Lowry Nelson photograph collection

Lowry Nelson photograph collection, 1910-1930

Overview of the Collection

Collector: Nelson, Lowry
Title: Lowry Nelson photograph collection
Dates: 1910-1930 (inclusive)
19101930
Quantity: 1 box
Collection Number: P0115
Summary: The Lowry Nelson photograph collection contains portraits of Lowry Nelson and others, as well as photographs of various towns in Utah, particularly Escalante. Also included are materilas related to settlements in Brazil and Cuba.
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

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Nelson is a rural sociologist, writer and author of "The Mormon Village." His research has been a valuable contribution to historians' understanding of Mormon communities. Nelson's photographs are predominately personal prints of himself and friends, but also include pictures of Utah towns such as Escalante, Provo, and Sunnyside during the 1920s.

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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.

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Separated Materials

Materials were transferred to the Lowry Nelson papers (MS 0115).

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Lowry Nelson, friends, Escalante and other towns in UtahReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	Portraits of Lowry Nelson 1-7: Lowry Nelson
1	2	Lowry Nelson and other 8: Lowry Nelson in the eighth grade, Ferron, Utah, 1906 9: Lowry Nelson with volunteer workers from Price, Utah helping to construct the Midland Trail, Summer, 1913 10: Lowry Nelson with the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, 1933 11: Lowry Nelson with the policy committee and staff of TALA (Study of Technical Assistance in Latin America), November 1953 12: Lowry Nelson, George A. Donahue and C. W. Martin, 1957 13: Lowry Nelson and Secretary of State Dean Rusk with public members of the 1961 Foreign Service Selection boards
1	3	Florence Newell Nelsen and others 14-15: Florence Newell Nelson 16: David Broadhead, 1919 17: Mr. & Mrs. David Broadhead, 1919 18: Golden wedding anniversary of Selma and Walter Cooper, April 22, 1946
1	4-5	Escalante, Utah 19: Two wives of Andrew P. Schow, James Schow, Martin Liston and William Osborn. These people were among the first settlers in Escalante, Utah 20: Log house built by John Holtby 21: Center Street, 1923 22: Center Street, 1950 23: Post Office, 1923 24: Post Office, 1950s 25: Modernized log house 26-27: Hay hauling 28: The School House, 1923 29: The School House, 1950 30-33: Escalante, Utah 34-36: Old Meeting house
1	6	Utah Towns 37: The "Fires of St. John" cast of southern tour in Clear Creek Canyon, 1927 38: Provo, Utah, 1927 39-40: Coke Ovens at Sunnyside, Utah 41: General store at Sunnyside, Utah 42: Abandoned houses in Sunnyside, Utah 43-44: Ephraim, Utah
1	7	Brazil 1-69: Paraná, Brazil during a period of mass settlement in 1957 and large, intential forest fires set by planters
1	8	Cuba 1-130: Photos from throughout Cuba in 1946, but especially of farms and rural communities

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