Tempe Historical Museum Research Library

Books and Published Materials

The Tempe Historical Museum Research Library has about 600 published volumes relating to:

The following is a listing of those published materials that relate specifically to the study of Tempe history.

Books and Publications Relating to Tempe

Rose DeForest, A History of Tempe School District No. 3, 1874-1991 (Tempe School District No. 3, 1991).

Bert M. Fireman, "Charles Trumbull Hayden," The Smoke Signal, No. 19 (Spring 1969).

"The First Hundred Years; A Centennial History of the First United Methodist Church, Tempe, Arizona, 1887-1987" (Tempe: First United Methodist Church, 1987).

Carl Trumbull Hayden, Charles Trumbull Hayden, Pioneer (Tucson: Arizona Historical Society, 1972).

Ernest J. Hopkins and Alfred Thomas, Jr., The Arizona State University Story (Phoenix: Southwest Publishing Co., 1960).

Sherwood and Carolyn Idso, A History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Tempe, Arizona (Tempe: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1980).

Joseph C. McGowan, History of Extra-Long Staple Cottons (SuPima Association of America and Arizona Cotton Growers Association, 1961).

"Memorial Addresses and other Tributes in the Congress of the United States on the Life and Contributions of Carl T. Hayden," Senate Document No. 92-68 (1972).

Jack O'Connor, Horse and Buggy West (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969).

Dean Smith, Grady Gammage, ASU's Man of Vision (Arizona State University, 1989).

Dean Smith, Tempe, Arizona Crossroads (Chatsworth, CA: Windsor Publications, 1990).

Karen L. Smith, The Magnificent Experiment; Building the Salt River Reclamation Project, 1890-1917 (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1986).

"Tributes to Honorable Carl Hayden, Senator from Arizona," Senate Document No. 87-76 (1962).

Earl A. Zarbin, Roosevelt Dam: A History to 1911 (Phoenix: Salt River Project, 1984).

Theses and Dissertations

Marea B. Baggetta, "Elegy for the Salt River: Successional Tales of a Southwestern Social-Ecological System" (Master's thesis, Arizona State University, 2004).

Winifred Windus Clemans, "Pagentry in Arizona" (Master's Thesis: Arizona State Teacher's College, 1935).

Leah S. Glaser, "The Story of Guadalupe, Arizona.  The Story of Survival and Preservation in a Yaqui Community" (Master's thesis, Arizona State University, 1996).

Mildred Christine Lewis, "A History of Irrigation in the Tempe Area" (Master's thesis, Arizona State University, 1963).

Scott Solliday, "The Journey to Rio Salado: Hispanic Migrations to Tempe, Arizona" (Master's thesis, Arizona State University, 1993).

Gerald Ray Stricklin, "Transition in the Tempe, Arizona, Central Business District: A Result of Changing Spatial and Socio-Economic Factors" (Master's thesis, Arizona State University, 1976).

Mark C. Vinson, "Cultural Continuity and Change in a Mexican American Vernacular Landscape" (Master's thesis, Arizona State University, 1991).

John Louis Waslif, "Health Seekers in the Salt River Valley, Arizona: A Burden on the Southwest?" (Master's thesis, Arizona State University, 1996).

Unpublished Manuscripts

Maj. R. H. Alexander, "Fifty Years Ago in Arizona (1902-1903)," 1952. 

Dilworth Baird, Jr., "People of the First Fifty Years in Tempe," c. 1966.

George Monroe Bateman, "From Horse and Buggy Days to the Atomic Age, 1897-1971," 1971.

Gregory L. Goodson, "Our Lady of Mount Carmel; A History of the Catholic Church in Tempe," 1971.

Ruby Haigler, "The History of Tempe," 1914.

Roger J. Ketelaar, "Tempe Police Department History Project," 1990.

Michelle A. Kopec, "The Neighborhood of Daley Park," 2000.

Blaine P. Lamb, "Historic Overview of Tempe, Arizona, 1870-1935," c. 1981.

"Photographs and History of the Old Settlers of Tempe Association," bound typescript, c. 1950.

Dorothy F. Robinson and Lola Brough Bonham, "A History of Early Tempe," c. 1959.

Augusta W. Schisler, "Tempe Tales," 1971.

Marsha L. Weisiger, "The History of Tempe, Arizona, 1871-1930: A Preliminary Report," 1977.

William H. Windes, "Growing Up in Tempe, 1909-1929," bound typescript, 1983.

Archaeological Reports

Miscellaneous Archaeological Reports relating to excavations in downtown Tempe, by Archaeological Research Services, Inc., 1979-1985.

Lyle M. Stone, "Archaeological Test Excavations at the Roy Hackett House: A National Register Historic Property in Tempe, Arizona" (Archaeological Research Services, Inc., 1981).

