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Sammy Jones Photographs circa 1870-circa 1920

CP SJ

Biographical Note

Sammy Norah Nadine Higdon was born to Hugh Leonard Higdon (1861-1910) and Olive Frances (Tidwell) Higdon (1866-1910) in Globe, Arizona on January 15, 1901. She was the youngest of six children, including Joseph Leonard (1892-1933), Joyce K. (Higdon) Vincent (1893-1962), Louis Edgar (1895-1918), Hester (1897-1897), and Doris H. (Higdon) McPhee (1899-1986). Her father co-owned Globe's Barlay, Higdon, and Company livery, feed, and sale stable. Sammy Higdon married Fred Hare Jones (1887-1962) and the couple settled in Globe, where Fred Jones worked as a funeral director. Sammy Jones died in Globe in February of 1982.

Scope and Content Note

This collection houses 218 photographs collected by J. F. Crampton depicting central and southern Arizona (primarily Globe) and its residents. Most of these images are silver gelatin prints; six panoramas, three stereographs, twelve postcards, and a few photomechanical processes are included. Views include street scenes, mines (including the Copper Hill Mine and the Old Dominion Mine) and miners, railroad workers, the first train to reach Globe, a train wreck, and the Stanwix and Gila Bend depots. People depicted include the Higdon family, students of the Old Adobe and Central schools, and such personalities as William Beard, Judge Aaron Hackney, Edward and William Hellings, Lorin Lynch, Captain P. A. Mullon, Joe Slimson, and Samuel Souther. Numerous Apache people are shown, including studio portraits and the council between General Crook and Geronimo. Landscape views include Globe, Roosevelt Dam, Coolidge Dam, the ruins of Mill City, Maricopa Wells, Fort McDowell, Devil's Canyon Trail, Fish Creek, and the Apache Trail.

Arrangement

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Culturally sensitive Native American images located in this collection are restricted and cannot be made available to patrons in accordance with the Protocols for Native American Archival Materials.

To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Monday through Friday. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.

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], Sammy Jones Photographs, CP SJ, Arizona State University Library.

Provenance

Sammy Jones donated these photographs to the Arizona Collection in 1978 (Accession #1993-00830).

Container List

20			Fire at the Old Dominion Mine; Globe, Arizona, 1906
					Personal Name(s) Hanna, Forman, 1882-1950 (Photographer)

21			Fire at the Old Dominion Interloper Mine Shaft in Globe, Arizona, 1906

25			Group Photo of Miners in Globe, Arizona, circa 1890

26-27			Miners; Globe, Arizona, circa 1885
					Personal Name(s) Buehman, Henry, 1851-1912 (Photographer)

65/OV1			Office of the Arizona Silver Belt; Globe, Arizona, circa 1900
					Personal Name(s) Thwaite, George H. (George Henry), 1856- (Photographer)