Ellen H. Gullickson collection on the Moroni Olsen Players
Scope and Contents
Materials include four photographs, five programs, a newspaper tearsheet, a costume sketch, a photocopy of photograph, and the obituary of Ellen H. Gullickson. Also included is an extract from oral history interview of Ruth Gullickson Isakson. Dated approximately 1890-1980.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1890s-1980s
Creator
- Gullikson, Ellen H. (Ellen Haleen), 1874-1945 (collector, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Ellen H. Gullickson collection on the Moroni Olsen Players must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Ellen H. Gullikson (1874-1945) was a Mormon seamstress in Ogden, Utah.
Ellen Haleen Gullikson was born August 21, 1874 in Stockholm, Sweden to August and Charlotte Johnson Haleen. In 1887 the family converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and immigrated to Utah. They lived temporarily in Pleasant Grove before settling in Ogden. In 1893 she married Gullick Gullickson in the Salt Lake Temple, and they had four children. Her husband was a tailor, and she became a professional seamstress. In this capacity she designed and sewed costumes for the Moroni Olsen Players, an Ogden-based repertory theater company. Gullickson died in Ogden on February 22, 1945.
Extent
1 folder (0.1 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Materials were gathered by Ellen H. Gullikson, a seamstress who on occasion created costumes for the Moroni Olsen Players, a theatrical troupe. The materials were passed to her daughter, Ruth Gullikson Isakson, who in turn passed them to her son, Richard L. Isakson, who donated the materials to BYU. Richard L. Isakson included an extract from an oral history that he made with his mother.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Richard L. Isakson; January 2014.
Appraisal
Arts & Communications.
General
Located in box 598
Processing Information
Processed; John N. Gillespie; January 2014.
Subject
- Gullikson, Ellen H. (Ellen Haleen), 1874-1945 -- Death and burial (Person)
- Olsen, Moroni, 1889-1954 (Person)
- Isakson, Ruth Gullikson -- Interviews (Person)
- Moroni Olsen Players (Organization)
- Title
- Register of Ellen H. Gullickson collection on the Moroni Olsen Players
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Norm Gillespie
- Date
- 2014 January 6
- 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