Alton F. Richards photograph collection

Alton F. Richards photograph collection, circa 1850s-1980s

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Richards, Alton F.
Title: Alton F. Richards photograph collection
Dates: circa 1850s-1980s (inclusive)
18401989
Quantity: 1.2 linear feet, (2 archives boxes)
Collection Number: P0756
Summary: The Alton F. Richards photograph collection consists of portraits of Alton and various members of the Richards family. The collection also contains images from Richards' teaching career, photographs of Whittier, Alaska, and aerial views of Ogden. This collection has been digitized and is available in our Digital Library.
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

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Alton F. Richards was born in Ogden, Utah on June 22, 1904. His father was Ianthus P. Richards, a committed Latter-Day Saint who knew Brigham Young personally. His grandfather, Samuel W. Richards, knew Joseph Smith personally. Richards moved to Pine, Idaho, when he was five years old. He attended school in a one room log schoolhouse, and was taught by his sister, Regina. Richards was baptized a member of the LDS church on August 11, 1912, and shortly after his family moved back to Ogden, Utah. He obtained his Associate of Arts at Weber State College, and a Bachelor of Arts in Math from the University of Utah, with minors in Physics and Psychology.

Richards married Phyllis Krogue in the Salt Lake Temple on June 17, 1931. They had five children: Don, Rex, Kim, Rama, and Lerene. He was ordained a member of the quorum of the seventy in 1941, and became a high priest in 1943. He became a counselor in the 1960s and was ordained an LDS bishop on October 29, 1967. He also held several teaching positions within the LDS Church.

From 1940 until his retirement in 1969, Alton F. Richards was a math teacher at Mound Fort High School and Ben Lomond High School, both located in Ogden, Utah. He was also a first aid teacher in World War II, and taught night school at Weber State University from 1954 to 1955. For a number of years, he was a state Democratic Party convention delegate.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Alton F. Richards photograph collection consists of portraits of Alton and various members of the Richards family. The collection also contains images from Richards' teaching career, photographs of Whittier, Alaska, and aerial views of Ogden. This collection consists of a variety of media, including tintype photographs, photographic prints, and color slides.

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

Collection is arranged topically.

Separated Materials

See also the Alton F. Richards papers (ACCN 1632) located in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

Processing Note

Processed by Mary Ann Curtis in 2000.

Acquisition Information

Donated by the Richards family between 1997-1999.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

General imagesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	Portraits 1-3: Alton F. Richards
1	2	Charles Richards and Family 1: Charles Richards, high school days 2: Charles Richards as a missionary. 3-4: Charles with various mission companions. 5: Katherine Tisdell, wife of Charles Richards. 6: Gloria Corrine Richards, age 10 months. Daughter of Charles and Katherine Richards. 7: Gloria Richards Myers, daughter of Charles and Katherine Richards. 8: Glen Homes Richards, age 5 months. Son of Charles and Katherine Richards. 9: Glen Homes Richards, son of Charles and Katherine Richards.
1	3	Richards Family 1-2: Herman Richards 3: Harry Richards 4: Harry and Doris? 5: Heber and Lizzie 6-7: Robert "Bobby" Byron Richards with a teddy bear. 8 months old, April 20, 1922.
1	4	Richards Family 1: Grandpa Leonard as a baby. 2: Grandmother Emma Hinton and Catherine 3: Glenna Richards, daughter of Joe and Tennessee. 4: Edith, Bernard and Catherine Hinton, siblings of Agnes Hinton Richards. 5: Aunt Minnie Streeper, "only own sister" of Grandpa Ianthus Richards. 6: Aunt Edith Richards, youngest sister of Grandpa Ianthud Richards. 7: Aunt Fredonia, wife of S.P. Richards. 8: Ethel Hilton West and Husband. Ethel was the daughter of Nellie Richards Hilton, half sister to Ianthus Richards.
1	5	Identified Individuals/Friends/Family 1: "One of the 'Long' girls. Maybe Clara or Laville." 2: Annie Boland with a baby. 3: Fred Aanerud with a baby. 4: Unidentified baby 5: Lawrence Glines (left) and Fred Elliott. Photograph taken at Camp Roberts, California, July, 1943. 6: Clyde Froerer on a motorcycle. Photograph taken in the West Indies. 7: Leonard Krogue?
1	6	Unidentified Individuals/Friends/Family 1: Sailor 2: Four young adults 3: Unidentified family 4: Two women at the site of the Willard, Utah flood. 5: Unidentified man 6-11: Unidentified wallet size portraits of three men and one young boy. 12-13: Unidentified woman 14: "Building Committee"
1	7	High Schools 1: Mary Ellen Crawford. She corrected algebra and geometry papers for Alton Richards for two years. It was because of the help of Mary and another woman that Alton had the idea of student teachers. 1946-1947 2-3: Championship Football Team, 1948. Front Row: Duane Kimber, Arlen Horne Cook, Wayne Aleson, Norman Larsen Stone, Jim Dawson, Burt Penrod, Fred Christensen. Middle Row: Ira Winger (coach), David Lynch, Harry Weenig, Larry Call, Don Peterson, Gerald Campbell, Ralph Anderson, Keith Stuart, Edward Davidson, Paul Barrow, Lauren Rubenstein (manager). Back Row: Frank Shevidon, Lamont Thomson, Russell Whitaker, Ronald Phipps, Richard Garrett, Charles Allen, Jim Thompson, Duane Combe, Darrel Conley, Richard Rose, H.A. MacFarlane (Principal). 4: Student Record of Mont Fort, Room 205. Teacher Alton Richards, 1947, grade 10. Jac Alene Trapp, Ben Standing, Evelyn Albisten, Bob Hope, Boneva Howell, Dale Putnam, Lue Jean McFarland, Jean Waters, Melva Anderson, Max Green, Mozelle Monson, LaVar Saunders, LaRay Findlay, Richard Ness, Mary Jane Edwards, Cecil Child, Jeanette Vlaanderen, Robert Ridges, Chiquita Peterson, Roy Corey, Odell Nelson, Vernon Vause, Fred Carter. 5-7: Third place math exhibit, April 8, 1961. Mr. Richards, Jere Bagley and Allen Hill.
1	8	Whittier, Alaska 1: Whittier Glacier 2: "My room, Whittier, Alaska." 3: Whittier Glacier 4: Glacier Valley across the bay from Whittier. 5: Whittier Glacier 6: Glacier Valley across the bay from Whittier. 7: Trappers cabin and cache, Alaska. 8: McKinley From Alaska R.R. near Talkeetna.
1	9	Aerial Views of Ogden 1-2: Aerial views of Ogden
1	10	Math Exhibit and Lecture Diagrams, color slides 1-2: Alton F. Richards as a teacher, walking with graduates, and "graduating," at Ben Lomond High School. 3-16: Math Exhibit, displaying elementary, junior high, high school, and college level math. 17-18: Diagram showing a probability table, when two dice are tossed. 19: Diagram showing Pascal's Triangle. 20: Diagram showing probability table, when one, two, and three coins are tossed. 21: Diagram showing equations for different probability scenarios. 22: Six quarters on a table, for a coin toss experiment. 23: Roulette wheel with red and black numbers, for a classroom math experiment. 24: Diagram showing a probability table, with an assortment of dice.

OversizeReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
2	1	Arkansas Conference f1: Arkansas Conference, December 20, 1920. Top Row, L to R: Elder Willard E. Page of Hooper, UT; Leland E. Wood of Lava Hot Springs, ID; Calvin C. Keller of Manti, UT; Richard R. Lyman of the Council of the Twelve; Duane H. Ence of Richfield, UT; John W. Roe of Escalante, UT; Chester R. Brough of Bountiful, UT. Second Row, L to R: Charles H. Richards of Ogden, UT; Ivan E. Harris of Taber, Alberta, Canada; George M. Park of Salt Lake City, UT; Samuel O. Bennion, Mission President; Joseph E. Hanks of Salem, UT; J. Edwin Miller of Gilbert, Michigan; Leo Elder of Henderson, UT. First Row, L to R.: Jenil? R. Willis of Snowflake, AZ; Orville W. Ward of Alamo, ID; Almon D. Owens of Show Low, AZ, Conference President; Harry M. Christensen of Salt Lake City, UT.	1920

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