Hortense Redd Erickson lantern slide collection

Hortense Redd Erickson lantern slide collection, 1920-1929

Overview of the Collection

Title: Hortense Redd Erickson lantern slide collection
Dates: 1920-1929 (inclusive)
19201929
Quantity: 92 glass lantern slides
Collection Number: P0053
Summary: The Hortense Redd Erickson lantern slide collection was donated by Hortense Redd Erickson, a University of Utah alumnus and world traveller. The collection in consists of 92 lantern slides from Europe, Egypt, and the Middle East in the 1920s-1930s.
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.
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Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Hortense Redd (june 6, 1897- Julu 15, 1990) was born to James Monroe Redd and Lucinda Pace Redd in a log cabin, 150 miles away from the nearest doctor, in the pioneer village of Bluff, Utah.Her father, as a 16 year old youth, served as a scout in helping guide the small band of colonizers as they crossed the Colorado River in a place now known as "The Hole In The Rock".

In 1905 her family moved to nearby Monticello, and it was there that her parents lived and died.

In an effort to obtain an education she went to Logan, Utah to attend the Agricultural College as a "prep" student. She spent her sophomore year at Ann Arbor, Michigan and her third year at the LDS High School in Salt Lake. She graduated from the University of Utah in 1922, and received additional schooling at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Chicago. She taught in several places, but principally at the Granite High School in Salt Lake City, where she taught world history from 1922-43. In 1943 she resigned her teaching position to help in the war effort. She accepted employment with the War Labor Board and served there until the war ended

She married William O. Erickson in the Salt Lake LDS Temple, June 18, 1954. Mr. Erickson was a prominent business and churchman in Taft, California. He served for many years as Mayor and on the City Council, and was an owner in a mortuary business. He also served as Patriarch in the Bakersfield Stake. While they lived in California they were ordinance workers in the Los Angeles Temple, and continued their temple work in the Salt Lake Temple on coming to Salt Lake.

biography taken from Deseret News obituary, 1990

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Collection was donated by Hortense Redd Erickson, a University of Utah alumnus and world traveller. It consists of 92 glass lantern slides from the 1920s. They were kept in the order according to the numbering of the slides. They are all of Europe, Egypt, and the Middle East.

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

Gift of Hortense Redd Erickson.

Processing Note

Processed by Peter Schmid in 1988.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description
Box
1	Images from Travels 1: Ocean liner "Roma" under way 2: Flower Peddler 3: Group with laundry 4: Missing 5: A mosque 6: Missing 7: Ship in a harbor, possibly Greece 8: Medditerranean harbor 9: Plaza with fountain in Italy 10: Cemetary in Italy 11-12: Cliffs near shore of Sorrento, Italy 13: Italian village 14: Vesuvius from Capri, Italy 15-18: Ruins of Pompeii 19: Unidentified ruins 20-22: Middle East street scene 23: Mosque courtyard, Damascus, Syria 24: Modern building, Middle East 25: Harbor with large freight vessels 26: Nile, Egypt? 27: Arab woman and children 28: City in Egypt, outside an embassy with a horse and carriage 29-30: Pyramids in Egypt 31: Bedouins in Egypt with camels and donkeys 32: Tourists in Egypt on camel being held by Egyptians 33: The Sphinx in Egypt
2	Images from Travels 34: Egyptians in front of Pyramids with camels and donkeys 35: Tour in front of Egyptian Museum 36: Probably the Nile, Egypt 37: Ship at Mandraki, Rhodes 38: Mandraki Harbor entrance, Rhodes 39: Filerimos Monastery, Rhodes 40: Cobblestone street, Rhodes 41: Greek woman, Rhodes 42: Knights Castle, Rhodes 43: Man and pot vendor 44: Coastal city 45: Rumeli Hisari castle, Istanbul 46: Coastal Turkey? 47: Rumeli Hisari castle, Istanbul 48: Coastal Turkey? 49: Istanbul, Turkey 50: Mosque 51: Blue mosque, Istanbul 52: Archway and street, Turkey? 53: Unidentified ruins 54: Unidentified neoclassical building 55: Harbor view 56: Tourist women, Greece? 57: Porch of the Maidens (caryatids), the Acropolis, Greece 58: Greek ruins 59: Porch of the Maidens, Athens 60: Olympian Zeus temple, Athens 61: Ruins and modern buildings, Athens? 62: Modern building with neoclassical columns, Athens? 63: Theater and collonade 64: Corinth Canal
3	Images from Travels 65: Tourists among Greek ruins 66: Tourists among Greek ruins, Corinth 67: Mediterranean village 68: Calydonian Boar Hunt sarcophagus 69: Caryatid, Eleusis Museum 70: Clock tower above Greek ruins 71: Coastal city and port 72: Medieval castle, southern Europe 73: Greek woman 74: Greek church? 75: Rialto Bridge, Venice 76: Street market, Venice 77: Pigeons on Piazza San Marco 78: Doge's Palace, Venice 79: Rialto Bridge, Venice 80: Church and bell tower, Italy? 81: Arno River, Florence 82: Boboli Gardens, Florence 83: Cafe outdoor seating, Rome 84: Tiber bridge, Rome 85: Arch of Constantine, Rome 86: The Coliseum, Rome 87: Arch of Titus, Rome 88-89: The Coliseum, Rome 90: Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican 91: Altare della Patria, Rome 91a: Saint Paul's Basilica, Rome 92: Stadio dei Marmi, Rome 93: Fountain of the Sphere, Rome 94: Tourist women

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