Globe history with Norma Hinton

 Memories and history abound with Historical League member Norma Hinton. Rose Mofford lived across the street from Norma's grandparents in Globe. Norma's father, Norman Clements, taught Social Studies to Rose and also coached the 1939 State Track and Field Championship which included Edwin and Lewis Tewksbury, sons of the Pleasant Valley War family in AZ.

Norma Hinton recently chatted with Christine Marin, ASU Professor originally from Globe, AZ. "I talked to her at the January meeting because I knew her from my work on the Globe High School Hall of Fame, of which she and my father are both members. She also said my father, Norman Clements, was her father's coach in Globe in the 1930's. I noticed the HL gave a copy of Tastes and Treasures to Christine which includes my Globe grandmother's recipe of Cornish Pasties."

Fascinating family background and so glad to have Norma as Historical League member at Arizona Heritage Center at Papago Park.

Norma Hinton and Dr. Christine Marin

January 2025 meeting

2025 Historical League is off to a great start. The January meeting had education-filled stories from guest speaker, Dr. Christine Marin,

Dr. Christine Marin

enthusiastic Historymakers report from Diana Smith

Historymakers co-chair Diana Smith

and a report from AHS Deputy Assistant Director Vincent Bradley accompanied by his sons. They were off school and decided to dress like Daddy for the presentation.

A new category of Co-Presidents featuring Pam den Draak with Pat Faur is working well for the 2024-2025 Historical League. They both supervised the January meeting.

We are delighted to introduce four new members of the Historical League.

Left to Right: Jane Robertson, Christine Phillips, Caroline Bissell, Melissa Johnson

Dr. Christine Marin January guest speaker: topic Gràcia Liliana Fernàndez

Do you remember taking Spanish in high school? As guest speaker at the January meeting, Dr. Christine Marin explained how Spanish became a major course of study thanks to Gràcia Liliana Fernàndez.

Miss Fernàndez was a bilingual teacher of English and Spanish. She earned a Bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts from the University of Maine in 1898 and then earned the Arizona Territorial Certificate to teach in the Arizona territory. Parents in Apache County wanted their children to receive a good education so they could progress and become successful, but the white teachers didn't understand or speak Spanish. In turn, the children needed to learn English. Gràcia came to fill that gap. The demand for bilingual teachers grew throughout the territory, including in Maricopa County. In time, the president of the Tempe Normal School (now ASU), Arthur John Matthews, hired Gràcia to be the first Professor of Spanish and the first Hispanic librarian of the school. She legitimized Spanish as a major course of study. The students she taught became the new bilingual teachers throughout the Arizona Territory, helping Spanish-speaking children become successful in their schooling and in life.

Gracia was honored in 2020 as inductee in Arizona Women's Hall of Fame.

Dr. Marin, Professor Emeritus, Archivist-Historian at ASU, is the founder of the prestigious archival repository, Chicano/Chicana Research Collection and Archives at the Hayden Library in Tempe.

Dr. Christine Marin

She has won many awards for her work, and she is also the President of the Tempe History Society. She proudly hails from Globe, Arizona where she maintains close ties to the community and was inducted into the Globe High School Hall of Fame.