Felix Castro Photographs

Collection

Identifier: CP FC

Scope and Content Note

This collection consists primarily of studio portraits and snapshots of the families of Felix Castro and his wife, Ethel (Marsters) Castro. Other photographs depict Felix Castro's service in World War I as a medic, likely taken while he was in training at the Provisional Field Hospital at Camp Fremont and Camp Lee, Virginia; hotels, including the Hogan Hotel in Delores, Colorado (owned by Felix Castro) and the Pavilion Hotel in Taylor, Nebraska (owned by Saul Marsters); a theatre production; and vacation snapshots made in the Southwest, including views of cliff dwellings and landscapes.

Dates

Creation: 1880-1964
Creation: Majority of material found within 1914-1940

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.

Historical Note

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Saul Junden Van Guilder Marsters (1831-1903) was born to Stephen J. and Malinda Baldwin (Martin) Marsters. He served with the 22nd Indiana Volunteers during the Civil War. Marsters was married twice: first to Nancy Ann Clark (1831-1884) on August 4, 1850 and second to Sarah Josephine Latta Davis (1852-1939) on May 27, 1886. He had seven children with his first wife and four with his second: Hezekiah S. (1851-1911), Martha Jane (Marsters) Lennox (1853-1876), Eleanor B. (1856-1863), Elias (1860-1941), Emma Belle (Marsters) Pearson (1862-1960), Alice Willetta (Marsters) Latta (1870-1945), Olive (1872-1879), Hazel B. (1887-1889), Ethel May (Marsters) Lansing Castro (1889-1976), Saul Jr. (1891-1897), and Josephine (Marsters) Page (1894-1958). Ethel May Marsters married twice, first to Ivan C. Lansing and then to Felix Clarence Castro (1896-1984). She had one son with her first husband, Ivan C. Jr. (1915-1973).

Prior to her marriage to Saul Marsters, Sarah Latta was married to Hiram T. Davis (1850-1907). She had four children with her first husband: Minnie (Davis) Thurston (1875-1953), Hiram (1877-), Charles E. (1881–1973), and Schuyler Anson Davis (1884–1955). After Saul Marsters's death, she married John Laban Evinger (1840-1917).

Full extent

2 Box(es)

Full extent

1 Linear Feet

Additional description

Abstract

Arrangement

This collection consists of two boxes.

Provenance

Felix Castro donated these photographs to the Arizona Collection in 1976 (Accessions #1976-00012A and #1976-00012B).

Separated Materials

These photographs were separated from the bulk of MSS-25: Felix Castro Collection (guide available at http://azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/asu/castro.xml).