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Alfred Lambourne papers, 1912-1926
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Lambourne, Alfred, 1850-1926
- Title
- Alfred Lambourne papers
- Dates
- 1912-1926 (inclusive)19121926
- Quantity
- 1 folder, (0.25 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- MS 0462
- Summary
- The Alfred Lambourne papers (1912-1926) contain correspondence and published works. Alfred Lambourne was an accomplished landscape painter and writer, and a personal friend of Brigham Young.
- 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
Alfred Lambourne, (1850-1926) the son of William and Martha W. Lambourne, was born in England and came to America as a child. The family remained in St. Louis, Missouri for several years before they came west to Utah, as pioneers.
In his early childhood, Alfred Lambourne showed a love for art, and started drawing at an early age. Soon after arriving in the Salt Lake Valley, he obtained employment as a scenic artist in the Salt Lake Theatre. He remained there several years, first as an assistant, and later as chief scenic artist.
For years, he was a close friend and associate of the late Charles R. Savage, a pioneer photographer. Together, they toured the West and parts of the east, with Savage taking photos, and Lambourne painting as they went. Lambourne also visited the entire Wasatch range with artist H. L. A. Culmer. Together, they explored and named the now well-known Wasatch mountain lakes in the upper Cottonwoods. Lambourne also toured Yosemite, Glacier National Park, Colorado, Arizona, and other parts of the scenic west. With Teuben Kirkham, he painted a series of large canvasses representing his journey from the eastern coast of the United States, to the Golden Gate. Some of his best-known paintings represented scenes on the islands and shores of the Great Salt Lake. In 1871, he went to Zion Canyon with Brigham Young and painted the first canvas from that area.
While he is famous as a landscape artist, Alfred Lambourne was also a writer, and seemed to prefer writing over painting by the 1890s. He published fourteen books, on a myriad of topics, and illustrated some of them personally.
Alfred Lambourne married Wilhelmina M. Williamson (1842-1906), in 1877, and together they had eight children. Alfred Lambourne died in 1926.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Alfred Lambourne papers (1912-1926) contain correspondence and published works.
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
Personal Writings and CorrespondenceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Personal Correspondence
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1916 |
| 1 | 2 | Art and Literature Articles
The articles in this folder are published, and deal mainly with art and literature. It includes "The Wasatch Story of Plet," which appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune, and the Evening Star.
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1912 |
| 1 | 3-4 | "With the Great Writers"
These are a series of articles published in the Deseret News. They are essays about national and international writers of that time.
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1923 |
| 1 | 5 | "A Galaxy of Fair Women"
These articles are psycho-analytic love stories, or "studies," dealing with the different personalities of women, as seen by a man in 1925.
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1925 |
| 1 | 6 | "Psycho-Analytic Love Sketches"
"Lady," "In the House or Rammer," "Hesper," "Myrtle," "First Hours at Yellowstone Park," and "Genius," "Autumn in Yosemite Valley," "Egdyth."
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| 1 | 7 | Published Poems |
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| 1 | 8 | Photocopies of Paintings |
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| 1 | 9 | Newspaper Clippings
Contains a review of Lambourne's book The Peace: Country Cross-roads, and a poem The Cross: Holly and Easter Lilies. It also includes his obitiuary.
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Artists--Utah
- Poets--Utah
Form or Genre Terms
- Articles
- Clippings
- Correspondence
Finding aid preapred by Nehmat Saab
2007 (last modified: 2019)
