Preliminary Inventory of the Rockfellow Family Photographs
Scope and Content Note
This collection houses 1,480 images depicting locations in Arizona (including Globe, Miami, and Tombstone), Alaska, New Mexico, California, Utah, Washington State, Colorado, and Mexico. 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: 1919-1953
Creator
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
John Alexander Rockfellow was born to Samuel Lodaski and Julia Lucinda (Conkey) Rockfellow in Mount Morris, New York on January 30, 1858. He became interested in the Western United States after explorer Major William Powell visited his home in Rochester, New York. After graduating from the University of Rochester in 1879, Rockfellow and his school friend Bill Hartt traveled to the interior of Arizona, where they prospected for gold. Rockfellow lived in Arizona for most of the rest of his life, establishing himself as a miner, ranchman, cattleman, educator, and civil engineer. He died at his son's home in Los Angeles, California on May 16, 1947.
Rockfellow married Flora Amelia McNair (1857-1937) in 1890 and the couple had four children: Hugh McNair (1891-1891), Julia (Rockfellow) Waite (1893-1991), Henrietta Pierpont (Rockfellow) Rubel (1897-1989), and John Philip (1898-1964).
Full extent
3 Box(es)
Full extent
3.75 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection houses 1,480 images depicting locations in Arizona (including Globe, Miami, and Tombstone), Alaska, New Mexico, California, Utah, Washington State, Colorado, and Mexico. 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 three boxes.
Provenance
Archives and Special Collections purchased these photographs in 1994.
- Title
- Preliminary Inventory of the Rockfellow Family Photographs
- Status
- Completed
- 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