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Walter Cottam slide collection, 1960-1970s

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Cottam, Walter Pace, 1894-
Title
Walter Cottam slide collection
Dates
1960-1970s (inclusive)
Quantity
35 boxes
Collection Number
P0007
Summary
The Walter Cottam slide collection includes slides of many varieties of plants, trees, and flowers. There are also views of various locations in Utah and the West. Cottam was a Botany professor at the University of Utah from 1931-1962 and gave his name to the Cottam Gulch area of the lower campus.
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
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Content Description

Walter Cottam was a Botany professor at the University of Utah from 1931-1962 and gave his name to the Cottam Gulch area of the lower campus. He is well-known for his work on hybrid oaks. His collection includes slides of many varieties of plants, trees, and flowers. There are also views of various locations in Utah and the West.

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Use of the Collection

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.

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Administrative Information

Processing Note

Processed by Multimedia staff.

Separated Materials

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Walter Cottam papers (ACCN 1152).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Flowers
    Container: Box 1, Item 1-340
  • Description: Flowers
    Container: Box 1, Item 341-486
  • Description: Cacti
    Container: Box 1, Item 487-538
  • Description: Brush
    Container: Box 1, Item 539-660
  • Description: Brush
    Container: Box 1, Item 661-674
  • Description: Plants
    Container: Box 1, Item 675-753
  • Description: Aeriel Views of Landscape
    Container: Box 1, Item 754-798
  • Description: Winter Scenes
    Container: Box 1, Item 799-853
  • Description: Miscellaneous
    Container: Box 1, Item 854-940
  • Description: Rock Formations
    Container: Box 1, Item 941-1283
  • Description: Water
    Container: Box 1, Item 1284-1320
  • Description: Water
    Container: Box 2, Item 1321-1491
  • Description: Landscape
    Container: Box 2, Item 1492-1804
  • Description: Trees, identified
    Container: Box 2, Item 1804-1840
  • Description: Trees, identified
    Container: Box 2, Item 1841-2018
  • Description: Trees, identified and unidentified
    Container: Box 2, Item 2019-2200
  • Description: Trees, unidentified
    Container: Box 2, Item 2201-2475
  • Description: Tree experiments
    Container: Box 2, Item 2476-2512
  • Description: Saratoga, California Experiment Station
    Container: Box 2, Item 2513-2620
  • Description: England
    Container: Box 3, Item 2621-2826
  • Description: Canada
    Container: Box 3, Item 2827-2842
  • Description: British Columbia
    Container: Box 3, Item 2843-2869
  • Description: Jasper
    Container: Box 3, Item 2870-2904
  • Description: Lake Louise
    Container: Box 3, Item 2905-2906
  • Description: Scotland
    Container: Box 3, Item 2907-2920
  • Description: Scotland
    Container: Box 3, Item 2921-2924
  • Description: France
    Container: Box 3, Item 2925-2932
  • Description: Germany
    Container: Box 3, Item 2933-2956
  • Description: Mexico, People
    Container: Box 3, Item 2957-2971
  • Description: Mexico, Buildings
    Container: Box 3, Item 2972-3005
  • Description: Mexico, Vegetation
    Container: Box 3, Item 3006-3078
  • Description: Mexico, Ruins
    Container: Box 3, Item 3079-3127
  • Description: Mexico, Miscellaneous
    Container: Box 3, Item 3128-3131
  • Description: Mexico, Scenery
    Container: Box 3, Item 3132-3191
  • Description: Abago Mountains
    Container: Box 3, Item 3192-3297
  • Description: Alta, Utah
    Container: Box 3, Item 3298-3300
  • Description: Alta, Utah
