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Mormons -- Utah -- Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

George Edward Anderson photographs of Icelanders

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233624805]
Identifier: MSS 8111
Scope and Contents

Contains five photographs of people who emigrated from Iceland to Utah. Portraits were taken by George Edward Anderson, circa 1890-1910. There is also a packet of pages that identifies the people in each of the photographs.

Dates: approximately 1890-1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George Edward Anderson photographs of Icelanders

George Beard photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 3
Scope and Contents

Collection consists primarily of pictorial landscapes from Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. Also includes photographs of the Beard family and other individuals.

Dates: approximately 1880-1949
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George Beard photographs

John F. Bennett photograph album of Church history

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225540480]
Identifier: MSS P 801
Scope and Contents This collection contains one small black photo album. The album was made by John F. Bennett for Mr. and Mrs. George Albert Smith in the 1930s. It is similar to other albums put together by Bennett but is uniquely arranged with the Smiths in mind. Bennett used images created by several notable pioneer photographers such as William H. Jackson, C. R. Savage, George E. Anderson, C. W. Carter etc. The photographs selected should be considered some of the most notable images depicting the pioneer...
Dates: 1847-1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John F. Bennett photograph album of Church history

William F. Butt photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 216
Scope and Contents

Collection includes two photographs, one of Uriah and Bridget Butt, and one of mining activities near Lehi, Utah. Also includes copy negative of one photograph. Photographs dated approximately 1880.

Dates: approximately 1880
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William F. Butt photographs

H. H. Cluff cartes-de-visite and tintypes

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233607321]
Identifier: MSS P 282
Scope and Contents

Collection includes 170 photographs and four tintypes. All images are cartes-de-visite of Provo and Utah residents. Includes images of Brigham Young, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, Orson Pratt, and Emma Smith. Collection also includes a photocopy of the complete album as originally created by H.H. Cluff, available in the collection case file.

Dates: approximately 1860-1916
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / H. H. Cluff cartes-de-visite and tintypes

M. O. Corey photograph album

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233604757]
Identifier: MSS P 191
Scope and Contents

Album includes 71 photographs taken in and around Ogden, Utah about 1890. Some of the shots were taken in Salt Lake City, Utah, and vicinity. The notes as to the locations where the photographs were taken are found with the prints. The album was given by M. O. Corey to Mora D. Ritchie in 1897.

Dates: 1897
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / M. O. Corey photograph album

Simeon Adams Dunn portrait

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239270454]
Identifier: MSS P 185
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Simeon Adams Dunn (1803-1883); Mormon missionary, pioneer, and policeman of Nauvoo, Illinois.

Dates: Approximately 1875
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Simeon Adams Dunn portrait

Farr family photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 201
Scope and Contents

Collection includes 44 negatives of photographs of the Farr family, taken between the 1890s and the 1940s. Also includes photocopies of pages of a book on which these photographs appear.

Dates: approximately 1890-1949
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Farr family photographs

Christian Peter Hansen photographs

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239270447]
Identifier: MSS P 184
Scope and Contents

Portraits of Christian Peter Hansen (1877-1979); convert to the Mormon Church from Denmark, railroad conductor, labor leader, and Utah legislator.

Dates: Approximately 1909
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Christian Peter Hansen photographs

Latter-day Saint Missionary postcard collection

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227654867]
Identifier: MSS 3679
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 86 postcards of Utah scenes and postcards of LDS missionaries serving LDS missions in England. Several of the postcards have been written on.

Dates: 1914-1917
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Latter-day Saint Missionary postcard collection

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