Jennie Teasdale Smith photograph collection

Jennie Teasdale Smith photograph collection, circa 1895-1937

Overview of the Collection

Collector: Smith, Jennie Teasdale
Title: Jennie Teasdale Smith photograph collection
Dates: circa 1895-1937 (inclusive)
18901937
Quantity: 33 items (33 images total all black and white; 4 negatives, 3 postcards, 26 photographs ranging in size from 2 x 3 inches to 92 x 72 inches)
Collection Number: P0551
Summary: The Jennie Teasdale Smith photograph collection includes family portraits and postcards of Jennie Teasdale Smith and her relatives. The collection also contains photographs of missionary family members in England and one reference to Scotland as well as photos of Virgil J. Smith span infancy, missionary, and adulthood.
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

This collection includes family portraits and postcards of Jennie Teasdale Smith and her relatives. Photos encompass a period from her childhood, education, marriage and the birth of her son Virgil J. Smith. There are photographs of missionary family members in England and one reference to Scotland. Photos of Virgil J. Smith span infancy, missionary, and adulthood.

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

Acquisition Information

Gift of Aline Coleman Smith.

Processing Note

Processed by Krissy Giacoletto in 2004.

Separated Materials

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Jennie Teasdale Smith papers (ACCN 1349).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Teasdales and Smith photographsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	Virgil J. Smith and family Photograph number 1: Portrait of Virgil J. Smith (circa Age 60) Photograph number 2: Portrait of Virgil J. Smith (circa Age 45) Photograph number 3: Age 23 Picture taken in England while on mission, 1923 Photograph number 4: Children's portrait of Virgil J. Smith (age 5) with bow Photograph number 5: "Jennie Teasdale Smith with her only child, Virgil J. Smith" Photograph number 6: Joseph F. Smith, Musician (husband of Jennie Teasdale Smith) with sheet music
1	2	Teasdale Family photographs and portraits Photograph number 1: Lillie Hook Teasdale in front of brick building (negative available) Photograph number 2: Oval portrait of George Teasdale Photograph number 3: Matilda Teasdale (negative available) Photograph number 4: Grandma Babbitt Teasdale age 79 in front of brick house (negative available) (Bill Shipler Photo Service February 26, 1937) Photograph number 5: Postcard of missionaries of the Scottish Conference October 17, 1910 includes George Teasdale Photograph number 6: Grandfather and Grandmother Teasdale with children Jennie and George Teasdale in Liverpool on mission. (circa 1888-1889) Photograph number 7: George Teasdale (neg available) (embossed Fox and Symons, Salt Lake City, Utah) Photograph number 8: Russell and George Teasdale in 1902 (embossed Newcomb, Salt Lake) Photograph number 9: Funeral procession of Mary Lauretta Picton Teasdale, wife of George Teasdale, December 15, 1895 (by Edam Stevenson) Photograph number 10: Portrait of George Teasdale
1	3	Jennie Teasdale Smith and others Photograph number 1: Postcard image of the home of Jennie Teasdale Smith and Joseph F. Smith, son Virgil J. Smith standing in front with bicycle (circa 1915-1920) (embossed Thomsen's Studio, Lehi, Utah) Photograph number 2: Jennie Teasdale Smith from head to just above the knees in lace trimmed dress Photograph number 3: Jennie Teasdale Smith (circa 1905-1910) Photograph number 4: Jennie and George Teasdale as children (embossed Fox and Symons, 322 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah)(negative available) Photograph number 5: Infant portrait of George W. Teasdale (circa 1889-1890) (stamped Brown, Barns, and Bell copyright reserved, 31, Bold St. Liverpool) Photograph number 6: Candid photo of Jennie and George W. Teasdale as children in a small wagon pulled by a goat (embossed Daniels, Provo Utah) Photograph number 7: Jennie, George, and Lorenzo Teasdale (embossed Daniels, Provo Utah) Photograph number 8: Jennie Teasdale as a toddler (circa 1888-1889) (stamped Brom, Barns, and Bell, copyright reserved, Photographers to the Queen) Photograph number 9: Jennie Teasdale and Brigham Young University (BYU) graduating class, 21 women; a variety of hats, bonnets, jackets, skirts, dresses, handbags, and other apparel from the time
1	4	George and Lilis Teasdale and unidentified Photograph number 1: George Teasdale (negative available) (stamped C.R. Savage Pioneer Art Gallery, East Temple Street Salt Lake City, Utah) Photograph number 2: Unidentified portrait of young woman (negative available) (stamped C.R. Savage, Salt Lake City) Photograph number 3: Unidentified portrait of young woman (negative available)(stamped T.E. Daniels Jr. Photo, Provo Utah) Photograph number 4: Lilis Teasdale (?) (negative available)

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Subject Terms

Mormons--Photographs
Utah--Genealogy

Family Names

Tisdale family

Geographical Names

Mormons--Utah

Form or Genre Terms

Photographic prints

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