Ern Pedler photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P2137
Scope and Contents
The Ern Pedler photograph collection consists of 1 box containing 192 black-and-white photograph prints and negatives and color photograph prints. The images depict Ern Pedler's life, family, and work with horses and on ranches. It also contains scenic photographs of Utah. The collection dates from approximately 1940 to 1988.
Dates
- circa 1940-1988
Creator
- Pedler, Ernest Joseph, 1914-1989 (Person)
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 Note
Ernest "Ern" Joseph Pedler was born May 31, 1914 in Prospect, South Australia, Australia, the third child of William Joseph Pedler and Lily Violetta Cook. When he was between 2 and 3 years of age, the family emigrated from Australia to Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, after his parents were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He loved horses and began his career as a long-distance rider, cowboy, and horse wrangler at the age of sixteen. He rode horses in the Wasatch and Uintah Mountains and on the west desert of Utah, where he chased and caught wild horses, until that became illegal. Later in his life, he was able to live on a ranch in the Vernon area. Pedler was also a writer of fiction, writing about horses and the landscapes that surrounded him. In addition to numerous short stories, Pedler authored a novel, The Big Lonely Horse (1960), and two novellas: Trail to Freedom (1959) and Dust of the Home Corral (1961). Ern Pedler died on November 17, 1989.
Extent
192 Photographic Prints (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Ern Pedler (1914-1989) was a fiction writer whose work was based on his experiences as a long-distance rider, cowboy, and horse wrangler in Utah. This collection contains photographs documenting Pedler's life, family, and work with horses and on ranches in Utah from 1940 to 1988.
Arrangement
Arranged by subject
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Ken Sanders Rare Books in 2016.
Separated Materials
See also the Ern Pedler papers (ACCN 2946) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.
Processing Information
Processed by Multimedia Division staff.
Creator
- Pedler, Ernest Joseph, 1914-1989 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Ern Pedler photograph collection
- Author
- Finding aid created by Claire A. Kempa.
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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