Willis Eugene Robison photographs
Scope and Contents
Collection includes five portrait photographs of Mormon missionaries in the Southern States Mission from 1882 to 1884. Includes images of John H. Gibb and William S. Berry, among others.
Dates
- approximately 1882-1884
Creator
- Robison, Willis Eugene, 1854-1937 (creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Photographs in folder 1: Open for public research. Items kept in cold storage; access requires 24 hours advance notice. Negatives in folder 2: Open for public research. Items kept in cold storage; access requires 72 hours advance notice.
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 the Supervisor of Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical / Historical
Willis Eugene Robison was born on March 1, 1854, in Crete, Illinois, to Benjamin Hancock Robison and Lillis Alvira Andre. He migrated from Illinois to Utah in the same year he was born and then was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1862. Willis married Sarah Anne Ellett on July 8, 1874, in Fillmore, Utah. Together they had 12 children. After his wife died in 1907, he went on to marry Emma Elizabeth Reeve in 1908. Together they had two children. Mary died in 1914 and Willis remarried in 1918 to Mary Louisa Ellett Young. In October 1882, he was called on a mission for his church to the southern states. Later, he served in two legislatures and was a member of the Utah Constitutional Convention on March 4, 1895, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was chosen to help fix the boundaries of a new county. He named and created Wayne County, Utah. Willis died on June 30, 1937, in Hinckley, Utah.
Extent
2 folders (0.02 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Frank Robison donated the collection to the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library in 1989.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Frank Robison; 1989.
Appraisal
Photographs (Photograph Archives).
Processing Information
Processed; Anne Ashton; October 2022. Updated finding aid for DACS compliance and accuracy.
- Acetate negatives
- Berry, William S. (William Shanks), 1838-1884 -- Photographs
- Copy prints
- Gibbs, John Henry, 1853-1884 -- Photographs
- Photographs
- Title
- Register of Willis Eugene Robison photographs
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Abe Austin
- Date
- 2012 March 23
- 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