Joseph Don Carlos Young family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0465
Scope and Contents
The Don Carlos Young, Jr. collection is divided into two sections: personal papers and architectural drawings. The personal papers consist of photographs, plans, and sketches from various published sources showing a wide variety of buildings in Europe and North America. Only a few items in the personal papers relate directly to Young's own designs. The architectural drawings section consists of original and reproduced drawings and sketches from various architectural firms or persons with whom Young was involved. The initial contact with Joseph Young, son of Don Carlos Young, Jr. , was made by Peter Goss, professor of architecture at the University of Utah. Professor Goss later arranged for a majority of the drawings to be donated to the University of Utah Special Collections in August 1985. At the same time these drawings were donated to the University of Utah, Joseph Young donated those drawings relating to L.D.S. Church buildings to the Church Archives. A list of these drawings is found in Box 1, Folder 17.
The personal papers that pertain to Young's work are arranged in Box 1. They include designs for a livestock show arena, an L.D.S. Church ward house, a sketchbook demonstrating drawing techniques, and miscellaneous blueprints and correspondence. Also of interest is a note on the back of a letter entitled "Incidents in the life of President Brigham Young." Newspaper articles about the First Methodist Church of Salt Lake City, the statue of the angel Moroni which is at the top of Salt Lake L.D.S. temple, a building representing Utah as the Panama Pacific Exposition, trade journals published by manufacturers of terra cotta and marble architectural ornaments, as well as pictures of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 in Chicago are also included.
Box 2 contains a copy of "Salt Lake City," "Picturesque and Descriptive," published in 1889. It begins with a historical account of the city and features pictures of some of the outstanding buildings, homes, and sites in surrounding areas. There is also a large collection of pictures and sketches of various buildings in Europe and the United States, most of which appear to have been removed from periodicals. The first group, from "American Architect and Building News," is filed chronologically. The remaining pictures, from miscellaneous sources, are filed by building type.
Drawings, sketches, and reproductions from various architectural projects produced or collected by Young are arranged chronologically by architectural firm.
Young & Sons Architects: Joseph Don Carlos Young and his son Don Carols Young, Jr. were the principal partners in this firm, which dates from 1906-1915. It is represented by two commercial, one institutional, and fifteen residential projects.
Rutherfold & Hansen Architects: Rutherfold and Hansen were partners from 1907-1911. The firm is represented in the collection by one commercial and two residential projects. Later to be a partner of Don Carlos Young, Jr., Ramm Hansen's drawings are also included in the collection.
Frank Winder Moore Architect: Frank Moore was an independent architect from 1910-1917. His firm is represented by one commercial and one institutional project. There is evidence that Don Carlos Young, Jr. worked for Moore briefly in 1912, while he was involved with Young & Son Architects, thus explaining his possession of these drawings.
Ramm Hansen Architect: Ramm Hansen, Don Carols Young, Jr.'s eventual partner, had his own firm from 1911-1915. It is represented by one commercial, two institutional, and eleven residential projects.
Cannon & Fetzer and Ramm Hansen Architects: This partnership appears to have been a joint venture between the two firms around 1911-1913, and is represented by two institutional projects.
Young & Hansen Architects: Don Carlos Young, Jr. and Ramm Hansen were the principals in this long-lived partnership which lasted from 1916 to 1960. Harry P. Poll, another local architect, was associated with the firm from its start until about 1934. The firm is represented by forty-five commercial, eighteen industrial, forty-five institutional, and forty residential projects, as well as numerous miscellaneous projects and drawings. A small number of photographs relating to certain commercial projects are included in the photograph collection.
Miscellaneous: Drawings collected by Young include unusual conceptual designs for an interoceanic liner by inventor Andreas Olsen; a conceptual site plan for Salt Lake City's Liberty Park by "Moroni;" drawings for a residence by architect Joseph H. Young (the son of the donor of this collection); and various other projects by named and unnamed designers.
The personal papers that pertain to Young's work are arranged in Box 1. They include designs for a livestock show arena, an L.D.S. Church ward house, a sketchbook demonstrating drawing techniques, and miscellaneous blueprints and correspondence. Also of interest is a note on the back of a letter entitled "Incidents in the life of President Brigham Young." Newspaper articles about the First Methodist Church of Salt Lake City, the statue of the angel Moroni which is at the top of Salt Lake L.D.S. temple, a building representing Utah as the Panama Pacific Exposition, trade journals published by manufacturers of terra cotta and marble architectural ornaments, as well as pictures of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 in Chicago are also included.
