J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Alberta Henry photograph collection
Henry, Alberta, 1920-2005
P1158
1 box
153 images
1919-2000
The Alberta Henry photograph collection includes personal family portraits, candid photographs, and images of Alberta Henry with Governor Calvin Rampton, Ted Kennedy, and Wayne Owens.
English
Alberta Hill Henry (1920-2005) was born in Hosston, Louisiana, where her parents worked as sharecroppers. The family moved to Topeka, Kansas in 1923. After graduating from high school in 1939, she and her husband bought a share in a restaurant in Topeka. Following a serious illness in 1948, Henry divorced her husband and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah to recover in 1949. She took a job as a housekeeper and met Harold Henry, whom she married in 1950. They adopted two children, Julia and Wendell. In 1965, she founded the Alberta Henry Education Foundation, which provides college scholarships to underprivileged students. In 1967 she was hired as a teacher's aide at the first Head Start Center in Salt Lake City and eventually became the parent coordinator. She left that job in 1972 to become a minority consultant for the Salt Lake County School District. She retired from that position in 1986. She recieved an honorary doctorate from the University of Utah in 1971, and a B.S. in Elementary Education in 1980 (at the age of 59). Henry was also the President of the Salt Lake City NAACP for twelve years, from 1980 to 1992. She has also been involved in numerous community and government organizations, including the Altrusa Club, Utah Commission on Civil Rights, and the Governor's Black Advisory Council.
The Alberta Henry photograph collection includes personal family portraits, candid photographs, and images of Alberta Henry with Governor Calvin Rampton, Ted Kennedy, and Wayne Owens.
Collection is arranged topically.
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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Donated by Alberta Henry and Charlotte Starks in 2005.
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See also the Alberta Henry papers (Accn 2069) located in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.
Forms part of the
Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archive.
Henry, Alberta, 1920-2005--Photographs
Henry, Alberta, 1920-2005--Family--Photographs
Rampton, Calvin L., 1913-2007--Photographs
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009--Photographs
Owens, Wayne, 1937-2002--Photographs
Dooley, James E.--Photographs
Jemison, Mae, 1956---Photographs
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Salt Lake City chapter--History--Photographs
University of Utah--Alumni and alumnae--Photographs
African American women--Social life and customs--20th century--Photographs
African Americans--Utah--Photographs
Education--Minorities--Utah--Photographs
African Americans--Social life and customs--20th century--Photographs
African American civil rights workers--Utah--20th century--Photographs
African American political activists--Utah--20th century--Photographs
African American women civic leaders --Utah--20th century--Photographs
African American women educators--Utah--20th century--Photographs
African American families --20th century--Photographs
African American veterans--Photographs
Political conventions--Utah--Photographs
Civil rights demonstrations--Utah--Salt Lake City--20th century--Photographs
Black History Week--Utah
Discrimination in education--Utah
Education--Utah--History--Sources
Photographs
African Americans
Civil Rights
black-and-white photographs
Studio portraits
color photographs
Alberta Henry
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- 1: Unidentified woman, unidentified man, unidentified male child, and three unidentified female children
- 2: Unidentified man and three unidentified women sitting in a booth at a restaurant
- 3: Unidentified man and three unidentified women sitting at a table
- 4: Two unidentified women
- 5: Alberta Henry
- 6: Alberta Henry
- 7: Alberta Henry
- 8: Alberta Henry
- 9: Alberta Henry, February 1975
- 10: Alberta Henry wearing graduation cap and gown, June 1980
- 11: Alberta Henry speaking to students
- 12: Alberta Henry and two unidentified men
- 13: Two unidentified women sitting, working at a table
- 14: Unidentified group of people
- 15: Two unidentified women sitting, working at a table
- 16: Unidentified woman
- 17: Two unidentified people sitting, working at a table
- 18: Three unidentified women sitting at a table
- 19: Unidentified group of people
- 20: Unidentified group of people
- 21-39: Photo negatives of unidentified people
- 40-43: Contact prints of Alberta Henry with unidentified man
Portraits of Alberta Henry
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- 1: Alberta Henry
