A. Russell Mortensen photograph collection

A. Russell Mortensen photograph collection, 1850-1920

Overview of the Collection

Collector: Mortensen, A. Russell(Arlington Russell)
Title: A. Russell Mortensen photograph collection
Dates: 1850-1920 (inclusive)
18501920
Quantity: 2 boxes
Collection Number: P0201
Summary: The A. Russell Mortensen photograph collection contains primarily photographs of scenes from the American West. Includes some stills from television westerns and some portraits of A. Russell Mortensen at various public functions.
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

Mortensen is a historian and writer of western history. He is a former director of the Utah State Historical Society and is a past editor of the American West magazine. His collection consists of photographs he has used and collected for articles on Western history and cover such topics as prominent people, Alaskan history and towns, covered wagons, sod houses, the depression years, Kansas history, mining, railroads, windmills, and portraits of other Western writers such as Wallace Stegner and Bernard DeVoto. Also included is a small collection of postcards from abroad.

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

Collection is arranged alphabetically by topic and contains one addendum.

Separated Materials

Audio-visual materials were transferred to the A. Russell Mortensen audio-visual collection (A0417).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Scenes from the American West and stills from television WesternsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	American West Publishing Company Photograph number 1-2: Mortenson with leaders of American West Publishing Company
1	2	Alamo Photograph number 3-6: 2 prints, one taken in 1849, and 2 drawings of the Alamo, the first United States Fort established in Texas.
1	3-5	Alaska, Klondike Gold Rush Photograph number 7-16: Cities Photograph number 17-21: Buildings Photograph number 22-31: People Photograph number 32-33: Treadwell Operations Photograph number 34: Gold Nuggetts Photograph number 35-38: Scaling Mountains Photograph number 39-52: Boats, Ships	1898
1	6	Avalanches Photograph number 53-54: Destruction caused by avalanches
1	7	Barbed Wire Photograph number 55-60: Inventors Photograph number 61-71: Wire
1	8	Buffalo Photograph number 72-75: Buffalo Hunting
1	9	Cable Cars Photograph number 76: San Francisco Cable Car Photograph number 77: Drawing of a cable track
1	10	California Photograph number 78-79: Views of early California
1	11	California Missions Photograph number 80-81: Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo Photograph number 82-84: Restored Mission Buildings
1	12	Canada Photograph number 85-90: Cyprus Hills, Saskatchewan
1	13	Cattle Photograph number 91-93: Cattle Drive
1	14	Colorado Photograph number 94-95: Cartoons, Posters concerning union strikes Photograph number 96: Fort Garland, Colo. Photograph number 97-98: Miscellaneous
1	15	Colorado Skiing Photograph number 99-101: Skiing Photograph number 102: Dogsled
1	16	Covered Wagons Photograph number 103-107: Wagon trains, dating from 1867
1	17	Custer, Armstrong and Elizabeth Photograph number 108: Portrait of Custer Photograph number 109: Social Gathering with Custer Family circa 1874 Photograph number 110-112: Manuscript written by Elizabeth Custer
1	18	Depression Photograph number 113-115: Dwellings Photograph number 116-126: People
1	19	Desert Photograph number 127-131: Vegetation Photograph number 132-134: Lanscape
1	20	Dime Novels and Magazines Photograph number 135-142: Title Pages
1	21	Fort Vancouver Photograph number 143: Painting from 1840s
1	22	Frewen, Moreton Photograph number 144-145: Portraits Photograph number 146: Birthplace Photograph number 147: Card from President Theodore Roosevelt
1	23	Fur Trade Photograph number 148-149: Fur records
1	24	Hawaii Photograph number 150-153: Copies of a lease agreement
1	25	Homes, Sod, Logs Photograph number 154-160: Sod Homes circa 1880-1890 Kansas Photograph number 161-162: Log Homes
1	26	Indians Photograph number 163-172: Portraits from "The Last of the Buffalo Indians." By John C. Ewers. Photograph number 173: Indian farm in Delaware reservation, Kansas

