Allen Publishing Company photograph collection

Allen Publishing Company photograph collection, circa 1950

Overview of the Collection

Title: Allen Publishing Company photograph collection
Dates: circa 1950 (inclusive)
19401960
Quantity: 160 photographic prints
Collection Number: P0021
Summary: The Allen Publishing Company photograph collection contains portraits of George Albert Allen and members of the Allen family. As well as photographs of birds and miscellaneous photographs.
Repository: 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: 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

Dr. George Allen was a physician from Chicago, Illinois, who moved to Salt Lake City in 1921. In the late 1940s, his fascination with birds coalesced into the Allen Publishing Company, which produced The Pheasant Fanciers, Game Bird Breeders, and Aviculturist's Gazette, a publication devoted entirely to birds. He was also instrumental in establishing the Tracy Aviary, still in operation in Salt Lake's Liberty Park. Dr. Allen's home and its surroundings, Allen Park on 13th East in Salt Lake City, is still a local attraction. The collection consists of photographs of the Allen family, Allen Park, miscellaneous colleagues and friends of the family, many pictures of birds, other animals, and photographs taken during family vacations.

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

Arrangement

Collection is arranged topically.

Processing Note

Processed by Peter Schmid in 1988.

Separated Materials

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Allen Publishing Company Records, (MS 0416).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Family, Birds and MiscellaneousReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	Dr. George Allen
1	2	The Allen Family
1	3	Miscellaneous 28: Unidentified man, negative only 29: Unidentified man 30: Cunningham 31: F.G. Field 32: Behle 33: A.H. Maetzold, Walter L. Peterson, and P.H. Bryant, temporary chairman 34: Sally Allen Gear, A.H. Maetzold, Mrs. Maetzold, Walter L. Peterson, Bryant, Ben C. Chester, Mrs. Henry L. Cremin, Mrs. Deviny, Mrs. Bryant 35: Unidentified and George A. Allen Jr. 36: Unidentified 37: Unidentified woman looking at pheasant hat 38: Mormon baptismal font 39: Siah, taxidermist 40: General Electric photo operation. Hanford Atomic Products operation 41: Postcard of the signing of the United Nations Charter 42-44: Unidentified
1	4	Allen Park 45-50: Allen Park
1	5	Birds 51-58: Unidentified 59: Points on pheasant raising from a master breeder. Felicio M. Torregeosa and Walter V. Oakie 60: Unidentified 61: Moroccan Barbara Gambra 62: Flamingo, San Diego Zoo 63: Greater Scamp Drake at Lakewiew 64-65: Unidentified 66: Francolin grouse 67: Unidentified 68: "Fool" hen 69: Wild turkeys near Crandalls, Middle Fork Salmon River 70-78: Unidentified 79: Blue grouse 80-82: Unidentified 83: Pair of breeder prairie chickens 84: Emporer geese 85: Unidentified 86: Postcard of Canadian wild geese, Game Farm Zoo, McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania 87: Unidentified 88: Mr. Ijam, Farm Superintendent, packing pheasants for shipping 89: Ringneck pheasant breeder field, Ozark Quail Farm, Carterville, Missouri 90: Reeves pheasant, Ozark Quail Farm 91-92: Tufted guinea-fowl and common domesticated guinea hen
1	6	Birds 93: Hilderbrants male Francolin 94: Pair of shorpes Francolin breeders 95: Erckels and shorpes 96: Grays bare?throated Francolin 97: Indian Gray Francolin 98: Erckels Francolins 99: Indian black Francolin 100: Shorpes Francolins 101: Heuglins Francolins 102: Chilean geese, Pearsons Bird Farm, Southbury, Connecticut, June 1952 103: Lois Ross with bird 104: Erckels Francolins 105: Black Francolins 106: Stuffed birds in showcase 107: Cunningham in Woodenville 108: Woodcock and young near nest, Blackwater Migratory Bird Refuge, Maryland 109-13: Unidentified 114: The lesser bird of paradise in Wassenaar Zoo, Holland 115: Unidentified slide 116-19: Oversize negatives only 120: Taxidermy display at sportsmen show, Newark, 1958 121-22: Champion game bird 123-26: Unidentified bird displays
1	7	Animals 127: Bison 128: Wild pig 129: Buck deer, Ark Wildlife Refuge at North Creek, New York 130: Bighorn sheep, Canada, 1956
1	8	Miscellaneous 131-37: Unidentified farm with pheasant growing pens 138-39: Unidentified aviary 140: Ed's lake 141: Aerial view of unidentified farm 142: Coronado Ferry, San Diego, California 143: Horse race, Caliente, San Diego, California 144: 30 kw stand-by power generator 145: Unidentified, possibly an incubator 146: Balboa Park, San Diego, California
1	9	Miscellaneous 147: "Geodesic Dome" 148: A typical visiter examines "pet of the week" at "Fairyland USA" 149: Science center 150: Paul F. Carel with family donkey 151: Entrance to "Fairyland USA" 152: Mother and ducklings 153: In fairyland USA, "pet of the week" 154: In fairyland USA, "Mister Walrus" 155: In fairyland USA, duckling feeding 156: In fairyland USA, Mallard Apartments 157: In fairyland USA, Marcus, the Macaw on Robinson Crusoe's Island 158: In fairyland USA, Naturalist 159: In fairyland USA, "Home of Goosey Goosey Gander" 160: The water monitor "Varanus Salvator. length: 7feet 10inches"
1	10	Allen Family 161: Stephen, Susan (Stephen's wife), Dorothy, Lewis' Christina (granddaughter), Andrew (grandson)

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Game and game-birds--Photographs
Upland game birds--Utah--Photographs

Personal Names

Allen, George Albert--Photographs

Family Names

Allen family--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

Group portraits--1953-1968
Photographic prints--1953-1968
Portrait photographs--1953-1968

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