PHOENIX HISTORY PROJECT

FAIN: RS-*0126-78

Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ 85281-3670)
G. Wesley Johnson (Project Director: August 1977 to October 1990)
Robert A. Trennert (Co Project Director: March 1978 to February 1979)

To produce a scholarly monograph and a series of historical essays on Phoenix, the largest U.S. city without a. written history. Phoenix Rising will be an urban biography of the period 1870-1970, emphasizing the people, families and institutions responsible for the city's growth. Phoenix Historical Studies will deal with several social history topics, and the first bibliography of metropolitan area history will be completed.