Scenes from the American West and stills from television WesternsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
2	1	Kansas Photograph number 174: Stagecoach Photograph number 175-179: Communities Photograph number 180: Army Photograph number 181: Steamboat Photograph number 182-186: People Photograph number 187-190: Buildings	Circa 1870
2	2-3	Kansas, present day Photograph number 191-208: Buildings Photograph number 209-212: Landscape Photograph number 213-215: Agriculture Photograph number 216-224: Industry Photograph number 225-232: Monuments Photograph number 233-240: Miscellaneous
2	4	Maps Photograph number 241-243: Various Maps
2	5	Mark Twain Stories Photograph number 244-246: Reprints of 1860s published stories
2	6	Mining Photograph number 247-254: Miners Photograph number 255-260: Towns Photograph number 261-265: Mining Papers
2	7	Mining, Eureka, Nevada Photograph number 266-267: Equipment Photograph number 268-273: Operations Photograph number 274-277: Town and buildings
2	8	Movie Westerns Photograph number 278-280: Actors
2	9	O'Sullivan, Timothy Photograph number 281-284: O'Sullivan and others Photograph number 285-286: Expedition camps Photograph number 287-289: Landscape Photograph number 290: Indians Photograph number 291: Observatory in Ogden
2	10	Photography Photograph number 292: Early photography, Alexander Gardner, traveling in Kansas with his mobile dark room.
2	11	Portraits Photograph number 293-294: William F. Cody Photograph number 295: Colonel John S. Ford Photograph number 296-297: Wallace Stegner Photograph number 298-299: Peter Skene Ogden Photograph number 300-301: James Bowie Photograph number 302-305: Bernard DeVoto Photograph number 306: Senator William E. Borah Photograph number 307: General Crook Photograph number 308: Richard Henry Dana Photograph number 309: Henry A. Boller Photograph number 310: Mrs. J. J. Brown, Molly Tobin Margaret Photograph number 311: Major John Owen Photograph number 312-319: Miscellaneous
2	12	Railroads Photograph number 320-325: Locomotives and cars Photograph number 326-331: Workers
2	13	Redwoods Photograph number 332-341: Trees, circa 1900
2	14	Salt Lake City, Utah Photograph number 342: ZCMI circa 1900
2	15	Spanish Boarderlands Photograph number 343: San Xavier Mission, Tuscan, Arizona Photograph number 344: Cartridge box used by Spanish Photograph number 345-352: Negatives of interior, exterior views of Spanish churches
2	16	Television Westerns Photograph number 353-361: "Gunsmoke" Photograph number 362-366: "Have Gun, Will Travel" Photograph number 367-369: "Rawhide" Photograph number 370: "Bonanza" Photograph number 371-381: Movies
2	17	Utah Photograph number 382: Grave of Elijah Averett, killed in Indian campaigns in 1866 Photograph number 383: John Wetherill's initials of rock near Hole-in-the-Rock trail Photograph number 384-386: Miscellaneous
2	18	Utah Historical Society and Bishop Dwyer Photograph number 387-391: Utah Historical Society and Bishop Dwyer (1952)	1952
2	19	Windmills Photograph number 392-398: Views of various types of windmills used in farming
2	20	Miscellaneous Photograph number 399: Ross Browne cartoon
2	21	Miscellaneous artwork Photograph number 400-415: Artwork Photograph number 416: Bicentenial Histories
2	22	Mortensen Photograph number 417-421: Mortensen with Colleagues
2	23	Miscellaneous Photos (Addendum) Photograph number 422: Speaking with a young man (political setting) Photograph number 423: Caricature Photograph number 424: Washington D. C., October 6, 1975, National Park Service (NPS): Soviet delegation on historic preservation and tourism visits under joint US/USSR Environtmental Agreement. Left to Right: Georgii P. Krutenko (facing in background), Mark A. Orlov, Mrs. Mortensen, Lee H. Nelson and Mr. Russell Mortenson.
2	24	Russian Postcards (Addendum) Photograph number 425-538: Postcards of a number of places in Russia
2	25	Miscellaneous (Addendum) Photograph number 539: Catholic leader Photograph number 540: A. Russell Mortensen Photograph number 541: 1974, Annual Meeting for State Historic Preservation Officers. Russell Dickerson, Roy A. Taylor, A. L. Honeycutt, A. R. Mortensen Photograph number 542: Ernest Allan Connally and A. R. Mortenson, 1973 Photograph number 543: Mortenson with Mrs. Donald Spicer, President General, in Washington D. C., 1973 Photograph number 544: Mortensen elected President AASLH. Photograph taken in the Portrait Gallery, Washington D. C.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Western television programs

Geographical Names

West (U.S.)--History--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

Photographic prints--1849-1952
Television stills--1948-1952

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