Smith family photographs
Scope and Contents
Collection includes digital reproductions of images of the Smith family taken between 1874 and 1918.
Dates
- 1874-1918
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted; permission to obtain copies must be obtained from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Archives.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Smith family photographs must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
The Smith family of Utah was led in the late nineteeth-century by Joseph F. Smith (1838-1918). Smith became an Apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1866, and served as president of the Church from 1901 to 1918. He had six wives: Levira Smith, Julina Lambson, Sarah Ellen Richards, Edna Lambson, Alice Ann Kimball, and Mary Taylor Schwartz. Between them Smith had forty-three children, including Hyrum Mack Smith and Joseph Fielding Smith.
Extent
1 computer optical disc
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Original photographs were collected by the Smith family, principally by Mary Lou Walker. They were loaned to the Church Archives for copying, which was performed by Jeff Anderson of the Church and Family History Library. A second copy of the images was shared by the Church Archives with the L. Tom Perry Special Collections.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Archives.
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Church Government
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. First Presidency -- Photographs
- Compact discs
- Photographs
- Smith family -- Photographs
- Smith, Joseph F. (Joseph Fielding), 1838-1918 -- Photographs
- Title
- Register of Smith family photographs
- Author
- Rose Frank
- Date
- 6/9/2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States