Franklin Stewart Harris negatives, 1912-1927
Scope and Contents
Contains diazo copy negatives of photographs by Harris. Includes images of Utah and the West, Brigham Young University, and Utah Agricultural College. Also includes photographs from Europe, the Middle East, India, and East Asia. Images date from between 1912 and 1927.
Dates
- Creation: 1912-1927
Creator
- Harris, Franklin Stewart, 1884-1960 (creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Condition restricted; permission to use materials must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services.
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
6 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Item-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSSP340.xml
General
Includes images 12087-15009.
Processing Information
The collection includes many original nitrate negatives, probably for about a quarter of the photographs in the collection. The negatives extant are for Series 1-3, where each photograph has a separate negative (containers 31-35 in original MSS 340 collection). Later photographs, taken on 35 mm film, were stored in film cans (containers 22-26 in original MSS 340 collection). When these were opened in about 1982, it was found that most of the film had deteriorated to powder and the rest were in bad condition. At least 38 rolls of "Europe & Russia" and probably all the rest were discarded for safety reasons.
Subject
- Brigham Young University -- Presidents -- Photographs (Organization)
- Brigham Young University -- Photographs (Organization)
- Harris, Franklin Stewart, 1884-1960 -- Travel -- Photographs (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo UT 84602 US