Elmore, James W.

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This collection documents a range of activities and events related to the Arizona State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design and is arranged in eleven series.

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This artificial collection houses class group portraits (1922-1958), faculty and staff group portraits, student groups, and individuals.

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,...

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This collection concentrates on the professional interests of architect and educator James W. Elmore from the 1950s through the 1980s and is arranged in two subgroups.

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This collection houses correspondence, research materials, flyers, promotional materials, plans, clippings, newsletters, reel-to-reel audio tapes, and other items documenting James W. Elmore's work as an architect and urban planner. Among the subjects covered are Elmore's proposal for an aerial light rail system in the Salt River Valley, city planning in Phoenix from the 1950s to the 2000s, the development of the Rio Salado Project, and Arizona State University's College of Architecture.

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This pin commemorates the bicentennial of the American Revolution.

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This collection houses artifacts documenting Arizona State University that were either received individually or removed from manuscript collections.

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Includes a note from Valley Forward Association date 1997 June 18 from Diane to Jim [Elmore] regarding the latest Rio Salado Success.