Bertrand Fereday Harrison lantern slides and negatives
Scope and Contents
The glass lantern slides were taken by Bertrand F. Harrison in the 1930s and 1940s, and contain pictures of plants and other biological specimens related to Utah. The negatives collection includes twenty-five small, round metal containers of 35mm film, and one cassette tape. Labels on film canisters include references to Zion's Park, St. George, natural bridges, Chicago, Aspen Grove, Midway, Yellowstone Park, the Uintah Mountains, and various other Utah locations.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1920-1949
Creator
- Harrison, Bertrand Fereday, 1908-2002 (creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Lantern slides; Condition restricted; items are kept in cold storage, access requires 24 hours advance notice.
Conditions Governing Access
Negatives; Condition restricted; permission to use negatives 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 publish material from Bertrand Harrison lantern slides and negatives must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Bertrand F. Harrison born in Springville, Utah, on 20 February 1908. He was a professor at Brigham Young University in the Biological and Agricultural Sciences Department in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1961 he was made department chair. He died in Provo, Utah, on 3 September 2002.
Extent
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
3 negatives
3 slides
989 items
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Jack D. Brotherson.
Appraisal
Photographs (Photograph Archives).
Subject
- Brigham Young University -- Faculty -- Photographs (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Aspen Grove (Utah) -- Photographs
- Beaver (Utah) -- Photographs
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Photographs
- Fish Lake (Sevier County, Utah) -- Photographs
- Garfield (Utah) -- Photographs
- Midway (Utah) -- Photographs
- Saint George (Utah) -- Photographs
- Uinta Mountains (Utah and Wyo.) -- Photographs
- Yellowstone National Park -- Photographs
- Zion National Park (Utah) -- Photographs
Topical
- Title
- Register of Bertrand Fereday Harrison lantern slides and negatives
- Author
- Abe Austin
- Date
- 2012 March 30
- 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