UUM_P0083.xml Maud May Babcock photograph collection Babcock (Maud May) photograph collection Finding aid prepared by Mark Evans. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

1987 (last modified: 2025)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-09-12. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. 2016 Finding aid revised and re-encoded by Margaret Benson. 2019 Finding aid revised and re-encoded using Adobe Dreamweaver by Sara Davis. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Maud May Babcock photograph collection P0083 9.2 linear feet 13 archives boxes 1852-1949 The Maud May Babcock photograph collection contains portraits of Maud May Babcock, family photographs including daguerreotypes and tintypes, photos of plays she was in or directed, cruises and other travel, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, various L.D.S. historical sites, and physical culture classes. English

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Collection is arranged topcially. Includes one Addendum.

Maud May Babcock (May 2, 1867 – December 31, 1954) was born in East Worcester, New York to William Wayne Babcock and Sarah Jane Butler. She was educated in the public schools of Binghamton, New York then received a Bachelor of Arts from Wells College in New York and a Bachelor of Education from the National School of Elocution and Oratory in Philadelphia. In 1890, she graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts with a diploma.

While studying and teaching at Harvard University, Babcock taught Susa Young Gates, daughter of Brigham Young. Gates convinced her to move to Salt Lake City where Babcock became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and became the first female member of the University of Utah's faculty. Babcock founded two departments, the Department of Speech and the Department of Physical Education. She taught in both departments, and became the first female chair of a department at the University of Utah. She worked at the University for 47 years. Babcock loved physical activity, and she made valuable contributions to the Deseret Gym. She also established University of Utah's first physical training curriculum, which for several years included speech and dramatics. She established the University Theater, originated the first college dramatic club in the United States, led the production of the first university stage play, directed over 300 plays and taught.

Babcock wrote five books on speech and elocution and was a renowned traveler and lecturer in the region. In addition to her professional interests in drama and elocution, she also favored women's suffrage and opposed corsets.

Babcock served as president of the National Association of Teachers of Speech, and was a trustee for the Utah State School for Deaf and Blind for 20 years. In 1907, she was elected to be president of the board of trustees for the school. Along with all of her work in physical education and theater, Babcock was the first woman to serve as chaplain in the Utah senate, becoming the first woman chaplain in any state senate in the United States.

Maud May Babcock died on December 31, 1954.

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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

The photographs of Maud May Babcock document her life and career as a teacher, actress, and figure in early Utah history, especially in the area of women's issues. Included are portraits of Maud May Babcock, family photographs including daguerreotypes and tintypes, photos of plays she was in or directed, cruises and other travel, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, various L.D.S. historical sites, and physical culture classes.

The Maud May Babcock photograph collection is digitized.

Audio-visual materials were transferred to the Maud May Babcock audio-visual collection (A0083).

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Maud May Babcock papers (MS 0083).

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.

Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.