Box 2 contains a copy of "Salt Lake City," "Picturesque and Descriptive," published in 1889. It begins with a historical account of the city and features pictures of some of the outstanding buildings, homes, and sites in surrounding areas. There is also a large collection of pictures and sketches of various buildings in Europe and the United States, most of which appear to have been removed from periodicals. The first group, from "American Architect and Building News," is filed chronologically. The remaining pictures, from miscellaneous sources, are filed by building type.
Drawings, sketches, and reproductions from various architectural projects produced or collected by Young are arranged chronologically by architectural firm.
Young & Sons Architects: Joseph Don Carlos Young and his son Don Carols Young, Jr. were the principal partners in this firm, which dates from 1906-1915. It is represented by two commercial, one institutional, and fifteen residential projects.
Rutherfold & Hansen Architects: Rutherfold and Hansen were partners from 1907-1911. The firm is represented in the collection by one commercial and two residential projects. Later to be a partner of Don Carlos Young, Jr., Ramm Hansen's drawings are also included in the collection.
Frank Winder Moore Architect: Frank Moore was an independent architect from 1910-1917. His firm is represented by one commercial and one institutional project. There is evidence that Don Carlos Young, Jr. worked for Moore briefly in 1912, while he was involved with Young & Son Architects, thus explaining his possession of these drawings.
Ramm Hansen Architect: Ramm Hansen, Don Carols Young, Jr.'s eventual partner, had his own firm from 1911-1915. It is represented by one commercial, two institutional, and eleven residential projects.
Cannon & Fetzer and Ramm Hansen Architects: This partnership appears to have been a joint venture between the two firms around 1911-1913, and is represented by two institutional projects.
Young & Hansen Architects: Don Carlos Young, Jr. and Ramm Hansen were the principals in this long-lived partnership which lasted from 1916 to 1960. Harry P. Poll, another local architect, was associated with the firm from its start until about 1934. The firm is represented by forty-five commercial, eighteen industrial, forty-five institutional, and forty residential projects, as well as numerous miscellaneous projects and drawings. A small number of photographs relating to certain commercial projects are included in the photograph collection.
Miscellaneous: Drawings collected by Young include unusual conceptual designs for an interoceanic liner by inventor Andreas Olsen; a conceptual site plan for Salt Lake City's Liberty Park by "Moroni;" drawings for a residence by architect Joseph H. Young (the son of the donor of this collection); and various other projects by named and unnamed designers.
Dates
- 1873-1978
Creator
- Young, Don Carlos, 1882-1960 (Person)
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Biographical Sketch
Joseph Don Carlos Young (1855-1938) was the last surviving son of Brigham Young and wife Emily Dow Partridge Young. Joseph Don Carlos Young was one of the first of Utah's native sons to receive a formal education in architecture. Born in Brigham Young's White House, 6 May 1855, he began his education in his father's private school but did not finish. When he returned to school, he enrolled in Fensselear Polytechnic Institute in New York. There he received architectural training and was placed on the school's honor toll, after which he taught briefly at the University of Utah. In the 1880s he engaged in railroading and engineering and served two terms in the Utah Territorial Legislature. He succeeded Truman O. Angell as L.D.S. Church Architect in 1887 and remained in that position for fifty years. In 1881 he married Alice Naomi Downden and from 1895 to 1897 served as a missionary in the Southern states for the L.D.S. Church. In addition to his service as church architect, he also taught mathematics at Brigham Young University from 1897 to 1900. In 1906 he created an architectural partnership with his son, Don Carlos Young, Jr., which lasted u ntil 1915. During this practice, the firm was an official entrant to the 1911 Utah State Capital Competition. Their entry earned second place, and received a cash award of $750. In addition to designing a number of residences and commercial projects, the firm also designed the L.D.S. Church Orrice building at 47 E. South Temple in Salt Lake City. As the church architect, he redesigned the interior of the Salt Lake L.D.S. Temple. Joseph Don Carlos Young continued in the service of his church until three years before his death on 19 October 1938.
