Charles H. Woolf Photographs

Collection

Identifier: CP SPC 49

Scope and Content Note

This collection houses snapshots taken in Walnut Grove (Yavapai County) Arizona showing the James Carter family and primary school students. Also included are images showing the construction of Horse Mesa Dam and the dedication of Coolidge Dam. The Dell Carter mentioned in these images is likely James Carter's sister Della, who attended the Territorial Normal School during the 1899-1900 school year and died in childbirth in 1901 at the age of 19. It is unclear whether the Woolf family is related to the Carters.

Dates

Creation: circa 1898-circa 1928

Language of Materials

Material in English

Access Restrictions

To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Monday through Friday. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.

Copyright

Arizona State University does not own the copyright to this collection. We recognize that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.

Biographical Note

James Oliver Carter was born to Thomas Brunston Carter (1846-1924) and Elizabeth (King) Carter (1849-1925) in Dickens County, Kansas on December 15, 1867. He was the oldest of six children, including Grant (1869-1939), Charles W. (1871-1939), Birdie May (Carter) Carter (1876-1948), Clara Adell Della (Carter) Pierce (1882-1901), and Ann Etta (Carter) Glenn (1888-1982). James Carter married Clara Ann Pierce (1869-1953) on April 5, 1892 in Walnut Grove, Arizona and the couple had five children: Glenna Lorraine (Carter) Clark (1893-1993), Glenna's twin brother who died in infancy, Cortlandt Arden (1894-1980), Georgia E. (Carter) Hampton (1897-1977), and Clay Dean (Carter) Potter (1907-2002). The family settled in Walnut Grove, Arizona where James Carter worked as a rancher until his death on July 10, 1942.

Full extent

20 Photograph(s)

Full extent

0.1 Linear Feet

Additional description

Abstract

Arrangement

This collection consists of twenty photographs.

Provenance

Charles Woolf donated these images to Archives and Special Collections in 1979 (Accession #1979-00078A).

Related Materials

Interested researchers may also wish to consult MSS-82: Charles H. Woolf Collection (guide available at http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/asu/woolf.xml