A. J. Peters photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0368
Scope and Contents
This collection contains portraits of A. J. Peters, photographs of buildings in Salt Lake City and Murray, Utah. The collection also contains photographs of national parks, some hand colored.
Dates
- circa 1900-1960s
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.
Biographical / Historical
A. J. (Arthur James) Peters was born in 1895 in Salt Lake City. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I, then married Rosa Ann Taylor in 1919. They lived in Murray, Utah, where he owned a photography studio. He served with the Murray Fire Department starting in 1931. He worked in Washington, D.C., from 1936 to 1941 as a photographer for the Public Health Service, and later worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Western Aerial Photographic Laboratory in Salt Lake City.
Extent
1.8 Linear Feet (2 archives boxes) : 70 Photographic Prints
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The A. J. Peters photograph collection contains portraits of A. J. Peters, photographs of buildings in Salt Lake City and Murray, Utah. The collection also contains photographs of national parks, some hand colored.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged topically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ruth Peters Logan in 1991.
Processing Information
Processed by Peter F. Schmid in 1991.
- Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)
- Christenson Photo Studio (Murray, Utah)
- City County Building (Salt Lake City, Utah)
- City and Town Life
- Color photographs
- Exterior views
- Godfrey's Grove (Murray, Utah)
- Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.)
- Great Salt Lake (Utah)
- Images
- Millcreek Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah)
- Mirror Lake (Utah)
- Mount Baldy (Utah)
- Murray (Utah) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs
- Murray Electric Company (Murray, Utah)
- National parks and reserves--Utah--Photographs
- Parks and Playgrounds
- Peters, A. J. -- Photographs
- Peters, A. J. (Arthur James), 1895-1974
- Photographic prints -- 1900-1969
- Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs
- Salt Lake Temple
- Sundial Peak (Utah)
- Tower Falls
- Utah -- Capital and capitol
- Yellowstone National Park
- Zion Canyon (Utah)
- Title
- Guide to the A. J. Peters photograph collection
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Peter F. Schmid.
- Date
- 1991
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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