Ruth McKinney Collection, 1929-1939 ca.

NAU.PH.93.20


Overview of the Collection
Creator:	McKinney, Ruth
Title:	Ruth McKinney Collection,
Inclusive Dates:	1929-1939 ca.
Quantity:	16 black-and-white photographs (prints, negatives, scrapbook)
Abstract:	Photographs around A.S.T.C. campus, most of Cecil Mulleneaux.
Identification:	NAU.PH.93.20
Language:	Material in English
Repository:	Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department Northern Arizona University Box 6022 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022 Phone: 928 523-5551 Fax: 928 523-3770 Email: special.collections@nau.edu

Biographical Note

Ruth Evelyn McKinney was from Courtland, Arizona, a mining camp in Cochise County, 30 miles north of Bisbee. She attended Arizona State Teachers College in Flagstaff in 1932 where she was a secretary of Campbell Hall and was chosen Junior Beauty. She graduated with a major in Intermediate Grades from A.S.T.C. in June 1932. As of September 19, 1932 she was second grade teacher at Lincoln School, part of Nohales Public Schools. As late as 1990 Ruth McKinney was a Phoenix resident.

One of the persons she met while at A.S.T.C. (and whose portrait appears frequently throughout the collection) was Cecil L. Mulleneaux of Phoenix. Mulleneaux attended A.S.T.C. between 1929 and 1932, majoring in Physical Education and participating in football, track, and basketball. In 1931 Mulleneaux was A.S.T.C.'s star halfback. After graduation he played with a number of professional football teams: New York Giants (1932), Cincinnati (1933-1934), and with St. Louis and Pittsburgh in 1935. He was inducted into the first annual Football Hall of Fame in Phoenix on December 2, 1970. As late as 1985 Mulleneaux was a Los Angeles resident. His date of death is unknown.

Scope and Content

These photographs date to the early to mid-1930s with the majority being taken on the Arizona State Teachers College Campus in Flagstaff or in the vicinity. Most of the images are of Cecil Mulleneaux, a star A.S.T.C. football player, between 1929 and 1931.

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Ruth McKinney Collection, NAU.PH.93.20. Special Collections and Archives. Northern Arizona University. Cline Library. Flagstaff, Arizona.

Container List


NAU.PH.93.20: Photographs, 1929-1939 ca.
			NAU.PH.93.20.1: Title: "We look so funny in these pictures--but we felt good." [Portrait of Ruth McKinney, Olive A. Mitchell (Globe), Bio-Science, and Aaron McCreary, Dept. of Phys. Ed. faculty sitting in forest and listening to phonograph], Arizona or Utah. Photographer unknown, 1932. Black-and-White Photograph, 7x11.5.
			NAU.PH.93.20.2: [Portrait: Ruth McKinney and Audrey Ellis, Kindergarten--Primary Education alumni standing behind glass ball memorial to student or faculty member. On the A.S.T.C. campus. Campus buildings seen on ball], Flagstaff (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1934. Black-and-White Photograph, 11.5x7.
			NAU.PH.93.20.3: Title: "Isn't this some looking outfit--but the crowd of us surely had Finn playing the phonograph, eating, then after dark around the campfire toasting marshmallows." [Portrait of Ruth McKinney, Olive Mitchell and Cecil Mulleneaux listening to phonograph records in the forest], Flagstaff (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1932. Black-and-White Photograph, 7x11.5.
			NAU.PH.93.20.4: [Portrait: Ruth McKinney with Cecil Mulleneaux wearing Letterman shirt for 1934 on the A.S.T.C. campus, Mulleneaux's automobile "The General" and campus buildings in the distance], Flagstaff (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1934. Black-and-White Photograph, 5.5x3.5.
			NAU.PH.93.20.5: [Portrait: Cecil Mulleneaux with unidentified college woman sharing a watermelon in a park or forest, automobile in distance], location unknown. Photographer unknown, ca. 1931. Black-and-White Photograph, 6.5x9.
			NAU.PH.93.20.6: [Portrait: Cecil Mulleneaux at unknown location standing next to tree and holding wire or string. People in distance. Looks like a dance], location unknown. Photographer unknown, ca. 1931. Black-and-White Photograph, 9x6.5.
			NAU.PH.93.20.7: [Portrait: Cecil Mulleneaux standing in forest] Title: "Not a mad bulldog; just a curly headed Irish lad.", Flagstaff (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, ca. 1931. Black-and-White Photograph, 11.5x7.
			NAU.PH.93.20.8: [Portrait: Cecil Mulleneaux standing in forest near stump and fallen trees], Flagstaff (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, ca. 1933. Black-and-White Photograph, 11.5x7.
			NAU.PH.93.20.9: [Portrait: Cecil Mulleneaux with his automobile, "The General"], Flagstaff (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1934. Black-and-White Photograph, 3.5x2.5.
			NAU.PH.93.20.10: [Portrait: Cecil Mulleneaux wearing 1934 jersey and standing in snow next to glass globe memorial. Behind him is Bury Hall with automobiles in parking lot.], Flagstaff (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1934. Black-and-White Photograph, 14.5x9.
			NAU.PH.93.20.11: [Portrait: Cecil Mulleneaux standing on lawn in front of house] Title: "Although we may be far apart, the end on the other side feels you close at heart.", location unknown. Photographer unknown, ca. 1937. Black-and-White Photograph, 14x8.
			NAU.PH.93.20.12: [Portrait: Cecil Mulleneaux standing in front of memorial in winter, A.S.T.C campus buildings in distance], Flagstaff (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1934. Black-and-White Photograph, 14.5x9.
			NAU.PH.93.20.13: [Portrait of Cecil Mulleneaux standing in front of A.S.T.C. dorms in winter and getting ready to throw snow ball], Flagstaff (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1934. Black-and-White Photograph, 10x8.
			NAU.PH.93.20.14: [Portrait: Ruth McKinney with unidentified college woman on A.S.T.C. campus, some snow on the ground. Blome building in distance.], Flagstaff (Ariz.). Fox Co., ca. 1933. Black-and-White Photograph, 12.5x8.
			NAU.PH.93.20.15: [Portrait: Unidentified college man standing amongst fruit trees.], location unknown. Fox Co., ca. 1933. Black-and-White Photograph, 9.5x7.
			NAU.PH.93.20.16: [View of marching band marching past building, automobiles, men, women, and children], Arizona. Photographer unknown, ca. 1934. Black-and-White Photograph, 6.5x9.
			NAU.PH.93.20.17: [Portrait: Head and Shoulders of Cecil Mulleneaux], Flagstaff (Ariz.). La Cuesta Yearbook Photographer, 1932. Black-and-White Photograph, 10.5x6.5.
			NAU.PH.93.20.18: [View of Audrey Ellis with unidentified college woman on the A.S.T.C. campus. They stand near a dormitory. San Francisco Peaks and other college buildings in the distance], Flagstaff (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1934. Black-and-White Photograph, 7x11.5.