Collection includes 372 photographs, 451 postcards, 271 glass plate negatives, 155 negatives, 14 lantern slides, 76 stereographs, and five panoramic photographs, taken or collected by J.M. Boutwell between the 1900s and the 1930s. Includes images of geologic specimens, rock formations, and landscapes.

Collection includes three photographs with corresponding glass plate negatives depicting mining operations at Kennecott Corporation's Bingham Mine. The photographs were taken in 1906, when the mine was being developed by the Utah Copper Co. Also includes two copy prints, with corresponding acetate negatives, of photographic portraits of a man.

Materials include seven slides taken by Clifford F. McKinney of President David O. McKay at Deseret Coal Mine on September 14, 1953 for the meeting and reopening of the mine. There are pictures of President McKay in the mine and talking to the miners.

Collection includes five photographs and four corresponding safety film negatives of mining operations in the Kennecott Copper Bingham Mine. Dated 1954-1955.

Collection includes 100 photographs and 12 slides of Utah mining and railroads taken in the 1900s. Includes photographs of Thistle, Forest City, and Jacob City, Utah.

Materials include 19 photographs taken between approximately 1880 and 1933. There are photographs of Utah gilsonite mines and of the communities surrounding them, including houses and individuals.