Born in 1911 to Joseph Stras Peery and Julina Clarissa Smith, Dr. Joseph Smith Peery pursued a long life of travel and study. He received his undergraduate at the University of Utah with honors, followed by his doctorate from Northwestern University. From 1974-1976, he was the Dean of the College of Business at the University of Utah. He was a professor of finance and economics, earning multiple awards like the Brady Superior Teaching Award in 1992. His work as a businessman began early on when he opened his own store, Seagull Drug, when he was 26. Over the years, he was a strong force in the business world including establishing an MBA program with the United States Air Force in Europe.
Peery was one of 9 children to Joseph Stras Peery. He had six sisters, Luacine, Julina, Elizabeth or Betty, Margaret, Nancy, and Jeanne. He had two brothers David and Paul. Many of the siblings can be seen together at varying ages in the first 8 parts of this finding aide along with his father, mother, and then stepmother years after Joseph Smith Peery's mother's death. The later films show Fern, Joseph's wife and mother of Teri and Tana. There is also footage of Peery's son as well as Fern's sons from previous marriages. Mainly the footage is of family gatherings and trips with his daughters, Teri and Tana.
Beyond his academic life, Peery spent a lot of time traveling. He was one of the first men to run the middle fork of the Salmon River. Many of the films in this collection include footage from around the world as he traveled first as a young man, and then later with Tana and Teri as well as his wife Fern. From New York in the 1930s to London in the 1960s, Peery documented all of these momentous events in his life which are now this collection of audio and visual works.
The Joseph S. Peery collection consists of his home videos spanning his lifetime as well as lecture audio and video on his doctoral subject business and finance.
Some of the material is chronological and by format.
Audio-visual materials can be fragile and require specialized equipment to play back. For this reason, access to audio-visual materials is provided through digital copies, and it might take longer to provide access to items that are not yet digitized. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Joseph S. Peery Audio Visual collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Multimedia Archivist.
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Donated by Tana Peery Hunter in 2007 and J. Craig Peery in 2010.
Processed by Ellyx Jolley in 2014.
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This home movie shows a trip to Coney Island and other famous monuments on the east coast. It appears to be take sometime in the 1930s as the George Washington Bridge was newely opened.
A young Joseph Smith Peery drives cars around before the family poses for pictures including Joe, his two brothers, and six sisters. Jeanne, Peery's half sister, is a babe in arms and Paul, Peery's half brother, is a toddler. It also shows Joseph Strass Peery's mother,
The older children take a trip to New York City in the early 1930s as Hubert Hoover is still president. It shows multiple different tourist attractions like Time Square at night, the Empire State Building and Rockefeller Center. It maybe around Thanksgiving as there is a shot of a large balloon of a turkey.
A young Joseph Smith Peery works in an office,typing. The family also travels to Sacred Grove, an LDS site in western New York. More shots of landscape follow including the National Monument, Plymouth Rock, and the Yale campus.
This film contains ski races and Joseph Smith Peery swinging a golf club.
This footage opens with a shot of Alta Ski Lodge sign. It contains footage of the lifts and different ski runs.
The home movie shows a fishing trip including shots of the cabin, tackle box, and fly fishing on a river.
Includes footage from Joseph and Fern Peery's wedding, vacation with friends, and Christmas
This reel mainly contains footage of Tana as a baby and into her first year. It ends with scenes of Christmas and a baby Teri.
This reel shows various activities with Teri and Tana including building snowmen, playing in the pool, and both of their birthdays.
This reel contains more footage of Teri and Tana starting at Tana's 3rd Birthday.
A selection of shots of of the Peery family including Teri and Tana has children. There are shots of their travels to Yellowstone and other locales.
A selection of shots of of the Peery family including Teri and Tana has children. There are shots of their travels to Yellowstone and other locales.
This reel spans three different Christmases including gift giving and present opening.
This reel spans four Christmases with a variety of holiday festive scenes.
More films of Christmases over the years. Teri and Tana begin to grow older and older.
This reel contains footage of the Peery family in England. It includes many of England's famous sites including Buckingham Palace and the National Gallery.
More footage of Christmas, includes a shot of Peery in dean's robes.
Contains various scenes of London including Buckingham Palace changing of the guard, Big Ben, and Parliament
Contains various scenes of England including Shakespeare's birthplace.
Interesting footage of Berlin including shots of Allied Checkpoints in West Germany.
Presentation made to the top executives of the Union Pacific--2 parts. Joseph Peery emphasizes the importance of real world experience for professors of finance. The three major points of his lecture are the recession, inflation, and 2 major long term problems: 1) Oil, energy, and finding alternative energy 2)Continual attack on institutions and profits.The second part is question and answer.
This video contains a prologue by Perry explaining the trip video made in 1948,1949, and 1952, starting when he was 37. It is followed by a copy of the video of Middle Fork Salmon River.
Fern and Joe with Baby Tana, and Joe and the girls on Thanksgiving Eve-1959
Side A, Joseph S. Peery talking about a variety of things.
Side B
Professor Wallis from University of Chicago and Dr. Joseph Peery discussing the Nixon and Kennedy Debate on KUED.