Mary Billingsley Photographs

Collection

Identifier: CP SPC 93

Scope and Content Note

This collection houses commercial postcards depicting the Morenci Southern Railway's Loop 1 trestle bridge, the Arizona Copper Company's concentrator, and an oblique aerial view of miners' houses on Longfellow Hill; gelatin-chloride photographic prints showing a group of soldiers with an Arizona banner at Camp Perry; a gelatin-chloride photographic print depicting a giant saguaro with bird holes; and a photograph of Arizona's 1915 basketball champions.

Dates

Creation: 1911-1919

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 copyright to this collection. Distinctive Collections recognizes that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.

Biographical Note

Mary Belle McClung was born to J. Nelson and Mary Elizabeth Jane Minnie (Gemmill) McClung in Baltimore, Maryland on July 15, 1897. She married Joseph Addison Billingsley (1891-1970) on May 19, 1918 and the couple settled in Arizona, where they had one daughter, Mary Jo (Billingsley) Cook (1921-1962). After living in both Pima and Maricopa counties, the family moved to Southern California. Mary Billingsley died in Riverside, California on May 22, 1978.