Lyle M. Stone and James E. Ayres, "An Archaeological and Historical Evaluation of Proposed Redevelopment Parcels on Blacks 50, 53, and 59, Tempe, Arizona" (Archaeological Research Services, Inc., 1985).

Jo Ellen Bruder, "AZ:U:9:72 (ASU), The Stadium Site, Historic Component, Mexican Settlement" (Unpub. report, Arizona State University, Anthropology Department, 1972).

Field Reports on the Loma del Rio Site, AZ:U:9:24 (ASU) by ASU graduate students, 1984-1985.

Scott Michael Kwiatkowski, "The Effects of Postoccupational Disturbance or Archaeobotanical Data from AZ:U:9:24 (ASU)" (Master's thesis, Arizona State University, 1988).

Tammy Stone, "The Cemetery and Architectural Features of the Locus of Tempe Plaza (AZ:U:9:72 ASU)" (ASU: Office of Cultural Resource Management, 1991).

Laurene G. Montero, "Archaeological Test Excavations at Ciudad de los Hornos: The Casa Fiesta Location" (Northland Research, Inc., 1990).

Laurene G. Montero and T. Kathleen Henderson, "An Archaeological Data Recovery Plan for La Ciudad de Los Hornos: The Casa Fiesta Location" (Northland Research, Inc., 1990).

Todd L. Howell, "Archaeological Investigations at Los Guanacos: Exploring Cultural Changes in Late Hohokam Society" (Northland Research, Inc., 1993).

Wilcox, Howard, and Nelson, "One Hundred Years of Archaeology at La Ciudad de los Hornos" (Soil Systems, 1990).

Chenault, Ahlstrom, and Motsinger, "In the Shadow of South Mountain: The Pre-Classic Hohokam of La Ciudad de los Hornos, Part I and II" (SWCA, Inc., 1993).

Historic Property Surveys and Reports

"Old Town Tempe -- Mill Avenue Rehabilitation Feasibility Study" (PAR 3, 1973).

"Downtown Tempe Study" (City of Tempe, c. 1975).

"Historical and Architectural Survey, City of Tempe, volume 1" (CNWC Architects/Gerald A. Doyle " Associates, 1976).

"Tempe Historic Building Survey, Phase I, Summary Report" (Janus Associates, Inc., 1981).

"Tempe Historic Property Survey and Multiple Resource Area Nomination to the National Register of Historic Places," Tempe Historical Society and Janus Associates Inc., 1983.

"City of Tempe Historic Resource Plan, Priority II" (Linda Laird & Associates, c. 1986).

"Andre Building Historic Structure Report" (Janus Associates, Inc., 1981).

"Historic Building Analysis of the Elias/Rodriguez House" (Ryden Architects, Inc., 1992).

"The Farmer/Goodwin House Historical and Architectural Documentation" (Jim Woodward, 1979).

"Goodwin Building (512-518 S. Mill Avenue) Historic Structure Report" (Janus Associates, Inc., 1986).

"Tempe Bakery/Hackett House Project Manual" (Janus Associates, Inc., 1981).

Lyle M. Stone, "Archaeological Test Excavations at the Roy Hackett House: A National Register Historic Property in Tempe, Arizona" (Archaeological Research Services, Inc., 1981).

Brown, Fox, and Peter, "Hackett House/Tempe Bakery Interpretation Proposal" (Arizona State University, 1984).

"Rehabilitation and Feasibility Study of the Laird Building (501 S. Mill Avenue)" (James Abell & Associates, 1987).

"The Governor Benjamin B. Moeur Residence; An Adaptive Rehabilitation of an Historic Structure" (Michael Wilson Kelly/Woodward Architectural Group, 1991).

"Niels Petersen House Exterior Restoration, Project Manual" (Janus Associates, Inc., 1981).

"Excerpts of Developer Submitted Proposals Submitted in Response to City of Tempe Request for Proposals for Tempe Railroad Depot Historic Rehabilitation" (City of Tempe, 1986).

David F. Thomson, "The White Residence; A Process of Preserving the Historical Residences in Tempe" (ASU College of Architecture, 1974).

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) Reports

HAER AZ-8, "San Francisco Canal," by Jay C. Ziemann, c1986.

HAER AZ-17, "Grand Canal," by Fred Andersen and Carol Noland, Salt River Project Archives, 1990.

HAER AZ-20, "Cross Cut Steam Plant," by Barbara Behan, Salt River Project Archives, 1991.

HAER AZ-21, "Old Cross Cut Canal," by Fred Andersen, Salt River Project Archives, 1991.

HAER AZ-29, "Ash Avenue Bridge," by Donohue & Associates/Gerald A. Doyle & Associates, 1991.

HAER AZ-30, "Crosscut Hydro Plant," by Fred Andersen and Carol Noland, Salt River Project Archives, 1990.