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Edward P. Jennings photograph collection, 1889-1920

Overview of the Collection

Title
Edward P. Jennings photograph collection
Dates
1889-1920 (inclusive)
Quantity
476 photographic prints
Collection Number
P0101
Summary
The Edward P. Jennings photograph collection contains portraits of Edward Jennings, members of his family, and friends. The collection also consists of photographs of buildings and activities in Salt Lake City and at Saltair, as well as photographs of mining and logging operations, photographs of people and buildings in Europe and Mexico.
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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Historical Note

Edward P. Jennings was born in Beckett, Massachusetts on 24 August 1873. He graduated from Union College, New York, in 1873. He was a chemistry instructor at Cornell University for six years and began work for P. L. Kimberly in the iron industry in 1879. He was known as one of the best mining experts in the west, serving as consulting engineer of Utah Metals and Tunnel Company.

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Content Description

Jennings was a mining engineer who came to Salt Lake City in 1898 from the Lake Superior region where he had been working in the iron industry. He was a consulting engineer for the Utah Metal and Tunnel Company and one of the best known mining experts and engineers in the west. The photographs in the collection are personal and date from approximately 1889 to 1920. Many are of his family and friends on outings. There are also views of Salt Lake City and vicinity, Saltair, an auto race in 1908, photographs of scenery and of mining and freighting operations in Utah and Idaho, pictures of the Walker farm, and personal and commercial photographs from a trip to Europe.

The Edward P. Jennings photograph collection is digitized.

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Use of the Collection

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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Administrative Information

Processing Note

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Separated Materials

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Edward P. Jennings papers (MS 0101).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Names and Subjects

Subject Terms

  • Logging--History--Photographs
  • Mines and Mineral Resources
  • Mines and Mineral Resources--History--Photographs

Personal Names

  • Jennings, Edward P., 1853-1915--Family--Photographs
  • Jennings, Edward P., 1853-1915--Photographs

Geographical Names

  • Europe--Photographs
  • Mexico--Photographs
  • Salt Lake City (Utah)--Photographs
  • Saltair Resort (Utah)--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Group portraits
  • Photographic prints
  • Portrait photographs--1890-1920

Finding aid prepared by Mary Ann Curtis.
2004 (last modified: 2026)

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