Blacks in Utah photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0160
Scope and Contents
This information on Blacks in Utah (1879-1980) was collected between 1965 and 1979 by Steven K. Madsen, whose study of early Black arrivals in Utah (after 1847) and the Black community of Union, Utah Territory, was prompted by an interest in history aroused by the U.S. Bicentennial celebrations of the mid-1970s. Photographs of the first Blacks in Utah and their descendants. Photographs No.4-6 represent seven generations of black. Green Flake, a member of the vanguard pioneer group and a photographs of black soldiers returning home from the Spanish American War are not included in this collection. Green Flake was a slave, friend, and driver for Brigham Young. Flake was later freed, settled in the community of Union, married, and raised a family. He is buried in the Union Fort Cemetery.
Dates
- 1850-1960
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
10 Photographic Prints
Abstract
The Blacks in Utah photograph collection contains photographs of the first African Americans in Utah and of several generations of their descendents.
Separated Materials
Audio-visual materials were transferred to the Interviews with Black Utahns audio-visual collection (A0079).
Manuscript materials were transferred to the Stephen K. Madsen collection on Blacks in Utah, (ACCN 0689).
Audio-visual materials were transferred to the interviews with Blacks in Utah, (MS 0453).
Manuscript materials were transferred to the Stephen K. Madsen collection on Blacks in Utah, (ACCN 0689).
Audio-visual materials were transferred to the interviews with Blacks in Utah, (MS 0453).
- Title
- Guide to the Blacks in Utah photograph collection 1850-1960
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Mary Ann Curtis.
- 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.
Revision Statements
- 2022: Revised 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