 Babcock, Maud May, 1867-1954--Photographs Babcock, Maud May, 1867-1954--Family--Photographs Babcock, Maud May, 1867-1954--Friends and associates--Photographs Babcock, Maud May, 1867-1954--Travel--Photographs Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844--Homes and haunts--Photographs University of Utah. Dramatic Club--Photographs Asia--20th century--Photographs Nauvoo (Ill.)--Photographs China--20th century--Photographs Actors--19th century--Photographs--Portraits Actors--20th century--Photographs--Portraits College theater--19th century--Photographs College theater-- Utah--20th century--Photographs Costume--19th century--Photographs Costume--20th century--Photographs National parks and reserves--West (U.S.)--Photographs black-and-white photographs Daguerreotypes (Photographs Group portraits Lantern slides Portraits tintypes (photographs) Personal photographs Portraits of Maud May Babcock 1 1-5 1-39: Portraits of Maud May Babcock from 1883, 1886, 1891, 1905, and 1900 Maud May Babcock with others 1 6-7 40: Maud May Babcock with W.W. Babcock Jr. 41-54: Maud May Babcock and others 45: Left to Right: J. Elwood Hanson, Wm. Rulon Brockbank, Charles Emmett, Halvor G. Berrett, Clarence Barker, George A. Rands, Joseph Thalman, Reynold Bodily, Roy Ross, Kenneth Moser, (middle row): A. George Nibley, Jethro M. Hathcock, J. Reuben Clark, Cecil E. Hart, Allan B. Blood, Ralph D. Thompson, Wayne H., John S. Griffin, Elliott D. Holt, Le Grande Silver, David Homer, (seated): Basil H. Bertoch, (on floor): A. James Martin, Rolland B. Johnson. Postcard 46: 1887 51: Maud May Babcock, Marba C. Josephson, Sylvia Pezoldt, Leah E. Johnson, 1948 53: 11th Ward advanced Sunday school class, 1949 54: With doll collection 55: Maud May Babcock with Governor Herbert B. Maw Maud May Babcock and Physical Culture classes 1 8 56-60: Maud May Babcock in her physical culture classes 61: Maud May Babcock, 1892 Maud May Babcock in her Physical Education classes 1 9 62-66: Maud May Babcock in her physical education classes Drama Photographs 1 10 67: "Three Graces" 68: "The Fates" 69: University of Utah Dramatic Club, 1910. Maud May Babcock, Ellen Clark Henderson, Harold Guff, Vivian Tolhurst, Laura Poulson, Lucile E. Rodgers, L. A. Whitmore, manager, Edna E. Hull, Hugo B. Anderson, Robert Dalgleish, Robert Sharp, Benjamin F. Howells, E. R. Van Cott, Happy Johnson. Postcard 70: University of Utah Dramatic Club, 1912. Postcard 73: Margaret Caldwell in rt. corner. Postcard 74: U.U. Drama Club, 1910. The Professor's Love Story 75: Albert Eccles, ? , Farley Bauer, Emma Rae 76: Celia Cohen Seagull, M. M. B., Double Door 77: Max Winemann, Marv Bank, Double Door 78: Emma Rae McKay, Parley Baer, Cecilia Cohen Seagull, Maud May Babcock Maud May Babcock at the Harvard Physical Training Seminar 1892-1893 1 11 79-81: Maud May Babcock at the Harvard Physical Training Seminar, 1892-1893 Tinplate prints of Maud May Babcock with others 1 12 82: Maud May Babcock with friend 83: Maud May Babcock with her brother W. Wayne Babcock, Jr. On the Fifth Oriental Lotus Time Cruise 1 13 84: Fifth Oriental Lotus Time Cruise 85-87: On board the U. S. S. President Jackson 88: Mr. Monar-purser, U. S. S. President Jackson 89: Maud May Babcock and friends 90: Mrs. Chew and Tao Yuan 91: Captain Morris Seavey 92: Maurice Smart-assistant purser 93-97: On deck of the U. S. S. President Jackson 98-100: Yellow Sea 101: Nearing Shanghai 102-08: Hong Kong 109: Kowloon 110: Canton, China 111-18: Manila, Phillippines 119-31: China 132-47: Japan Camping trip snapshots 1 14 148-63: Snapshots of Maud May Babcock on a camping trip Snapshots of M.M.B. 2 1-2 