 Leases, 1933

5 : 41 Arizona Education Association

SERIES 3: FINANCIAL PAPERS, 1905-1977

5 : 42 Correspondence, 1931-1977

5 : 43 Incorporation Papers, undated

5 : 44 Financial Statements, 1939-1946

5 : 45 Expense Ledger, 1927-1933

5 : 46 Documents removed from previous folder

5 : 47 Expense Lists, 1960

5 : 48 Clifton House, Insurance forms, tax receipts, warranty deeds and

correspondence

5 : 49 Fence Projects

5 : 50 Mitchel Farm Engine Overhaul Receipts

5 : 51 Mexican Currency, 1945

5 : 52 Stock Certificate, 1905-1909

5 : 53 Stock Portfolios, 1984

5 : 54 Vehicle Violations and Registration

5 : 55 Cancelled Checks, 1927-1933

5 : 56 Deposit Slips, 1927

5 : 57 Bank Receipts

5 : 58 Bank Statements, 1927

5 : 59 State Land Office Receipts, 1966

5 : 60 Western Battery and Magneto Co. Financial Statement, 1957

5 : 61 Zabyl Corp Records, 1980

5 : 62 Property Sale Notices, 1933-1947

5 : 63 Blank Forms

5 : 64 Payroll Ledger and Receipts

6 : 65 Handwritten Notes

Tax Notices 6 : 66 Estate Tax Notice, 1937

6 : 67 Tax Notices, Greenlee County, Arizona

6 : 68 Tax Notices, Lordsburg, New Mexico

6 : 69 Tax Notices, Pima County, Arizona

Tax Receipts 6 : 70 Road and School

6 : 71 Coconino County

6 : 72 Grant County





Box : Folder

6 : 73 Greenlee County,1928-1939

6 : 74 Greenlee County, 1940-1949



6 : 77 Hidalgo County, 1934-1944





6 : 82 Maricopa County, 1965-1967

6 : 83 State Tax Receipts

7 : 84 Arizona Tax Returns, 1964-1967

Income Tax Papers

7 : 85 1936

7 : 86 1937

7 : 87 1938

7 : 88 1939

7 : 89 1940

7 : 90 1941

7 : 91 1942

7 : 92 1943

7 : 93 1944

7 : 94 1945

7 : 95 1946

7 : 96 1947

7 : 97 1948

7 : 98 1949

7 : 99 1950

8 : 100 1951

8 : 101 1952

8 : 102 1953

8 : 103 1954

8 : 104 1955

8 : 105 1956

8 : 106 1959

Other Tax Papers 8 : 107 Taxable Income Log, 1945

8 : 108 Tax Correspondence, 1933-1968

8 : 109 Tax Notice Slips, 1933-1955

8 : 110 Tax Assessment Lists, 1928-1963

8 : 111 Tax Assessment Lists, undated

8 : 112 Arizona State Tax Assessments

8 : 113 Income Tax Forms, 1961-1967





SERIES 4: RECEIPTS AND LEDGERS, 1934-1980

Gross Receipts (Bank Deposits)

