UUM_P0207.xml Carl Weeks photograph collection Weeks (Carl) photograph collection Finding aid prepared by Dale Larsen. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

1993
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-04-13. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Carl Weeks photograph collection Weeks, Carl P0207 1 box 1890-1955 The Carl Weeks photograph collection contains photographs and slides documenting Carl Weeks' travels in the southwest United States, including early photographs of Zion Canyon. Also included are family photographs and images of Indigenous people, mountain scenery, Yellowstone National Park, Zion National Park, and a trip to Europe. English

The photographs in this collection deal primarily with Weeks' travels to the Southwest United States. Originally from Iowa, he visited Zion Canyon for health reasons in 1901. He took some of the earliest photographs of the region and returned often to southern Utah in the subsequent years. He became an advocate of a national park system for Utah and took an active role in fighting the building of Echo Park Dam. Collection includes family pictures, geological/environmental interest, and also deals with the Indigenous people who lived in the southwest. Also includes images of mountain scenery, Yellowstone National Park, Zion National Park, and a trip to Europe. Almost all of the images in this collection have matching negatives; some are the original glass plate negatives and some are later copies.

Collection is arranged topically.

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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.

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Materials were transferred to the Carl Weeks papers (MS 0207).

Processed by Dale Larsen in 1993.

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This collection forms part of the Utah River Running Archive, which is part of the S.J. Quinney Outdoor Recreation Archive

