Abstract

Peter DeLafosse was the Acquisitions Editor at the University of Utah Press and was the author and editor of several books and articles dealing with Western history. This collection contains photographs pertaining to the life and work of author and historian Charles Kelly (1889-1971), who wrote books about Western trails and biographies of Porter Rockwell, Caleb Greenwood, and Miles Goodyear.

Abstract

The Peter DeLafosse papers (1907-1999) consists of correspondence, manuscripts, diary entries, articles, biographical materials, and collection registers pertaining to the life of Charles Kelly (1889-1971). Kelly, a historian of the American west, was an author of a book on trails in the western salt desert in Utah and Nevada, and wrote biographies of Porter Rockwell, Caleb Greenwood, and Miles Goodyear.

Abstract The Charles Kelly papers (1889-1971) contain personal materials, including his diary (1918-1971), a copy of his autobiography (1936), day books, and logs and journals of six river trips taken from 1932 to 1942. Included also is correspondence with colleagues exchanging information on research and writing, miscellaneous research materials, and published and unpublished manuscripts. Also present are periodicals in which some of his articles and photographs are published; a typescript copy of...

Abstract

The Charles Kelly photograph collection contains portraits of Charles Kelley, members of the Kelly family, and Frank Beckwith; photographs of persons and sites important in Western history and folklore.