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Zion National Park (Utah) -- Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Bertrand Fereday Harrison lantern slides and negatives

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3237
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: approximately 1920-1949
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Photographs of Western scenes

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233600912]
Identifier: MSS P 84
Scope and Contents

Collection includes photographs of Western scenes in Utah, including a Navajo trading post. Many of the locations are associated with the filming of motion pictures in southern Utah, while a few document the development of Zion National Park.

Dates: approximately 1920-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Walter Pace Cottam photographs of Zion National Park, approximately 1920-1940

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8; Series 9; Series 10; Series 11; Series 12; Series 13; Series 14; Series 15; Series 16 [Barcode: 31197233639753], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS P 15 Series 9
Scope and Contents

Materials include 11 photographs taken by Walter P. Cottam between approximately 1920 and 1940 of Zion National Park.

Dates: approximately 1920-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Walter Pace Cottam photographs

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