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Dorothy Harvey photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1279

Scope and Contents

The Dorothy Harvey photograph collection consists of 1 box containing 146 black-and-white and color prints and color slides. Folders 1 and 6 contain photographs of Dorothy Harvey, her family, and friends. The rest of the collection contains images collected by Harvey during the course of her work as an environmental advocate. Areas depicted include Idaho, Canyon Country in Utah, and the Uinta and White Rivers in Utah. Folder 2 contains black-and-white photographs depicting various areas of Canyon Country, particularly the Escalante River and tributary canyons, dating from the 1960. The locations and photographers are largely identified on the fronts or backs of each photograph. Photographers include June Viavant and W. Nick Strickland. Other folders include images produced by various state and federal organizations, including the United States Department of Interior Bureau of Reclamation and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Dates

  • 1927-2004

Creator

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

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

Permission to publish material from the Dorothy Harvey photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.

Biographical Note

Dorothy Harvey was an advocate for wilderness areas who worked on land and water management issues since the 1970s. Though she lived in Wisconsin, she worked on field studies of various environmental issues in various western states throughout the 1970s. She lived in Utah from 1980 t0 1986. Along with others, Harvey formed Citizens for a Responsible Central Utah Project (CUP), later the Intermountain Water Alliance, to inform the public of the effects that the Central Utah Project would have on land, wildlife, and recreation.

CUP is a United States federal water resource development program that was authorized as a participating project of the April 11, 1956 Colorado River Storage Project. It consists of six sub-projects located in central and east central part of Utah, the largest of which is the Bonneville Unit. On October 30, 1992, the United States Congress passed the Central Utah Project Completion Act, which removed responsibility for completing the complex projects from the United States Bureau of Reclamation and designated the Central Utah Water Conservancy District as the planning and construction agency for CUP.

Extent

146 Items (1 box)

Abstract

Dorothy Harvey was a wilderness advocate who worked with the Citizens for a Responsible Central Utah Project (CUP), later the Intermountain Water Alliance, to inform the public of the impact that the project would have on the environment. The Dorothy Harvey photograph collection contains images related to CUP project areas collected by Harvey throughout the course of her work in environmental advocacy as well as photographs of Harvey and her family.

Arrangement

Arranged by subject

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Mark Harvey in 2006.

Separated Materials

See also the Dorothy Harvey papers (ACCN 2232) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections staff.
Title
Guide to the Dorothy Harvey photograph collection, 1927-2004
Author
Finding aid created by Claire A. Kempa
Date
2023
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.

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