Ralph Chamberlin photograph collection
Scope and Contents
The Ralph Chamberlin photograph collection contains photographs and slides of buildings and events at the University of Utah and in Salt Lake City; photographs and slides of buildings and archaeological sites in Mexico.
Dates
- Creation: 1851-1950s
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 Sketch
Ralph Vary Chamberlin (1879-1967) was born in Salt Lake City to William Henry Chamberlin and Eliza Frances Brown. He married Daisy Della Ferguson in 1899 and later married Edith Simmons in 1922. Chamberlin was a professor of biology at the University of Utah. Many years later, Chamberlin was commissioned to write a centennial history of the University of Utah. The history was finally published in 1960.
Extent
445 Items
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Ralph Chamberlin photograph collection contains photographs and slides of buildings and events at the University of Utah and in Salt Lake City; photographs and slides of buildings and archaeological sites in Mexico.
Separated Materials
Manuscript materials were transferred to the Ralph V. Chamberlin papers (ACCN 0907).
Subject
- University of Utah -- Photographs (Organization)
- University of Utah -- Buildings -- Photographs (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Ralph Chamberlin photograph collection
- Author
- Finding aid written by Multimedia Archives staff.
- Date
- 2004
- 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
- 2022: Finding aid revised and re-encoded by Sara Davis.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu