Preliminary Inventory of the Human Rights of Arizona, Inc. Records

Collection

Identifier: 1973-00037C, etc.

Scope and Content Note

This collection houses manuscripts, reports, videotapes, photographs, correspondence, and other materials documenting senior citizens, Social Security, homeless persons and housing issues, disabled persons, human rights, medical care, mental health concerns, and welfare programs. 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: 1962-2006

Language of Materials

Material in English

Access Restrictions

All materials in Accession #2002-02501A are closed to researchers due to poor condition. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information.

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.

Historical Note

Ruth Wootten, social services advocate, was educated in Chicago, where she first became involved in social welfare matters. In 1963 she became a leader of the Arizona branch of the Welfare Rights Organization, which later changed its name to Human Rights of Arizona, Inc. Human Rights of Arizona is a non profit corporation which is principally involved with advocacy for private persons needing social services, and in advising governmental bodies which administer such services.

Full extent

23 Box(es)

Full extent

27 Linear Feet

Additional description

Abstract

Arrangement

This collection consists of twenty-three boxes divided into five series:

Series I: Accession #1973-00037C
Series II: Accession #2002-02501
Series III: Accession #2002-02501A
Series IV: Accession #2005-03849
Series V: Accession #2011-04480

Provenance

Ruth Wootten donated these papers to Archives and Special Collections between 1973 and 2011.

Related Materials

A guide to processed materials created by Human Rights of Arizona, Inc. can be found at http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/asu/human_rights_az.xml.

The Robert Donohoe Papers (MSS-102) are also available at the Arizona Collection. They contain selected materials which address social welfare issues in Arizona. A finding guide to these papers is available in the Luhrs Reading Room.