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Frances Farley photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0575

Scope and Contents

Frances Farley, a Democrat, served as Senator for District 1 from 1976 to 1982 being the first woman to be elected to the Utah Senate in 20 years. Farley unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 1982 and 1984 before again mounting a successful run for State Senate in District 1 in 1986. Farley was an advocate for women's rights and according to the Deseret News, "[Farley] staged a news conference blasting the University Club for not allowing her into its sports grill. The protest launched a movement that eventually led decades-old male-only private clubs to open memberships to women." [Deseret News. January 21, 2004.] Farley retired from the Utah Senate in 1990. She also fought for legislation that would prevent discrimination in housing, helped organize the Utah Women's political caucus in 1972 and led a movement to remove sexist language from the Utah code. The collection has two candid photographs taken during Farley's campaign. (No photographs of Farley herself are in the collection).

Dates

  • circa 1980

Language of Materials

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.

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

15 Boxes

Abstract

The Frances Farley photograph collection contains images realted to Frances' political carrer and personal family life.

Separated Materials

Audio-visual materials were transferred to the Frances Farley audio-visual collection (A0610).

Processing Information

Processed by Register Ashley Arave in 2004.
Title
Guide to the Frances Farley photograph collection circa 1980
Date
2004
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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