 Zion Canyon (Utah)--Photographs Zion National Park (Utah)--Photographs Yellowstone National Park--Photographs Indians of North America--Photographs Images black-and-white photographs Glass negatives Lantern slides Stereoscopic photographs Carl Weeks' travels People 1 1 Photograph number 1-9: Informal images of members of the Weeks family. People 1 2 Photograph number 1-4: Informal family portraits in the southwest United States, with accompanying glass negatives. Southwest Trips 1 3 Photograph number 1-6: Family and Ford "Model A" automobile in the Southwest. Photograph number 7-10: Traveling with pack mules in Navajo territory. Southwest Locations 1 4 1 : Old man standing beside Utah highway sign of circa 1945. The sign reads: "No Japs Allowed to Reside in Kane County." 2 : Stone building at Adairville, Utah 3 : Dug well, cornfields south of Ganado, Ariz., 1909 4 : Tuba from the south. Tuba, Ariz., 1914. 5 : Eastern half of Tuba school grounds, 1914. 6 : Hubbell's old store, Ganado, Ariz., 1909. 7 : Hand drill at work, Oraibi Wash, 4+ miles below Burro Sprs., Ariz., 1909. 8 : "Lee's Ferry", across the Colorado river. 9-11 : Stereo views of St. George, Utah 12-15 : Stereo views of unidentified town [1] 16-19 : Unidentified views of Open Country in Southwest [1] Southwest Locations 1 5 Photograph number 1: Black and white photograph showing two group of people standing in front of a structured, located somewhere in the American Southwest. A sign on the roof of the building reads "The Sod Hotel." Photograph number 2: Mining camp. Photograph number 3: Unidentified ranch house. Photograph number 4: Rockville, Utah, circa 1920. Photograph number 5: Man standing by large round boulder. Photograph number 6: Man standing by small metal smelter pouring molten metal. Photograph number 7-9: Unidentified ranch and area. Small photo book Number 1: Unidentified landscapes in Southwest. (13, p0207n01_05_10a-f) Small photo book Number 2: Unidentified towns; possibly Moab, St. George, and Kanab.(41, p0207n01_05_11a-j) Small photo book Number 3: Possibly Colorado. Unidentified home.(27) Southwest Locations 1 6 Photograph number 1: St. George Tabernacle Photograph number 2: Wooden building, Barn on a farm Photograph number 3: Man aiming a gun. Photograph number 4: Woman doing laundry by hand at possibly the Canaan ranch, circa 1910. Photograph number 5: Building at the Canaan ranch, circa 1910. Photograph number 6: Two men seated in front of a house. Photograph number 7: The home of Jacob Hamblin. Photograph number 8: Farm house. Photograph number 9: Image of St. George from above on hillside, circa 1920. Photograph number 10: St. George temple, circa 1910. Photograph number 11: Rockville, Utah, circa 1910. Southwestern Scenery 1 7 Photograph number 1: Desert plain with vegetation Photograph number 2: Desert floor and cliffs Photograph number 3: Rocky desert canyon Photograph number 4-5: Desert scene (dark) Photograph number 6-7: Desert wash with vegetation Photograph number 8: Desert view from plateau Photograph number 9: Desert plain with vegetation Photograph number 10: Desert landscape with vegetation and gravel Southwestern Scenery 1 8 Photograph number 1-2: Cliff with cave or mine opening Photograph number 3: Corral Photograph number 4: Dune vegetation Photograph number 5: Boulder field Photograph number 6: Road on a desert plain Photograph number 7-8: Desert plain with vegetation and mountains Photograph number 9: Desert stream Photograph number 10: Wide desert wash Southwestern Scenery 1 9 Photograph number 1: Desert cliffs and mountains Photograph number 2: Sandstone outcrops Photograph number 3: Rolling hills and cliffs Photograph number 4: Sandstone outcrop Photograph number 5: Desert plan and cliffs Photograph number 6: Desert hills (stabilized dunes?) Photograph number 7-9: Desert plain with vegetation Photograph number 10-11: Desert vegetation and cliffs Photograph number 12: Sand, cliffs, and hoodoos Photograph number 13: Detail of rocky cliffs Photograph number 14: Desert plain and mountains Photograph number 15: Sandstone walls Photograph number 16: Rocky surface Southwestern Scenery 1 10 1 : Cinder cone 2-4 : Desert cliffs 5-9 : Desert plain and cliffs 10 : Desert plain with vegetation 11 : Cathedral Valley 12 : Sandstone cliffs and hoodoos 13 : Castleton Tower near Moab 14 : Rainbow Bridge Southwestern Scenery 1 11 Photograph number 1: Virgin River Valley Photograph number 2: Sandstone buttes. Photograph number 3: "Atomic Rock" named for unusual shape, in Southern Utah, 1946. Photograph number 4: Sandstone buttes Photograph number 5: Monument Valley Photograph number 6-7: Steep ravine in desert cliff and the dirt road above it Photograph number 8: Navajo Twins Photograph number 9-10: Rainbow bridge. arch Photograph number 11: Broken Bow arch near Escalante. Photograph number 12-13: Zion National Park Photograph number 14: Hoodoo from the air Zion National Park 1 12 1 : Zion Narrows 2 : Horseman in Zion Narrows 3 : Horsemen in Zion Narrows 4 : Great White Throne, Zion 5 : Sandstone cliffs, Zion 6 : Mountain in Zion 7 : Zion Narrows 8 : Switchbacks, Zion-Mount Carmel Highway Zion National Park 1 13 Photograph number 1-5: Images of the high canyon walls on the southern end of the national park. Grand Canyon 1 14 Photograph number 1-5: From the Canyon's rim looking in. Indians 1 15 Photograph number 1-7: Images of Indigenous people of Southern Utah and some of their dwellings and art. Indians 1 16 1-2 : Boulder with petroglyphs 3-4 : Cyanotypes of a group of young Indian boys at an unidentified location, possibly a government school. Location unidentified but probably in southern Utah or northern Arizona. 5-6 : Traditional shelter 7 : Loom with Indian weaving 8 : Two Indian men 9 : Indian horsewoman and man 10 : Black and white photograph of a view of the villages of Mishongnovi and Shipaulovi on Second Mesa, Hopi Reservation, Arizona. 11 : Indian men by a shed 12 : Flock of sheep 13 : Sheep and shepherds 14 : Pueblo houses 15 : Man with horse at a pueblo 16 : Indians with traditional shelter 17 : Indian girl Mesa Verde 1 17 Photograph number 1-8: Stereo images of Mesa Verde, Colorado and Navajo National Monument, Colorado circa 1930 Yellowstone 1 18 Photograph number 1-8: Stereo views of the Weeks family visiting various geological interests at Yellowstone national park, circa 1930. Mountain Scenery 1 19 Photograph number 1-13: Unidentified landscape images of mountain areas. Some stereo views, circa 1930 Mountain Scenery 1 20 Photograph number 1-13: Unidentified landscape stereo images of mountain areas, circa 1930. European Trip 1 21 Photograph number 1-10: Unidentified images of places in Europe, mostly gardens.