Arizona State Guide

External Web Sites

A play of the golden west, An Arizona cowboy in Big Tent Theatre. Cincinnati ; New York : U.S. Lithograph Co., c1907. Prints and Photographs Division. Call Number: POS - TH - 1907 .A74, no. 1 (C size)

Arizona.gov

The official Web site of the state of Arizona provides information on federal, county, and local government.  It also includes resources on: state business; family, health, and safety; travel and recreation; licensing and permits; employment; education and training; history and culture; and government employees. 

Arizona Historical Foundation

The Arizona Historical Foundation is a private, non-profit repository of historical documents and primary source materials, housed within the Hayden Library at Arizona State University. Their goal is to selectively collect, preserve, and make available historically relevant material to current and future generations of researchers. Their holdings include over 130 manuscript collections, 40,000 photographs and ephemera, books, artifacts, film, videos, maps, oral histories, political cartoons, microfilm, and several distinctive card catalogs. While some material dates back to the 1860s, the bulk of the collections document twentieth and twenty-first century life in Arizona.

Arizona Images

Arizona Images is a collaborative effort between the Phoenix Public Library and the Phoenix Museum of History. The images in this collection span the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and include items from the James H. McClintock Collection.

Arizona Memory Project

The Arizona Memory Project is an online effort to provide access to the wealth of primary sources in Arizona libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions. This initiative provides the opportunity to view some of the best examples of government documents, photographs, maps, and objects that chronicle Arizona's past and present.

Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records

The Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records serves the information needs of Arizona citizens, providing access to unique historical and contemporary resources, including: archives of historical records in Arizona; library extension assistance to public libraries; a library for the visually and physically disabled; the museum on state government history and people of the state; a public records management program; a research and law library; and digital collections and programs.

Arizona State Museum

Established in 1893, the Arizona State Museum is the oldest and largest anthropology museum in the Southwest. Its collections are world renowned in the study and research of the indigenous peoples and lands of the American Southwest and northern Mexico. The museum serves as the state's official archaeological repository, housing over 150,000 catalogued artifacts and over 250,000 photographs and prints, making it the largest non-federal repository in the country, second only to the Smithsonian Institution. Additionally, museum staff administers the state's Antiquities Act and issues permits for archaeological projects and surveys across the state. Archaeological reports are available in the research library and searchable through the online catalog.

Arizona State Parks

This Web site dedicated to Arizona’s state parks includes maps, park descriptions and photos, historic information, trail guides, visitor information, events calendars, FAQs, and more.

Grand Canyon National Park

Learn all about the Grand Canyon at this Web site created and maintained by the National Park Service.  Includes visitor information, trip planners, maps, photos and multimedia, historical and cultural information, natural and scientific information, resources for teachers and kids, news updates, and more.