Teodoro Ocampo and Mariana Rodriguez Ocampo Family Photographs

Collection

Identifier: CP SPC 173

Scope and Content Note

This collection houses approximately 914 snapshots and commercial portraits showing the Ocampo, Quesada, Ortega, and Valencia families between 1860 and 1989. Many of these images document graduations, weddings, military service, and ranching and most were made in the vicinity of Wickenburg. The majority of the photographs are silver gelatin prints; dye-coupler prints are also included.

Dates

Creation: 1860-1989

Creator

Ocampo family (Family)

Language of Materials

Material in English

Access Restrictions

Photographs may only be viewed one folder at a time. Requests for permission to publish images from this collection should be submitted to the Department of Archives and Special Collections.

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Copyright

The Arizona Board of Regents retains copyright to this collection for and on behalf of Distinctive Collections, Arizona State University Library. Requests for permissions to publish, display, or redistribute information from this collection must be submitted via our online application.

Biographical Note

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Francisca Rodriguez Ocampo was born to Teodoro Masón Ocampo (1841-1908) and Mariana (Rodriguez) Ocampo (1865-1943) in 1892. Mariana Ocampo was the granddaughter of Ramon Cevero Valencia (1853-1939), one of the founders of Wickenburg, Arizona, and his wife Andrea Galindre (1844-1911). Francisca was one of seven children, including Rita Rodriguez (1890-1891), Feliz Rodriguez (1894-1923), Dionisia Rodriguez (1896-1911), Teodoro Rodriguez (1900-1907), Eva Rodriguez (Ocampo) Ortega (1903-1991), and Marcella Andrea R. Ocampo (1907-1986).

Francisca Ocampo married José Franco Quesada (1875-1954) in 1918. Quesada was born to Pablo and Felecita (Franco) Quesada in La Paz, Mexico in 1875. He followed his two older siblings to California in the late 1800s. He learned English as his second language while in California and went on to become a professional vaquero in the Arizona Territory. José and Francisca Quesada had five children: Josefina Ocampo (Quesada) Alvarez (1920-), Dora Ocampo (1921-1998), Alicia Otilia (1923-), Bernardo Abram (1925-), and Eugenio Reynaldo (1927-2011).

Francisca Ocampo's sister Eva married Ben L. Ortega (1908-1985) and the couple had four children: Feliz Beraldo Benjamin (1930-), Irene Mercedes (Ortega) Hershkowitz (1932-2001), Daniel Valentin (1933-2000), and Maria Ana (Ortega) DeHart (1941-2003).

José and Francisca Ocampo stressed the importance of education to their children, each of whom graduated from the Wickenburg public schools and later attended Arizona State College. The Ocampos were also instrumental in establishing Wickenburg's first public school, the first St. Anthony Padua Catholic Church, and the first Wickenburg Town Library in addition to creating a number of financial and other opportunities for the advancement of Mexican Americans.

Full extent

5 Box(es)

Full extent

914 Photograph(s)

Additional description

Abstract

Arrangement

This collection consists of nine hundred and fourteen photographs in five boxes.

Provenance

The majority of the photographs in this collection were received from Eva (Ocampo) Ortega and her children. Other images were donated by José F. and Francisca (Ocampo) Quesada's children and by Teodoro and Mariana (Rodriguez) Ocampo's grandchildren as part of the Ocampo Family Papers (Accession #1990-00398).

Related Materials

A guide to unprocessed materials created by the Ocampo family may be found at http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/asu/ocampo_acc.xml.

A guide to processed materials created by the Ocampo family may be found at http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/asu/ocampo.xml.

Processing Note

The images in this collection have been described individually and can be searched using the Special Materials index (available at http://spmi.lib.asu.edu).