    Container: Box 3, Item 3301-3305
  • Description: American Fork Canyon
    Container: Box 3, Item 3306-3316
  • Description: Aquarius Plateau
    Container: Box 3, Item 3317-3323
  • Description: Arches National Park
    Container: Box 3, Item 3324-3333
  • Description: Bear Lake and River
    Container: Box 3, Item 3334-3347
  • Description: Beaver River
    Container: Box 3, Item 3348-3349
  • Description: Big Cottonwood Canyon
    Container: Box 3, Item 3350-3382
  • Description: Big Rock Candy Mountain
    Container: Box 3, Item 3383
  • Description: Blacksmith Fork
    Container: Box 3, Item 3384-3385
  • Description: Brighton, Utah
    Container: Box 3, Item 3386-3422
  • Description: Bryce Canyon
    Container: Box 3, Item 3423-3445
  • Description: Buckhorn Draw
    Container: Box 3, Item 3446-3448
  • Description: Bullfrog
    Container: Box 3, Item 3449
  • Description: Canyonlands
    Container: Box 3, Item 3450-3451
  • Description: Capitol Reef
    Container: Box 3, Item 3452
  • Description: Cedar Breaks
    Container: Box 3, Item 3453-3458
  • Description: Clear Creek
    Container: Box 3, Item 3459
  • Description: Coalville, Utah
    Container: Box 3, Item 3460
  • Description: Colorado River
    Container: Box 3, Item 3461-3477
  • Description: Cove Fort
    Container: Box 3, Item 3478-3479
  • Description: Danish Ranch
    Container: Box 3, Item 3480-3484
  • Description: Davis Watershed
    Container: Box 3, Item 3485
  • Description: Deadhorse Point
    Container: Box 3, Item 3486
  • Description: Deer Creek
    Container: Box 3, Item 3487-3491
  • Description: Delta Area
    Container: Box 3, Item 3492-3502
  • Description: Diamond Fork
    Container: Box 3, Item 3503-3508
  • Description: Dick Canyon
    Container: Box 3, Item 3509
  • Description: Dirty Devil
    Container: Box 3, Item 3510-3521
  • Description: Dixie
    Container: Box 3, Item 3522-3537
  • Description: Dugway
    Container: Box 3, Item 3538-3539
  • Description: East Canyon
    Container: Box 3, Item 3540-3543
  • Description: Emigration Canyon
    Container: Box 3, Item 3544
  • Description: Ferron
    Container: Box 3, Item 3545-3554
  • Description: Fish Lake
    Container: Box 3, Item 3555-3556
  • Description: Fort Harmony
    Container: Box 3, Item 3557-3564
  • Description: Fremont
    Container: Box 3, Item 3565
  • Description: Fruita
    Container: Box 3, Item 3566-3567
  • Description: Gorgoza
    Container: Box 3, Item 3568
  • Description: Grantsville, Utah
    Container: Box 3, Item 3569-3570
  • Description: Great Salt Lake
    Container: Box 3, Item 3571-3575
  • Description: Grantsville, Utah
    Container: Box 3, Item 3576-3579
  • Description: Hanksville, Utah
    Container: Box 3, Item 3580-3582
  • Description: Hardware Ranch
    Container: Box 3, Item 3583-3585
  • Description: Heber, Utah
    Container: Box 3, Item 3586-3587
  • Description: Henry Mountains
    Container: Box 3, Item 3588-3590
  • Description: Hobble Creek
    Container: Box 3, Item 3591-3599
  • Description: Hole-in-the-Rock
    Container: Box 3, Item 3600
  • Description: Huntsville, Utah
    Container: Box 3, Item 3601-3603
  • Description: Hurricane
    Container: Box 3, Item 3604
  • Description: Jordan River
    Container: Box 3, Item 3605
  • Description: Kamas Area
    Container: Box 3, Item 3606-3609
  • Description: Kanab, Utah
    Container: Box 3, Item 3610-3623
  • Description: Little Cottonwood Canyon
    Container: Box 3, Item 3624-3627
  • Description: Logan Canyon
    Container: Box 3, Item 3628-3632
  • Description: Long Valley
    Container: Box 3, Item 3633
  • Description: Mantua, Utah
    Container: Box 3, Item 3634-3637
  • Description: Mapleton
    Container: Box 3, Item 3638
  • Description: Midway
    Container: Box 3, Item 3639-3641
  • Description: Millcreek
    Container: Box 3, Item 3642-3644
  • Description: Moab
