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Photograph Archives
Special Collections
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Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0860
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P0115
Lowry Nelson photograph collection
1910-1930
Nelson, Lowry
1 box
The Lowry Nelson photograph collection contains portraits of Lowry Nelson and others, as well as photographs of various towns in Utah, particularly Escalante. Also included are materilas related to settlements in Brazil and Cuba.
Collection materials are in
English.
Nelson is a rural sociologist, writer and author of "The Mormon Village." His research has been a valuable contribution to historians' understanding of Mormon communities. Nelson's photographs are predominately personal prints of himself and friends, but also include pictures of Utah towns such as Escalante, Provo, and Sunnyside during the 1920s.
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.
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 Lowry Nelson papers (MS 0115).
Escalante (Utah)--Photographs
Utah--Photographs
Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Images
Portrait photographs--1906-1959
Photographic prints--1906-1959
Lowry Nelson, friends, Escalante and other towns in Utah
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Portraits of Lowry Nelson
- 1-7: Lowry Nelson
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Lowry Nelson and other
- 8: Lowry Nelson in the eighth grade, Ferron, Utah, 1906
- 9: Lowry Nelson with volunteer workers from Price, Utah helping to construct the Midland Trail, Summer, 1913
- 10: Lowry Nelson with the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, 1933
- 11: Lowry Nelson with the policy committee and staff of TALA (Study of Technical Assistance in Latin America), November 1953
- 12: Lowry Nelson, George A. Donahue and C. W. Martin, 1957
- 13: Lowry Nelson and Secretary of State Dean Rusk with public members of the 1961 Foreign Service Selection boards
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Florence Newell Nelsen and others
- 14-15: Florence Newell Nelson
- 16: David Broadhead, 1919
- 17: Mr. & Mrs. David Broadhead, 1919
- 18: Golden wedding anniversary of Selma and Walter Cooper, April 22, 1946
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Escalante, Utah
- 19: Two wives of Andrew P. Schow, James Schow, Martin Liston and William Osborn. These people were among the first settlers in Escalante, Utah
- 20: Log house built by John Holtby
- 21: Center Street, 1923
- 22: Center Street, 1950
- 23: Post Office, 1923
- 24: Post Office, 1950s
- 25: Modernized log house
- 26-27: Hay hauling
- 28: The School House, 1923
- 29: The School House, 1950
- 30-33: Escalante, Utah
- 34-36: Old Meeting house
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Utah Towns
- 37: The "Fires of St. John" cast of southern tour in Clear Creek Canyon, 1927
- 38: Provo, Utah, 1927
- 39-40: Coke Ovens at Sunnyside, Utah
- 41: General store at Sunnyside, Utah
- 42: Abandoned houses in Sunnyside, Utah
- 43-44: Ephraim, Utah
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Brazil
- 1-69: Paraná, Brazil during a period of mass settlement in 1957 and large, intential forest fires set by planters
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Cuba
- 1-130: Photos from throughout Cuba in 1946, but especially of farms and rural communities