Bowers, Helen T. (Helen Angela Thomas), 1908-1999

Scope and Content Note From the collection: This collection houses transcripts of oral histories conducted with a wide variety of Arizonans between 1958 and 2004. Interviewees include prominent Arizona residents like Eddie Basha, Paolo Soleri, George H. N. Luhrs Jr., Robert J. Donohoe, Harry Rosenzweig, and members of the Phoenix 40; early Arizona residents like Elma Cawthorne, Roberta Flake Clayton, Ruth Ward Crichlow, and Elizabeth Oldaker; Arizona politicians like Evan Mecham, Paul Fannin, Eldon Rudd, Samuel Goddard, Jack Williams,...

Abstract

The Bowers Family Collection is comprised of family documents, oral history transcripts, and notes about the creation of the oral histories by Teresa A. Strong.

Scope and Content Note From the collection:

This collection consists of 91 photographs documenting the Bowers and McAndrews families, including John Dewitt Bowers, Helen (Thomas) Bowers, Jewell (Hammontree) Patterson, and Ruby (Bowers) McAndrews. Many of these images document Ruby McAndrews' life and career, including her work at the Indian Tuberculosis Sanitarium, pageants and plays, and Native American crafts. Among the locations depicted are Phoenix, Prescott, and Poland, Arizona.

Scope and Content Note From the collection:

This collection consists of 91 photographs documenting the Bowers and McAndrews families, including John Dewitt Bowers, Helen (Thomas) Bowers, Jewell (Hammontree) Patterson, and Ruby (Bowers) McAndrews. Many of these images document Ruby McAndrews' life and career, including her work at the Indian Tuberculosis Sanitarium, pageants and plays, and Native American crafts. Among the locations depicted are Phoenix, Prescott, and Poland, Arizona.

Scope and Contents

This picture was taken before the birth of John and Helen Bowers' third child, Edward Clarence, in 1937.

Scope and Content Note From the collection:

This collection consists of 91 photographs documenting the Bowers and McAndrews families, including John Dewitt Bowers, Helen (Thomas) Bowers, Jewell (Hammontree) Patterson, and Ruby (Bowers) McAndrews. Many of these images document Ruby McAndrews' life and career, including her work at the Indian Tuberculosis Sanitarium, pageants and plays, and Native American crafts. Among the locations depicted are Phoenix, Prescott, and Poland, Arizona.