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Mary Jane Mount Tanner photograph collection, 1837-1885
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Tanner, Mary Jane Mount
- Title
- Mary Jane Mount Tanner photograph collection
- Dates
- 1837-1885 (inclusive)18371885
- Quantity
- 39 photographic prints
- Collection Number
- P0200
- Summary
- The Mary Jane Mount Tanner photograph collection contains images of Mary Jane Mount Tanner and her family. The collection also includes photographs of the homes of Annie Clark Tanner, Ezra and Susan Clark, and Ezra and Mary Clark.
- Repository
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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
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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
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Mary Jane Mount Tanner was born in 1837 in Toledo, Ohio. From there she moved with her parents to Nauvoo, Illinois where she resided for four years. At the age of ten she crossed the plains with her parents and other Mormon pioneers to Salt Lake City. She married Myron Tanner, a polygamist, and together they had several children. She was a housewife, mother, settler of Provo, Utah, church worker, author and poet, and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for her entire life.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Mary Jane Mount Tanner photograph collection contains images of Mary Jane and Myron Tanner, their parents, and their children.
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
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 1 | Portraits of Mary Jane
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| 1 | 2 | Myron Tanner
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| 1 | 3 | Parents of Mary Jane and Myron Tanner
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| 1 | 4 | Children of Mary Jane and Myron Tanner
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| 1 | 5 | Duplicates (removed) |
| 1 | 6 | Addendum
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| 1 | 7 | Homes
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| 1 | 8 | materials related to book, A Mormon Mother
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| 1 | 9 | General
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Tanner, Mary Jane Mount
