Ralph Chamberlin photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P0287

Staff Only

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

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.