164: At University of Wisconsin. Reading of Abraham Lincoln by John ?, 1920 167-68: Aboard U.S.S. President Jackson, 1937 trip to Orient 169: Aboard "Yusang" of Hong Kong 170: At Jain Temple, Calcutta, 1928 172: In Hawaii 178-79: With W.W. Babcock, Jr. 183: With dog "Woo" 184: At her home in Brighton, Utah 185-86: With dog and puppies 187: Swimming at Saltair, Great Salt Lake, 1918. Postcard 190: At Mokanshan, China, 1937 191-92: With Will Rogers 194: (Back row): Wm. A Morton, Merzy Young, Mrs. Stookey, Kindsen, M.M.B., Amelia A. Smith, Alvin F. Smith. (Front row): Brigham A. Seare, Baley Stookey, Dr. Wm. Stookey, Nathaniel Smith, Wm. Willis W.W. Babcock, Sr. (father of Maud May Babcock) 2 3 195: With wife Sarah Jane, 1885 196: With grandchild 197: 1935 portrait Sarah Jane Babcock (mother of Maud May Babcock) 2 4 200-203a: Sarah Jane Babcock W.W. Babcock, Jr. (brother of Maud May Babcock) 2 5-6 204-214a: W. W. Babcock Jr. 212: With wife. W.W. Babcock, Jr. family 2 7 215: Catherine Babcock 216: Wife of W. W. Babcock Jr. 217: W. W. Babcock and his wife 218-22: Daughter of W. W. Babcock Jr. 223: Son of W. W. Babcock Jr. 224: Daughters of W. W. Babcock Jr. Snapshots of W. W. Babcock Jr. family 2 8 225-248: W. W. Babcock Jr. Family 249: House in Philadelphia, 1946 W.W. Babcock, Jr. with others 2 9 250: W. W. Babcock Jr. and others 251: 1890. Miscellaneous family 2 10 252: W.W. Babcock, Jr. and Sarah Jane Babcock with the Hendersons, Mr. Norman, and Mr. Delin 253: Unidentified 254: Mrs. Warner Butts 255: Elias Babcock and Jane A. Babcock 256: Henry Butts Family Daguerreotypes 2 11 257-258: Family Daguerreotypes (Elias and wife) 259: Elias Babcock, circa 1860. (Ambrotype) 260: W. Wayne Babcock, circa 1852 261: Nelson Eugene Babcock, circa 1852 Physical Culture poses 2 12 262-66: Various poses Drama 2 13-21 267: "Night and Her Children" 268-273: Unidentified 274-280: A Midsummer Night's Dream, U.U. lawn 281-294: Unidentified 295-299: "Yellow Jacket" 300-303: Unidentified 304: Elva Taylor as Mrs. March; Charles Crawford as Mr. March 305: Unidentified 306: Charles Crawford and others 307-308: Play directed by Maud May Babcock 309-311: Unidentified >312-316: Devil's Disciple, George Bernard Shaw 317: Chester Douse, Charlette McClostake and others 318-320: Unidentified 321: Play directed by Maud May Babcock 322: Unidentified 323: Harry Allen and others 324 Unidentified 325: Joseph Smith, Maud May Babcock, and others 326: Unidentified 327: Mary the Third Act I, Scene I 328-330: Unidentified 331: Harry Allen and others 332: Mary the Third Act III, breakfast room 333: Ellen Christensen and others 334: Journey's End, 1931. Lowell Lees, Amous Sargent, Albert Eccles, and Oliver Clay 335-336: Unidentified 337: Emma Rae McKay and Parley B 338: U.U. Dramatic Club, 1912. Postcard 339: Babcock Varsity Players, 1925. Georgianne Lees, Lowell Lees, Margaret Evans, Frank McGee, and others Mormon Tabernacle Choir California Tour 1896 3 1 340: Advertised outside "The Auditorium" 341: Interior of aviary, Golden Gate Park 342: Train on ferry boat. Port Costa to Benicia 343: Interior Sutro Baths, Sutro Heights 344a: The docks, San Francisco Portraits 3 2-8 345: Maude Adams, 1938. Played with Otis Skinner in Kingsbury Hall 346: Alfred Ayres, 1882 347: Earl Barker. Little boy in The Bluebird, first play in Kingsbury Hall 348: Freda Barnson 349: Sarah Bernhardt 350: J.W. Booth. 351: Lila Eccles Brimhall 352: Dick and Ann Burton, 1948 353-57: Rosannah Cannon 353: 1896 354: 1894 356: 1897 357: 1897 358-59: The Clarks 359: Patricia Clark Olsen, Marjorie Clark Alvey, Ruth Milburn Clark. 