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Blacks in Utah photograph collection, 1850-1960
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Blacks in Utah photograph collection
- Dates
- 1850-1960 (inclusive)18501960
- Quantity
- 10 photographs
- Collection Number
- P0160
- Summary
- The Blacks in Utah photograph collection contains photographs of the first African Americans in Utah and of several generations of their descendents.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This information on Blacks in Utah (1879-1980) was collected between 1965 and 1979 by Steven K. Madsen, whose study of early Black arrivals in Utah (after 1847) and the Black community of Union, Utah Territory, was prompted by an interest in history aroused by the U.S. Bicentennial celebrations of the mid-1970s. Photographs of the first Blacks in Utah and their descendants. Photographs No.4-6 represent seven generations of black. Green Flake, a member of the vanguard pioneer group and a photographs of black soldiers returning home from the Spanish American War are not included in this collection. Green Flake was a slave, friend, and driver for Brigham Young. Flake was later freed, settled in the community of Union, married, and raised a family. He is buried in the Union Fort Cemetery.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Separated Materials
Audio-visual materials were transferred to the Interviews with Black Utahns audio-visual collection (A0079).
Manuscript materials were transferred to the Stephen K. Madsen collection on Blacks in Utah, (ACCN 0689).
Audio-visual materials were transferred to the interviews with Blacks in Utah, (MS 0453).
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 1 | First African Americans in Utah
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