Papers of William E. Thomas
Collection area: Arizona and Southwest
Collection dates: 1885-1922
Correspondence, reports, bills, legal documents, and financial records pertaining to Thomas' activities in real estate, mining, business, politics, and his public service as postmaster, clerk of Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and clerk of Maricopa County Superior Court. Includes mining records for various locations chiefly the Blue Bird Mine and Prince of Arizona Mining Company.
Businessman, city and county official, of Phoenix, Ariz. Served as Postmaster of Phoenix, 1894-1898, and of Liberty, Ariz., 1901, 1905.
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