Scope and Content Note
The Pat Fullinwider Papers consist of correspondence, mailing lists, computer printouts, financial records, newsclippings, and printed matter dating from 1970 to 1976. The majority of the collection is comprised of campaign records documenting Fullinwider's unsuccessful bids for election to the US Congress in 1974 and 1976.
Dates
- Creation: 1970-1976
Language of Materials
Material in English
Access Restrictions
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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
Patricia A. (Mueller) Fullinwider was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on December 21, 1940. She married Simon Pendelton Si
Fullinwider (1933-2015) in 1963 and the copule relocated to Arizona in 1967. In Tempe, Pat Fullinwider served on the Tempe Union High School Board and led the construction of Corona del Sol, the first solar-powered high school in America. In 1974 and 1976, Fullinwider ran for Congress against Rep. John Rhodes. Both campaigns were unsuccessful: she trailed Rhodes by 8.8% in 1974 and 16.6% in 1976. She went on to work as the Head of the Arizona Department of Weights and Measures and for the City of Phoenix, where she supervised such large construction projects as the Okemah Service Center. She also earned her MPA from Arizona State University in 1980. Fullinwider retired in 2001 and moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to be near her daughter, Teresa (Fullinwider) Bailey, and family. She died on November 22, 2011 at the age of 70.
Full extent
13 Box(es)
Full extent
16.9 Linear Feet
Abstract
The Pat Fullinwider Papers consist of correspondence, mailing lists, computer printouts, financial records, newsclippings, and printed matter dating from 1970-1976.
Arrangement
This collection consists of thirteen boxes.
Provenance
The Pat Fullinwider Papers were received from Pat Fullinwider in 1976 (Accession #1976-00026).
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Pat Fullinwider Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Robert P. Spindler; machine-readable finding guide created by Michael Lotstein.
- Date
- 2012
- 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