Amenuensis Monday - Eleanor Margaret Treat Woods

Eleanor Margaret Treat Woods was born on February 21, 1911, in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado and died on April 12, 2008. She was the daughter of Jay Emery Treat and Dora Brigham Treat.

The 1910 census shows her parents living in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, and in 1920 the family is found in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. By 1930 they had settled in Tucson north of the University at 1401 E Mabel St., Tucson, Pima County, Arizona.

Eleanor married George Freeman Woods in 1931. By 1940 they were living along De Moss Petrie (now Grant) Road near Oracle Road. Their granddaughter shared their story at the 40th anniversary celebration of the Woods Memorial Branch Library of the Pima County Public Library. Her tale was online at the library web site in 2012.

Visit the Find A Grave memorial for Eleanor Margaret Treat Woods.

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Transcription of the interview abstract. All typos and misspellings appear as in the original.

Craig R. Schill

Dr. Hinton, Hist 399

INTERVIEWED: Mrs. Elenor Woods. Born 1911 in Colorado Springs, CO. Came
                                to Tucson in June of 1929. Interview took place on April 6, 1989.

I. Early memories of Tucson
     a. small town
     b. 35,000 people
     c. shopping down town (Congress, Stone)
     d. lived on Highland and Mabel
     e. little development North or East of University.

II. Parents
     a. father worked for an Abstract Co.

III. University of Arizona
     a. small
     b. treated Freshmen poorly
          -had to wear bobby socks
          -had to wear green beanies

IV. Husband
     a. owned Farview Dairy
     b. only 3 dairies in Tucson
     c. milked 100 cows
     d. milk delivery
     e. water was the reason for going out of business
     f. served on city council for 8 years in Tucson

V. City Council
     a. G. Freeman Woods library named in honor of his work
     b. respected greatly in Tucson

VI. Entertainment
     a. Church activities
     b. Family

VII. Church development
     a. most churches were located on Stone
     b. First Baptist on 5th st. started many of the other baptist churches in Tucson

VIII. Prejudice
     a. all schools segregated except for High School
     b. Dunbar on Main St. was a black school
     c. prejudice was not very evident

IX. Different road names

X. Crime
     a. not a problem
     b. houses not locked

XI. Climate
     a. people just lived with the hot weather
     b. no one knew the difference - hot was hot, there was no AC .

XII. Story
     a. Flowing Wells School burning

XIII. Changes for better or worse?
     a. better
         -educational facilities
          - parks
          - development
     b. worse
          -ruined views
          -too many people

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