Terrel Howard Bell photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0776
Scope and Contents
The Terrel Howard Bell photograph collection mainly contains materials from the 1970s related to position as Unites States Commissioner of Education.
Dates
- 1970-1979
Creator
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 Note
Bell was born in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, on November 11, 1921; at age eight, his father died. Bell graduated from Lava Hot Springs High School in 1940, and the Albion State Normal School in 1946. After this he served as a school superintendent of various schools in Idaho and Wyoming.
Bell spent much of his professional career in Utah. He served as a sergeant in the Marine Corps during World War II and returned to Idaho to get his education. After earning a B.A. in Albion in 1946, Bell started a career as a high school teacher and bus driver.
He earned an M.A. from the University of Idaho in Moscow in 1954, and a Ph.D. in education from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in 1961. Bell also served as Utah's Commissioner of Higher Education and the superintendent of Weber School District in Utah from 1958 to 1962.
Bell spent much of his professional career in Utah. He served as a sergeant in the Marine Corps during World War II and returned to Idaho to get his education. After earning a B.A. in Albion in 1946, Bell started a career as a high school teacher and bus driver.
He earned an M.A. from the University of Idaho in Moscow in 1954, and a Ph.D. in education from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in 1961. Bell also served as Utah's Commissioner of Higher Education and the superintendent of Weber School District in Utah from 1958 to 1962.
Extent
4 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Terrel Howard Bell photograph collection mainly contains materials from the 1970s related to position as Unites States Commissioner of Education.
Arrangement
By subject.
Separated Materials
See also the Manuscripts Division in Special Collections (ACCN 0821) and Audio-visual Division (A0559).
Processing Information
Processed by Photo Archives staff.
- Alabama
- Bell, Terrel H. (Terrel Howard), 1921-1996 -- Photographs
- Black-and-white photographs
- Color photographs
- Commercial photographs
- Education -- United States -- 20th century -- Photographs
- Hawaii
- Maryland
- Nevada
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Photographs
- United States. Office of Education
- Utah
- West Virginia
Creator
- Title
- Guide to the Terrel Howard Bell photograph collection
- Author
- Finding aid created by Sara Davis.
- Date
- 2015
- 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