Franklin Stewart Harris photograph albums, 1929-1954
Scope and Contents
Contains photograph albums produced by Harris of his international travels, the American West, and the Harris family. Materials date from between 1929 and 1954.
Dates
- 1929-1954
Creator
- Harris, Franklin Stewart, 1884-1960 (creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research. Items kept in cold storage; access requires 24 hours advance notice.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical History
Franklin Stewart Harris (1884-1960) was President of Brigham Young University from 1921 to 1945. During that time he helped the university grow both physically, with adding new buildings and also intellectually by hiring more teachers and establishing international connections for the University.
Franklin Stewart Harris was born August 29, 1884 in Benjamin, Utah. He moved with his family to the state of Chihuahua, Mexico in the 1890s to the Mormon colonies there. He would study at Brigham Young University and go on to Cornell to receive his doctorate.
Harris served as president of Brigham Young University from 1921 until 1945. His administration was characterized by improvement in academics and by growth of the University's physical facilities, such as the construction of the Heber J. Grant Library building. Even with the financial pressures of the Great Depression from the late 1920s to the 1930s, Harris was able to help increase Brigham Young University attendance, library and campus facilities.
In 1945 Harris left Brigham Young University to be the president of the Utah State Agricultural College (what is now Utah State University). He died April 18, 1960 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Extent
3 oversize boxes
1 box
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged in nine subseries: 1. Photograph album of the Soviet Union, 1929-1935. 2. Photograph album of the western United States, 1936-1938, 1941. 3. Photograph album of Mexico, 1930-1935. 4. Photograph album of Iran, 1939-1941. 5. Photograph album of Egypt, Palestine, and Lebanon, 1946. 6. Photograph album of Lebanon and Syria, 1946. 7. Photograph album of the Middle East and Greece, 1946. 8. Photograph album of Utah and Iran, 1950-1953. 9. Photograph album of Utah, 1953-1954.
Other Finding Aids
Item-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSSP340.xml
Custodial History
The albums were originally in containers 38-49 of MSS 340.
General
Photographic Archives numbers 3023-11036.
The first four albums are 13-1/4 x 9-1/4 inches (33-1/2 x 48-1/2 cm.). Covers are red and pages are grey. The prints are 35 mm. and are in strips. Identification and numbering is generally in blue ink. Harris's numbers are variously written on the strip, above the strip, or below the strip, and sometimes printed on the strip. Anything varying from this description is stated under each album. Lining papers were added between the pages.
Harris's system of numbering in the albums was to number the pages with letters of the alphabet and number each photograph on the page from 1 to the end of the page, usually around 30-36. When the alphabet was finished he would start over with AA, and even a third round with AAA. There are albums where the pages are lettered in pencil. It is assumed that these were done later and those pages are in brackets, although they may have been done under Harris's direction. Occasionally, the strips have been glued into the scrapbooks in the wrong order. In this case, the order of the identifications and the Photographic Archives number follows the order of the strips in the book and not the written numerical order.
Both numbers and unnumbered blanks and ruined images are included in the Photographic Archives numbers, whether or not Harris included them in his numbering. However, if Harris is missing a number and there is no photograph, these have not been included in the Photographic Archives numbers.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo UT 84602 US