Gerhard Ernst Untermann photograph collection, 1940-1960

Overview of the Collection

Title
Gerhard Ernst Untermann photograph collection
Dates
1940-1960 (inclusive)
Quantity
102 photographs
Collection Number
P0118
Summary
The Gerhard Ernst Untermann photograph collection contains portraits of Gerhard Untermann; photographs of animals and personnel at the Washington Park Zoo in Minneapolis.
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

Untermann and his wife, Billie, were geologists who worked for a time for the National Park Service at Dinosaur National Monument and as directors of the Utah Field House of Natural History from 1946 to 1969. Their photograph collection consists almost entirely of pictures of animals at Washington Park Zoo in Minnesota.

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

Separated Materials

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Gerhard Ernst Untermann papers (M 0118).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Ernest Unterman, Zoos, Miscellaneous and AddendumReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
1 1
Ernest Unterman
  • 1-2: Ernest Unterman
1 2-3
Washington Park Zoo, Minneapolis, Minnesota personnel
  • 3: Rat exterminator
  • 4-5: Cleaning buffalo yard
  • 6: Cleaning wart hog yard
  • 7: Cleaning wolf cages
  • 8-10: Cleaning bear cage
  • 11: Feeding anteater
  • 12-13: Butcher
  • 14-15: Bakery
  • 16: Feeding birds
  • 17-18: Bird Kitchen
  • 19: Feeding tiger
  • 20-21: Lion Cage
  • 22-23: Cleaning cages
  • 24-25: Kitchen
1 4-9
Washington Park Zoo-animals
  • 26-30: Turtle
  • 31-32: Hippopotamus
  • 33: Elephant
  • 34: Condor
  • 35-36: Monkeys
  • 37-38: Guinea Pigs
  • 39-47: Zebra
  • 48-60: Lions
  • 61: Leopard
  • 62-65: Buffalos
  • 66: Wart Hog
  • 67-72: Deer
  • 73-89: Bears
  • 90-94: Birds
1 10
Miscellaneous
  • 95-98: Washington Park Zoo
  • 99: Clemex's model of a rhinocerus
  • 100: H. Johansson's dog team at Lake Tahoe
  • 101: Plaver Bird, 1936
1 11
Addendum
  • 102: G. Ernest Unterman at age 90 with palette and paintings (Original negative at the Vernal Museum of Natural History)

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Zoo animals--Minnesota--Photographs
  • Zoo keepers--Minnesota--Photographs

Personal Names

  • Untermann, Gerhard Ernest, 1898-1975--Photographs

Corporate Names

  • Washington Park Zoo (Minneapolis, Minn.)--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographic prints--1936-1970
  • Portrait photographs--1936-1970