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Ruby Haigler Wood Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: CP SPC 97

Scope and Content Note

This collection houses nineteen photographs showing Tempe, Arizona in the early 1900s. Among the subjects depicted are Arizona State University's Old Main, the Hayden Flour Mill, the Santa Fe railroad bridge, Mill Avenue, agricultural enterprises (including dates, oranges, wheat, and ostriches), business enterprises (including the Casa Loma Hotel and the Pacific Creamery), Mill Avenue, and the Haigler family. The majority of photographs 1/OV1 through 17/OV1 were clipped from an unidentified publication and pasted onto pages to form a scrapbook; the remainder appear to be Ruby Wood's personal photographs.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1910s

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

Ruby Olive Haigler was born to James Filmore Haigler (1855-1912) and Laura Ann (Miller) Haigler Mason (1862-1949) in Tempe, Arizona on June 28, 1894. She was one of eight children, including Charles Alvin (1879-1954), Albert Chester (1883-1964), Carrie B. (Haigler) Gill (1887-1967), Pearl Edith (Haigler) Lucero (1892-1918), and Eva E. (1896-). Ruby Haigler graduated from Tempe Normal School and obtained her First Grade Teaching Certificate in 1914. She married Edward Stanley Wood (1894-1954) on June 1, 1915 and the couple had six children, Stanley Edward (1917-2014), Mildred Louise (Wood) Marchi (1920-), John Haigler (1922-2008), Marjorie Lucille (Wood) Law (1923-2000), Homer Glen (1927-), and Robert Mason (1931-1989). Ruby Wood returned to teaching in 1933, working first in the Adult School at Guadalupe (1933-1934) and then at the rural school under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration's Emergency Educational Programs of Arizona (1934-1935). She began teaching at Guadalupe Elementary School in 1937, where she remained until her retirement in 1974. Ruby Wood died in Phoenix on March 21, 1982.

Full extent

19 Photograph(s)

Full extent

0.2 Linear Feet

Abstract

This collection houses nineteen photographs showing Tempe, Arizona in the early 1900s. Among the subjects depicted are Arizona State University's Old Main, the Hayden Flour Mill, the Santa Fe railroad bridge, Mill Avenue, agricultural enterprises (including dates, oranges, wheat, and ostriches), business enterprises (including the Casa Loma Hotel and the Pacific Creamery), Mill Avenue, and the Haigler family.

Arrangement

This collection consists of two folders.

Provenance

These images were separated from UM USM 178: Ruby Olive Haigler Wood Papers, 1903-1965.

Related Materials

Interested researchers may also wish to consult UM USM 178: Ruby Olive Haigler Wood Papers, 1903-1965.

Title
Ruby Haigler Wood Photographs
Status
Completed
Date
2017
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 University
P.O. Box 871006
Tempe AZ 85287-1006 United States
(480) 965-4932