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Joseph S. Peery audio-visual collection, 1949-1996

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Hunter, Tana
Title
Joseph S. Peery audio-visual collection
Dates
1949-1996 (inclusive)
Quantity
21 16mm film
13 super 8mm film
1 u-matic
1 vhs
1 reel-to-reel audiotapes
4 phonograph records
Collection Number
A0935
Summary
This collection provides a look into Dr. Joseph S. Peery's life through his home movies and speeches about his area of expertise, economics and finance. Click here to request digitized materials from the collection or visit ArchivesSpace for a container level list of digitized materials.
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

Audio-visual materials can be fragile and require specialized equipment to play back. For this reason, access to audio-visual materials is provided through digital copies, and it might take longer to provide access to items that are not yet digitized. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Born in 1911 to Joseph Stras Peery and Julina Clarissa Smith, Dr. Joseph Smith Peery pursued a long life of travel and study. He received his undergraduate at the University of Utah with honors, followed by his doctorate from Northwestern University. From 1974-1976, he was the Dean of the College of Business at the University of Utah. He was a professor of finance and economics, earning multiple awards like the Brady Superior Teaching Award in 1992. His work as a businessman began early on when he opened his own store, Seagull Drug, when he was 26. Over the years, he was a strong force in the business world including establishing an MBA program with the United States Air Force in Europe.

Peery was one of 9 children to Joseph Stras Peery. He had six sisters, Luacine, Julina, Elizabeth or Betty, Margaret, Nancy, and Jeanne. He had two brothers David and Paul. Many of the siblings can be seen together at varying ages in the first 8 parts of this finding aide along with his father, mother, and then stepmother years after Joseph Smith Peery's mother's death. The later films show Fern, Joseph's wife and mother of Teri and Tana. There is also footage of Peery's son as well as Fern's sons from previous marriages. Mainly the footage is of family gatherings and trips with his daughters, Teri and Tana.

Beyond his academic life, Peery spent a lot of time traveling. He was one of the first men to run the middle fork of the Salmon River. Many of the films in this collection include footage from around the world as he traveled first as a young man, and then later with Tana and Teri as well as his wife Fern. From New York in the 1930s to London in the 1960s, Peery documented all of these momentous events in his life which are now this collection of audio and visual works.

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Content Description

The Joseph S. Peery collection consists of his home videos spanning his lifetime as well as lecture audio and video on his doctoral subject business and finance.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Joseph S. Peery Audio Visual collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Multimedia Archivist.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Some of the material is chronological and by format.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Tana Peery Hunter in 2007 and J. Craig Peery in 2010.

Processing Note

Processed by Ellyx Jolley in 2014.

Related Materials

See the Inventory of the Joseph S. Peery Papers 1907-2005

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Home Movie 1
    Color, Black and white, No sound, 9:42 minutes

    16mm (photographic film size)

    This home movie includes different footage of Joseph Strass Peery, Joseph S. Peery's father, and his family over different years. It dates back to potentially the 1910s, around Peery's birth, and shows scenes from different times up until the 1940s.

    Dates: undated
    Container: Reel 1
  • Description: Home Movie 2
    Black and white, No sound, 6:16 minutes

    16mm (photographic film size)

    This home movie shows a trip to Coney Island and other famous monuments on the east coast. It appears to be take sometime in the 1930s as the George Washington Bridge was newely opened.

    Dates: undated
    Container: Reel 2
  • Description: Home Movie 3
    Black and white, No sound, 7:55 minutes

    16mm (photographic film size)

    A young Joseph Smith Peery drives cars around before the family poses for pictures including Joe, his two brothers, and six sisters. Jeanne, Peery's half sister, is a babe in arms and Paul, Peery's half brother, is a toddler. It also shows Joseph Strass Peery's mother,Elizabeth Letitia Higgenbotham Peery(d. 1938) and more shots of the family

    Dates: undated
    Container: Reel 3
  • Description: Home Movie 4
    Black and white, No sound, 12:21 minutes

    16mm (photographic film size)

    The older children take a trip to New York City in the early 1930s as Hubert Hoover is still president. It shows multiple different tourist attractions like Time Square at night, the Empire State Building and Rockefeller Center. It maybe around Thanksgiving as there is a shot of a large balloon of a turkey.

