Womack Family Photos, SHM PC-12 1900-1965 (Bulk Dates: 1920-1930)

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Womack Family Photos, SHM PC-12 1900-1965 (Bulk Dates: 1920-1930)

SHM PC-12


Creator: Womack Family
Title: Womack Family Papers, SHM PC-12
Bulk Dates: 1900-1965 (Bulk Dates: 1920-1930)
Quantity: .5 linear feet
Abstract:The Womack Family Photos collection is made up of photographs covering the Herman and Jewel Womack family activities for the years 1900 to 1965, in Prescott, Arizona and the surrounding areas. There are also some photos which depict ancestors of the Womack family.
Identification: SHM PC-12
Language: English.
Repository: Sharlot Hall Museum
Library & Archives
415 West Gurley Street
Prescott, Arizona 86301
Phone: 928.445.3122 ext. 14
Web Site: http://www.sharlot.org/library-archives/

Biographical Note

Jewel K. Womack, was born in Brownwood, Texas in 1901, and moved to Arizona with her family in 1912. Jewel married Herman Womack and moved to Prescott, Arizona in 1920. Shortly after arriving in Prescott, their son Lester (1920-1992) was born. Lester would become a National Monument Ranger as an adult serving at the Saguaro and Grand Canyon National Parks. Jewel Womack died at the Yavapai Community Hospital June 27, 1973. Mrs. Womack had one sister, Mrs. Frankie Johnson, and two grandchildren.


Scope and Content

The Womack Family Photos collection is made up of photographs covering the Herman and Jewel Womack family activities for the years 1900 to 1965, in Prescott, Arizona and the surrounding areas. There are also some photos which depict ancestors of the Womack family.

System of Arrangement

Series 1: Photos of Family and Activities
Series 2: Family Photo Albums


Restrictions

Conditions Governing Access

None.

Conditions Governing Use

Unpublished and published manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder. The Sharlot Hall Museum may not own copyright to all parts of this collection. It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the State of Arizona and the Sharlot Hall Museum - this includes its Board of Trustee officers, employees, outside contractors, and agents from and against all claims made by person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.


Controlled Access Terms

Personal Name(s)
Goodspeed, Jess
Womack, Jewel
Womack, Leroy Lester

Geographic Name(s)
Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
Granite Dells (Ariz.)
Prescott (Ariz.)
Watson Lake (Yavapai County, Ariz.)

Subject(s)
Buffalo Bills (Musical group)
Santa Fe Southern Railway Company


Administrative Information

Custodial History

The materials found within this collection were personally donated by Lester Womack to the Sharlot Hall Museum on May 31, 1981, accession number 81.185. The materials were processed and placed into a standardized DACS compliant archival arrangement and organization scheme. The materials were originally cataloged using a non-standardized organization scheme in Photo Box 30, Folders A1 & 2, and Photo Box 33, Folders 1-9. A new DACS compliant number was assigned to the collection SHM PC-12.

No additional accruals are expected.

Preferred Citation

Womack Family Papers, SHM PC-12. Sharlot Hall Museum Library & Archives.


Container List

Series 1: Photos of Family and Activities
boxfolder
11 Photographing the Frontier, by Eugene Ostroff, and 7 black and white negative strips for photographs from throughout the collection, 1900’s
12 Ancestor photos (10 photographs), Unknown
13 Activities, first home, animals, Buffalo Bill show on Gurley St. (5 black and white photographs), 1904-1954
14 People and events in the Prescott, Arizona area including Aldrich Ranch, Horse Shoe Dam, scripture rock, N.G.A. Encampment Fort Whipple, Jerome Highway (1 negative, 3 color photographs, 14 black and white photographs), 1912-1950
15 Family photos including airplane, Catalina Island, snow, garden, and various Arizona scenes (28 photographs), 1918-1951
16 Leroy Lester Womack growing up, going on trips, fishing and rafting (24 photographs), 1922-1960
17 Snow landscapes in heavy snow, and one skiing (12 black and white photographs, some large), 1931-1938
18 Various family members, including rodeo pictures and Santa Fe Shop Force at Prescott’s Old Round House (13 photographs), 1915, 1937-1940
19 Landscape and home, Unknown
Series 2: Family Photo Albums
boxfolder
110 Album: Camping and Travel (formerly PB 30, Album 2), Early 1900's
111 Album: Family Activities including Grand Canyon, Thumb Butte, Lynx Creek, and Fort Whipple (formerly PB 33,f8,i115), Early 1900's
112 Album: Family photos of Grand Canyon, boulders, snow, etc., Early 1900's
113 Album: Vacation Photos, trips taken in Arizona (formerly PB33, i118), 1918-1922
114 Album: Family Photos, including pictures of Washington School, Carnegie Library, Yavapai Club, Montezuma’s Castle, Montezuma’s Well, Miss Hoffman (teacher), and Prescott area (formerly PB30, Album 1), 1900's