Gustav van Hemert Schneider
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Correspondence, blueprint caricatures, maps, ephemera, Health Dept. certificates, and photographs concerning Schneider and his collecting interests. Correspondence relates to Schneider and his collecting. His co-workers are the subjects of the caricatures; one drawing by John T. McCutcheon is present. Letters and a Ft. Bowie muster roll are present from J.P. Widney, U.S. Army Surgeon, from Fort Bowie, Ariz. and Drum Barracks, Calif., to his family between1867 and 1868. Emphemeral materials consist of Tucson promotional brochures and calling cards of local citizens. Also present is a collection of materials about Gay Alley, the location of many Tucson prostitutes, 1910 to 1917. These materials include City Health Dept. certificates for various women, a list of the women's names, two street maps of Gay Alley, and sixteen photographs. The photographs are mostly studio portraits, two are casual portraits, and a few show Gay Alley buildings. The Randolph Veteran's Association material includes correspondence to members, group photographs, and information about the organization and its members from 1940 to 1951. There is also biographical material about Epes Randolph.