Ole Pettit photograph collection

Ole Pettit photograph collection, circa 1920

Overview of the Collection

Title: Ole Pettit photograph collection
Dates: circa 1920 (inclusive)
19101930
Quantity: 1.6 linear feet, (2 archives boxes) : 74 items
Collection Number: P0087
Summary: The Ole Pettit photograph collection contains portraits of Ole Pettit, friends, and relatives. As well as photographs of various buildings and class reunions.
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

Pettit was active in organizations and schools for the deaf during the early part of twentieth century. His photographs are primarily group portraits of various organizations, some associated with the deaf, but many unidentified.

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

Separated Materials

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Ole Pettit papers (MS 0250).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Pettit Family PhotographsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Portraits of Family, Friends, and Relatives 1: Alfred Dow Young 2: Heimie (?) Braunstein-Friend of Ole Pettit 3: Photo of a group of people including Mrs. Ole (Sena) Pettit and Susan Wertheimer 4: Frank W. Metcalf-Superintendent for the Utah School for the Deaf and Dumb. 1889-1901 5: Portrait of six unidentified ladies including Mrs. Ole (Sena Jensen) Pettit 6: June 11, 1909, Ogden, Utah
1	2	Groups 7-8: Salt Lake City National Fraternal Society of the Deaf Division No. 56 9: Sena Jensen's Class 10: Class Reunion including Alfred Dow Young 11: Deaf Mute Building, University of Utah-West High Campus, circa 1898 12: Church group at back of Tabernacle-Bountiful 13-14: Lambert Manufacturing Co.
1	3	Unidentified groups and landscapes 15-22: Unidentified Photos 23: Saltair Beach postcard, 1918 24: Cobre, Nevada postcard, 1908 25: Ole Pettit and other unidentified men 26. A group of unidentified men standing outside of a building, location not identified. 27: Football players, possibly from the Utah school for the Deaf (see "USD" on shirt), team of 1902. Ole is on the front row, left.
2	1	Groups, oversize 1. Groups of people in front of the Utah School for the Deaf and Blind. The writing in the margin indicates that the left group is deaf and the right group is blind, late 1890s 2. Mr and Mrs Willard Barlow organized a church for the deaf in Bountiful, Utah. Pettits came from Salt Lake to Bountiful on streetcar, 1920s. 3. Football players, possibly from the Utah School for the Deaf (see "USD" on shirt), team of 1900. Ole is on the front row, right corner (dark sweater), Next on right is Elgin Jacobson (from Bountiful), Leo Hawkins is in the striped shirt. Hawkins and Jacobson were carpenters in Bountiful. 4. Utah Association for the Deaf. The 3 boys in the middle window are signing "UAD." Mr. and Mrs. Ole Pettit are 5th and 6th from right on the second row from the top, circa 1910s
2	2	Photo Album of Utah School for the Deaf and Salt Lake This album contains images that are very badly faded. 1-6. Football players, possibly from the Utah School for the Deaf (see "USD" on shirt), some are team shots and some are action, early 1900s. 7-24. Unidentified groups in front of or related to the Utah School for the Deaf in Ogden, Utah. groups include classes, teachers, and the entire school, early 1900-1910s. 25-30: Exterior photos of the Utah School for the Deaf in Ogden, Utah (number 29 is an interior shot of the gym). 31. Saltair with bathers in the lake, circa 1910s. 32. Salt Lake Temple. 33. A large group in horse-drawn wagons, unknown location. 34. Waterfall, Ogden Canyon. 35-38. Unidentified groups in front of or related to the Utah School for the Deaf in Ogden, Utah. groups include classes, teachers, and the entire school, early 1900-1910s. 39. Exterior of the Utah School for the Deaf in Ogden, Utah. 40. Outdoor gathering. 41. Assembly Hall, Temple Square. 42. Brigham Young Monument, Salt Lake City, Utah. 43. Outdoor gathering.	1900-1910s

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Personal Names

Pettit, Ole, 1881-1959--Photographs

Family Names

Pettit family--Photographs

Geographical Names

Salt Lake City (Utah)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

Exterior views
Photographic prints--1880-1920
Portrait photographs--1880-1920

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