UUM_P1256.xml \Dorothea R. Sauer photograph collection Sauer (Dorothea R.) photograph collection Finding aid created by Claire A. Kempa J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-11-26. Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Dorothea R. Sauer photograph collection Sauer, Dorothea Ruth, 1871-1950 P1256 1 box 1908-1940s Dorothea Ruth Sauer (1871-1950) was a teacher and principal in Utah between 1900 and 1950. The Dorothea R. Sauer photograph collections loose photographs and a photograph album of portraits, landscapes, and vacation photography. English

Dorothea Ruth Sauer (1871-1950) was born on January 29, 1871 in Minonk, Illinois, to Rudolph George and Ellen Nancy Long Sauer. Dorothea moved to Utah around 1904, where she first taught school in Woodside, Emery County, Utah and then Salina. Around 1915, she moved to Helper, Utah, where she worked as principal of an elementary school. She moved to Salt Lake City in 1920 and taught at the Sumner and Whittier schools. She passed away on August 10, 1950 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The Dorothea R. Sauer photograph collection contains 1 box with 31 loose black-and-white photographs and one photograph album containing 303 photographs. The images depict portraits, landscapes, and vacation photographs and date from 1908 to approximately the 1940s.

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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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See also the Dorthea R. Sauer papers (ACCN 2248) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

 Sauer, Dorothea Ruth, 1871-1950--Photographs Sauer, Dorothea Ruth, 1871-1950--Family--Photographs Women school principals--Utah--20th century--Photographs Women teachers--Utah--20th century--Photographs Teaching--Utah--Salt Lake City--20th century Landscapes--United States--20th century--Photographs Blacksmiths--20th century--Photographs Women travelers--20th century--Photographs black-and-white photographs Photograph albums Cyanotypes (photographic prints) Candids 1 1 Blacksmith Shop 1 2 Photograph Album 1 3