    Dates: undated
    Container: Reel 4
  • Description: Home Movie 5
    Black and white, No sound, 4:22 minutes

    16mm (photographic film size)

    A young Joseph Smith Peery works in an office,typing. The family also travels to Sacred Grove, an LDS site in western New York. More shots of landscape follow including the National Monument, Plymouth Rock, and the Yale campus.

    Dates: undated
    Container: Reel 5
  • Description: Home Movie 6
    Black and white, No sound, 2:41 minutes

    16mm (photographic film size)

    This film contains ski races and Joseph Smith Peery swinging a golf club.

    Dates: undated
    Container: Reel 6
  • Description: Home Movie 7
    Color, No sound, 8:40 minutes

    16mm (photographic film size)

    This footage opens with a shot of Alta Ski Lodge sign. It contains footage of the lifts and different ski runs.

    Dates: undated
    Container: Reel 7
  • Description: Home Movie 8
    Color, No sound, 6:16 minutes

    16mm (photographic film size)

    The home movie shows a fishing trip including shots of the cabin, tackle box, and fly fishing on a river.

    Dates: undated
    Container: Reel 8
  • Description: Fern and Joe(1949-1953)
    Color, No sound, 11:04 minutes

    16mm (photographic film size)

    Includes footage from Joseph and Fern Peery's wedding, vacation with friends, and Christmas

    Dates: 1949-1943
    Container: Reel 9
  • Description: Tana's First Year
    Black and White, Color, No sound, 16:50 minutes

    16mm (photographic film size)

    This reel mainly contains footage of Tana as a baby and into her first year. It ends with scenes of Christmas and a baby Teri.

    Dates: 1951
    Container: Reel 10
  • Description: Teri and Tana 1953-1954
    Color, No sound, 17:35 minutes

    16mm (photographic film size)

    This reel shows various activities with Teri and Tana including building snowmen, playing in the pool, and both of their birthdays.

    Dates: 1953-1954
    Container: Reel 11
  • Description: Teri and Tana 1953-1957
    Color, No sound, 16:56 minutes

    16mm (photographic film size)

    This reel contains more footage of Teri and Tana starting at Tana's 3rd Birthday.

    Dates: 1953-1954
    Container: Reel 12
  • Description: Peery Family 1960-1965
    Color, No sound, 16:56 minutes

    16mm (photographic film size)

    A selection of shots of of the Peery family including Teri and Tana has children. There are shots of their travels to Yellowstone and other locales.

    Dates: 1960-1965
    Container: Reel 13
  • Description: Duck Hunt, Family Shooting
    Color, No sound, 5:55 minutes

    16mm (photographic film size)

    A selection of shots of of the Peery family including Teri and Tana has children. There are shots of their travels to Yellowstone and other locales.

    Dates: 1950-1951
    Container: Reel 14
  • Description: Christmas 1951-1953
    Black and white, No sound, 15:06 minutes

    16mm (photographic film size)

    This reel spans three different Christmases including gift giving and present opening.

    Dates: 1951-1953
    Container: Reel 15
  • Description: Christmas 1954-1957
    Color, No sound, 10:44 minutes

    16mm (photographic film size)

    This reel spans four Christmases with a variety of holiday festive scenes.

    Dates: 1954-1957
    Container: Reel 16
  • Description: Christmas 1958-1963
    Color, No sound, 10:08 minutes

    16mm (photographic film size)

    More films of Christmases over the years. Teri and Tana begin to grow older and older.

    Dates: 1958-1963
    Container: Reel 17
  • Description: Christmas 1964
    Color, No sound, 4:25 minutes

    16mm (photographic film size)
    Dates: 1964
    Container: Reel 18
  • Description: Christmas 1965
    Color, No sound, 1:41 minutes

    16mm (photographic film size)
    Dates: 1965
    Container: Reel 19
  • Description: England 1966
    Color, No sound, 11:18 minutes

    16mm (photographic film size)

    This reel contains footage of the Peery family in England. It includes many of England's famous sites including Buckingham Palace and the National Gallery.

    Dates: 1966
    Container: Reel 20
  • Description: Christmas 1967
    Color, No sound, 3:39 minutes

    16mm (photographic film size)

    More footage of Christmas, includes a shot of Peery in dean's robes.

