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Portraits

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1022 Collections and/or Records:

Photographs and glass negatives

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 520
Scope and Contents

Collection includes 335 photographs and 151 glass plate negatives with images of people and locations. Includes photographs of the United States.

Dates: approximately 1850-1949
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Photographs and portraits of people, approximately 1928-1940

 File — Box 80: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197239122325], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 1587 Series 3 Sub-Series 2 File 47
Dates: approximately 1928-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Rhoads and Morley families papers / Rhoads and Morley families photographs / Sylvanus G. Morley photographs / Maya people photographs

Photographs inscribed to Stewart, approximately 1950-1970

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2157 Series 1 Sub-Series 10 File 9
Dates: approximately 1950-1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James Stewart papers / James Stewart personal papers / James Stewart photographs

Photographs of Abraham O. Smoot and Diana Eldredge Smoot

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9561
Scope and Contents

Three platinum photographs of Abraham O. Smoot and Diana Eldredge Smoot. Dated approximately 1880-1890.

Dates: approximately 1880-1890
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Photographs of Brigham Young University, 1891-1968

 Series — Carton 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: 31197233282521], Folder: 53-58
Identifier: UA 1070 Series 16
Scope and Contents Contains various photographs related to Brigham Young University, including student portraits, photographs of awards given to students, classroom lectures, a 1945 postcard, a copy of a portrait of Karl G. Maesar, photos of a youth clinic, photos of students on campus, building plans of Heritage Halls, building plans from a junior college in Phoenix, Arizona, and photos from the Church College in Hawaii. Also includes a photograph from a BYU expedition to South America in the early 1900s and...
Dates: 1891-1968
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Collection of Brigham Young University photographs

Photographs of Church history sites and figures

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 61
Scope and Contents

Collection includes glass negatives, lantern slides, metal plates, and a tintype of images related to the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Includes images of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, Native Americans, and other scenes.

Dates: approximately 1840-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Photographs of Julian Alden Weir, circa 1840-1919

 Series
Identifier: MSS P 78 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Includes forty-nine photographs of Julian Alden Weir most of which are portraits. Also included are portraits of Robert Walter Weir.

Dates: circa 1840-1919
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Weir family photographs

Photographs of Lewis and Esther Mecham

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197218623889]
Identifier: MSS 3719
Scope and Contents

Small collection of individual portraits of Lewis Mecham (1835-1907) and Ester Herbert (1850-1934). Portraits are mounted on cardboard.

Dates: approximately 1890-1899
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Photographs on Jesse Knight

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8757
Content Description

Materials include photographs relating to Jesse Knight. These include portraits of Knight and of his house. Also includes photographs of an early 20th century traffic accident and an aerial photograph of Brigham Young University campus in 1928. Materials dated approximately 1900-1940.

Dates: approximately 1900-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Pirie MacDonald portrait of Julian Alden Weir, circa 1900-1919

 Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4 [Barcode: 31197233601118], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS P 78 Series 1 Item 28
Scope and Contents

Julian Alden Weir portrait photographed circa 1900-1919 in New York. Weir is sitting and looking toward the camera.

Dates: circa 1900-1919
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Weir family photographs / Photographs of Julian Alden Weir

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