University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Photographs Division
Special Collections
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0860
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P0937
Gorrell, Michael Joseph
Michael Joseph Gorrell photograph collection
1980-2010
3 boxes
Michael Joseph “Mike” Gorrell is a Utah journalist who covered the Olympics, as well as other topics, for the The Salt Lake Tribune. This collection contains material collected by Gorrell during the course of his career in journalism. The collection primarily consists of images related to the Olympics and postcards collected by Gorrell during his world travels.
Collection materials are in
English.
Biographical Note
Michael Joseph “Mike” Gorrell is a Utah journalist. Gorrell began his career in the 1970s at the weekly newspaper
The Green Street, based in Murray, Utah. In 1983, Gorrell began working for The Salt Lake Tribune. At The Salt Lake Tribune, Gorrell covered numerous topics, including: natural disasters, weather, water, environment, tourism, skiing, coal mining, the Olympics, and business.
The Michael Joseph Gorrell photograph collection consists of 3 boxes of material arranged by subject and dating from approximatley 1980 to 2010. Box 1 consists of color photographs related to the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic games and other olympic games. Many of the images are digital only. Box 2 consists primarily of postcards collected by Gorrell during his travels while reporting on the Olympics, as well as photographs taken by Gorrell during those travels. Box 3 also contains copy prints of historic mining photographs and images related to flooding and flood control in Utah. Locations in these images include Bear River Bird Refuge, Utah Lake, American Fork, Mountain Dell Reservoir in Parleys Canyon, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Emigration Canyon, Willard Bay, Great Salt Lake, Liberty Park, Jordan River, I-80, Union Pacific Railroad tracks, Bountiful, Layton, as well as Granger High students and others filling sandbags to control flooding. Box 3 is oversize and contains images related to flooding and flood control, particularly during the 1983 flood in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Most of the images in this collection were collected by Gorrell and are under copyright of their creators.
Arranged by subject
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.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Michael Joseph Gorrell photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.
Initial Citation:
Michael Joseph Gorrell photograph collection, P0937,
Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Following Citations: P0937.
Donated by Michael Joseph Gorrell in 2002, addendums in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2012, and 2014.
Processed by Special Collections staff.
See also the Michael Joseph Gorrell papers (ACCN 0120) in the Manuscripts Division and Michael Joseph Gorrell 2002 Olympic Winter Games audio-visual collection (A0730) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Gorrell, Michael Joseph
Winter Olympic Games (19th: 2002 Salt Lake City, Utah)
Salt Lake City (Utah)
Floods--Utah
Photographs
color prints (photographs)
digital photographs
postcards
1
1
1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia: Sponsors
1
2
1996 Olympic Arts Festival: Atlanta, Georgia
1
3
Olympic torches, 1996 and 2002
1
4
1998 Nagano Olympics
1
5
2000 Sydney Olympic Games, tourist pamphlets and ephemera (removed to Manuscrupts)
1
6
2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah
1
7a
2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah, competition venues, digital only. Copyright Salt Lake Organizing Committee
1
7b
2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah, noncompetition venues, digital only. Copyright Salt Lake Organizing Committee
1
7c
2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah, graphics, digital only. Copyright Salt Lake Organizing Committee
1
7d
2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah, general, digital only. Copyright Salt Lake Organizing Committee
1
8
IBC production images, digital only. Copyright Panasonic
1
9
Salt Lake City Olypmic Games, skiiers
1
10
Salt Lake City Olypmic Games, sponsors and partners
1
11a
Salt Lake City Paralympic medal, digital only
1
11b
McDonald's photos, digital only
1
12a
Salt Lake City Olypmic Games, Olympic Legacy Park, December 5, 2002. digital only
1
12b
Salt Lake City Olypmic Games, Olympic Legacy Park Set up, digital only
1
13
2006 Olympics, Torino
1
14
2006 Olympics, Torino, digital only
2
1
Postcards: Australia
2
2
Postcards: Brazil
2
3
Postcards: France
2
4
Postcards: Greece
2
5
Postcards: Italy
2
6
Postcards: Japan
2
7
Postcards: Lausanne, Olympic Museum
2
8
Postcards: Russia
2
9
Postcards: South Africa
2
10
Postcards: Switzerland
2
11
Postcards: Utah
2
12
Michael J. Gorrell
2
13
Olympic Travels: Australia
2
14
Olympic Travels: International Olympic Committee
2
14b
Olympic Travels: Greece
2
15
Olympic Travels: Japan
2
16
Olympic Travels: Lake Placid
2
17
Olympic Travels: Senegal and France
2
18
Olympic Travels: Lausanne
2
19
Portraits of men
2
20
Humor sticker
2
21
Mustard plant
2
22-26
There is no material for these folders.
2
27
Historic mining photos, copy prints
2
28
General: office, friends, family
2
29
Flood
3
1
Salt Lake City Flood