    Dates: 1967
    Container: Reel 21
  • Description: London 1968
    Color, No sound, 16:16 minutes

    Super 8

    Contains various scenes of London including Buckingham Palace changing of the guard, Big Ben, and Parliament

    Dates: 1968
    Container: Reel 22
  • Description: Trip Leaving England 1968
    Color, No sound, 11:15 minutes

    Super 8

    Contains various scenes of England including Shakespeare's birthplace.

    Dates: 1968
    Container: Reel 23
  • Description: Burwell and England
    Color, No sound, 9:42 minutes

    Super 8
    Dates: undated
    Container: Reel 24
  • Description: Stonehenge, Bath and Longleat
    Color, No sound, 18:05 minutes

    Super 8
    Dates: undated
    Container: Reel 25
  • Description: Wiesbaden, Rheingau, Kronenburg, Rothenburg
    Color, No sound, 16:03 minutes

    Super 8
    Dates: undated
    Container: Reel 26
  • Description: Chartres and Paris 1968
    Color, No sound, 20:38 minutes

    Super 8
    Dates: 1968
    Container: Reel 27
  • Description: Pisa and Florence 1968
    Color, No sound, 13:38 minutes

    Super 8
    Dates: 1968
    Container: Reel 28
  • Description: Milan, Rome, Naples, and Pompeii 1968
    Color, No sound, 25:59 minutes

    Super 8
    Dates: 1968
    Container: Reel 29
  • Description: Baden-Baden Garmisch 1968
    Color, No sound, 6:33 minutes

    Super 8
    Dates: 1968
    Container: Reel 30
  • Description: Ramstein, Golf, and Driving on the Autobahn 1968
    Color, No sound, 12:38 minutes

    Super 8
    Dates: 1968
    Container: Reel 31
  • Description: Berlin 1969
    Color, No sound, 31:24 minutes

    Super 8

    Interesting footage of Berlin including shots of Allied Checkpoints in West Germany.

    Dates: 1969
    Container: Reel 32
  • Description: Octoberfest 1969
    Color, No sound, 22:28 minutes

    Super 8
    Dates: 1969
    Container: Reel 33
  • Description: Lake Powell
    Color, No sound, 24:20 minutes

    Super 8
    Dates: undated
    Container: Reel 34
  • Description: Sun Valley 1979
    Color, No sound, 1:19:16 hours

    U-Matic (TM)

    Presentation made to the top executives of the Union Pacific--2 parts. Joseph Peery emphasizes the importance of real world experience for professors of finance. The three major points of his lecture are the recession, inflation, and 2 major long term problems: 1) Oil, energy, and finding alternative energy 2)Continual attack on institutions and profits.The second part is question and answer.

    Dates: 1979
    Container: Cassette 35
  • Description: Salmon River Trips 1948, 1949, 1952
    Color, No sound, 1:37:24 hours

    VHS

    This video contains a prologue by Perry explaining the trip video made in 1948,1949, and 1952, starting when he was 37. It is followed by a copy of the video of Middle Fork Salmon River.

    Dates: 1948-1952
    Container: Cassette 36
  • Description: Teri and Tana
    Color, No sound, 42:09 minutes

    open reel audiotape

    Fern and Joe with Baby Tana, and Joe and the girls on Thanksgiving Eve-1959

    Dates: 1950s
    Container: Reel 37
  • Description: Untitled
    sound, 17:15 minutes

    phonograph record
    • 1.Book of Mormon claims
    • 2. Experiments with records and recording
    • 3. Joseph Smith Peery wishing his family a Merry Christmas from John Wolf Studio.
    • 4. The poem "The Man with the Hoe" by Edwin Markham
    Dates: undated
    Container: Disc 38
  • Description: Untitled
    sound, 46:49 minutes

    phonograph record

    Side A, Joseph S. Peery talking about a variety of things.

    Dates: undated
    Container: Disc 39
  • Description: Untitled
    sound, 43:32 minutes

    phonograph record

    Side B

    Dates: undated
    Container: Disc 40
  • Description: Untitled
    sound, 59:31 minutes

    phonograph record

    Professor Wallis from University of Chicago and Dr. Joseph Peery discussing the Nixon and Kennedy Debate on KUED.

    Dates: circa 1960
    Container: Disc 41

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Subject Terms

  • Amateur films

Personal Names

  • Peery, Joseph S.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Sound recordings
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