UUM_P0427.xml Guide to the Joe Hill photograph collection Hill (Joe) photograph collection Finding aid prepared by Drew Ross. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

1992
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-09-03. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. 2022 Finding aid revised and re-encoded by Sara Davis J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Joe Hill photograph collection Curtis, Joseph A. P0427 .25 linear feet 1 archives box 26 Photographic Prints 1914-1990 The Joe Hill photograph collection contains photographs of Joe Hill and of his funeral in Chicago, photographs of family members and friends, color prints of an event commemorating the 75th anniversary of Joe Hill's execution. This collection is entirely digitalized and available online in our Digital Library. English

Joe Hill, originally Joel Emanuel Hagglund from Sweeden, changed his name to Joseph Hillstrom and later changed it again to Joe Hill. Hill was a songwriter and organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World, IWW. He was executed for murder in Salt Lake City on November 19, 1915. His case has been one of the most controversial in American labor history.

The collection has numerous mug shots of Hill, pre and post execution, and his Chicago funeral. The Salt Lake funeral was held at the O'Donnell Funeral Home on November 21, 1915 and the funeral in Chicago, at the Westside Auditorium, was November 25, 1915. He was cremated on the 26th.

Also included are portraits of IWW friends and others concerning the case. One person, Virginia Snow Stephen, daughter of LDS church president Lorenzo Snow, was an art instructor at the University of Utah and a champion of Hill and the IWW. She was later forced to resign her position because of her identification with the IWW. As well, the portrait of Morris L. Ritchie, the judge who heard Hill's case can be found here.

Collection is arranged topically.

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.

Processed by Drew Ross in 1992.

 Hill, Joe, 1879-1915 --Photographs Industrial Workers of the World Labor History Images Portrait photographs Photographic prints--1914-1990 color photographs Personal, family, friends and events Joe Hill, Portraits 1 1 Photograph number 1: Post card with last will, Don't Mourn But Organize. Photograph number 2-3: Mug shots of Hill. Photograph number 4: Post execution photographs of Hill, front (GRAPHIC). Photograph number 5: Post execution photograph of Hill, back (GRAPHIC). Photograph number 6: Post execution photographs of Hill. Duplicate of 4 (GRAPHIC). Photograph number 7-8: Joe Hill's funeral in Chicago, November, 1915. Photograph number 9: Wall mural of Joe Hill's execution. Photograph number 10: Letter of Tom Mooney. Family and Friends 1 2 Photograph number 1: Morris L. Ritchie, Third District Judge who heard Hill's case. Photograph number 2-3: Unidentified people. Photograph number 4: Portrait of Virginia Snow Stephen. Photograph number 5: Unidentified man. Photograph number 6-7: IWW group photograph with Virginia Snow Stephen, duplicates. Newspaper Clippings and Missions 1 3 Photograph number 1-4: Clippings concerning Joe Hill. Photograph number 5: Shelter for the homeless at the Sailors Rest, San Pedro, California, 1914. Photograph number 6: L.A. Westlake Presbyterian in charge of service, Sailors Rest Mission, San Pedro, 1914. 75th Anniversary of Joe Hill's Execution 1 4 Photograph number 1-3: Color prints of gathering.