This collection houses photographs showing variety of subjects pertaining to Arizona, including views of desert flora and fauna, landscapes, military, mining, Native Americans, agriculture, buildings, street scenes, transportation, and people and places.
Identification:
FP FPC 1
Language:
Material in English
Repository:
Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 Phone: (480) 965-4932 E-Mail: archives@asu.edu Questions? Ask An Archivist!
Biographical Note
Politician, ham radio operator, western art collector, aviator, and master photographer Barry Goldwater was an avid collector of Western Americana including the historic photographs in this collection. He loved the topography and romance of the West and sought to collect images to represent this ideal. Though considered a hobby, his collecting also served the greater purpose of documenting the history of Arizona. Goldwater even went so far as to place newspaper ads requesting those with historic photographs and ephemera to contact him for a possible donation or sale. He also opened his home to students and researchers interested in viewing his collection. Now publicly available, this collection along with his fine art photographs depicts an Arizona rarely seen.
"To attempt to show adequately the beauties of Arizona, either by pictures or by words, has always seemed to me a task too great for man. Neither the lens nor the written word can show the history or the romance that adds so much to the beauties with which this state has been endowed." Barry M. Goldwater, Arizona Portraits (1940).
Scope and Content Note
This collection houses photographs showing variety of subjects pertaining to Arizona, including views of desert flora and fauna, landscapes, military, mining, Native Americans, agriculture, buildings, street scenes, transportation, and people and places. Of particular interest is a rare photograph album, "Appendix B: Photographs", located in box 12/OV. This album was a supplement to the Report Based on Reconnaissance Investigation of Arizona Land Irrigable From the Colorado River. In 1922, the State Water Commissioner created the Arizona Engineering Commission to survey the state of Arizona and determine how much of the land could be irrigated by the Colorado River. The photographs and accompanying captions in the album are referred to in this report. This land survey was the precursor to the creation of the Arizona Colorado River Commission and the many legal battles that followed over the state's ownership of water rights. It is unknown how many of these albums were created.
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
The Arizona Board of Regents retains copyright to this collection for and on behalf of the Arizona State University Library. Requests to publish, display, or redistribute information from this collection must be submitted via our online application.
Access Terms
Personal Name(s)
Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998 -- Photograph collections.
Geographic Name(s)
Arizona -- Photographs.
Fort Apache (Ariz.) -- Photographs.
Fort Grant (Ariz.) -- Photographs.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Photographs.
Southwest, New -- Photographs.
Theodore Roosevelt Dam (Ariz.) -- Photographs.
Subject(s)
Agriculture -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- Photographs.
Buildings -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- Photographs.
Cowboys -- Arizona -- Phoenix -- Photographs.
Deserts -- Arizona -- Photographs.
Deserts -- Southwest, New -- Photographs.
Indians of North America -- Arizona -- Photographs.
Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Photographs.
Native Americans: Phoenix Indian School,
1900-1904 (1 of 2)
4
9
Native Americans: Phoenix Indian School,
1900-1904 (2 of 2)
Box
Folder
5
1
Native Americans: Pima,
1880 (1 of 3)
5
2
Native Americans: Pima,
1880s-1900s (2 of 3)
5
3
Native Americans: Pima,
1880s-1900s (3 of 3)
5
4
Native Americans: Prehistoric,
1852-1918
5
5
Native Americans: Pueblo,
Undated
5
6
Native Americans: San Carlos,
1880-1886
5
7
Native Americans: Sioux,
circa 1880
Includes prints of glass plate negatives.
5
8
Native Americans: Yuma,
1890
5
9
Native Americans: Unidentified,
Undated
Box
Folder
6
1
People: A-J,
1875-1943
6
2
People: M-W,
1871-1905
6
3
People: Groups,
1902-1955 (1 of 2)
6
4
People: Groups,
1898-1942 (2 of 2)
6
5
People: President Theodore Roosevelt Visit at Grand Canyon,
1903 May 6
6
6
People: Unidentified,
1884-1925
6
7
Phoenix Agriculture: Animals,
1903-1915
6
8
Phoenix Agriculture: Cattle,
1900s
Box
Folder
7
1
Phoenix Agriculture: Crops,
1890s-1900 (1 of 2)
7
2
Phoenix Agriculture: Crops,
circa 1900 (2 of 2)
7
3
Phoenix Agriculture: Farms and Ranches,
1900-circa 1942
7
4
Phoenix Agriculture: Ostrich Farms,
circa 1900
7
5
Phoenix Agriculture: Ostrich Farms,
Undated
7
6
Phoenix Buildings: Businesses,
1870s-1940s
7
7
Phoenix Buildings: Churches,
1900-1910
Box
Folder
8
1
Phoenix Buildings: Government,
1900-1905 (1 of 2)
8
2
Phoenix Buildings: Government,
1900-1905 (2 of 2)
8
3
Phoenix Buildings: Homes and Gardens,
1890-1905
8
4
Phoenix Buildings: Hospitals,
1895-1907
8
5
Phoenix Buildings: Hotels,
1901-1910
8
6
Phoenix Buildings: Schools,
1900-1925
Box
Folder
9
1
Phoenix: Carnival,
1896-1900
9
2
Phoenix: Cowboys and Rodeos,
1905-1940
9
3
Phoenix: Parades,
1900-1940
9
4
Phoenix: Street Scenes,
1872-1940 (1 of 2)
9
5
Phoenix: Street Scenes,
1900-1940 (2 of 2)
9
6
Places: A-Z Arizona Cities,
1873-1930
Box
Folder
10
1
Places: A-Z Outside Arizona,
1880-1947
10
2
Places: Canals and Irrigation,
1890-1905
10
3
Places: Cave Creek,
1903
10
4
Places: Colorado and Green Rivers,
1869-1979
10
5
Places: Dams,
1900s
10
6
Places: Ehrenberg,
1890-1920
Box
Folder
11
1
Places: Flagstaff,
1896-1910
11
2
Places: Glendale,
1890-1900
11
3
Places: Grand Canyon,
1879-1903
11
4
Places: Mesa,
1890-1900
11
5
Places: Paradise Valley,
1903
11
6
Places: Prescott,
1878-1902 (1 of 2)
11
7
Places: Prescott,
1880s-1925 (2 of 2)
11
8
Places: Roosevelt,
1903-1907
11
9
Places: Roosevelt Dam,
1903-1925
Box
Folder
12
1
Places: Salt River and Salt River Valley,
1901-1905
12
2
Places: San Xavier del Bac Mission,
Undated
12
3
Places: Tempe,
1890-1905
12
4
Places: Tempe Normal School,
1895-1916
12
5
Places: Tucson,
circa 1900
Box
Folder
13
1
Places: Tumacacori Mission,
Undated
13
2
Places: Unidentified,
Undated
13
3
Transportation: Mule and Ox Trains,
1886-1900
13
4
Transportation: Railroads,
1885-1968
13
5
Transportation: Stage Coaches and Wagons,
1870s-1890
13
Photograph Album Regarding the Stoddard Milling Company,
1916 (111 Photographs)
Box
14/OV
Oversize,
1876-1950
Includes chess players, Col. C. G. Bartlett, China, E. J. Bennitt, signed portrait of Gov. George W. P. Hunt, group of children, Native American women, and the Senate vote on the NATO Treaty.
Includes a digital copy of the album on a CD. A cataloged copy of the report is available at TC 824.A6 A73x.
Box
16/OV
Oversize Glass Plate Negatives and Lantern Slides,
1880-1930
Includes images of Native Americans (Sioux, Apache, and Maricopa). All images have been digitized and are available for access on CD; the original negatives are fragile and deteriorating.