Barbara Jean Erickson Andersen photograph collection

Barbara Jean Erickson Andersen photograph collection, 1903-1988

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Andersen, Barbara Jean Erickson, 1925-2016
Title: Barbara Jean Erickson Andersen photograph collection
Dates: 1903-1988 (inclusive)
19031988
Quantity: 1 box
Collection Number: P1501
Summary: The Barbara Jean Erickson Andersen photograph collection contains material documenting the life of her stepmother Edith Westerlund Erickson (1909-1988), who worked as a nurse and nursing educator in Utah for 40 years. The collection primarily documents Westerlund Erickson's childhood in Park City, Utah, and includes photographs of her family and friends. The collection also contains photographs of places in Park City significant to the Westerlund family taken in 1988.
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

Barbara Jean Erikson graduated from the University of Utah with a BS in elementary education in 1947. She married Phil L. Andersen in 1948. The couple had four children. Andersen returned to the University of Utah and received an MS in education in 1971.This collection contains material that Andersen collected about her stepmother, Edith Aurora Westerlund Erickson.

Edith Aurora Westerlund Erickson was born on July 3, 1909, in Park City, Utah, to John Axel and Ana Evelina Mattson Westerlund. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Edith Westerlund married Kenneth Erickson on November 3, 1940; he died in 1949. She remarried to Orlando Daniel Erickson on November 11, 1972. Westerlund Erickson had a long career in nursing: she worked as head nurse in the Infant Newborn Nursery at the LDS Hospital between 1932 and 1938; from 1941 to 1946 she supervised surgical services and worked as a nursing instructor for the Cadet Nurse Corps. She also served as a public health nurse in Iron and Weber counties; worked as a nursing supervisor for Salt Lake General Hospital; and taught nursing at Utah Technical College and for the Utah State Department of Vocational Education. She retired in 1972. Edith Westerlund Erickson died on August 3, 1988.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Barbara Jean Erickson Andersen photograph collection consists of 1 box containing black-and-white and color photographs documenting the life of Edith Aurora Westerlund Erickson (1909-1988). In particular, the collection contains photographs of the Westerlunds in Park City, Utah, including portraits of Westerlund Erickson's parents, John Axel and Ana Evelina Mattson Westerlund, prior to their marriage. The family photographs include pictures of outdoor recreation in Park City in the early 1920s, including skiing and sleighing. These images date from approximatley 1900 to 1925; many include captions provided by Edith Westerlund Erickson to Barbara Jean Andersen prior to Edith's 1988 death. The collection also includes color photographs of Park City in 1988, documenting places and buildings significant to the Westerlund family.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Barbara Jean Erickson Andersen photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.

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

Arranged by subject.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Barbara Andersen in 2005.

Processing Note

Processed by Special Collections staff.

Separated Materials

See also the Barbara Jean Erickson Andersen papers (ACCN 2386) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

Related Materials

Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	Anna Evelena Mattson Westerlund 1: Anna Evelena Mattson, born August 2, 1881 in Pedersore, Vaasa, Finland. Pictured here she was 22 working as a children's nurse in New York, 1903 2: Anna Evelena Mattson and John Axel Westerlund (Born 13 May 1880 in Finland) married in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the St. John's Lutheran Church. Anna made her own wedding dress, circa 1907 3: Anna Evelena Mattson and John Axel Westerlund 4: Anna Evelena Mattson and John Axel Westerlund Wedding Photograph, circa 1907
1	2	Edith and John Einer Childhood Photographs 1: Will Johnson, Masterlund family friend. Edith recalled, "He was a bachelor so he was a dinner guest often. Einer and I loved him." 2: Will Johnson, John Einer and Edith Aurora Westerlund. 3: John Axel, Lena Westerlund and children John Einer and Edith. Edith noted, "Our home in Park City. It was a two room house in Empire Canyon" From Main St looking at Rossy Hill," circa 1910 4: John Einer and Edith Aurora Westerlund, circa 1910 5: John Einer and friends with Anna's skirt visible in background 6: John Einer and Edith Aurora Westerlund in yard outside house in Park City, circa 1912 7: Einer showing off new suit, Anna holding Edith, circa 1912 8: John Einer, born August 2, 1907, at about 5 years old, circa 1912 9: Edith Aurora, born July 3. 1909, at about 23 years old. Edith noted, "This dress was made by mother. Notice the bracelet, I loved it!" circa 1911 10: Edith with the neighbors, the Johnsons. Edith recalled, "Johnsons at the bottom of the steps, they had horses...I loved the horses." circa 1912 11: Edith with the Johnsons horses. She recalled, "The bonnet and coat are red. Muff and shoes were white. I loved to visit and go for a ride on the horse. The Johnsons had no children so they loved to spoil me" circa 1912 12: John Einer and Edith Aurora Westerlund, circa 1915 13: John Einer and Edith Aurora Westerlund, circa 1916 14: Edith Aurora Westerlund, circa 1918 15: Alice Mattson. Edith noted, "My best friend. Our mothers came from Finland together. They worked in New York. Anna as a cook and Evelena as a children's nurse." 16: A group of adults and children posing with two horses and a cart. Edith noted, "Summer fun with horse and cart" 17: Park City building: American, likely a theater, circa 1920 18: Edith, approximately 14-years-old, and unidentified man, "Probably inside the Park City Depot," circa 1923 19: Illustration of Park City Main Street from the Depot looking at Rosy Hill, Union Pacific train station, 1969 20: Snowfall on houses in Park City. 21: Edith and other children with horses and sleigh, outdoors in snow, circa 1925 22: Edith, Grant, Helen Peldon in 6th Grade, circa 1922 23: Two unidentified young men with skis, Park City, Utah, circa 1925 24: People gathered to look at the ski equipment, circa 1925 25: Blanche Fletcher and Edith Westerlund, circa 1925 26: Roy and Blanche Fletcher, circa 1925
1	3	Park City, 1988 1: Snow King, across from Union Pacific Station. 2: Union Pacific Station, Park City, Utah 3-4: Elks Lodge, where Edith had her prom dances and graduation dance. 5-6: Treasure Mountain Inn. Site of the Old Jefferson Elementary School, which Edith attended. 7-8: Site of the Old Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Chapel where Edith went to church with the Workman family. The foster brother Grant converted her. This building was being remodeled in 1988. 9: Lutheran Church, which Edith and her mother attended. 10: Park City Train Depot. 11: Lutheran Church, which Edith and her mother attended. 12: The Claimjumper. 13: Edith's House, North of Kimball Art Center. It used to be the Kimball Horse Stables. She and Grant used to play on the East side of the stables in front of the Train Depot. 14-15: Edith and Lee Zabriskic standing in front of The Kimball Art Center. This was the site of the Kimball Horse Stables. 16-17: Site of the Old Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Chapel where Edith went to church with the Workman family. The foster brother Grant converted her. This building was being remodeled in 1988. 18: Wooden stairs leading to Edith's house on the top. Her father lived there after her mother died. 19-20: The Alpine Prospector's Lodge, where Edith worked as a teenager to "buy her way out of Park City. 21: Edith visits her family in the Park City Cemetery. 22: Newspaper clipping of an illustration (by Jack Goodman) of the Ore Transfer Station in Park City.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Personal Names

Erickson, Edith Westerlund, 1909-1968--Photographs

Family Names

Westerlund family

Geographical Names

Park City (Utah)

Form or Genre Terms

Black-and-white prints (photographs)
Color prints (photographs)

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