Melba Goff Matthews digital photograph collection, 1910s-1930s

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Matthews, Melba Goff
Title
Melba Goff Matthews digital photograph collection
Dates
1910s-1930s (inclusive)
2001
Quantity
0.2 linear feet, (1 archives box)  :  35 scans, 5 photographic prints
Collection Number
P1001
Summary
The Melba Goff Matthews photograph collection contains scans taken from Melba Goff Matthews' scrapbook. The images in the Matthews collection reflect her time spent dancing and involvement in other activities at the University of Utah. There are also images of her brother Louis E. Goff and photos from her early career at Murray High School.
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

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Melba Goff Matthews performed with various dance groups while studying at the University of Utah. After her graduation she was hired as a Physical Education teacher at Bennion Jr. High School and later Murray High School.

This collection contains 35 digital scans taken from Melba Goff Matthews' scrapbook. The images in the Matthews collection reflect her time spent dancing and involvement in other activities at the University of Utah. There are also images of her brother Louis E. Goff and photos from her early career at Murray High School.

The second folder contains 5 images of taken by Lorraine Crouse, archivst in Special Collections, of Goff viewing her materials with two others.

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

Images retain the original photograph order.

Separated Materials

See also the Melba Goff Matthews papers (ACCN 1932) located in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

Processing Note

Processed by Jamie Colton in 2001.

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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 Scrapbook
  • 1: Portrait of Melba Goff while a senior at the University of Utah, 1931.
  • 2: Melba and Rosalie Olson (cousin) in grade school.
  • 3: Orchesis performing, 1931. "Leaders of Men."
  • 4-5: Dancers performing "little fawns."
  • 6: Dancers performing the "soldier's march."
  • 7-8: Dancers performing "andante cantabile."
  • 9: Dancers performing "songs of the bayou."
  • 10: Dancers performing "Italian street song," 1931.
  • 11: Orchesis performing.
  • 12-15: Dancers performing "Masterpiece."
  • 16: Dancers performing "Minnie and Mickey."
  • 17: Portraits of Barton Mumaw, Wilbur McCormack, Denis Landers, Frank Overlees, Jess Meeker, Fred Hearn, Foster Fitz-Simons, William Howell, and Ned Coupland.
  • 18: "This picture was taken in the Health Services Department, as a requirement for P.E. activities."
  • 19: Louis E. Goff, 8th grade.
  • 20: Louis E. Goff while in mortician school in L.A.
  • 21: Melba at her graduation from L.D.S. High School, 1927.
  • 22: Louis Goff while on his mission in Strasbourg.
  • 23: Melba's 8th grade class in Midvale.
  • 24-25: Murray High School performers.
  • 26-34: Melba Goff with various students at Murray High School.
  • 35: Group portrait of the teaching staff at Murray High School.
1 2 Visit to Special Collections
  • 1-5: Melba Gold Matthews, Jean Woolley Poulsen, Edna Peterson Price, and Marie Irvine in Special Collections indentifying Orchesis dance photos. Melba also brought her costume. Marie's father was the photographer of the photos that were being identified. Photos by Lorraine Crouse (Archivist), July 23, 2001.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Dance--Utah--20th century--Photographs
  • Latter Day Saint missionaries--Germany--Photographs
  • Modern dance--Utah--Photographs
  • Women dancers--Utah--20th century--Photographs
  • Women physical education teachers--Utah--20th century--Photographs

Personal Names

  • Matthews, Melba Goff--Family--Photographs
  • Matthews, Melba Goff--Photographs

Corporate Names

  • Murray High School (Murray, Utah)--Students--Photographs
  • University of Utah. Orchesis--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Group portraits
  • Photographs
  • Portraits
  • black-and-white photographs
  • color photographs
  • digital images

Finding aid created by Jamie Colton and Mary Ann Curtis.
2001 (last modified: 2024)

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