Mark A. Pendelton photograph collection

Mark A. Pendelton photograph collection, 1877-1940

Overview of the Collection

Collector: Pendleton, Mark A., 1868-1956
Title: Mark A. Pendelton photograph collection
Dates: 1877-1940 (inclusive)
18771940
Quantity: 141 photographs, glass lantern slides, negatives
Collection Number: P0008
Summary: The Mark A. Pendelton photograph collection consists of prints, glass lantern slides, and negatives of the towns of Leeds, Silver Reef, Paragonah, St. George, and other scenes and towns in southwestern utah. Included are buildings, mining, milling, and other activities.
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 consists of prints, glass lantern slides, and negatives of the towns of Leeds, Silver Reef, Paragonah, St. George, and other scenes and towns in southwestern utah. Included are buildings, mining, milling, and other activities. These slides were hand colored by Walter P. Cottam in the days before color film. Photographs identified insofar as possible by William H. Behle, on the basis of familiarity with the country and photographer's notes left by Mark A. Pendleton which also accompany the slides. Some of the glass plate negatives from which these were made are present.

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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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Arrangement

Collection arranged topically.

Separated Materials

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Mark A. Pendleton papers (ACCN 0732).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	Leeds, Utah 1: Entering Leeds, Utah from the north 2: Mrs. Margaret Grambs' Restaurant at Leeds, Utah. (Later moved to Silver Reef and ran the Cosmopolitan Restaurant.)
1	2	James N. Louder 3: James C. Liddle-Merchant, Silver Reef. James N. Louder ? Editor and Merchant, also Postmaster at Silver Reef. Scipio A. Kenner-Editor, The Miner, Silver Reef, Utah. (The men who mined the last mill run November, 1903, Silver Reef, Utah.) Isaac Newton, James Wilder, Mat Wicks, William Nicholls, W.D. Newton, Jim Fleming, Albert Hartman Sr., Arthur Nicholls Sr., Arthur D. Nichols, Frank Hamilton and Richard White House (?) 4: James Louder (Postmaster-Silver Reef) Nephi-Juab Co., Utah. Taken 1896 5: James N. Louder, born June 14, 1843 6: Scipio A. Kenner, Editor, The Miner, Silver Reef, Utah (1870's ?) 7: Scipio A. Kenner, one time editor of The Miner, Silver Reef, Utah, circa 1885. James N. Louder, Editor, The Miner, Merchant and Postmaster, Silver Reef. James C. Liddle, Merchant, Silver Reef. Negative available
1	3	Little Creek Canyon near Paragonah 8-9: Little Creek Canyon, near Paragonah, Utah. Negative available 10: Mark A. Pendleton with unidentified man and child. Negative available
1	4	Silver Reef 11-12: Ruins of dance hall or "hurdy house" at Silver Reef, Utah, circa 1928 13-15: The Three Compartment Shaft, at Silver Reef, 1928 16: Silver Reef Jail. Now in Sterlings Field, used as an ice house, circa 1928 17: General view of Silver Reef, looking west from Leeds, circa 1928 18: Silver Reef Desert, Washington County, Utah 19: An old mine at Silver Reef 20: Ruins at Silver Reef 21-22: Buckeye Mine at Silver Reef, Utah, circa 1885. Photograph number 22-Negative available 23-25: Street scene at Silver Reef, Utah. Townfolk, store, post office, saloon. (East of Wells Fargo Building.), circa 1885 26: The Pioneer or Little Mill, near Leeds, Utah, circa 1885 27-28: Buckeye Mine, circa 1885 29-30: Silver Reef Business Directory, 1886 31: Old Mine and Mill Site ? Silver Reef, 1928. Negative available 32: Silver Reef, circa 1928. Negative available 33: Old Mine and Mill Site-Silver Reef, 1928. Negative available 34: Augustus Reeves, Treasurer, Mineralogical Society of Utah, circa 1942 35: Unidentified Map 36: Photo labelled March 20, 1940 37-38: View of Silver Reef, Utah, from below (toward Leeds) looking west, circa 1885
1	5	Silver Reef 39-41: Harrison House Hotel ? Silver Reef, circa 1885. Negative available 42-43: William Leatham home near Stormont Mill. Negative available 44-47: Stormont Mining and Milling Co., near Virgin River, circa 1885. Negative available 48: Silver Reef District ? June 2, 1928. Glass negative available 49-50: Christy Mining and Milling Co., circa 1928. Glass negative available 51-52: Wells Fargo Building, circa 1928. Glass negative available 53-55: John H. Rice Bank Building, Silver Reef, circa 1928. Glass negative available 56: Old Brundage Mill-Silver Reef, circa 1885. Glass negative available 57: Stormont Mill Office-Silver Reef, circa 1885. Glass negative available 58: Silver Reef Main Street. Glass negative available
1	6	Silver Reef-People 59: Dr. Calvin C. Pendleton, circa 1942. Negative available 60-62: Possible residents of Silver Reef, circa 1885 63-64: Silver Reef quota of jury men about to take stage for Beaver County-were on the jury that convicted the first polygamist in 2nd Judicial District, Utah. Negative available 65-67: Sam Wing, Merchant and Autocrat of Chinatown, circa 1885. Negative available, also glass negative
1	7	Tocquerville Mission Photograph number 68: Chapel. Negative available Photograph number 69: Miss Frances R. Burke, born June 2, 1844, died January 2, 1927. Forty-four year missionary in Tocquerville. Glass negative available, but broken
