GLENDALE ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Founded in 1973, the Glendale Arizona Historical Society is a highly visible force for historic preervation in Glendale. The Society is dedicated to historic preservation in the broadest sense, including collection and preserving artifacts, photographs, oral histories and written materials. Society members have also demonstrated a special attachment to and love for some of the historic old buildings of the city, especially Manistee Ranch and Sahuaro Ranch. To promote public awareness and appreciation of the history of Glendale and the surrounding region. The Glendale Arizona Historical Society collects, preserves and interprets documentary material and material objects and it disseminates historical information and supports scholarly research. The Society fosters interest in the past, formal historical inquiry and informal information exchanges, believing that an understanding of the past illuminates the present and gives vision for the future.