1933 360: Lloyd D. Davis 361: Donna, 1927 362: Cathie Dougall 363: Maria Young Dougall 364: W.B. Dougall. 1891 365: Diane Esmond 366: Byron Kay Foulger 367-68: Emma Lucy Gates 367: As Anchen in Freischutz, Nov. 11, 1909 368: 1908 369: Susa Young Gates. Photo of Lion House on back 370: Rachel Ridgeway Ivins Grant 371: Anna Johnson, 1935 372-75: Kaipo 376: Milo F. Kirkham, 1921 377-84: Dietlind Lettman 377: 1938 378: 1949 379-80: 1939 381: 1949. 382: On birthday, Jan. 28, 1946 383-84: 1949 385: Johanna Lettman, 1922 386-87: Johanna and Dietlind Lettman. 1949 388-91: Johanna Lettman and family 388: With father and mother. Father in uniform. 1944 389: With mother. 1941 390: With mother and grandparents. 1939 391: With father. 1939 392-93: Ora Lewis 392: With Mrs. Leland M. Perry. 1926 394: Vernon Linnaeus. 1926 395: Julian Lockwood 396: David O. McKay 397: Neil McKinnon 398: Florence Maw 399: Herbert Warren Maw. 1924 400: David Milne 401: E. Jay Milne 402: Angela Morgan 403: Chester Nelson. 1922 404: Maud Mary Nielsen 405: Katharine Oliver 406: Bonnie Jeanne Plummer. 1931 407: Eugene Ray 408: Edwin Milton Royle 409: A.Y. Satterthwaite. 1925 410: L.D.S. President (George Albert?) Smith's youngest boy, 1922 411-413g: Cora E. Smith 411: 1886 413: In When Greek Meets Greek, Boston, June 1, 1892 413a: 1886 413f: 1888 414: Emma Smith 415: Three R. L. D. S. Church Presidents: Joseph Smith Jr., Joseph Smith III, and Israel Smith 416: Joseph F. Smith, Chairman of Speech Department, 1938 417: Phoebe Snyder, 1921 418: Alice Maud Stebbins 419: Donna Elizabeth Stebbins, 1911 420: Florence May Stebbins 421: Sumner 422: John Waldemer Van Cott, at 9 mos. of age 423: Laura (at 4 mos.) and Leroy (at 3 years) Van Cott, 1916 424: Albro Vrooman, Jr. 425: Wally ? 426: Susan Lynn Weller, at 13 years 427: Charles A. White 428: Frank Whiting's children: Gordon, Douglas, Wayne, Wendy Jo, Jim Bruce 429: J.M. Whitmore, 1922 430: Jane B. Winters at 13 years 431: A. Wray 432: Lucy Bigelow Young, ?, Susa Young Gates 433: Zora Brighton, Utah area 3 9 433-434: Brighton, Utah 435: Lake Mary Mountain scenes (postcards) 3 10 444: Snider's Hot Pot Farm and Resort 445-51: Silver Lake, Utah L.D.S. Historical sites 3 11-14 452: Heber C. Kimball House, Nauvoo, Illinois 453: The old cemetary, Nauvoo, Illinois 454: Joseph Smith homestead, Nauvoo 455: Wilford Woodruff house, Nauvoo 456: Nauvoo 457: Times and Seasons office, Nauvoo 458: Brigham Young home, Nauvoo 459: Joseph Smith mansion house, Nauvoo 460-66: Carthage Jail, Nauvoo 467-75: Kirtland Temple 476-83: Hawaiian Temple 484: Hill Cumorah 485-95: Joseph Smith farm, Palmyra, N.Y. Miscellaneous scenery 3 15-18 496-501: Bryce Canyon, Utah 502: Cedar Breaks, Utah >503: Edwin Natural Bridge, Utah 504-05: The Grand Canyon 506: Rainbow Natural Bridge, Utah 507-14: Zion National Park, Utah 515: 1927 518: Wintering elk herds in the Tetons, Wyoming. 1927 519: Crandall Picture Shop, at the foot of the Tetons. 1927 520: The Grand Teton, seen enroute to the Lakes. 1927 521: Grand Teton, 13,747 ft., from Snake River. 1927 522: Jenny Lake in Tetons. 1927 523: Artist's Point, Leigh Lake, Jackson Hole 524: Dining Room, Ketchum Kamp Hotel, Ketchum, Idaho 525: Lobby, Ketchum Kamp Hotel 526: Ketchum Kamp Hotel 527: View from Big Crater, Craters of the Moon, Arco, Idaho 528: Stairway and Natural Bridge, Shoshone Falls, Idaho 529: Petit Lake, Idaho 530: Aljuras Lake, Idaho 531: Sawtooth Mountains from Redfish Lake, Idaho 532-537: Grand Canyon 538-541: Kaibab Forest 542-543: Petroglyphs Yellowstone Park 4 1-2 544: Castle Geyser in Yellowstone Park 545: Grotto Geyser Formation in Yellowstone Park 546-566: Yellowstone Park