- 2: Alberta Henry. Writing on photograph reads: "Love your daughter, Alberta"
- 3: Alberta Henry, wearing white sweater
- 4: Alberta Henry, wearing white sweater, smiling
- 5: Alberta Henry, sitting in a chair at a desk
- 6: Alberta Henry
- 7: Alberta Henry reading The Bible
- 8: Alberta Henry
- 9: Alberta Henry standing in front of her framed awards
- 10: Alberta Henry, sitting in a pew in a church
Portraits Harold Lloyd Henry
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3
- 1: Harold Lloyd Henry wearing military uniform, arms folded, leaning against an automobile
- 2: Harold Lloyd Henry
Family Pictures
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4
- 1: Three unidentified girls and one unidentified boy
- 2: Unidentified girl standing next to car
- 3: Unidentifed woman and unidentified man
- 4: Two unidentified women and two unidentified men
- 5: Unidentified group of people
- 6: Five unidentified women sitting at a table
- 7: Three unidentified women sitting at a table
- 8: Alberta Henry and two unidentified women sitting at a table
- 9: Alberta Henry and unidentified group sitting in front of a Christmas tree
- 10: Alberta Henry and unidentified group sitting on a sofa, with Christmas tree in background
Civic Involvement
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- 1: Alberta Henry, Governor Calvin Rampton, and unidentified girl and woman. Great Seal of the State of Utah is on the wall in the background
- 2: Alberta Henry and unidentified man
- 3: Alberta Henry at the Democratic State Convention, 1974
- 4: Alberta Henry and unidentified man at Democratic State Convention, 1974
- 5: Alberta Henry and unidentified man at Owen for Senator event
- 6: Alberta Henry and unidentified man, July 1974
- 7: Alberta Henry at the front door of a house, holding pamphlets titled "Vote Alberta Henry. West Side Pride!". August, 1972
- 8: Alberta Henry sitting at a table covered with "Vote Alberta Henry" pamphlets, talking on the phone
- 9: Unidentified group on the steps of the Utah State Capitol
- 10-44 Contact sheet featuring unidentified people inside the Utah State Capitol and unidentified people on the grounds
- 45: Two unidentified men talking
- 46: Alberta Henry at podium at a NAACP Salt Lake City, Utah event, 1977
- 47: Alberta Henry, unidentified young man and unidentified woman
- 48: Martin Luther King, Jr. exhibit at Backman School, 1981
- 49: Alberta Henry speaking at Black History Week luncheon, Dugway Community Club, 1985
- 50: Alberta Henry and unidentified man standing at podium at Black History Week luncheon, Dugway Community Club, 1985
- 51: Alberta Henry and unidentified man sitting at a table at Black History Week luncheon, Dugway Community Club, 1985
Candids
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- 1: Unidentified woman and unidentified man, 1975
- 2: Unidentified woman, 1975
- 3: Unidentified man and unidentified child
- 4: Marsha Boyd, 1972
- 5: Unidentified woman, 1975
- 6: Unidentified man, 1975
- 7: Unidentified woman, 1975
- 8: Unidentified man, 1975
- 9: Unidentified man, 1975
- 10: Unidentified woman, 1975
- 11: Unidentified group, 1970
- 12: Unidentified woman and unidentified child
- 13: Unidentified child
- 14: Unidentified man, 1970
- 15: Alberta Henry, unidentified man and unidentified woman
University of Utah
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- 1: Alberta Henry receiving her degree from unidentified man, University of Utah, Graduate School of Education. June 7, 1980
- 2: Park Building, University of Utah
Alberta Henry Graduation
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- 1: Alberta Henry
- 2: Alberta Henry wearing graduation gown
- 3: Alberta Henry, smiling, wearing graduation gown
- 4: Alberta Henry wearing graduation cap
- 5: Alberta Henry wearing graduation cap
- 6: Alberta Henry wearing graduation cap
Activism
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- 1: Alberta Henry, Governor Calvin Rampton, and unidentified group
- 2: Alberta Henry and two unidentified women
- 3: Mrs. Richard McFarland, Richard, Mrs. Alberta Henry, and Tonya McFarland
- 4: Alberta Henry and unidentified female child
- 5: Alberta Henry shaking hands with Ted Kennedy. Also pictured: Joan Kennedy and Wayne Owens. November 8, 1971
- 6: Dr. Mae C. Jemison, NASA Astronaut Candidate. December 9, 1987
- 7: Olene Walker, unidentified woman, and unidentified man at Governor's Initiative on Families Today, Young Achievers Conference
Personal
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- 1: Mr. Jackson Palmer and unidentified woman, September 26, 1919
- 2: Unidentified male child
- 3: Unidentified female child
- 4: Unidentified man
- 5: Unidentified man
- 6: Unidentified man
- 7: Alberta Henry and unidentified man