Horace Griffin Photograph

Collection

Identifier: CP SPC 89

Scope and Content Note

This hand-tinted silver gelatin photograph depicts Horace Griffin's father, Horace B. Griffin, driving a buckboard wagon pulled by two oxen.

Dates

Creation: circa 1910

Creator

Griffen, Horace, 1894- (Person)

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. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Tuesday through Thursday, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. 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

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Horace Bigelow Griffen, World War I veteran and newspaper administrator, was born to Horace Bigelow Griffin (1854-1929) and Emma (Ford) Griffin (1856-1903) in Hillsboro, Kansas on December 28, 1894. He moved with his family to a homestead outside of Tempe, Arizona in 1895. In 1903, they moved inside the city limits to be nearer to educational facilities. Griffen graduated from Tempe Normal School in 1914 and began his career in the circulation department of the Arizona Republican (later the Arizona Republic) shortly afterward. He left the newspaper for two years during World War I (1917-1919) to serve in the Quartermaster Corps and began working as the south side circulation manager upon his return. In 1934, he transferred to the advertising department and started working as a travelling salesman. In total, Griffen worked in the circulation and advertising departments of the Arizona Republic for fifty years.

In addition to his work at the newspaper, Griffen was at various times a semi-professional baseball player, a district governor of Rotary International, president of Mesa Rotary, post commander of the American Legion at Tempe, and three-time president of the ASU Alumni Association. He was also a member of the Tempe Masonic Lodge and the Order of Eastern Star.

Griffen married Jessie Agnes Dickinson (1894-1985) and the couple had two children, Horace Bigelow (1921-) and Eunice Claire (Griffen) Horlbeck (1922-1988). Horace Griffen died in Arizona on August 22, 1972.

Full extent

1 Photographic Print(s): Monochrome (Black/White): Silver Gelatin Print (DOP)

Full extent

0.2 Linear Feet

Additional description

Abstract

This hand-tinted silver gelatin photograph depicts Horace Griffin's father, Horace B. Griffin, driving a buckboard wagon pulled by two oxen.

Arrangement

This collection consists of one photograph.

Provenance

This photograph was received with the Horace Griffen Papers, which were donated by Mrs. Claire (Griffen) Horlbeck in 1973 (Accession #1973-00030A).

Separated Materials

This photograph was separated from the bulk of the Horace Griffin Papers during processing. A guide to these papers is available at http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/asu/griffen.xml.