Unidentified Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes 4 3-4 567-574: Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes and Tintypes Miscellaneous 4 5-6 575: Bronze cast of Mormon pioneers crossing the plains en route to Salt Lake City, Utah 576-579: Indians 580-581: Micellaneous 582: Professor Schneider's Music teachers studio, Binghamton, New York 583-584: Miscellaneous 585: Emma Lucy Gates Opera Company, 1918 586: Unidentified 587: Cast of "Night in Hawaii" 1928 588: Ithaca, New York, Junior Ball Committee, 1888 589: Maud May Babcock birthplace, Decator, New York Oversize 1 OS 1 1: Maud May Babcock 2: Memorial Prize Orators, class of 1889, Cornell University Glass Lantern Slides General Images 1G 1 G1: Amelia Bingham G2: Apollo, Vatican Museum G3: Bath of Psyche G4-5: Bernhardt as Leah G6: Bertha Kalisch G7: Blanche Ring G8: Bunhaor as L'Aiglou G9: Charlotte Walker G10: Crato, Vatican Museum G11: Effie Shamore G12-13: Emma Lucy Gates G14: Geraldine Farrar G15: Joan of Arc, Chapu G16-17: Lillian Russell G18: Little Barefoot G19: Madame Deslimar G20: Madame Melba G21-23: Madame Nazimova G24: Madame Nordica G25: Madame Farrar G26: Man and Women-created he them G27: Mary Garden G28: Mary Homes G29: Mary Moruerering G30-31: Maude Adams General Images 2G 2 G32-33: Maxine Elliott G34: Mitti G35: Pauline Bonaparte G36: Percio with the head of Medusa G37: Queen Catherine de Medici G38: Queen Louise G39: Thais Mifraine G40: Unidentified child with teddy bear G41: Unidentified woman sitting G42-43: Unidentified woman G44: Unidentified women G45: Upi-dee! G46: Venus De Milo G47: Winged Victory G48: Youth Addendum Maud May Babcock Portraits 1 ADD 1-3 1-5: Baby photos 6-14: Portraits as a young woman 15-28: Elocution poses 29: Posing in gymsuit 30-45: Portraits as an older woman Babcock and Family 1 ADD 4-5 46-74: Ancestral photos 75-105: Family 106-144: Old family photo album Babcock and friends 1 ADD 6-7 145-149: Maud May Babcock on tour 150-153: Friends 154: Maud May Babcock's dog, Woo 155-171: Tintype photos of Maud May Babcock and her friends Faculty and Students at the University of Utah 2 ADD 1 172-175: Faculty and students 176: Babcock with her high school class Cabin in Big Cottonwood Canyon-Brighton 2 ADD 2-5 177-298: Cabin 299-327: Friends visiting University of Utah 2 ADD 6 328-331: Maud May Babcock as a faculty member 332-336: White-washing the "U", 1907 337-355: Students and buildings Postcards 2 ADD 7-8 356-360: Dancers 361-386: Famous actors and actresses-miscellaneous 387-393: Sir Henry Irving 394-397: Sarah Bernhardt 398-402: Geraldine Farrar 403-408: Emma Lucy Gates Bowen Harry Nelson 2 ADD 9 409: Friend of Babcock and donor the collection Miscellaneous 3 ADD 1-3 410-614: Postcards collected by Babcock during her life General Images 3 ADD 4-6 615-617: Susa Young Gates 618-619: Jacob Gates 620-668: Unidentified persons 669-760: Scenes General Images 3 ADD 7-8 761-765: Teton National Park 766-775: Bryce Canyon-Cedar Breaks 776-784: Zion National Park 785-789: Grand Canyon 790-794: Yellowstone National Park 795-803: Salt Lake City c. 1930 804: Kaibab Forest 805: Mount Timpanogos 806: Lake Mary, Brighton Mountain 807: Rainbow Bridge (color) 808: Mormon Battalion Monument General Images 3 ADD 9 809-810: Maude Adams 811-812: Emma Lucy Gates Unidentified 4 ADD 1-10 813-903: Unidentified Portraits Unidentified 4 ADD 11 904-906: Unidentified Groups Unidentified 4 ADD 12-15 907-992: Unidentified Snapshots Unidentified 4 ADD 16-17 993-1003: Unidentified Unidentified 4 ADD 18 1004-1029: Unidentified Snapshots Unidentified 4 ADD 19 1030-1041: Unidentified Portraits