José B. Villela Photographs

Collection

Identifier: MP MPC 313

Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of 104 photographs documenting the Villela family, Goodyear Farms Elementary School, San Pablo (a Mexican community in Tempe), and Mexican and Mexican-American employees of Goodyear Farms and the Southwest Cotton Company.

Dates

Creation: circa 1890-1975
Creation: Majority of material found within 1920-1975

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

Ramón Ruso Villela (1878-1964) was born to Ramón and Gertrudis (Ruso) Villela on April 28, 1878 in La Paz, Baja California, Mexico. He married Margarita Saiz, daughter of Claro Saiz and Petra Tolano, in 1906 in La Colorado, Baja California, Mexico and the couple had ten children: Ramón (1907-1993), Francisco (1909-1992), Carlos (1913-1941), Alejandro (1917-2000), Robert (1919-1976), Socorro (Villela) Higuera (1921-), Joe S. (Santos José) (1923-2006), Gertrude (Villela) Reyes (1925-2011), Margarita (1929-1930), and Carmen (Villela) Refuerzo, (1931-). The family emigrated to the United States, where Ramón Villela worked as a farm laborer, between 1917 and 1918. They lived in Arizona before settling in California. Ramón Villela died in Fresno, California, in 1964.

Full extent

1 Box(es)

Full extent

0.25 Linear Feet

Additional description

Abstract

Arrangement

This collection consists of a single box.

Provenance

José B. Villela donated these photographs to the Chicano/a Research Collection between 2000 and 2003 (Accession #2000-02221, #2002-02495, and #2003-02773).