Box : Folder

9 : 114 1934-1938

9 : 115 1939-1942

9 : 116 1942-1948

9 : 117 1949-1953

9 : 118 1954

9 : 119 1955-1960

9 : 120 1962

Gross Receipts

9 : 121 1963

9 : 122 1964

9 : 123 1965

9 : 124 1966

9 : 125 1967

9 : 126 1968

9 : 127 1969

9 : 128 1970

9 : 129 1971-1

9 : 130 1971-2

10 : 131 1972

10 : 132 1973 Deposit slips

10 : 133 1973

10 : 134 1974-1

10 : 135 1974-2

10 : 136 1975

10 : 137 1976

10 : 138 1977

11 : 139 1978

11 : 140 1979

Monthly Receipts

11 : 141 January 1956

11 : 142 February 1956

11 : 143 March 1956

11 : 144 April 1956

11 : 145 May 1956

11 : 146 June 1956

12 : 147 July 1956

12 : 148 August 1956

12 : 149 September 1956

12 : 150 October 1956

12 : 151 November 1956





Box : Folder

12 : 152 December 1956

12 : 153 January 1957

12 : 154 February 1957

12 : 155 March 1957

12 : 156 April 1957

12 : 157 May 1957

13 : 158 June 1957

13 : 159 July 1957

13 : 160 August 1957

13 : 161 September 1957

13 : 162 October 1957

13 : 163 November 1957

13 : 164 December 1957

13 : 165 January 1958

13 : 166 February 1958

13 : 167 March 1958

13 : 168 April 1958

13 : 169 May 1958

14 : 170 June 1958

14 : 171 July 1958

14 : 172 August 1958

14 : 173 September 1958

14 : 174 October 1958

14 : 175 November 1958

14 : 176 December 1958

14 : 177 January 1959

14 : 178 February 1959

14 : 179 March 1959

15 : 180 April 1959

15 : 181 May 1959

15 : 182 June 1959

15 : 183 July 1959

15 : 184 August 1959

15 : 185 September 1959

15 : 186 October 1959

15 : 187 November 1959

15 : 188 December 1959

15 : 189 January 1960

16 : 190 February 1960

16 : 191 March 1960

16 : 192 April 1960

16 : 193 May 1960

16 : 194 June 1960

16 : 195 July 1960

16 : 196 August 1960





Box : Folder

16 : 197 September 1960

16 : 198 October 1960

17 : 199 November 1960

17 : 200 December 1960

17 : 201 January 1968

17 : 202 February 1968

17 : 203 March 1968

17 : 204 April 1968

17 : 205 May 1968

17 : 206 June 1968

17 : 207 July 1968

17 : 208 August 1968

17 : 209 September 1968

18 : 210 October 1968

18 : 211 November 1968

18 : 212 December 1968

18 : 213 January 1969

18 : 214 February 1969

18 : 215 March 1969

18 : 216 April 1969

18 : 217 May 1969

18 : 218 June 1969

18 : 219 July 1969

18 : 220 August 1969

18 : 221 September 1969

18 : 222 October 1969

19 : 223 November 1969

19 : 224 December 1969

19 : 225 January 1971

19 : 226 February 1971

19 : 227 March 1971

19 : 228 April 1971

19 : 229 May 1971

19 : 230 June 1971

19 : 231 July 1971

19 : 232 August 1971

19 : 233 September 1971

20 : 234 October 1971

20 : 235 November 1971

20 : 236 December 1971

20 : 237 January 1972

20 : 238 February 1972

20 : 239 March 1972

20 : 240 April 1972

20 : 241 May 1972





Box : Folder

20 : 242 June 1972

20 : 243 July 1972

20 : 244 August 1972

21 : 245 September 1972

21 : 246 October 1972

21 : 247 November 1972

21 : 248 December 1972

21 : 249 January 1974

21 : 250 February 1974

21 : 251 March 1974

21 : 252 April 1974

21 : 253 May 1974

21 : 254 June 1974

22 : 255 July 1974

22 : 256 August 1974

22 : 257 September 1974

22 : 258 October 1974