    Container: Box 3, Item 3645-3646
  • Description: Mona
    Container: Box 3, Item 3647-3654
  • Description: Monte Cristo
    Container: Box 3, Item 3655-3657
  • Description: Mount Lofer
    Container: Box 3, Item 3658-3659
  • Description: Mount Nebo
    Container: Box 3, Item 3660-3691
  • Description: Mount Timpanogos
    Container: Box 3, Item 3692-3705
  • Description: Natural Bridges National Monument
    Container: Box 3, Item 3706
  • Description: Nephi
    Container: Box 3, Item 3707
  • Description: Nine-Mile Canyon
    Container: Box 3, Item 3708-3709
  • Description: Ogden Area
    Container: Box 3, Item 3710-3711
  • Description: Park City
    Container: Box 3, Item 3712-3713
  • Description: Parley's Canyon
    Container: Box 3, Item 3714-3719
  • Description: Pavant Plateau
    Container: Box 3, Item 3720-3732
  • Description: Payson Canyon
    Container: Box 3, Item 3733-3736
  • Description: Perry Canyon
    Container: Box 3, Item 3737-3750
  • Description: Pine Valley Mountains
    Container: Box 3, Item 3751-3759
  • Description: Point of the Mountain
    Container: Box 3, Item 3760-3761
  • Description: Poison Spring Canyon
    Container: Box 3, Item 3762
  • Description: Price Area
    Container: Box 3, Item 3763-3772
  • Description: Provo Canyon
    Container: Box 3, Item 3773-3776
  • Description: Red Butte Canyon
    Container: Box 3, Item 3777-3778
  • Description: Rock Canyon, Provo
    Container: Box 4, Item 3779-3783
  • Description: St. George, Utah
    Container: Box 4, Item 3784-3800
  • Description: San Rafael Swell
    Container: Box 4, Item 3801-3806
  • Description: Santa Clara
    Container: Box 4, Item 3807-3810
  • Description: Santaquin Canyon
    Container: Box 4, Item 3811-3818
  • Description: Sevier
    Container: Box 4, Item 3819-3820
  • Description: Sheeprock Mountains
    Container: Box 4, Item 3821-3823
  • Description: Sigurd
    Container: Item 3824
  • Description: Soapstone
    Container: Box 4, Item 3825
  • Description: Springville
    Container: Box 4, Item 3826-3827
  • Description: Star Valley
    Container: Box 4, Item 3828
  • Description: Strawberry River
    Container: Box 4, Item 3829
  • Description: Summit Canyon
    Container: Box 4, Item 3830-3831
  • Description: Thompson
    Container: Box 4, Item 3832
  • Description: South Willow Creek, Stansbury
    Container: Box 4, Item 3833-3863
  • Description: Timpanogos
    Container: Box 4, Item 3864-3882
  • Description: Tooele Valley
    Container: Box 4, Item 3883-3885
  • Description: Topaz
    Container: Box 4, Item 3886-3892
  • Description: Twelve-Mile Canyon
    Container: Box 4, Item 3893
  • Description: Twin Peaks
    Container: Box 4, Item 3894-3896
  • Description: Uinta Mountains
    Container: Box 4, Item 3897-3919
  • Description: Utah Lake
    Container: Box 4, Item 3920-3926
  • Description: Virgin River
    Container: Box 4, Item 3927-3935
  • Description: Volcanos
    Container: Box 4, Item 3936-3938
  • Description: Wasatch Mountains
    Container: Box 4, Item 3939-3959
  • Description: Wayne River
    Container: Box 4, Item 3960-3982
  • Description: Weber River
    Container: Box 4, Item 3983-3984
  • Description: White Canyon
    Container: Box 4, Item 3985-3990
  • Description: White Pine Canyon
    Container: Box 4, Item 3991-3994
  • Description: Willard Peak
    Container: Box 4, Item 3995-4000
  • Description: Zion National Park
    Container: Box 4, Item 4001
  • Description: Alaska Range
    Container: Box 4, Item 4002-4007
  • Description: Arizona
    Container: Box 4, Item 4008-4016
  • Description: California
    Container: Box 4, Item 4017-4046
  • Description: Death Valley
    Container: Box 4, Item 4047-4056
  • Description: Disneyland Trip
    Container: Box 4, Item 4057-4063
  • Description: Glacier Park
    Container: Box 4, Item 4064-4086
  • Description: Grand Canyon
