Scope and Content Note
The Ryder Ridgway Photograph Collection contains 800 photographs, lantern slides, oversized images, and panoramas. The majority of the images show the economic and social development of Southeastern Arizona (primarily the Thatcher and Safford areas in Graham County, but also including Bisbee, Morenci, Clifton, and Superior).
Many of the photographs depict businesses, buildings, and street scenes. Other images show mining operations and railroads in these areas. Other subjects include San Carlos Apache Indians, the George Lobb family, the William H. Parks family, and hunting. A few items depict scenes in Alaska, Nevada, New Mexico, and California. The 800 photographs are mostly silver gelatin prints, but a few Cirkut panoramas are included.
Dates
- Creation: 1862-1974
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1875-1925
Language of Materials
Material in English
Access Restrictions
Reproductions from this collection may not be exhibited, published, or copied in any fashion without the advance written permission of the department. A fee may be charged for some forms of use. Reproductions from this collection may not be placed in another archive or repository without the written consent of the department.
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
William Ryder Ridgway, author and historian, was born to David Lawrence and Ella Young Ridgway in Safford, Arizona on May 11, 1909. He graduated from Safford High School in 1927 and was employed at the Young and Ridgway Store at Safford. Later he worked as an inspector at the Arizona Agricultural Inspection Station at San Jose on Arizona 70.
Ridgway was an avid historian and collector of historical records showing Graham County and Mormon history. He was a regular columnist in the Eastern Arizona Courier and contributed a number of articles to Arizona Highways Magazine, particularly the September 1968 issue. Ridgway was also a lecturer in history at Eastern Arizona College at Thatcher. He was a member of the Graham County Historical Society and the Church of Safford. Ryder Ridgway died in Safford on May 21, 1985.
Full extent
12 Box(es)
Full extent
800 Photograph(s)
Abstract
The Ryder Ridgway Photograph Collection contains 800 photographs, lantern slides, oversized images, and panoramas. The majority of the images show the economic and social development of Southeastern Arizona (primarily the Thatcher and Safford areas in Graham County, but also including Bisbee, Morenci, Clifton, and Superior).
Arrangement
This collection consists of twelve boxes.
Provenance
The Ryder Ridgway Collection was received in at least thirteen accessions from 1968 to 1991. Nine accessions were received from Ryder Ridgway between 1968 and 1974 (accession numbers 1968-00067, 1972-00067, and 1974-00067). Four accessions were received from Mrs. Ryder Ridgway from 1987 to 1991 (accession numbers 1987-00111, 1989-00180, 1990-00381, and 1991-00468). Accessions received from 1968 to 1974 were originally processed as MSS-68. Later accessions have been added to MSS-68.
Separated Materials
A number of publications have been removed from the Ridgway Ephemera series. Ephemera relating to Arizona or the Southwest has been individually indexed and is accessible through the Arizona and Southwest Index (http://spmi.lib.asu.edu/). Ephemera not related to Arizona and the Southwest has not been retained. A complete card index to the original ephemera collection is available in Box 11A of this collection.
Processing Note
Materials received directly from Ridgway were originally processed as MSS-68. Materials received from Mrs. Ridgway were added to the collection in 1994 and the collection was rearranged to reflect the entirety of the Ridgway papers. A conversion sheet identifying the current location of materials cited by the old box and folder numbers is available from the University Archivist.
Subject
- Park family (Family)
- Waters family (Family)
- Title
- Ryder Ridgway Photographs
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Richard Pearce-Moses and Mark Evans in January of 1991; machine-readable finding guide created by Michael Lotstein in April of 2005.
- 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