UUM_P0161 Guide to the Genteel Gentile photograph collection 1850-1858 Guide to the Genteel Gentile photograph collection Finding aid prepared by Mary Ann Curtis. Multimedia Division, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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P0161 Genteel Gentile photograph collection 1850-1858 24 photographs The Guide to the Genteel Gentile photograph collection contains images used in the book entitled, "The Genteel Gentile: Letters of Elizabeth Cumming, 1857-1858." Also included are portraits, photographs of sketches illustrating scenes during the Utah Expedition, and views of landscapes and buildings in Utah. Collection materials are in English.

This collection contains photographs used to illustrate the book, "The Genteel Gentile: Letters of Elizabeth Cumming, 1857-1858" published by the Tanner Trust Fund. Elizabeth Cumming was the wife of territorial governor Alfred Cumming and her letters describe her journey to Utah and her impressions of Salt Lake City. The collection contains photographs of Salt Lake City buildings and scenes, prominent Utahns, and drawings of the coming of Johnston's Army to Utah in 1858.

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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.

 Cumming, Elizabeth Wells Randall, 1811-1867--Photographs Utah--Photographs Genteel gentile: letters of Elizabeth Cumming, 1857-1858 Utah Expedition, 1857-1858--Photographs Pioneers--Utah--Photographs Expeditions and Adventure Images Portrait photographs--1850-1858 Photographic prints--1850-1858 1 1 Elizabeth Wells Randall Cumming, Individuals, Expeditions

Photograph number 1: Elizabeth Wells Randall Cumming (1811-1867), portrait Photograph number 2: Alfred Cumming, teritorial governor of Utah (1802-1873), portrait Photograph number 3: "Army train crossing the plain," drawing from Harper's Weekly, 24 April 1858. Photograph number 4: Camp Scott, 8 June 1858, sketch from the journal of Captain Albert Tracy of the Utah Expedition. Photograph number 5: Utah Expedition soldiers, drawing from Harper's Weekly, 24 April 1858. Photograph number 6: Camp Scott, winter 1858, Albert Tracy sketch. Photograph number 7: Fort Bridger, 5 June 1858, Albert Tracy sketch. Photograph number 8: Thomas L. Kane (1822-1883), pen sketch portrait. Photograph number 9: Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862), pen sketch portrait. Photograph number 10: Camp Scott 5 January 1858, Albert Tracy sketch. Photograph number 11: Brigham Young (1801-1877), pen sketch portrait from Jules Remy, Voyage au pays Des Mormons Photograph number 12: Delana R. Eckels, portrait Photograph number 13: Echo Canyon-Rock Towers 20 June 1858, Albert Tracy sketch. Photograph number 14: Devereaux House (William Staines home before enlargement) Photograph number 15: Temple Square-Old Tabernacle and bowery Photograph number 16: Alfred and Elizabeth Cumming's home; Salt Lake Theater under construction (1861-1862) Photograph number 17: Mary Ann Angell Young, second wife of Brigham Young, portrait Photograph number 18: South Temple looking northeast, Lion, Beehive, and White House (far right) Photograph number 19: Duplicate (Enlargement) Photograph number 20: Drawing of Salt Lake City, 1853 Photograph number 21: Drawing of State Street, 1858 Photograph number 22: Drawing of Johnston's Army arriving at Fort Bridger, November, 1857 Photograph number 23: Drawing of federal troops entering Salt Lake City, 1858 Photograph number 24: Drawing of Witch Rocks, Weber River, 1858