    Container: Box 4, Item 4087-4092
  • Description: Idaho
    Container: Box 4, Item 4093-4116
  • Description: Jackson Hole and the Tetons
    Container: Box 4, Item 4117-4140
  • Description: Lake Mead
    Container: Box 4, Item 4141-4155
  • Description: Massachusetts
    Container: Box 4, Item 4156-4158
  • Description: Montana
    Container: Box 4, Item 4159-4165
  • Description: Mount Trumbull
    Container: Box 4, Item 4166-4172
  • Description: Nevada
    Container: Box 4, Item 4173-4183
  • Description: New Mexico
    Container: Box 4, Item 4184-4189
  • Description: Olympic Mountain Park
    Container: Box 4, Item 4190-4195
  • Description: Rain Forest
    Container: Box 4, Item 4196
  • Description: Oregon
    Container: Box 4, Item 4197-4232
  • Description: Sequoia National Park
    Container: Box 4, Item 4233-4241
  • Description: Sinton, Texas
    Container: Box 4, Item 4242-4245
  • Description: South Dakota
    Container: Box 4, Item 4246-4249
  • Description: Toroweep Valley
    Container: Box 4, Item 4250-4270
  • Description: Washington
    Container: Box 4, Item 4271-4281
  • Description: Wrangell Mountains
    Container: Box 4, Item 4282-4285
  • Description: Yellowstone
    Container: Box 4, Item 4286-4293
  • Description: Yellowstone
    Container: Box 4, Item 4294-4295
  • Description: Yosemite
    Container: Box 4, Item 4296-4312
  • Description: Zion National Park
    Container: Box 4, Item 4313-4318
  • Description: Animals, Birds, Reptiles
    Container: Box 4, Item 4319-4367
  • Description: Cottam Oak Grove Dedication
    Container: Box 4, Item 4368-4376
  • Description: Death Valley
    Container: Box 4, Item 4377-4381
  • Description: Erosion Examples
    Container: Box 4, Item 4382-4408
  • Description: Illustrations and Maps
    Container: Box 4, Item 4409-4452
  • Description: Miscellaneous
    Container: Box 4, Item 4453-4483
  • Description: Buildings and Towns
    Container: Box 4, Item 4484-4549
  • Description: Fall Slides
    Container: Box 4, Item 4550-4557
  • Description: Fossils
    Container: Box 4, Item 4558
  • Description: House Construction
    Container: Box 4, Item 4559-4619
  • Description: Petroglyphs
    Container: Box 4, Item 4620-4672
  • Description: University of Utah
    Container: Box 4, Item 4673-4676
  • Description: Wetlands
    Container: Box 4, Item 4677-4690
  • Description: People (some identification)
    Container: Box 4, Item 4691-4713
  • Description: People (some identification)
    Container: Box 4, Item 4714-4769
  • Description: People (no identification)
    Container: Box 4, Item 4770-4956
  • Description: Southern Utah Landscapes and Topography
    Container: Box 5, Folder 1, Item 1-67
  • Description: University of Utah Students, Staff, and Faculty
    Container: Box 5, Folder 2, Item 1-41
  • Description: Geology Studies
    Container: Box 5, Folder 3, Item 1-16
  • Description: Utah landscapes and nature
    Container: Box 5, Folder 4, Item 1-70
  • Description: Cactus
    Container: Box 5, Folder 5, Item 1-2
  • Description: Trees
    Container: Box 6, Folder 1, Item 1-58
  • Description: Rivers and Rocks
    Container: Box 6, Folder 2, Item 1-18
  • Description: Desert and brush
    Container: Box 6, Folder 3, Item 1-86
  • Description: portraits
    Container: Box 6, Folder 4, Item 1-24
  • Description: flowers
    Container: Box 6, Folder 5, Item 1-35
  • Description: mountains and hills
    Container: Box 6, Folder 6, Item 1-42
  • Description: home and family
    Container: Box 7, Folder 1, Item 1-78
  • Description: mountains and desert
    Container: Box 7, Folder 2, Item 1-39
  • Description: trees, field shots
    Container: Box 7, Folder 3, Item 1-20
  • Description: travel
    Dates: 1970
    Container: Box 7, Folder 4, Item 1-41
  • Description: Toroweap Transect
    Dates: 1952, 1964
    Container: Box 7, Folder 5, Item 1-46
