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Triumphal Return of the Utah Volunteers photograph collection, 1898-1899
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Triumphal Return of the Utah Volunteers photograph collection
- Dates
- 1898-1899 (inclusive)18981899
- Quantity
- 14 Items
- Collection Number
- P0651
- Summary
- The Triumphal Return of the Utah Volunteers photograph collection consists of various images concerning the Utah Volunteers. Also included in the collection are photos of Major Richard Whitehead Young and Major Grant, the two highest ranking officers.
- 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
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Batteries A and B of the Utah Volunteers were called up by Governor Heber M. Wells on April 25, 1898. Five hundred men responded in the next thirty days to fight in the Spanish-American War in the Philippine Islands. Senior Captain Richard Whitehead Young was made the commanding officer of both units. After training at Fort Douglas for several weeks, the soldiers departed from San Francisco, California for the Philippines on June 14, 1898. They fought many battles between August , 1898 and June 23, 1899, when they were relieved of duty and returned to the U.S. Salt Lake City honored them with a special homecoming celebration on August 19,1899 when the troopers marched from a Salt Lake City train station to Fort Douglas. To mark the occasion, Salt Lake City officials spent $15,000 to build a triumphal arch on the corners of Main Street and Second South for the troopers to march under. Salt Lake City=s citizens were jubilant and turned out in the thousands to watch the two batteries march through the city. The group suffered only twenty-two casualties from injuries and disease and served with distinction. These fourteen prints chronicle the men=s training at Fort Douglas and extraordinary home coming parade on August 19th.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection also includes the photos of the two highest ranking officers, Major Richard Whitehead Young and a Major Grant, who is otherwise unidentified.
The identifications on each photograph are from the original album. captions in quotation marks were provided by the photographer or original owner. Information for this Content and Scope came from the following sources: History of Fort Douglas, by Lyman C. Pedersen Jr. (University of Utah doctoral dissertation, 1967, 283-7), and Who Rush to Glory: The Cowboy Volunteers of 1898, by Clifford P. Westermeier, (Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, 1958)
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
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 1 | Souvenir album of the Triumphal Return of the Utah Volunteers
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Spanish-American War, 1898
Finding aid created by Judy Dykman.
2002 (last modified: 2018)
