Joseph S. Peery audio-visual collection, 1949-1996
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Hunter, Tana
- Title
- Joseph S. Peery audio-visual collection
- Dates
- 1949-1996 (inclusive)19491996
- Quantity
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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
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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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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
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.
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.
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.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
Some of the material is chronological and by format.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Description: Home Movie 1Color, 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: undatedContainer: Reel 1 -
Description: Home Movie 2Black 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: undatedContainer: Reel 2 -
Description: Home Movie 3Black 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: undatedContainer: Reel 3 -
Description: Home Movie 4Black 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: undatedContainer: Reel 4 -
Description: Home Movie 5Black 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: undatedContainer: Reel 5 -
Description: Home Movie 6Black 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: undatedContainer: Reel 6 -
Description: Home Movie 7Color, 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: undatedContainer: Reel 7 -
Description: Home Movie 8Color, 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: undatedContainer: 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: 1949-1943Container: Reel 9 -
Description: Tana's First YearBlack 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: 1951Container: Reel 10 -
Description: Teri and Tana 1953-1954Color, 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: 1953-1954Container: Reel 11 -
Description: Teri and Tana 1953-1957Color, 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: 1953-1954Container: Reel 12 -
Description: Peery Family 1960-1965Color, 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: 1960-1965Container: Reel 13 -
Description: Duck Hunt, Family ShootingColor, 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: 1950-1951Container: Reel 14 -
Description: Christmas 1951-1953Black and white, No sound, 15:06 minutes
16mm (photographic film size)This reel spans three different Christmases including gift giving and present opening.
Dates: 1951-1953Container: Reel 15 -
Description: Christmas 1954-1957Color, No sound, 10:44 minutes
16mm (photographic film size)This reel spans four Christmases with a variety of holiday festive scenes.
Dates: 1954-1957Container: Reel 16 -
Description: Christmas 1958-1963Color, 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: 1958-1963Container: Reel 17 -
Description: Christmas 1964Color, No sound, 4:25 minutes
16mm (photographic film size)Dates: 1964Container: Reel 18 -
Description: Christmas 1965Color, No sound, 1:41 minutes
16mm (photographic film size)Dates: 1965Container: Reel 19 -
Description: England 1966Color, 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: 1966Container: Reel 20 -
Description: Christmas 1967Color, No sound, 3:39 minutes
16mm (photographic film size)More footage of Christmas, includes a shot of Peery in dean's robes.
Dates: 1967Container: Reel 21 -
Description: London 1968Color, No sound, 16:16 minutes
Super 8Contains various scenes of London including Buckingham Palace changing of the guard, Big Ben, and Parliament
Dates: 1968Container: Reel 22 -
Description: Trip Leaving England 1968Color, No sound, 11:15 minutes
Super 8Contains various scenes of England including Shakespeare's birthplace.
Dates: 1968Container: Reel 23 -
Description: Burwell and EnglandColor, No sound, 9:42 minutes
Super 8Dates: undatedContainer: Reel 24 -
Description: Stonehenge, Bath and LongleatColor, No sound, 18:05 minutes
Super 8Dates: undatedContainer: Reel 25 -
Description: Wiesbaden, Rheingau, Kronenburg, RothenburgColor, No sound, 16:03 minutes
Super 8Dates: undatedContainer: Reel 26 -
Description: Chartres and Paris 1968Color, No sound, 20:38 minutes
Super 8Dates: 1968Container: Reel 27 -
Description: Pisa and Florence 1968Color, No sound, 13:38 minutes
Super 8Dates: 1968Container: Reel 28 -
Description: Milan, Rome, Naples, and Pompeii 1968Color, No sound, 25:59 minutes
Super 8Dates: 1968Container: Reel 29 -
Description: Baden-Baden Garmisch 1968Color, No sound, 6:33 minutes
Super 8Dates: 1968Container: Reel 30 -
Description: Ramstein, Golf, and Driving on the Autobahn 1968Color, No sound, 12:38 minutes
Super 8Dates: 1968Container: Reel 31 -
Description: Berlin 1969Color, No sound, 31:24 minutes
Super 8Interesting footage of Berlin including shots of Allied Checkpoints in West Germany.
Dates: 1969Container: Reel 32 -
Description: Octoberfest 1969Color, No sound, 22:28 minutes
Super 8Dates: 1969Container: Reel 33 -
Description: Lake PowellColor, No sound, 24:20 minutes
Super 8Dates: undatedContainer: Reel 34 -
Description: Sun Valley 1979Color, 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: 1979Container: Cassette 35 -
Description: Salmon River Trips 1948, 1949, 1952Color, No sound, 1:37:24 hours
VHSThis 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: 1948-1952Container: Cassette 36 -
Description: Teri and TanaColor, No sound, 42:09 minutes
open reel audiotapeFern and Joe with Baby Tana, and Joe and the girls on Thanksgiving Eve-1959
Dates: 1950sContainer: Reel 37 -
Description: Untitledsound, 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: undatedContainer: Disc 38 -
Description: Untitledsound, 46:49 minutes
phonograph recordSide A, Joseph S. Peery talking about a variety of things.
Dates: undatedContainer: Disc 39 -
Description: Untitledsound, 43:32 minutes
phonograph recordSide B
Dates: undatedContainer: Disc 40 -
Description: Untitledsound, 59:31 minutes
phonograph recordProfessor Wallis from University of Chicago and Dr. Joseph Peery discussing the Nixon and Kennedy Debate on KUED.
Dates: circa 1960Container: Disc 41
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Subject Terms
- Amateur films
Personal Names
- Peery, Joseph S.
Form or Genre Terms
- Sound recordings
