Lawrence S. and Lorna Booth Maycock photographs of Yellowstone
Scope and Contents note
Collection contain sixty-eight annotated photographs on disbound photograph album pages, taken by Lawrence S. and Lorna Booth Maycock's honeymoon trip to Yellowstone National Park in 1923. Also includes later photographs with images of family trips to Yellowstone National Park in 1932, 1989, 1990, 1992, and 1998.
Dates
- Other: bulk 1923-1932
- 1923-1998
Creator
- Maycock, Lawrence S., 1899-1986 (Person)
- Maycock, Lorna Bird Booth, 1899-1994 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use note
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Lawrence S. and Lorna Booth Maycock photographs of Yellowstone must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Lorna Booth Maycock (1899-1944) was a Mormon woman in Orem, Utah.
Lorna Booth Maycock was born July 12, 1899 in Nephi, Utah, to Joseph Edgar Booth and Charlotte Ann Bird Booth. In 1903, her family moved to Orem, Utah where she attended Spencer Elementary School. She graduated from the Brigham Young University High School, and taught school in Manti, Utah, and Provo, Utah. She married Lawrence S. Maycock on January 25, 1923 in Salt Lake City.
Lorna Maycock served in a variety of callings in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including positions in the Relief Society, the Young Women's Organization, the Primary, and the Sunday School. She also participated in a variety of civic activities as well, and was a member of the Orem Women's Club, a member of several literary clubs, a member of the Board of Directors of the Utah Valley Hospital, a board member of the Orem Heritage Center, and a board member of the BYU Emeritus Club, and in 1963, she received the Arthur V. Watkins Outstanding Citizen's Award. She and her husband, Lawrence S. Maycock, had three children: Lawrence Booth Maycock, Jean Maycock Larsen, and Helen Maycock Blake. Lorna Booth Maycock died March 22, 1994, in Orem, Utah.
Biographical History
Lawrence S. Maycock (1899-1986) was a businessman and farmer in Orem, Utah.
Lawrence S. Maycock was born January 25, 1899 in Springville, Utah, to John Berry Maycock and Tryphena Crandall Maycock. He attended Brigham Young University and married Lorna Booth Maycock in Salt Lake City, Utah on January 25, 1923. He was a sales representative for General Foods in Utah and Idaho; he also operated a car dealership in Provo, Utah. He later participated in the construction of Geneva Steel where he worked as a department supervisor. Following retirement, he operated a farm in Orem, Utah. Lawrence Maycock served as a High Priest in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
He died June 10, 1986 in Provo, Utah. He and his wife, Lorna Booth Maycock had three children: Lawrence Booth Maycock, Jean Maycock Larsen, and Helen Maycock Blake.
Extent
1 folder (0.1 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection contains sixty-eight photographs of Yellowstone National Park.
Other Finding Aids note
More detailed finding aid available in repository.
Custodial History note
Donated by Jean Maycock Larsen in 2008.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donated; Jean Maycock Larsen; 2008.
Appraisal note
Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social and religious history (20th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.VII, August 2007).
Processing Information note
Processed by Elizabeth Ballif, student processor, and John Murphy, Curator.
- Title
- Register of Lawrence S. and Lorna Booth Maycock photographs of Yellowstone
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- John M. Murphy, Curator
- Date
- July 2009
- 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