  • Description: Bea Fowler's Children
    Container: Box 7, Folder 6, Item 1-51
  • Description: Provo Canyon
    Container: Box 7, Folder 7, Item 1-9
  • Description: American Cork Canyon
    Container: Box 7, Folder 8, Item 1-25
  • Description: trees
    Container: Box 8, Folder 1, Item 1-76
  • Description: Aspen Aquarius Plateau
    Container: Box 8, Folder 2, Item 1-12
  • Description: Mount Nebo
    Dates: 1959-1963
    Container: Box 8, Folder 3, Item 1-62
  • Description: Maze area
    Dates: 1964
    Container: Box 8, Folder 4, Item 1-36
  • Description: Liberty Park
    Dates: 1966-1968
    Container: Box 8, Folder 5, Item 1-19
  • Description: Northern Utah and Idaho
    Container: Box 8, Folder 6, Item 1-48
  • Description: Hobble Creek
    Container: Box 8, Folder 7, Item 1-5
  • Description: Perry Canyon
    Dates: 1960
    Container: Box 8, Folder 8, Item 1-11
  • Description: Chapel Glenn
    Dates: 1962
    Container: Box 8, Folder 9, Item 1-6
  • Description: Little Cottonwood Canyon
    Dates: 1960
    Container: Box 8, Folder 10, Item 1-11
  • Description: Salt Lake Areas
    Container: Box 8, Folder 11, Item 1-13
  • Description: Wastach Mountains
    Container: Box 8, Folder 12, Item 1-34
  • Description: Toroweap
    Dates: 1952
    Container: Box 9, Folder 1, Item 1-88
  • Description: trees and landslides
    Container: Box 9, Folder 2, Item 1-7
  • Description: Field Studies
    Container: Box 9, Folder 3, Item 1-72
  • Description: Petroglyphs
    Container: Box 9, Folder 4, Item 1-11
  • Description: family and friends
    Container: Box 9, Folder 5, Item 1-64
  • Description: California
    Dates: 1937
    Container: Box 9, Folder 6, Item 1-21
  • Description: Timpanogos Aspens
    Dates: 1951
    Container: Box 9, Folder 7, Item 1-15
  • Description: Salt flats and East Wendover
    Dates: 1943
    Container: Box 9, Folder 8, Item 1-6
  • Description: Doctor Storkey
    Container: Box 9, Folder 9, Item 1-9
  • Description: dust storms
    Dates: 1931-37
    Container: Box 9, Folder 10, Item 1-30
  • Description: Mount Nebo: North Creek, Santaquin Canyon
    Container: Box 10, Folder 1, Item 1-45
  • Description: Ponderosa Pine Line transect
    Container: Box 10, Folder 2, Item 1-17
  • Description: Univesity of Utah student activities
    Container: Box 10, Folder 3, Item 1-18
  • Description: University of Utah field studies, students, colleagues
    Container: Box 10, Folder 4, Item 1-83
  • Description: transect 3,4,5,6,8
    Dates: 1949
    Container: Box 10, Folder 5, Item 1-71
  • Description: Albion Basin, Little Cottonwood Canyon
    Container: Box 10, Folder 6, Item 1-4
  • Description: family and friends
    Container: Box 10, Folder 7, Item 1-54
  • Description: family and friends
    Container: Box 10, Folder 8, Item 1-48
  • Description: A. Perry Plummer
    Container: Box 11, Folder 1, Item 1-20
  • Description: flowers
    Container: Box 11, Folder 2, Item 1-54
  • Description: travel
    Container: Box 11, Folder 3, Item 1-34
  • Description: structures and buildings
    Container: Box 11, Folder 4, Item 1-17
  • Description: Bryce Canyon National Park
    Container: Box 11, Folder 5, Item 1-7
  • Description: Deserrt
    Container: Box 11, Folder 6, Item 1-90
  • Description: canyon, forest, and mountain landscapes
    Container: Box 11, Folder 7, Item 1-86
  • Description: Field study specimens
    Container: Box 11, Folder 8, Item 1-34
  • Description: rivers, lakes, and reservoirs
    Container: Box 11, Folder 9, Item 1-48
  • Description: brush and flora
    Container: Box 11, Folder 10, Item 1-87
  • Description: Toroweap
    Dates: 1954
    Container: Box 11, Folder 11, Item 1-8
  • Description: home and family
    Container: Box 11, Folder 12, Item 1-46
  • Description: Flathead lake, Montana
    Dates: 1962
    Container: Box 11, Folder 13, Item 1-11
  • Description: Glass Lantern Slides

