Samuel Allen and Harriet Moore West Allen (Samuel H. Allen Parents)

File — Box: 4, Folder: 4

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: The Joseph Severn and Marjorie Allen Jones Family photograph collection consists of 12 boxes containing 2,450 photographs and postcards documenting the Allen, Lowry, and Jones families and dating from approximately 1880 to 2000. Formats in the collection include: tin types, cabinet cards, cartes de visite, stereographs, and color and black-and-white prints.

Box 1 contains images of the Lowry and Allen family well as postcards and souvenir albums of Utah, United States, Canada and Europe. Boxes 2-3 are mostly studio photographs pr cabinet cards taken by 19th and early 20th century Utah photographers and photography studios. While some of the images are members of the Lowry and Allen families, many others are of unidentified individuals. Boxes 4-6 contain images of Joseph Severn Jones, his family, as well as the life and marriage of Joseph Severn and Marjorie Allen Jones dating from approximately 1930 to 2007. Boxes 7-12 are oversized. Boxes 7-10 contain photo albums of portraits, family photographs, and travel photographs. Boxes 11-12 contain mounted photos and other large prints.

Dates

1880-2000

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

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.