This collection houses fourteen photographs showing the Diaz and Fontes families in Arizona
Identification:
MP SPC 315
Language:
Material in English
Repository:
Arizona State University Library. Chicano Research Collection P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 Phone: (480) 965-4932 E-Mail: archives@asu.edu Questions? Ask An Archivist!
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.
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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.
[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