Edna Peterson Price photograph collection

Edna Peterson Price photograph collection, 1930-1940

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Price, Edna Peterson
Title: Edna Peterson Price photograph collection
Dates: 1930-1940 (inclusive)
19301940
Quantity: .2 linear feet, (1 archives box) : 26 photographs on scrapbook pages
Collection Number: P1002
Summary: The Edna Peterson Price photograph collection largely consists of photos from the University of Utah Orchesis Dance 1931 spring concert, Dance Drama. The collection also includes images from a trip to Zion National Park, and a portrait of Edna Peterson Price as a teacher at Davis High School. This collection has been digitized and is available online in our Digital Library.
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

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Edna May Peterson Price (1909-2007) was born May 18, 1909 to Joseph Ulrich Peterson and Anna Goffe in Salt Lake City, Utah—the third of ten children. Edna grew up in Salt Lake City, attending Wasatch Elementary, Bryant Jr. High, and West High School. While in university, Edna danced in the Orchesis Club, was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, and was President of the Women's Athletic Association. She graduated from the University of Utah in 1931 with a B.S. in Physical Education. She married Walter G. "Pete" Price September 5, 1934 in the Salt Lake Temple. They enjoyed 43 years together. Edna worked as a lifeguard at Lagoon with Pete, and organized Red Cross Life Saving classes. She taught at Davis, Jordan Jr., Clayton Jr., and Southeast Jr. High Schools for 21 years. She received an Honor Award from the Utah Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation for 1969-70, and was nominated for Teacher of the Year in 1970. Over her life, Edna held offices for the YWCA, the Reserve Officers Association Ladies Club, the Utah State Legislative Council, Salt Lake Council of Women, and was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints—teaching dance and participating in church-wide dance festivals.

Orchesis was a national dance organization originally founded in Wisconsin in 1917. Over the 1920s, Orchesis dance clubs became popular in universities across the United States. The University of Utah chapter of Orchesis was established in 1931 by Myrtle Clancy Knudson and Blanche Hayes. In 1931 the Spring Orchesis Concert, "Dance Drama," was held in the recently completed Kingsbury Hall. Until 1931, all Orchesis dance performances were held outdoors. From this time, the Orchesis performances were staged regularly within the theatre.

Biographical note taken from obituary in the Deseret News, May 7, 2007

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Edna Peterson Price photograph collection largely consists of photos from the University of Utah Orchesis Dance 1931 spring concert, Dance Drama. The collection also includes images from a trip to Zion National Park, and a portrait of Edna Peterson Price as a teacher at Davis High School.

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

Arrangement

Original order of pages maintained.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Edna Peterson Price on July 23, 2001.

Processing Note

Processed by Photo Archives Staff.

Related Materials

See P1001 Melba Goff Matthews Photograph Collection for more images of Orchesis performances in this time period.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Zion, Davis High, Dance P1002n01_01_001 : View of canyon and trees in snow, Zion National Park P1002n01_01_002 : Price family car, driving into tunnel, Zion National Park P1002n01_01_003 : View of canyon and forest, Zion National Park P1002n01_01_004--005 : Orchesis dancers performing in spring concert "Dance Drama," Kingsbury Hall, 1931 P1002n01_01_006 : "Mop Dance," choreographed and performed by Edna Price P1002n01_01_007 : Orchesis dancers performing in "Religious Fanatic," 1931 P1002n01_01_008 : Orchesis dancers performing in "Leaders of Men," 1931 P1002n01_01_009 : Orchesis dancers performing in spring concert "Dance Drama," Kingsbury Hall, 1931 P1002n01_01_010 : "Penguins," Orchesis dancers performing in spring concert, 1931 P1002n01_01_011 : Orchesis dancers performing in spring concert "Dance Drama," Kingsbury Hall, 1931 P1002n01_01_012 : Ada Chamberlain Irvine (left) and Kay Whittemore (right) dancing in Orchesis spring concert, 1931 P1002n01_01_013 : "The Penguins," Orchesis dancers performing in spring concert, 1931 P1002n01_01_014 : Junior Orchesis dancers performing in spring concert "Dance Drama," Kingsbury Hall, 1931 P1002n01_01_015 : Margaret Stagg, junior orchesis dancer, performing in "Scarf Dance," 1931 P1002n01_01_016--018 : Orchesis dancers performing in spring concert "Dance Drama," Kingsbury Hall, 1931 P1002n01_01_019 : Orchesis dancers performing in dance inspired by sufi whirling dervishes, Kingsbury Hall, 1931; performers include Edna Price and Jean Poulsen P1002n01_01_020 : Orchesis dancers performing in spring concert "Dance Drama," Kingsbury Hall, 1931 P1002n01_01_021 : Orchesis dancers performing in "Italian Street Song," 1931 P1002n01_01_022 : Orchesis dancers performing in "Religious Fanatic," 1931 P1002n01_01_023 : Melba Goff performing in lead role, orchesis spring concert "Dance Drama," Kingsbury Hall, 1931 P1002n01_01_024 : Orchesis dancers performing in a maypole dance, Kingsbury Hall, 1931 P1002n01_01_025 : Orchesis dancers performing in spring concert "Dance Drama," Kingsbury Hall, 1931 P1002n01_01_026 : "School Marm," portrait of Edna Peterson Price while a teacher at Davis High School, Utah	1930s

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Dance--Utah--Photographs
Orchesis (Dance company)

Geographical Names

Zion National Park (Utah)

Form or Genre Terms

black-and-white photographs

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