    • G1-13: Trees
    • G14-24: Blooms
    • G25-32: Mountain sides

    Container: Box 12
  • Description: Glass Lantern Slides

    • G1-7: Tundra
    • G8-13: Desert
    • G14-21: Shores
    • G22-32: In the mountains

    Container: Box 13
  • Description: Glass Lantern Slides

    • G1-32: Blooms

    Container: Box 14
  • Description: Glass Lantern Slides

    • G1-32: Desert

    Container: Box 15
  • Description: Glass Lantern Slides

    • G1-9: Tundra
    • G10-31: Santa Clara and Virgin Narrows

    Container: Box 16
  • Description: Glass Lantern Slides

    • G1-10: Blooms
    • G11-32: Landscapes

    Container: Box 17
  • Description: Glass Lantern Slides

    • G1-11: Mountains
    • G12-32: Valleys

    Container: Box 18
  • Description: Glass Lantern Slides

    • G1-32: Desert

    Container: Box 19
  • Description: Glass Lantern Slides

    • G1-23: Forest, Mountain, Desert Ecosystem
    • G24-32: Blooms

    Container: Box 20
  • Description: Glass Lantern Slides

    • G1-21: La Sals

    Container: Box 21
  • Description: Glass Lantern Slides

    • G1-30: Blooms
    • G31-32: Biomes

    Container: Box 22
  • Description: Glass Lantern Slides

    • G1-32: Blooms

    Container: Box 23-25
  • Description: Glass Lantern Slides

    • G1-32: Desert Blooms

    Container: Box 26
  • Description: Glass Lantern Slides

    • G1-32: Blooms

    Container: Box 27
  • Description: Glass Lantern Slides

    • G1-25: Blooms
    • G26-32: Utah Lakes and Landscapes

    Container: Box 28
  • Description: Glass Lantern Slides

    • G1-32: Desert Landscapes

    Container: Box 29
  • Description: Glass Lantern Slides

    • G1-32: Landscapes

    Container: Box 30
  • Description: Glass Lantern Slides

    • G1-32: Four Seasons in the Valley

    Container: Box 31
  • Description: Glass Lantern Slides

    • G1-22: Landscapes
    • G23-27: Native Settlements
    • G28-30: Wildlife
    • G31-32: Modern Buildings

    Container: Box 32
  • Description: Glass Lantern Slides

    • G1-4: Native Settlements
    • G5-10: Wilderness
    • G11-17: Forest fire
    • G18-25: Rivers and Creeks
    • G26-30: Davis County Flood
    • G31-32: Wildlife

    Container: Box 33
  • Description: Glass Lantern Slides

    • G1-32: Sequoia Tree-search

    Container: Box 34
  • Description: Glass Lantern Slides

    • G1-29: Sequoias

    Container: Box 35