UUM_P1454.xml Florence Ellen Ware photograph collection Ware (Florence Ellen) photograph collection Finding aid created by Special Collections staff. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-10-15. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Florence Ellen Ware photograph collection Ware, Florence, 1891-1971 P1454 1.6 linear feet 1 oversize archives box 22 items 1910-1945 Florence Ellen Ware (1891-1972) was a Utah artist who taught at the University of Utah. This collection contains photographs of paintings and photographs of Ware and associates dating from 1910 to 1945. English

Florence Ellen Ware (1891-1972) was born on May 6, 1891, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Jennie M. Hartley and Walter E. Ware. Florence Ware was the only child of a successful architect. She was educated in music, art, and ballet from private tutors. From an early age she exhibited artistic skill. As an adult, Ware devoted her life to art training, producing, teaching, and exhibiting. Ware worked in many areas of art, including painting, illustration, costume design, interior design, and mural painting. Ware attended the University of Utah, graduating at age 22. She then studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, graduating with high honors and first in her art class. From there, she moved to California where she studied and painted. Her instructors included J.T. Harwood, Edwin Evans, Charles Hawthorne, and Anna Hills.

After an 18-month tour of Europe and the Middle East in 1928, Ware returned to Utah and began teaching at the University of Utah. In 1940, Ware served as the first president of the Association of Utah Artists. She also founded Ogden's palette club and Utah's "Pageant of the Arts" in American Fork, Utah. She is known for the murals at Kingsbury Hall on the University of Utah campus, which were sponsored by the Works Project Administration (WPA) depict the history of the arts. Ware was also interested in painting nature, particularly flowers, as well as human subjects. Ware's work was recognized with local awards: the Purchase Prize, Utah Art Institution (1928) and an honorary at the Springville Museum of Art (1931). She never married, and died in Salt Lake City, Utah, on November 11, 1971, at the age of 80. (Biography adapted from Florence E. Ware, Utah Artists Project, University of Utah.)

The Florence Ellen Ware photograph collection consists of photograph portraits of Ware and associates, as well as photographs of paintings. Boxes 2-4 contain 3 photograph albums that are made of leather with embossed images on the covers, perhaps created by Ware; one album is empty, the other two contain postcards presumably collected by Ware during travels in the American West. The collection spans 1910 to 1945. These were transferred to the Ware papers, ACCN 2224, in 2026.

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Donated by William C. Seifrit in 2006.

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See also the Florence Ellen Ware papers (ACCN 2224) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

 Ware, Florence, 1891-1971--Photographs Ware, Florence, 1891-1971--Friends and associates--Photographs University of Utah--Alumni and alumnae--Photographs Art Institute of Chicago. School--Alumni and alumnae--Photographs Yellowstone National Park--Photographs West (U.S.)--Photographs Artists--Utah--Photographs Women painters--Utah--Photographs Women artists--Utah--Photographs Painting--Photographs Photographs Photograph albums Postcards Portraits Photographs Teresa Brown 1910 1 1

1: Portrait of a woman, signed "Hearty Greetings to Mr. and Mrs. Frankin for 1910. Yours most sincerely, Teresa Brown." Photo by H. Walter Barnett, Knightsbridge Hyde Park Corner (London).

Painter and residence 1928-1930s 1 2

1-2: Painter with an easel, facing a mountain. 3: Labeled as "1184 First Avenue" residence, but looks to be a different house than the rest. 4-9: Labeled as "1184 First Avenue" residence, outside Winter scenes.

Photographs of paintings circa 1930s 1 3

1-4: Mountain scenes, paintings

"The Errand" circa 1920s 1 4

1: "The Errand," photo by Thomas O. Sheckell. Back of the photo has both 1920 and 1921 on it.

Young girl circa 1900 1 5

These items are badly faded. Young girl is possibly Ware, no identifying information.

1-4: Portrait of a young girl, photo by Shiper and Son photographers 5-7: Portrait of a young girl