Scope and Content Note
The Dorothy Fulwiler Robinson Papers consist of diaries, correspondence, manuscripts, news clippings, and printed matter dating from 1891 to 1971. The bulk of the collection houses Robinson's diaries and manuscripts on Arizona history dating from 1940 to 1968.
Dates
- Creation: 1891-1971
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1940-1968
Language of Materials
Material in English
Access Restrictions
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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
Dorothy Fulwiler Robinson, educator, librarian, and author, was born to William Henry and Grace (Perley) Robinson in 1895. She earned her Bachelors (1925) and Masters (1928) degrees from the University of Southern California and later attended Arizona State University. She was designated an honorary member of the ASU Class of 1965.
Robinson worked as a librarian at the Payne Training School at Arizona State University and authored a number of works on Arizona and Tempe history, including Boys' and Girls' Arizona (1932), Poems about Arizona (circa 1950), A History of Early Tempe (circa 1959), Geographical Background of Arizona (1963), and Navajo Indians Today (1966). Robinson died in 1982.
Full extent
12 Box(es)
Full extent
3.25 Linear Feet
Abstract
The Dorothy Fulwiler Robinson Papers consist of diaries, correspondence, manuscripts, news clippings, and printed matter dating from 1891 to 1971. The bulk of the collection houses Robinson's diaries and manuscripts on Arizona history dating from 1940 to 1968.
Arrangement
This collection consists of twelve boxes.
Other Finding Aids
A calendar describing each item in the collection is available upon request.
Provenance
The Dorothy Fulwiler Robinson Papers were received from Ms. Robinson in a number of accessions between 1969 and 1972 (ACC# 1969-00068).
Subject
- Arizona State University. Payne Training School (Organization)
Geographic
Occupation
- Title
- Dorothy Fulwiler Robinson Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Robert P. Spindler in December of 1993; machine-readable finding guide created by Michael Lotstein in June 2003.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding guide encoded in English.
Repository details
Part of the Greater Arizona Collection Repository
Contact
Arizona State UniversityP.O. Box 871006
Tempe AZ 85287-1006 United States
(480) 965-4932
archives@asu.edu