Arizona Collection
Arizona State Library, Archives & Records COVID-19 Response – Temporarily suspending all in-person services, while maintaining our statutory responsibilities
- Our number one goal is to keep the public and our employees safe
- The situation related to COVID-19 is rapidly developing, as is the response from this office and the state. Please check back regularly for updates
- We are committed to providing continuity of services while reducing exposure risks
- In-person trainings for ALL divisions are on hold until further notice. Divisions will hold trainings by webinar as needed.
- Department staff will attend community meetings virtually or by phone, when available.
- Services impacted:
- In-person Patent and Trademark Resource Center consultations
- The Arizona Capitol Museum is closed until further notice.
- In-person retrieval and immediate checkout of materials to patrons of Arizona Talking Book Library
- Walk-in reference service for Archives & the Research Library
- Ask a Question - online reference service
- Digital Arizona Library, including statewide electronic resources
- Records retention schedules assistance
- Arizona Talking Book Library requests and link to downloads
- Tools and resources for library staff
- Online continuing education for library staff
- Consulting for library staff on grants, electronic resources, digital inclusion efforts, Public Library Survey and all library services
- Communications channel for County Librarians
- E-rate Services offered online and by phone
- Arizona Capitol Museum Giftshop orders can still be placed online
- Arizona Capitol Museum collections can be viewed online through the Arizona Memory Project and Google Cultural Institute
- Arizona Capitol Museum staff can respond to email and phone call inquiries.
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The Arizona Collection is a continuation of the 1864 Territorial Library. As such, it contains many items not found in other libraries. The collection is located in the Polly Rosenbaum Archives and History Building, 1901 West Madison, Phoenix, AZ 85009-5229.
Book Collection
The Book Collection covers a wide range of subjects related to Arizona and the Southwest. Click on the headings below to browse titles related to that topic. Those titles and many others are listed in the online catalog.
Arizona History
Archaeology
Biographies
Local Histories
Indians of Arizona
City & County Budgets & Audits
County Materials
City & Business Directories
Arizona High School & College Yearbooks
Microfilm Collection
The collection contains many historical items on microfilm. For example: Papers and Correspondence, Arizona Missions, 1873-1920; Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916; and, Papers of Carlos Montezuma--Correspondence starting in 1887. The collection also contains theses and dissertations reflecting/expounding Arizona topics and issues.
Periodical Collection
The Periodical Collection contains over 1,000 titles including popular magazines, scholarly journals, historic newsletters, trade publications, etc. Examples include includes many older editions from Journal of Arizona History, Builder and Contractor, Arizona Mining Journal, Arizona Medicine, Arizona Stockman, Hispanic American Historical Review, Outwest, Overland Monthly, Progressive Arizona, Review of Politics, Sage, Southwestern Historical Quarterly and Westways. Please see our list of our periodical holdings.
Vertical Files
These files include both biographies and subjects. Biographies include the famous, the infamous and the ordinary. They include more than clippings. There are copies of letters, brochures, programs, etc. Biographical files have a separate collection of Arizona State Legislators.