22 : 259 November 1974

22 : 260 December 1974

22 : 261 January 1976

22 : 262 February 1976

22 : 263 March 1976

22 : 264 April 1976

22 : 265 May 1976

22 : 266 June 1976

23 : 267 July 1976

23 : 268 August 1976

23 : 269 September 1976

23 : 270 October1976

23 : 271 November 1976

23 : 272 December 1976

23 : 273 January 1978

23 : 274 February 1978

23 : 275 March 1978

23 : 276 April 1978

23 : 277 May 1978

23 : 278 June 1978

23 : 279 July 1978

24 : 280 August 1978

24 : 281 September 1978

24 : 282 October 1978

24 : 283 November 1978

24 : 284 December 1978

24 : 285 January 1980

24 : 286 February 1980





Box : Folder

24 : 287 March 1980

24 : 288 April 1980

24 : 289 May 1980

25 : 290 June 1980

25 : 291 July 1980

25 : 292 August 1980

25 : 293 September 1980

25 : 294 October 1980

25 : 295 November 1980

25 : 296 December 1980

Other Receipts 25 : 297 House Addition Receipts, 1961-1962-1

25 : 298 House Addition Receipts, 1961-1962-2



25 : 301 House Addition Expense Lists, 1961-1962

26 : 302 Masonry Dam Pipe Line, 1969-1970

26 : 303 Mattice Feed Lot, 1974-1976

26 : 304 Backer Homestead, 1972-1976

26 : 305 Mitchell Receipts - 1




26 : 309 Other Receipts

26 : 310 Ledgers, 1976-1977

SERIES 5: LIVESTOCK RECORDS, 1914-1981

26 : 311 Correspondence, 1927-1964

27 : 312 Gestation Tables, 1979-1980

27 : 313 Livestock Inventory, 1937-1983

27 : 314 Livestock Registration, 1953-1963

27 : 315 Contracts, 1914-1965

27 : 316 Contracts, 1966-1983

27 : 317 Other Contracts

27 : 318 Weight Records, 1933-1936

27 : 319 Weight Slips, 1930-1981

27 : 320 Cattle Classification Reports, 1934

27 : 321 Emergency Cattle Purchases, 1934

28 : 322 Livestock Health Records, 1934-1936

28 : 323 Livestock Health Records, 1952-1964

28 : 324 Livestock Health Records, Undated

28 : 325 Telegrams Concerning Livestock Health

28 : 326 BARZONA – Breeders Association of America mailer

28 : 327 Arizona Cattle Growers Association





Box : Folder

28 : 328 National Cattlemen’s Association

28 : 329 Published Materials

28 : 330 Handwritten Note, 1950

28 : 331 Project List, undated

28 : 332 Receipts

SERIES 6: LAND MANAGEMENT RECORDS, 1951-1984

28 : 333 US Department of the Interior, March 31, 1965-April 15, 1965

28 : 334 US Department of the Interior, April 16, 1965-April 22, 1965

28 : 335 US Department of the Interior, April 26, 1965-April 30, 1965

28 : 336 US Department of the Interior, May 6, 1965-May 28, 1965

29 : 337 US Department of the Interior, June1, 1965-October 29, 1965

29 : 338 US Department of the Interior, November 3, 1965-January 3, 1966

29 : 339 Cotton Program, 1957-1971

29 : 340 Public Lands Committee, 1984

45 : 538 Plat Map of Underground Water Project, 1951

SERIES 7: PUBLISHED MATERIAL, 1973-1982

29 : 341 House Bill

29 : 342 Blue-Green Algae

SERIES 8: NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS

29 : 343 Newspaper Clippings

29 : 344 Magazine Clippings

SERIES 9: PHOTOGRAPHS

29 : 345 1999.131.28-1999.131.195

29 : 346 1999.131.196-1999.131.222

29 : 347 1999.131.223-1999.131.232

29 : 348 1999.131.233-1999.131.241

SERIES 10: SCRAPBOOK, c.1940s-c.1950s.

