Joseph Kingsbury photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0029
Scope and Contents
Ronald Kingsbury was born in Utah in 1905 and graduated from the University of Utah in 1927. He had an accounting career and was in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Ilene Kingsbury, his wife, graduated from the University of Utah, taught school and was a partner in her husband's accounting business. She published stories and articles in LDS Church magazines. Joseph C. Kingsbury was a Mormon pioneer and grandfather of University of Utah president Joseph T. Kingsbury. This collection contains early photographs of pioneer or related family individuals from around the turn of the century. The rest of the collection deals with a miscellaneous gathering of visits to pioneer gravesites and locations (circa 1970) and a Railroad ceremony in Corinne, Utah (circa 1970).
Dates
- 1890-1970
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
2 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Joseph Kingsbury photograph collection contains portraits of Joseph C. Kingsbury and one of his wives as well as portraits of early Utah Mormons. The collection also contains photographs of gravesites of Utah pioneers and photographs of a ceremony commemorating the arrival of the railroad in Corinne, Utah.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Louise Kingsbury from 1990-1991.
Separated Materials
Manuscript materials were transferred to the Ronald and Ilene papers (MS 0522).
Processing Information
Processed by Dale Larsen in 1995 and by Ashley Arave in 2003.
- Title
- Guide to the Joseph Kingsbury photograph collection
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Dale Larsen.
- Date
- 1995
- 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.
- 2019: Finding aid revised and re-encoded by Sara Davis.
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