1	8	Tooele Photograph number 70: Tooele County Building Photograph number 71: Unidentified building Photograph number 72-73: Unidentified building Photograph number 74: First Utah Commission Senator Paddock-Nebraska, Senator Ramsey ? Minnesota, Senator Pelligrew (?)-Mississippi, Congressman Carlton-Illinois, Congressman Godfrey ? Indiana, Senator Thomas-Utah
1	9	Washington Cotton Mill and St. George 75: Augustus P. Hardy, Sheriff, Washington Co. 76: The Washington Cotton Factory near St. George. Glass negative available 77: The Washington Cotton Factory near St. George 78: St. George Tabernacle, circa 1929 79: St. George, Utah 80: Schi-nob-kaib, place of the Great Spirit, circa 1929 81: Washington Cotton Mill, interior, circa 1900 82-83: Washington Cotton and Woolen Mill, many people pictured as well, circa 1900 84: Gin House at Tocquerville, circa 1940 85: Ensign Peak Monument
1	10	Negatives Only 86: The men who mined the ore for the last mill run at Silver Reef, Utah, November 1943 87-89: Panorama-north rim of Leeds fold (north end of Purgatory) 90: Two unidentified people 91: St. George Temple. Glass negative available 92: St. George Tabernacle. Glass negative available 93: Silver Reef. Glass negative available 94: Geology Illustration. Glass negative available 95: Map of Washington Co. Glass negative available 96: Illustration: A Miner and his Mule
1	11	Glass Lantern Slides (located in negative box next to bulk of collection) 97: Map of general region, southwestern Utah 98: Silver Reef looking west from Leeds. Red Bluff and Pine Valley Mountains in background, circa 1885 99: Silver Reef, circa 1928 100: Pine Valley Mountains 101: Geology and mineral formation 102: One of the mine dumps at Silver Reef, circa 1928 103: Barbee and Walker mine and Mill site on west side of reef, circa 1928 104: Stormont Mining and Milling Company site on Virgin River about 5 miles east of Leeds, circa 1885 105: The Pioneer or Little Three Stamp Mill, Silver Reef, circa 1885 106: The Buckeye Mine at Silver Reef, circa 1885 107: Brundage Mill at Barbee-Walker Mine at Silver Reef, circa 1885 108: James N. Louder, Postmaster and Merchant of Silver Reef, Editor of newspaper 109: Resident of Silver Reef, identity unknown, circa 1885 110: Scipio A. Kenner, Editor of the Miner, Silver Reef, circa 1885 111: James C. Liddle, Mercant and Autocrat of Chinatown, Silver Reef, circa 1885 112: Sam Wing, merchant and autocrat of Chinatown, Silver Reef, circa 1885 113: Probably the Cosmopolitan Restaurant with Mrs. Grambs 114: The men who mined the ore for the last mill run at Silver Reef, November 1903 115: Augustus P. Hardy, Sheriff of St. George and who is said to have taken the first cotton seed to Utah's Dixie 116: Old Silver Reef jail trasported to Sterlings field in Leeds, used as an ice house 117: Stormont Mill Office, Silver Reef, circa 1885 118: Street scene, Silver Reef. Mark A. Pendleton, hatless and with vest, left of middle of picture, circa 1885 119: Stagecoach, Silver Reef, circa 1885 120: Silver Reef quota of jury men about to take the stage to Beaver, Utah. They served on the jury that convicted the first polygamist in the 2nd Judicial District of Utah 121: Harrison House, leading hotel at Silver Reef, circa 1885 122: Silver Reef Business Directory, 1886 123: Wells Fargo Building, Silver Reef, circa 1928 124: John H. Rice Bank Building, Silver Reef, circa 1928. Used as residence for many years, but damaged by fire in late 1970's 125: Christy Mining and Milling Company offices. Mark A. Pendleton on left. Silver Reef, circa 1928 126: View of Silver Reef looking east across gulch from site of Barbee and Walker Mill, circa 1928 127: One of the old Silver Reef Mines that the American Smelting and Refining Company tried to develop circa 1928 or possibly as late as 1940 128: Pioneer dwelling possibly near Silver Reef or Leeds. Identity of people and period unknown 129: Old dwelling at Leeds, circa 1928 130: Unidentified scene probably near Silver Reef, circa 1928 131: Mark A. Pendleton in middle of road at Little Creek near Paragonah, circa 1940. This was the route of an Indian raiding ? party in pioneer times 132: Francis R. Burke, who ran the Presbyterian Mission School in Tocquerville, Utah, circa 1885 133: Presbyterian Mission School showing mission bell and tower at Tocquerville, Utah, circa 1885 134: St. George, Utah; L.D.S. Temple 135: St. George, Utah; Tabernacle 136: Cotton Mill at Washington, Utah, circa 1901 137: Cotton Mill at Washington, Utah, circa 1901 138: Cartoon of mining prospectors 139: Three men, identity unknown 140: Village somewhere in southern Utah or adjacent Arizona or Nevada 141: Scene somewhere in southern Utah

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Subject Terms

Silver mines and mining--Utah--History--Photographs

Geographical Names

Saint George (Utah)--Photographs
Silver Reef (Utah)--Photographs
Tooele (Utah)--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

Lantern slides--Hand-colored--1885-1940
Negatives--1877-1943
Photographic prints--1877-1942

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