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Jean Frances Eudey Taylor photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P2223

Scope and Contents

The Jean Frances Eudey Taylor photograph collection consists of 1 box containing 52 cabinet cards and black-and-white photographs depicting members of Jean Eudey Taylor's family and the family of her husband, Frank Chase Taylor, dating from approximately 1870 to 1960. Most of the people in the images are identified by notations on the backs.

Dates

  • circa 1870-1960

Creator

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

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Jean Frances Eudey Taylor photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.

Biographical Note

Jean Frances Eudey Taylor was born on May 29, 1906, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Marguerite Orr and John Edgar Eudey. John Eudey had ran a boarding house in Ruth, Nevada, near the railroad station. John Eudey struggled with alcoholism, and as a result the family moved frequently around the country, living in Ogden, Utah; San Francisco, California; and New York City, New York, before Marguerite Eudey settled in Salt Lake City with her children. As a teenager, Jean Eudey was a flapper and played accompanying piano to silent movies. In the 1920s, her mother, Marguerite Eudey, defied prohibition to brew bathtub gin.

In 1928, Jean Eudey married Frank Chase Taylor; together, they had three children. Frank Taylor died in 1948. Jean Eudey Taylor remarried to LeRoy Soelberrg in 1952. Jean Eudey Taylor was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She was a dedicated genealogist; in addition to compiling her own family’s genealogy, she taught genealogy classes and performed name extraction, or transcription of vital information from historic records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Jean Frances Eudey Taylor died on May 12, 1998.

Extent

52 Items (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Jean Frances Eudey Taylor (1906-1998) was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and a genealogist. This collection contains photographs of Jean Eudey Taylor's family and ancestors and the family of her husband, Frank Chase Taylor (1907-1948).

Arrangement

Arranged by subject

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by 'Marguerite Taylor Weed in 2019.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections staff.
Title
Guide to the Jean Frances Eudey Taylor 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
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