Edward P. Jennings photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0101
Scope and Contents
Jennings was a mining engineer who came to Salt Lake City in 1898 from the Lake Superior region where he had been working in the iron industry. He was a consulting engineer for the Utah Metal and Tunnel Company and one of the best known mining experts and engineers in the west. The photographs in the collection are personal and date from approximately 1889 to 1920. Many are of his family and friends on outings. There are also views of Salt Lake City and vicinity, Saltair, an auto race in 1908, photographs of scenery and of mining and freighting operations in Utah and Idaho, pictures of the Walker farm, and personal and commercial photographs from a trip to Europe.
Dates
- 1889-1920
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.
Conditions Governing 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.
Extent
476 Photographic Prints
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Edward P. Jennings photograph collection contains portraits of Edward Jennings, members of his family, and friends. The collection also consists of photographs of buildings and activities in Salt Lake City and at Saltair, as well as photographs of mining and logging operations, photographs of people and buildings in Europe and Mexico.
Separated Materials
Manuscript materials were transferred to the Edward P. Jennings papers (MS 0101).
- Europe -- Photographs
- Group portraits
- Images
- Jennings family -- Photographs
- Jennings, Edward P., 1853-1915 -- Photographs
- Logging -- History -- Photographs
- Mexico -- Photographs
- Mines and Mineral Resources
- Mines and mineral resources -- History -- Photographs
- Photographic prints
- Portrait photographs -- 1890-1920
- Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Photographs
- Saltair Resort (Utah) -- Photographs
- Title
- Guide to the Edward P. Jennings photograph collection
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Mary Ann Curtis.
- Date
- 2004
- 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
- 2016: Finding aid revised and re-encoded by Margaret Benson.
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