Don Carlos Young, Jr. (1882-1960) was the son of L.D.S. Church Architect Joseph Don Carlos Young, and grandson of Brigham Young. Don Carlos Young, Jr. was born in Salt Lake City on 5 August 1882, and attended Brigham Young University and the L.D.S. Business College. Prior to 1905 he worked as a draftsman for the Oregon Short Line Railroad, and apprenticed in his father's architectural office. In 1906 he entered into an architectural partnership with his father which lasted nine years. The firm's work consisted of a large number of residences, mostly in Utah, as well as commercial designs for businesses such as the Z.C.M.I. Department Store. He served a mission in Germany for the L.D.S. Church from 1909-1911, and mattied Louise T. Hagman in June 1912. His second architectural partnership, with Ramm Hansen, commenced in 1916 and lasted nearly forty-five years, until Young's death on 6 December 1960. The firm of Young & Hansen designed for numerous commercial, industrial, and residential clients. Their Savings and Loan Building, the Z.C.M.I Department Store, many buildings for Bennett Oil, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Salt Lake City. Young & Hansen also designed many building on the University of Utah campus. A Major portion of their practice involved designs for the L.D.S. Church. Among their most noted projects were the Mesa Temple in Arizona, the Washington, D.C. Chapel, and a remodeling campaign for all L.D.S. temples in Utah undertaken by the firm between 1935 and 1953. From 1916 to 1934 architect Harry P. Poll (1880-1964) was associated with Young & Hansen. His name was incorporated into the title block of many of the drawings during his eighteen years. Young was a life-long honorary member of the American Institute of Architects and received numerous awards and commendations for his work.
Ramm Hansen (1879-1971) was born 22 July 1897, in Moss, Norway. He was educated in his native country and graduated cum laude from the Royal Academy of Art and Architecture in Oslo. As a convert to the L.D.S. Church, he came to the United States in 1901. Shortly after his arrival in Salt Lake City he began working as a draftsman for architect Richard D. A. Kletting. After working with Kletting for five years, he opened his own architectural office in 1906, and married Karen Moen in Salt lake City the same year. He practiced independently until 1916, when he entered into a partnership with Don Carlos Young, Jr. Hansen worded in a joint partnership with the well-established firm of Cannon & Fetzer on two projects: the Utah State Capitol Competition in 1911, and the 1913 design of the Park Building at the University of Utah. During his long practice with Don Carlos Young Jr., he was credited with co-designing the Federal Reserve Bank Building in Salt Lake City, as well as numerous L.D.S. Church buildings, including the Mesa, Arizona Temple, and the Washington D.C. Chapel. He retired from active practice upon the death of his partner, Don Carlos Young, Jr., in 1960. Ramm Hansen died of natural causes in Salt Lake City on 30 December 1971 at the age of ninety-two.
Francis D. Rutherford (1883?-1933) was born in Salt Lake City. Francis D. Rutherford was educated in local schools and at the University of Utah. In 1900 he was listed in the "Salt Lake City Directory" as an apprentice machinist for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. It was not until 1906 that he began to apprentice as an architectural draftsman for a Salt Lake architect. From 1907 to 1910 he and architect Ramm Hansen combined their talents in the firm of Rutherford & Hansen. Rutherford practiced independently from 1911 to 1918. At the beginning of this practice he indicated an interest in entering the Utah State Capitol Competition, although he did not submit an entry. In Utah his professional reputation was based upon public school design, including such Salt Lake area schools as Douglas and Uintah Elementary Schools, and Roosevelt Junior High School. In 1919 he entered into another partnership, which practiced under the name Rutherford & Ashton. The following year he moved to Santa Monica, California, where he practiced architecture until his death on 10 January 1933.
Don Carlos Young, Jr. (1882-1960) was the son of L.D.S. Church Architect Joseph Don Carlos Young, and grandson of Brigham Young. Don Carlos Young, Jr. was born in Salt Lake City on 5 August 1882, and attended Brigham Young University and the L.D.S. Business College. Prior to 1905 he worked as a draftsman for the Oregon Short Line Railroad, and apprenticed in his father's architectural office. In 1906 he entered into an architectural partnership with his father which lasted nine years. The firm's work consisted of a large number of residences, mostly in Utah, as well as commercial designs for businesses such as the Z.C.M.I. Department Store. He served a mission in Germany for the L.D.S. Church from 1909-1911, and mattied Louise T. Hagman in June 1912. His second architectural partnership, with Ramm Hansen, commenced in 1916 and lasted nearly forty-five years, until Young's death on 6 December 1960. The firm of Young & Hansen designed for numerous commercial, industrial, and residential clients. Their Savings and Loan Building, the Z.C.M.I Department Store, many buildings for Bennett Oil, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Salt Lake City. Young & Hansen also designed many building on the University of Utah campus. A Major portion of their practice involved designs for the L.D.S. Church. Among their most noted projects were the Mesa Temple in Arizona, the Washington, D.C. Chapel, and a remodeling campaign for all L.D.S. temples in Utah undertaken by the firm between 1935 and 1953. From 1916 to 1934 architect Harry P. Poll (1880-1964) was associated with Young & Hansen. His name was incorporated into the title block of many of the drawings during his eighteen years. Young was a life-long honorary member of the American Institute of Architects and received numerous awards and commendations for his work.