46 Lazy B Ranch Scrapbook, 1999.131.01-.241

SUBGROUP 2: W.W. WILKEY

SERIES 11: CORRESPONDENCE, 1925-1965

Box : Folder

29 : 349 Incoming Mail, 1925-1939

29 : 350 Incoming Mail, 1940-1949

29 : 351 Incoming Mail, 1951-1965

30 : 352 Outgoing Mail, 1941

30 : 353 Postcards

SERIES 12: LEGAL PAPERS, 1912-1959





Box : Folder

30 : 354 Contracts and Agreements, 1919-1952

30 : 355 Land Deeds, 1912-1928

30 : 356 Court Summons, 1934

30 : 357 Affidavit, 1959

30 : 358 Homestead Application and Receipt, 1930-1931

30 : 359 Real Estate License, 1949


30 : 360 Stock Certificates, 1917-1919

30 : 361 Insurance Certificate, 1937

30 : 362 Fire Insurance Household Inventory, 1942

30 : 363 Bank Receipts, 1948

30 : 364 Bank Books

30 : 365 Cancelled Checks, 1948-1950

30 : 366 Financial Statements, 1925-1937

30 : 367 Property Inventories and Receipts, 1909-1939

30 : 368 Property Inventories, undated

30 : 369 Loan Information

30 : 370 Loan Application

30 : 371 Mortgage Bill, 1936

30 : 372 Agricultural Conservation Program, 1942

30 : 373 Audit Notice, 1956

30 : 374 General Land Office Receipts, 1930-1942

30 : 375 General Land Office Receipts, 1943-1959

30 : 376 Utility Receipts, 1920-1926

30 : 377 Other Receipts

30 : 378 US Income Tax Returns, 1928, 1933,1941,1958

45 : 534 Tax Redemption Receipts, 1925-1936

Tax Receipts

30 : 379 Greenlee County, Arizona, 1937

31 : 380 Dade County, Florida, 1951-1962

31 : 381 Grant County, New Mexico, 1930

31 : 382 El Paso County, Texas, 1925-1948

31 : 383 Hudspeth County, Texas, 1928-1957

31 : 384 City of El Paso, Texas, 1925-1948

31 : 385 Fort Hancock, Texas, 1948-1956


SERIES 14: LIVESTOCK RECORDS, 1919-1935

45 : 531 Chattel Mortgages, 1919-1935

31 : 388 Cattle Receipt, undated

SERIES 15: PUBLISHED MATERIALS, 1944





Box : Folder

31 : 389 Veterans Act

SERIES 16: PHOTOGRAPHS, n.d. 31 : 390 1999.131.242

31 : 391 1999.131.243N-1999.131.245N

SUBGROUP 3: DAY FAMILY

SERIES 17: PERSONAL PAPERS, 1912-1983

Harry Day Personal Papers

31 : 392 Dated Correspondence, 1912-1983

31 : 393 Undated Correspondence

31 : 394 Outgoing Correspondence

31 : 395 Postcard

31 : 396 Pet Rabies Vaccination, 1963

31 : 397 Cattle Record, 1937

31 : 398 Mortgage Release, 1895

31 : 399 Receipts

31 : 400 Vehicle Permit, 1960

31 : 401 Jokes, undated

31 : 402 Poetry, undated

31 : 403 Speeches, 1974-1982

31 : 404 Published Material

31 : 405 Newspaper Clippings, dated

31 : 406 Newspaper Clippings, undated

31 : 407 Memorabilia

31 : 408 Golden Wedding Anniversary Announcement, 1977

Day Family Personal Papers

31 : 409 Minutes of Taylor Grazing Meeting, 1975

31 : 410 Minutes of Board of Trustees – Stanford University meeting, 1979

SERIES 18: CORRESPONDENCE, 1891-1982

Incoming Mail

31 : 411 1891-March 1925

32 : 412 August 1925-1937

32 : 413 1958-1980

32 : 414 January 1981-July 15, 1981

32 : 415 July 16, 1981-August 1981

32 : 416 August 1981-1982

32 : 417 Undated

Other

Box : Folder





32 : 418 Outgoing Mail1958-1972

32 : 419 Greeting Cards, 1982

33 : 420 Greeting Cards, Undated

33 : 421 Birth and Graduation Announcements

33 : 422 Wedding Invitations

33 : 423 Postcards

33 : 424 Telegram, 1927

33 : 425 Blank Correspondence Cards and Paper, undated

33 : 426 Stanford University Cap and Gown Announcement, 1950

SERIES 19: DIARY, n.d.

33 : 427 Anonymous Child’s Diary, n.d.

SERIES 20: EDUCATION, 1918-1985

33 : 428 Harry Day Commencement Announcements, 1918

33 : 429 High School Diploma, 1918

33 : 430 Yearbook, 1923

33 : 431 School Calendar, 1984-1985

SERIES 21: TRAVEL, 1954-1982

33 : 432 Passports, 1965, 1977

33 : 433 National Geographic Map, United States, 1982

33 : 434 Postcards, 1999.131.246-1999.131.269

33 : 435 Postcards, 1999.131.270-1999.131.292

33 : 436 Alaska Pamphlet, 1954 c.


