Photographs of Benjamin F. Johnson
Scope and Contents
Collection includes a photograph and two negatives with images of Benjamin F. Johnson and his family in front of their Mesa, Arizona home in about 1890.
Dates
- approximately 1890
Creator
- Johnson, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1905 (collector, 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 Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical / Historical
Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) Johnson was born on July 28, 1818, in Pomfret, New York. He was the tenth of Ezekiel Johnson and Julia Hills' sixteen children. Baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at age thirteen, Johnson then migrated to Kirtland, Ohio soon after in 1833. There he began a close friendship with Joseph Smith, Jr. that lasted until Smith's death. He went on to serve his first mission for the Church in 1840 to the Eastern States and Canada.
Johnson traveled with the early members of the Church to Nauvoo, Illinois, and then to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1848, where he lived for four years. Johnson received a call to establish a settlement in Santaquin, Utah, and then to serve a mission in Hawaii. During his time in Utah, he served fourteen terms in the Utah State legislature and was a framer of the Utah constitution.
Johnson moved with his family to Mesa, Arizona in 1892, where he died on November 18, 1905.
Extent
2 folders (0.02 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Naomia V. Atterton; 1981.
Appraisal
Photographs (Photograph Archives).
Processing Information
Processed; Anne Ashton; June 2022. Updated finding aid for DACS compliance and accuracy. Rehoused photographs to plastic sleeves for preservation.
- Johnson family -- Photographs
- Johnson, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1905 -- Photographs
- Latter Day Saints -- Arizona -- Mesa -- Photographs
- Negatives
- Photographs
- Title
- Register of Photographs of Benjamin F. Johnson
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Abe Austin
- Date
- 2012 February 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