Wallace F. Bennett photograph collection

Wallace F. Bennett photograph collection, 1925-1970

Overview of the Collection

Photographer: Bennett, Wallace F.
Title: Wallace F. Bennett photograph collection
Dates: 1925-1970 (inclusive)
19251970
Quantity: 1 box
Collection Number: P0017
Summary: The Wallace F. Bennett photograph collection contains portraits of Mr. Bennett, family snapshots, business associates, and Mr. Bennett as senator.
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

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Wallace Bennett was a United States Senator from Utah, 1950-1974. While in congress, he worked on the Senate Banking and Currency Committee, Finance Committee and Joint Committe on Atomic Energy and Joint Committee on Defense Production. He was a successful business man, working his way from an office clerk at Bennett's Paint and Glass to its' president in 1938. He also served as president of the National Association of Manufactures in 1949. He continues to be very active in his community and church. The photo collection contains portraits of Bennett, family snapshots, business associates and Bennett as senator.

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

Donated by Wallace G. Bennett in 1982.

Separated Materials

See also the Wallace F. Bennett papers (MS 0290) located in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	Personal 1: Senator Wallace F. Bennett, circa 1974 2: Senator Wallace F. Bennett, circa 1974 3: Senator Wallace F. Bennett, circa 1954 4: Senator Wallace F. Bennett, circa 1954 5: Senator Wallace F. Bennett, circa 1954 6: Senator Wallace F. Bennett, circa 1957 7: Senator Wallace F. Bennett, circa 1957 8: Senator and Mrs. Wallace F. Bennett 9: Bennett picnic, 1954 10: Photocopy of front page of The Daily Utah Chronicle, April 20, 1956, featuring photo of Bob Bennett 11: Contact sheet featuring photographs of Mrs. Bennett (Frances Grant Bennett), circa 1958 12: Contact sheet featuring photographs of Senator Bennett, circa 1958 13: Contact sheet featuring photographs of unidentified children 14: Contact sheet featuring photographs of unidentified people 15: Autographed photograph of actor Johnny Whitaker, circa 1976 16: Frank E. Somogyvary, Physical Education Instructor at University of Utah 17: Frank E. Somogyvary, Neal Maxwell, and Bennett's staff 18: Senator Bennett's Brighton cabin, 1965 19: Home of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace F. Bennett
1	2	Business 20: Wagon or dray used to haul products from the depot to the warehouse, circa 1965 21: Wagon or dray as it appeared in 1965 22: Bennett Glass and Paint Co. dray, circa 1913 23: Bennett's Glass and Paint Co. dray, circa 1913 24: Senator Bennett at luncheon for new president of U.S. Steel, Les Worthington, February, 1960 25: Senator Bennett talking with Jack McGovern and Lawler Reenes at the April 1962 meeting of National Association of Manufacturers
1	3	Political career 26: Dedication of Utah Girl Scout Council Building in Salt Lake, 1967 27 and 28: Senator Bennett presenting silver star to Capt. Mitchell at an award ceremony, 1966 29 and 30: Senator Bennett and U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Armin H. Meyer in Tokyo, April 12, 1970 31: Arrival of Joint Committee on Atomic Energy at Yesilkoy Airport, Istanbul, Turkey, December 8, 1960. Left to Right: Brigadier General Frank J. Sackton, USA, Chief, Army Section, JUSMMAT. Brigadier General Yusuf Alpmensu, Turkish Army, Provost Marshal, Istanbul. Colonel Emin Arat, Chief of Staff, First Turkish Army. Representative Craig Hosmer. Lt. General Cemal Tural, Turkish Army, CG, First Turkish Army. Representative Chet Holifield, Chairman, JCAE. Representative Jack Westland. Representative Wayne N. Aspinall. Mr. Ben Brown, Jr., American Consul General, Istanbul. Major Atak, Staff Officer, First Turkish Army. Senator Wallace F. Bennett. Mr. John Graham 32: Senator Bennett presenting large box of bing cherries to unidentified man, July, 1955 33: Senator Bennett with chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, James Sinclair Armstrong and Charles T. Kappler, attorney, 1956 34: Senator Bennett with unidentifed people at Mrs. Everett Dirksen's birthday party, 1969 35 and 36: Dinner at Sheraton Park Hotel, April 28, 1965. Left to right: unknown, Gerald Ford, Betty Ford, Everett Dirksen, Mrs. Dirksen, Frances Bennett, Wallace Bennett 37: Senator Bennett and unidentified people at Folclore Restaurant in Lisbon, March, 1967, Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference 38: March dinner with prominent Utah members of the Greek community at AHEPA dinner in Washington, DC. Seated at table: Mrs. Bennett, Senator Bennett, Mrs. Panos, Senator Frank Moss, Mr. Nick Strike, Mrs. King, Rep. David King, Mrs. Alice Athas, Mr. Panos 39: Reverend Frederich Brown Harris, Senate Chaplain, 1962 40: Representatives from Utah to the Utah Association of Counties. Meeting held in Washington, DC, July 1968. Photograph includes Senator Bennett, Senator Ted Moss and several unidentified men and women

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Legislators--United States

Personal Names

Bennett, Wallace F., 1898-1993--Photographs

Family Names

Bennett family

Form or Genre Terms

Photographic prints, 1925-1970

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