34 : 437 Bank Book, 1916

34 : 438 Sears Voucher, 1930

34 : 439 Receipt, undated


SERIES 23: LEDGERS, 1920-1972

34 : 441 Address Book, 1920

34 : 442 Expense Ledger, 1938

34 : 443 Taxable Income Ledger, 1966-1972

34 : 444 Long Distance Phone Call Records, undated

SERIES 24: PUBLISHED MATERIAL, 1907-1985

34 : 445 Oberamergau Passion Play, 1922

34 : 446 New Mexico Brand Book, 1934

34 : 447 Rand McNally World Atlas, 1964

Box : Folder

34 : 448 Copy of Arizona Climate, 1964

34 : 449 Booklets, 1907-1927





35 : 450 Public Land User’s Services mailer, undated

35 : 451 Maps, 1965-1969

35 : 452 San Francisco Etchings, 1965

35 : 453 Control of Arizona Rose Diseases, 1948

35 : 454 Los Angeles Union Stockyards newsletters, 1941-1942

35 : 455 Arizona State Land Commissioner Annual Report, 1968-1969

35 : 456 Arizona Cattlegrower’s Cattlelog,1945-1973

35 : 457 Cattle Growing Catalogues

35 : 458 The Wrangler Newsletter, 1969

35 : 459 M.S. Thesis, “Growth and Development Patterns of Black Grama in

Southern New Mexico,” 1979

35 : 460 Research Proposal, Ann Day, 1972

35 : 461 Public Law 94—579, 94th Congress, 1976

35 : 462 Mark Twain Region Guide, undated

35 : 463 Cruise Books

35 : 464 Event Programs

Magazines, 1948-1984 35 : 465 1948-1952

36 : 466 1953-1962

36 : 467 1971-1976

36 : 468 1981

36 : 469 1982

36 : 470 1984

36 : 471 Copies of Articles and Magazine Excerpts

36 : 472 Stanford Review, 1953

SERIES 25: NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, 1934-1985

37 : 473 1934-1970

37 : 474 1971-1972

37 : 475 1973

37 : 476 1974

37 : 477 January 1981-June 1981

38 : 478 July 7-8, 1981

38 : 479 July 9, 1981-December 1981

38 : 480 1982-1985

38 : 481 Undated

SERIES 26: PHOTOGRAPHS, 1885-1984

38 : 482 1999.131.293-.302

39 : 483 1999.131.303-.312

39 : 484 1999.131.313-.322

39 : 485 1999.131.323-.332

Box : Folder

39 : 486 1999.131.333-.342N

39 : 487 1999.131.343N-.352





39 : 488 1999.131.353-.362

39 : 489 1999.131.363-.372

39 : 490 1999.131.373-.382

39 : 491 1999.131.383-.392

39 : 492 1999.131.393-.402

40 : 493 1999.131.403-.412

40 : 494 1999.131.413-.422

40 : 495 1999.131.423-.434

40 : 496 1999.131.435-.443

40 : 497 1999.131.444a-.452

40 : 498 1999.131.453-.461

40 : 499 1999.131.462-.470

40 : 500 1999.131.471-.480

40 : 501 1999.131.481-.490

41 : 502 1999.131.491-.502

41 : 503 1999.131.503-.512

41 : 504 1999.131.513-.520

41 : 505 1999.131.521-.530

41 : 506 1999.131.531-.540

41 : 507 1999.131.541-.550

41 : 508 1999.131.551-.560

41 : 509 1999.131.561-.570

41 : 510 1999.131.571-.580

41 : 511 1999.131.581-.590

41 : 512 1999.131.591-.600

41 : 513 1999.131.601-.610

42 : 514 1999.131.611-.620

42 : 515 1999.131.621-.630

42 : 516 1999.131.631-.640

42 : 517 1999.131.641-.647

42 : 518 1999.131.723-.730

42 : 519 1999.131.731-.739

42 : 520 1999.131.916-.1360

45 : 530 1999.131.1397, 1999.131.1405-.1407

48 : 541 1999.131.1398

48 : 542 1999.131.1399

48 : 543 1999.131.1400

48 : 544 1999.131.1401

48 : 545 1999.131.1402

48 : 546 1999.131.1403

48 : 547 1999.131.1404

SERIES 27: SCRAPBOOK, c. 1940s-c. 1950s.

Box : Folder

45 : 529 Loose Scrapbook Pages and Scrapbook 3, 1999.131.648-.722





47 Day Family Scrapbook 5, 1999.131.740-.1396

SERIES 28: MEMORABILIA, 1959-1982.

42 : 521 Cruise Certificate

42 : 522 Flower Arranging Certificate

42 : 523 1982 Ranch Life Calendar

42 : 524 Cowboy Hall of Fame Certificate

42 : 525 Cufflinks

45 : 539 Bill Schumacher Drawing and Silhouette

45 : 540 Family Bible Marriages and Births Page

SERIES 29: MEDIA, n.d. 43 Day Family Media

DAY FAMILY PAPERS

MS 42

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS FOR COLLECTION

The following materials were found after the processing of the Day Family Collection

and were added in February 2001.

SERIES 30: LAZY B RANCH PHOTOS

49 : 548 Lazy B Ranch Photo Lists

549 “The Legacy of the Lazy B” from Phoenix Home & Garden

October 1969

550 - 553 Lazy B Ranch Historical Negatives

554 - 564 Lazy B Ranch Photos

565 - 566 Lazy B Ranch Negatives

50 Lazy B Ranch Slides


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