Preliminary Inventory of the Dorothy V. Gilbert Papers
Scope and Content Note
This collection houses manuscript materials, ephemera, photographs, and audio-visual materials documenting Dorothy V. Gilbert's involvement with the Phoenix Mountain Preserve, the Save Our Mountains Committee, the Phoenix Mountains Preservation Council (PMPC), the Phoenix Forward Committee, the Department of Public Instruction, numerous equestrian activities, city parks, state trails, and various publications. Among these materials are typewritten manuscripts of articles written for the Phoenix Gazette (1963-1980), maps, land lease agreements, signed petitions, opinion polls, planning and zoning studies, correspondence, meeting minutes, election materials, publications, postcards, newsletters, scrapbooks of newsclippings, and photographs.
This collection has not been processed in full and can be viewed only by appointment. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information.
Dates
- Creation: 1906-1997
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1956-1997
Language of Materials
Material in English
Access Restrictions
Dorothy V. Gilbert's personal checks (Accession #1998-01906, Box 8) are restricted and not available to researchers.
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Copyright
The Arizona Board of Regents retains copyright to this collection for and on behalf of the Arizona State University Library. Requests to publish, display, or redistribute information from this collection must be submitted via our online application.
Biographical Note
Dorothy Dottie
Virginia (Gorrell) Gilbert was born to Walter Albro Clifford and Virginia M. (Nesbitt) Gorrell in Cleveland, Ohio on April 8, 1915. As a child, she displayed an affinity for horses and took every opportunity to ride and work toward owning a horse. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1936 and wrote for Time and Newsweek magazines before marrying Arizona native Elbert Roy Gilbert (1911-1996) in 1941. The couple had three sons, Donald, Roger, and Terry.
The Gilbert family settled in Phoenix in 1953, where Dottie Gilbert wrote Hoofbeats
for the Phoenix Gazette and edited the Arizona Horseman (1963-1968). She later became extensively involved with the Phoenix Mountains Preservation Council (formed in 1971), which over the course of 30 years established the 7,000 acre Phoenix Mountain Preserve. Dottie Gilbert died in Phoenix on December 7, 1997.
Full extent
41 Box(es)
Full extent
44.25 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection houses manuscript materials, ephemera, photographs, and audio-visual materials documenting Dorothy V. Gilbert's involvement with the Phoenix Mountain Preserve, the Save Our Mountains Committee, the Phoenix Mountains Preservation Council (PMPC), the Phoenix Forward Committee, the Department of Public Instruction, numerous equestrian activities, city parks, state trails, and various publications. This collection has not been processed in full and can be viewed only by appointment. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information.
Arrangement
This collection consists of thirty-nine boxes divided into four series:
- Series I: Accession #1997-01894
- Series II: Accession #1998-01906
- Series III: Accession #1998-01935
- Series IV: Accession #2002-02476
Provenance
Dorothy and Cindy Gilbert donated these papers to Archives and Special Collections between 1997 and 2002.
- Title
- Preliminary Inventory of the Dorothy V. Gilbert Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2011
- 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