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Francisco Fontes Photographs 1917-1978, Undated

MP SPC 315

Biographical Note

Francisco Rivera Fontes was born to Francisco and Casilda Rivera de Fontes (d. 1936) in Mexico on December 3, 1887. He was one of at least six children, including Timoteo Rivera (1895-1980), Tomas Rivera (1897-1990), Policarpo (1903-), Alberto (ca. 1903-1904), and Manuel. Francisco Fontes married Eduvijes Diaz (1898-1983), daughter of Rita Fimbres de Diaz, in September of 1918 and the couple had sixteen children: Leonardo Diaz (1919-1999), Florentino Diaz "Tino" (1920-2012), Francisco Diaz (1921-2010), Maria de la Luz (Fontes) Ashford (1922-2008), Policarpo Alberto (1924-1924), Alberto (1925-1994), Jose Mario (1928-2009), Juan Pedro (ca. 1929-ca. 1930), Victor Manuel (1930-1967), Alvaro Pedro (1931-2004), Luis D. (1933-), Lorenzo (1934-), Maria Casilda (Fontes) Elias (1936-), Laura Artemisa (1937-), Armando Diaz (1939-2004), and Antonio (1942-). Fransisco and Eduvijes Fontes emigrated to the United States with their four oldest children in about 1923 and settled in Ray, Arizona. They relocated to Tucson in about 1926. Fransisco Fontes worked as a carpenter (1925-1934), a car operator (1937-), and occasionally a laborer. Fontes died on May 13, 1984.

Scope and Content Note

This collection houses fourteen photographs showing the Diaz and Fontes families in Arizona.

Arrangement

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

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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.

Access Terms

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Francisco Fontes Photographs, MP SPC 315, Arizona State University Library.

Provenance

Maria Casilda (Fontes) Elias donated these photographs to the Chicano/a Research Collection in 1998 (Accession #1998-01993).

Container List

1			Fontes Family Portrait, 1922
					Back Row, Left to Right: Tomas, Manuel, Timoteo, and Francisco Fontes. Front Row, Left to Right: Maria, Casilda, and Eduvijes Fontes. Children, Left to Right [?]: Florentino, Francisco, and Leonardo Fontes
					Personal Name(s) Fontes, Manuel Fontes, Tomas Rivera, 1897-1990 Fontes, Timoteo (Timoteo Rivera), 1895-1980 Fontes, Francisco (Francisco Rivera), 1887-1984 Ashford, Maria de la Luz Fontes, 1922-2008 Elias, Casilda (Maria Casilda Fontes), 1936- Diaz de Fontes, Eduvijes, 1898-1983 Fontes, Florentino D. (Florentino Diaz), 1920-2012 Fontes, Francisco (Francisco Diaz), 1921-2010 Fontes, Leonardo (Leonardo Diaz), 1919-1999

2			Portrait of Francisco, Leonardo, Florentino, and Luz Fontes, 1932
					Personal Name(s) Ashford, Maria de la Luz Fontes, 1922-2008 Fontes, Francisco (Francisco Diaz), 1921-2010 Fontes, Florentino D. (Florentino Diaz), 1920-2012 Fontes, Leonardo (Leonardo Diaz), 1919-1999

3			Daria Encinas de Fimbres, Undated
					Personal Name(s) Encinas de Fimbres, Daria

4			Postcard to Rita Fimbres, Undated
					Personal Name(s) Fimbres de Diaz, Rita, 1872-1960 Fontes, Francisco (Francisco Rivera), 1887-1984

5			Man Standing near a Chair, Undated
					Personal Name(s) Fontes, Francisco (Francisco Rivera), 1887-1984

6			Newlyweds Francisco and Eduvijes Fontes, 1917
					Personal Name(s) Fontes, Francisco (Francisco Rivera), 1887-1984 Diaz de Fontes, Eduvijes, 1898-1983

7			Rita Fimbres Diaz, Undated
					Personal Name(s) Fimbres de Diaz, Rita, 1872-1960

8			Eduvijes Diaz, Undated
					Personal Name(s) Diaz de Fontes, Eduvijes, 1898-1983

9			Maria Casilda Fontes, 1951
					Personal Name(s) Elias, Casilda (Maria Casilda Fontes), 1936-

10			Rita Fimbres Diaz, Eduvijes Diaz Fontes, Luz Fontes Ashford, Maxine Ashford, 1958 March
					Personal Name(s) Diaz de Fontes, Eduvijes, 1898-1983 Fimbres de Diaz, Rita, 1872-1960 Ashford, Maria de la Luz Fontes, 1922-2008 Ashford, Maxine, 1942-

11			50th Anniversary, Francisco Fontes, Eduvijes Fontes, and Casilda Elias, 1978
					Personal Name(s) Fontes, Francisco (Francisco Rivera), 1887-1984 Diaz de Fontes, Eduvijes, 1898-1983 Elias, Casilda (Maria Casilda Fontes), 1936-

12			Francisco R. Fontes, Undated
					Personal Name(s) Fontes, Francisco (Francisco Rivera), 1887-1984

13			Tres Hermanos Fontes: Francisco, Tomas and Timoteo, circa 1960
					Personal Name(s) Fontes, Francisco (Francisco Rivera), 1887-1984 Fontes, Tomas Rivera, 1897-1990 Fontes, Timoteo (Timoteo Rivera), 1895-1980