Hotel Utah photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P0283

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Photographs in this collection document how the hotel looked in the early days as well as more modern times. Many of the photographs in the collection detail the remodeling and new construction of the two 10-story wings. There are a number of photos of employees being honored for their years of service to the hotel. Also, photos of the conventions, banquets, and meetings held at the hotel and of some of the guests which stayed there are included. There are a number of photographs and slides documenting the 75th Anniversary of the hotel.

Dates

1911-1986

Creator

Hotel Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah) (Organization)

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.

Organizational History

Construction of the Hotel Utah began in 1909. The design of the building, by the firm of Parkinson and Bergstron, was an adaptation of the Italian Renaissance. The hotel took two years to be completed and was dedicated on June 9, 1911. On March 11, 1974, construction began on two new 10-story wings. Over the years the hotel earned worldwide renowned for its elegance and extraordinary service. A ten-story glittering white palace in the very heart of a friendly state. A showplace for Utah, a mecca for tourists and travelers (The Hotel: Salt Lake's Classy Lady). Upon its opening it was said of the hotel, "From the Atlantic to the Pacific, there are bigger and more expensive hotels, but none more splendid, more elegant, or more comfortable." The 560-room Hotel Utah was renamed The Westin Hotel Utah when it became affiliated with Westin Hotels in 1984. Today Hotel Utah is not longer used as a hotel and is known as The Joseph Smith Memorial Building.

Extent

4.6 Linear Feet (11 archival boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Hotel Utah photograph collection consits photographs and slides documenting the remodeling and expansion of the Hotel Utah which began in 1974. The collection also contains photographs of functions held at the hotel, hotel guests, and employee award banquets. Selections of this collection, but not the entire thing, can be found in our Digital Library, here.

Arrangement

The first 3 boxes were processed before June 2000. Numbering in the first 3 boxes of the collection is consecutive. The addendum, which includes 10 additional boxes was processed in June 2000. Numbering through Box 1-Box 6 of the addendum are numbered by Box Fd No., all of the slides found in Box 6-Box 8 are numbered consecutively starting with 1 and include an "s" before the number indicating that they are slides, the transparencies and negatives found in Box 9 start at 1, the duplicates in Box 10 are not numbered. The addendum is organized by topic in alphabetical order.