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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.

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.
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