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Kelly, Charles, 1889-1971

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1889 - 1971

Biography

Charles Kelly (1889-1971) was a writer of Western history, a collector of Western lore, and a historian.

Charles Kelly was born on February 3, 1889 in Cedar Springs, Michigan to parents Alfred and Flora Lepard Kelly. He attended Valparaiso University in Indiana where he never finished a degree but instead went to explore the country. He later married Harriett Greener. Charles worked throughout his life as a printer and painter, including time as a partner for the Western Printing Company until 1940. He was also a historian of the American West and a collector of Western lore, focusing primarily on the western salt desert of Utah and Nevada. Charles later settled and died in Salt Lake City, Utah in April of 1971..

Citation:
familysearch, via WWW, December 14, 2022 (Charles Kelly; b. Feb 3, 1889 in Cedar Springs, Michigan; parents Alfred and Flora Lepard Kelly; married Harriett Greener; d. Apr 1971; worked throughout his life as a printer and painter).

azarchivesonline.org via WWW, December 14, 2022 (attended Valparaiso University in Indiana; never finished degree; left to explore country; worked throughout his life as a printer and painter; partner for the Western Printing Company until 1940; also a historian of the American West and a collector of Western lore, focusing primarily on the western salt desert of Utah and Nevada; died in Salt Lake City, Utah in April of 1971).

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Kelly collection of Western photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 131
Scope and Contents

Collection includes photographs and negatives (both nitrate and safety film negatives) taken by Charles Kelly in 1928 during a visit to Glacier National Park. Also includes images of Utah archaeological mounds and of Mark R. Harrington and his wife. Dated approximately 1910-1969.

Dates: approximately 1910-1969
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Salt desert trails : a history of the Hastings Cutoff and other early trails which crossed the Great Salt Desert seeking a shorter road to California

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230333962]
Identifier: MSS 1165
Scope and Contents

Galley proofs with handwritten corrections made in 1969.

Dates: 1969
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Utah's black Friday : history of the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230240787]
Identifier: MSS SC 402
Scope and Contents

Unpublished typewritten booklength history of the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

Dates: 1969
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Additional filters:

Subject
Immigration and American Expansion 2
Overland Journeys to the Western United States 2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1
Drafts (Documents) 1
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Utah -- Photographs. 1
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Glacier National Park (Mont.) -- Photographs 1
Hastings Cutoff 1
Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857 1
Nitrate negatives 1
Overland journeys to the Pacific 1
Photographs 1
Religion 1
Safety film negatives 1
Utah -- History -- 19th century 1
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