The Joseph L. Barragon Papers contain material documenting the personal and professional life of Joseph L. Barragon. Topics covered include his time at Arizona State College (now known as Arizona State University) and work as a Spanish teacher at two high schools in Phoenix, Arizona: West High School (closed in 1983) and Central High School.
Identification:
MSS-369
Language:
Material primarily in English with some Spanish.
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
Joseph L. Barragon was born Joe L. Barragon, Jr. in Globe, Arizona on March 6, 1927 to Felipa Alvarado Barragon (later Tewksbury), a homemaker, and Joe L. Barragon, a musician. Barragon obtained a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Education at Arizona State University and was a Fulbright scholar. He taught Spanish at both West High School and Central High School in Phoenix, Arizona. He also coached basketball and swimming and was involved with the City of Phoenix Summer Aquatics Program. Barragon married Doreen Torres on June 6, 1952, and they had two daughters and a son. Mr. Barragon re-married Marjorie Winsor in 1984 and passed away on January 6, 2006. He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Avondale, Arizona.
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains material documenting the personal and professional life of Joseph L. Barragon, including Barragon's tenure as a high school Spanish teacher. It also includes family mementos and ephemera from the State Championship Basketball Tournament played at Arizona State College (now Arizona State University) in March 1950 and documents associated with adult Spanish classes and the City of Phoenix Summer Aquatics Program from the 1980s. Also included are sheet music from the 1940s and 1950s and educational booklets published in the 1940s. Items from Barragon's professional life as a high school teacher include classroom records and lesson plans for the Spanish courses he taught as well as slides, transparencies and film strips; examples of his students' work; class rosters from Central High School in the 1980s, West High School's Creative Writing Club Magazine ("Potpourri") from 1959-1960, West High School's "Faculty Procedural Manual" from 1979-1980 and English as a Second Language (ESL) Flash Cards.
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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)
Barragon, Joe L. (Joe Louis), 1927-2006.
Geographic Name(s)
Phoenix (Ariz.).
Subject(s)
Central High School (Phoenix, Ariz.).
English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
