PHOENIX ANNEXATION
HUMANE CITIES INITIATIVE
INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITIES RESEARCH

Robert P. Spindler
rob.spindler@asu.edu
March 2018

PHOENIX ANNEXATION: AGENDA
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Remarks: (15 minutes)
• Dr. Christine Marín, Curator Emerita, Chicano Research Collection, ASU Library
• Dr. Eduardo Pagán, Associate Professor, School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural
Studies, ASU West

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Readings: Review advance archival documents from the Arizona Collection featuring
Charles Elmer Papers (10 minutes)

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Discussion: Break into discussion tables, assign recorder/reporter (30 minutes)
facilitators:
• Dr. Shirley Rose, Department of English
• Glenn Newman, Department of English

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Report/Evaluate: Report discussion highlights, participants evaluate event (20 minutes)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
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Does this material accurately represent the history of annexation in
Phoenix? Why or why not?

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Why do you think the donor gave this material to ASU?

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What other sources are available to study Annexation at Phoenix?

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What sources are needed to present a more complete view of these
events?

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How would you use this material in your teaching?

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How would you use this material in your research?

PHOENIX ANNEXATION OVERVIEW
• 1940 Phoenix population was 65,414
• 1940-1955: Phoenix grows from 9.6 to 29 square miles
• City annexation program begins in 1956
• By December 1960 Phoenix grew to 187.4 square miles
(population 439,170)
• 1987: 389.8 square miles

Source: Luckingham, Phoenix: The History of a Southwestern Metropolis, 1989

PHOENIX ANNEXATION
HUMANE CITIES INITIATIVE
INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITIES RESEARCH

Robert P. Spindler
rob.spindler@asu.edu
March 2018