Triumphal Return of the Utah Volunteers photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0651
Scope and Contents
The collection also includes the photos of the two highest ranking officers, Major Richard Whitehead Young and a Major Grant, who is otherwise unidentified.
The identifications on each photograph are from the original album. captions in quotation marks were provided by the photographer or original owner. Information for this Content and Scope came from the following sources: History of Fort Douglas, by Lyman C. Pedersen Jr. (University of Utah doctoral dissertation, 1967, 283-7), and Who Rush to Glory: The Cowboy Volunteers of 1898, by Clifford P. Westermeier, (Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, 1958)
The identifications on each photograph are from the original album. captions in quotation marks were provided by the photographer or original owner. Information for this Content and Scope came from the following sources: History of Fort Douglas, by Lyman C. Pedersen Jr. (University of Utah doctoral dissertation, 1967, 283-7), and Who Rush to Glory: The Cowboy Volunteers of 1898, by Clifford P. Westermeier, (Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, 1958)
Dates
- 1898-1899
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.
Biographical / Historical
Batteries A and B of the Utah Volunteers were called up by Governor Heber M. Wells on April 25, 1898. Five hundred men responded in the next thirty days to fight in the Spanish-American War in the Philippine Islands. Senior Captain Richard Whitehead Young was made the commanding officer of both units. After training at Fort Douglas for several weeks, the soldiers departed from San Francisco, California for the Philippines on June 14, 1898. They fought many battles between August , 1898 and June 23, 1899, when they were relieved of duty and returned to the U.S. Salt Lake City honored them with a special homecoming celebration on August 19,1899 when the troopers marched from a Salt Lake City train station to Fort Douglas. To mark the occasion, Salt Lake City officials spent $15,000 to build a triumphal arch on the corners of Main Street and Second South for the troopers to march under. Salt Lake City=s citizens were jubilant and turned out in the thousands to watch the two batteries march through the city. The group suffered only twenty-two casualties from injuries and disease and served with distinction. These fourteen prints chronicle the men=s training at Fort Douglas and extraordinary home coming parade on August 19th.
Extent
14 Items
Abstract
The Triumphal Return of the Utah Volunteers photograph collection consists of various images concerning the Utah Volunteers. Also included in the collection are photos of Major Richard Whitehead Young and Major Grant, the two highest ranking officers.
Arrangement
Images retain their original order as found in the souvenir album.
Processing Information
Processed by Judy Dykman in 2002.
- Title
- Guide to the Triumphal Return of the Utah Volunteers photograph collection, 1898-1899
- Author
- Finding aid created by Judy Dykman.
- Date
- 2002 (last modified: 2018)
- 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: 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