Ramm Hansen (1879-1971) was born 22 July 1897, in Moss, Norway. He was educated in his native country and graduated cum laude from the Royal Academy of Art and Architecture in Oslo. As a convert to the L.D.S. Church, he came to the United States in 1901. Shortly after his arrival in Salt Lake City he began working as a draftsman for architect Richard D. A. Kletting. After working with Kletting for five years, he opened his own architectural office in 1906, and married Karen Moen in Salt lake City the same year. He practiced independently until 1916, when he entered into a partnership with Don Carlos Young, Jr. Hansen worded in a joint partnership with the well-established firm of Cannon & Fetzer on two projects: the Utah State Capitol Competition in 1911, and the 1913 design of the Park Building at the University of Utah. During his long practice with Don Carlos Young Jr., he was credited with co-designing the Federal Reserve Bank Building in Salt Lake City, as well as numerous L.D.S. Church buildings, including the Mesa, Arizona Temple, and the Washington D.C. Chapel. He retired from active practice upon the death of his partner, Don Carlos Young, Jr., in 1960. Ramm Hansen died of natural causes in Salt Lake City on 30 December 1971 at the age of ninety-two.
Francis D. Rutherford (1883?-1933) was born in Salt Lake City. Francis D. Rutherford was educated in local schools and at the University of Utah. In 1900 he was listed in the "Salt Lake City Directory" as an apprentice machinist for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. It was not until 1906 that he began to apprentice as an architectural draftsman for a Salt Lake architect. From 1907 to 1910 he and architect Ramm Hansen combined their talents in the firm of Rutherford & Hansen. Rutherford practiced independently from 1911 to 1918. At the beginning of this practice he indicated an interest in entering the Utah State Capitol Competition, although he did not submit an entry. In Utah his professional reputation was based upon public school design, including such Salt Lake area schools as Douglas and Uintah Elementary Schools, and Roosevelt Junior High School. In 1919 he entered into another partnership, which practiced under the name Rutherford & Ashton. The following year he moved to Santa Monica, California, where he practiced architecture until his death on 10 January 1933.
Extent
13.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Joesph Don Carlos Young family papers (1873-1978) contain architectural materials, drawings, correspondence, architecture magazines, and company record books. Don Carlos Young, Jr. was a prominent Salt Lake City architect. In partnership with his father, Joseph Don Carlos Young, 1906-1915 and with Ramm Hansen, 1916-1960.
Arrangement
Organized in two sections: I. Personal Papers; II. Architectural Drawings. Drawings arranged in series by partnership names, thereunder by building classification.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Joseph H. Young in 1985 and 2008.
Separated Materials
Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0281).
Processing Information
Processed by Peter L. Goss, Ph.D., A. Scott Howe, Mark Evans, Karin Hardy, Margaret Harper, and Tyler Horsley in 1986.
Addedum processed by Elizabeth Rogers and Erin McCarthy in 2009 and Joshua Weber in 2012.
Addedum processed by Elizabeth Rogers and Erin McCarthy in 2009 and Joshua Weber in 2012.
- Architects -- Utah
- Architectural drawings (visual works)
- Architecture
- Architecture -- Utah
- Architecture -- Utah -- Designs and plans
- Cannon & Fetzer and Ramm Hansen, Architects
- Federal Reserve Building (Salt Lake City, Utah) -- Designs and plans
- Frank Winder Moore, Architect
- Hansen, Ramm, 1879-1971
- Preliminary drawings (drawings)
- Presentation drawings (proposals)
- Ramm Hansen, Architect
- Rutherford & Hansen, Architects
- Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
- Technical Plans and Drawings
- Utah -- Capital and capitol -- Designs and plans
- Working drawings
- Young & Hansen Architects
- Young & Son Architects
- Young, Don Carlos, 1882-1960 -- Archives
- Young, Joseph Don Carlos, 1855-1938
Creator
- Young, Don Carlos, 1882-1960 (Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the Joseph Don Carlos Young family papers
- Author
- Finding aid created by Peter L. Goss, Ph.D, A. Scott Howe, Mark Evans, Karin Hardy, Margaret Harper, and Tyler Horsley.
- Date
- 1986 (last modified: 2009, 2012 and 2019)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2009: Finding aid revised by Elizabeth Rogers, Erin McCarthy and Joshua Weber.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu