John M. Baldwin photograph collection

John M. Baldwin photograph collection, 1940-1949

Overview of the Collection

Collector: Baldwin, John M., 1905-1979
Title: John M. Baldwin photograph collection
Dates: 1940-1949 (inclusive)
19401949
Quantity: 496 photographs
Collection Number: P0009
Summary: The John M. Baldwin photograph collection contains portraits of John M. Baldwin, mostly with associates in television, and photgraphs documenting equipment and activities at KDYL-TV in Salt Lake City. There are also photographs documenting the construction of transmission facilities for KDYL-TV in Utah and of television facilities in various parts of the United States and South America.
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 personal and business photographs of John Baldwin, an engineer who designed radio stations and towers. This includes many towers and stations in Utah as well as overseas in South America and Asia.

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

Arrangement

The collection is arranged topically.

Processing Note

Processed by Mark Evans in 1987 and Ashley Arave in 2003.

Related Materials

For more information on Baldwin's career see the papers of Sidney S. Fox (MS 0559). Other photographs of Baldwin are available in the collection of Sidney S. Fox (P0041).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Personal and Business PhotographsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	John Baldwin 1-13: Portraits of John Baldwin
1	2	Baldwin with others 14: (L to R) Sidney S. Fox, Harry Gobub and John Baldwin in main control room KDYL-TV 15-22: John Baldwin and Sidney S. Fox 23: John Baldwin (2nd from right) Sidney S. Fox (middle) speaking to a TV audience 24: John Baldwin and Sidney S. Fox with crew by Van 25: Camera crew and Servicemen in the old playhouse circa 1930s 26: Group of men 27: Marie and John M. Baldwin 28: John Baldwin speaking to an audience 29-30: John M. Baldwin, technical director and Vice President of KDYL and C. L. Stockdale, right, adjust television equipment in KDYL workshop 31: Engineers and wives, Christmas Party, 1945 32: Associates of KDYL-TV Studio 33: KDYL associates on KDYL transmitter construction site 34-37: Associates 38: Calhoun Beach Hotel Meeting, WTCN Minneapolis 39-40: Time Life Inc. Associates 41-42: Time Life Engineers, Christmas party, Denver, December, 1962 43-46: Family and Friends
1	3	KDYL-TV 47: Fairgrounds TV exhibit, 1940 48: Test Screen 49-52: Transmitter Tower on Walker Bank, circa 1946 53: Electronic equipment 54-57: Laboratory 58-63: Transmitter equipment 64-73: Radio and TV Studios and offices 74: Tight rope walker above KDYL studio building 75: TV control room 76-80: Broadcast events 81: Artist drawing of KDYL/TV.AM studio building remodeling 82-83: KCPX-4 Studio building (formally KDYL)
1	4	Aerial View of Transmitter Site 84-88: Aerial Views of KDYL mountain transmitter site
1	5	Transmitter Construction 89-110: KDYL mountain transmitter construction
1	6	Transmitter and Building 111-141: KDYL mountain transmitter and building
1	7	Cedar City TV Translator 142-172: Cedar City TV translator
1	8	WTCN-TV Minneapolis, Minn. 173-183: Transmitter and buildings
1	9	Special Optics Photographs 184-190: Camera lenses
1	10	Miscellaneous 191-215: Miscellaneous photos of unidentified people and places
1	11	Chile 224-231: Panorama of cities and surrounding areas
1	12	Colombia 232-262: Transmitter and studio buildings etc.
1	13	El Salvador 263-292: Transmitter, studio buildings and panorama of countryside
1	14	Hong Kong 293-335: Hong Kong area
1	15	Mexico 336-367: Transmitter area
1	16	Okinawa 368-398: Studios, transmitter area
1	17-18	Venezuela 399-442: Caracas transmitter site and area
1	19	Miscellaneous Duplicates 40 Duplicates
1	20	Negatives 454-465: Oversize negatives of Cedar City translator location (located in Oversize negative box) 466-496: Views of Hong Kong area
2		Oversize 443-444: Sidney Fox 445-450: KDYL Productions 451-453: KDYL-TV Transmitter on Mount Vision

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Television broadcasting--Utah--History--Photographs
Television--Transmitters and transmission--Photographs

Corporate Names

KDYL (Television station : Salt Lake City, Utah)--History--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

Group portraits--1930-1970
Negatives--1950-1970
Photographic prints--1930-1970
Portrait photographs--1930-1970

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