Tempe Historical Museum

HPS-205 File: Elias-Rodriguez House (927 East Eighth Street)

File Contents:

  • HPS Inventory Form
  • Notes of interview with Irene Rodriguez, by Sally Cummins, 9/19/1978 (3 pp.)
  • Copies of photographs of Ray and Irene Rodriguez and the Elias/Rodriguez House
  • Copy from part of Tempe Zoning Map, 1951
  • "Tempe considers buying remnant of 'old barrio,'" Arizona Republic, Southeast Community section, 3/6/1990
  • "Council OKs Hispanic center," Tempe Daily News Tribune, 5/20/1994
  • "Hispanic museum in talks," Arizona Republic, Tempe Community section, 5/25/1994
  • "Organization gets nod for restoration," Arizona Republic, Tempe Community section, 7/8/1994

Related Materials in the Tempe Historical Museum Research Library:

  • Biographical entry for "Elias, Vincent M." in Who's Who in Tempe History
  • Biographical entry for "Elias, Inez Moreno" in Who's Who in Tempe History
  • Biographical entry for "Rodriguez, Irene" in Who's Who in Tempe History
  • Biographical entry for "Rodriguez, Ray B." in Who's Who in Tempe History
  • BIO-Rodriguez (Biographical File)
  • FT-Elias-Rodriguez (Family Tree)
  • TH-581 File: Mexican American
  • "Historic Building Analysis of the Elias/Rodriguez House" (Ryden Architects, Inc. 1992).
  • Scott Solliday, "The Journey to Rio Salado: Hispanic Migrations to Tempe, Arizona" (Master's thesis, Arizona State University, 1993).

Photographs in the Tempe Historical Museum Archives:
Catalog Number Image Date
1988.1.150 1925
1988.1.119 c1982
1988.1.320 c1982