Montmorency, Hayes and Talbot architectural drawings
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1235
Scope and Contents
The Montmorency, Hayes and Talbot collection (1902–1980) consists of architectural drawings, prints, proposals, and ephemera related to 1174 specific projects across Utah (92% of the collection’s projects), adjoining states (CO, ID, NM, NV, and WY), and further afield (CA, HI, IL, MT, and OR). The projects were designed not only by Montmorency, Hayes and Talbot Architects (4% of the collection’s projects) but also by predecessor individuals and firms notably Ashton & Evans (42% of the collection’s projects); Ashton, Evans and Brazier (25% of the collection’s projects); Ashton, Brazier, Montmorency & Associates (5% of the collection’s projects); and Brazier, Montmorency, Hayes and Talbot (2% of the collection’s projects). Many other prominent Utah architects and architectural firms are represented in the collection, including Hodgson & McClenahan; Joseph Don Carlos Young; Miles E. Miller; Pope & Burton; Scott & Welch; and Woolley & Evans.
The collection includes drawings of many structures on the National Register of Historic Places, including among many others: Salt Lake City Library, Sprague Branch; Kaysville Municipal Building; Draper Park Elementary; and University of Utah Thomas Library and Union Building. New Deal projects (Avalon Grade School, Heber City Library, Park City Community Building, Rich County Courthouse, and others) and World War II projects are both amply represented.
The collection includes drawings of many structures on the National Register of Historic Places, including among many others: Salt Lake City Library, Sprague Branch; Kaysville Municipal Building; Draper Park Elementary; and University of Utah Thomas Library and Union Building. New Deal projects (Avalon Grade School, Heber City Library, Park City Community Building, Rich County Courthouse, and others) and World War II projects are both amply represented.
Dates
- 1902-1980
Creator
- Montmorency, Hayes & Talbot (Organization)
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
Many architects are represented in this collection, most notably Raymond Ashton, B.E. “Bud” Brazier, Raymond Evans, and Frederick Montmorency.
Raymond Joy Ashton was born in Salt Lake City in the Utah Territory in 1887. He graduated in Engineering from the University of Utah, and soon thereafter left on a Latter-day Saint mission to the Netherlands. He was released in April 1912 and married Winnie Richards the next year in Salt Lake City where he designed several well-regarded residential works.
In 1916 they moved to Chicago where Ashton attended night school at Atelier Puckey (a member of the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects) and at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and worked as a draftsman for several Chicago firms. He returned to Salt Lake City in 1918 working with Francis D. Rutherford and independently through 1922 at which time he and Raymond Evans began the Ashton & Evans architectural partnership.
Ashton served his profession and the community in many positions during his 50+ year career: American Institute of Architects (national president, 1943–1945); American Architectural Foundation (board president); Chamber of Commerce (Salt Lake Board of Governors), and many more.
Ashton continued to serve as Senior Managing Principal at the firm through its changing leadership and names until full retirement – and a move to Prescott, Arizona – in 1970. He passed away in Prescott, Arizona in 1973.
Bernis Eugene (Bud) Brazier, Sr. was born in 1908 in Salt Lake City. He graduated from the University of Utah in engineering and served a mission for the Latter-day Saint church in France from 1929–1932 and was assigned to the Chicago World’s Fair (Central States Mission) in 1933. He then lived briefly in San Francisco, California.
After the war, he joined Ashton & Evans architects (1945) and became a partner in 1946 at which time the firm was renamed Ashton, Evans & Brazier. Although the firm worked in a collaborative model, he is known as the primary architect of two mega-projects: the Salt Lake City Veterans Hospital (1948–1949) and the University of Utah Medical Center (1959–1965). At his death (1970) he was president of the firm then named Brazier, Montmorency, Hayes and Talbot.
Brazier was active in his profession and community: American Institute of Architects (Utah chapter president); Utah Building and Construction Congress (president); Utah Construction Industry Council (president); and member of the Rotary Club, Ambassador Club, and University Club among many others.
Raymond Leslie Evans was born in Salt Lake City in 1895 into a family of craftsmen. He began working as a draftsman at seventeen (1912) and graduated from Salt Lake (West) High School the next year.
He continued drafting work with top-tier Utah firms (Ware & Treganza, Cannon & Fetzer, Woolley & Evans) until World War I intervened. Evans registered for the draft and was inducted in mid-1918. After military training in the building trades, he left for Europe serving in the 313th Engineers in France. When he returned, he and Raymond Ashton began the Ashton & Evans partnership.
In 1923, Evans married Emily Marie Lewis and his two daughters reported that he "loved his work and work was his life. Saturdays he worked, Sundays he worked, and the weekdays he worked."
Evans was active in service clubs and community affairs and worked very hard in them, but always in the background. He was an active member of: American Institute of Architects (Utah chapter president); Utah State Architects’ Examining board, Fort Douglas Club, Aviation Club, and many more.
In January 1963, Evans was selected as the second recipient of the Gold Medal Award by the Utah Chapter of the American Institute of Architects for his notable and meritorious service to the profession. He worked until the end and passed away in Salt Lake City in October 1963.
Frederick Luther (Fred) Montmorency was born in 1929 in Ogden UT. He graduated from the University of Utah with degrees in Fine Arts (1953) and Architecture (1954). He married Carole Jean Eccles in Cedar City UT soon after graduation (1954) and went right to work for Ashton, Evans & Brazier architects at age 26 (1955). He became a partner in 1963 at the firm then known as Ashton, Brazier, Montmorency and Associates; then Montmorency, Hayes and Talbot (1970-1979); and finally MHT Architects (1980).
During his architectural career, he was involved in hundreds of office buildings, schools, and other structures throughout the intermountain west. He had a direct hand in the design of the University of Utah Medical Center, Kennecott Building, Utah Law and Justice Center, among many other well-known structures. His passion and commitment to architecture live on through the Fred Montmorency Scholarship at the University of Utah Graduate School of Architecture.
He was a capable leader who actively participated on many professional, corporate, and civic boards: American Institute of Architects (Utah chapter president); Utah Safety Council (vice president); LDS Hospital; Blue Cross Blue Shield; Nelson Ricks; LDS Conference Center Planning Committee; Bonneville Kiwanis; Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, "Salt Shakers" Goodwill Ambassadors, and many others.
Montmorency was president of the firm (then Montmorency, Hayes and Talbot Architects) in 1991 when he spearheaded the project to donate many of the firm’s archival drawings to the University of Utah. He passed away in 2006.
Raymond Joy Ashton was born in Salt Lake City in the Utah Territory in 1887. He graduated in Engineering from the University of Utah, and soon thereafter left on a Latter-day Saint mission to the Netherlands. He was released in April 1912 and married Winnie Richards the next year in Salt Lake City where he designed several well-regarded residential works.
In 1916 they moved to Chicago where Ashton attended night school at Atelier Puckey (a member of the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects) and at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and worked as a draftsman for several Chicago firms. He returned to Salt Lake City in 1918 working with Francis D. Rutherford and independently through 1922 at which time he and Raymond Evans began the Ashton & Evans architectural partnership.
Ashton served his profession and the community in many positions during his 50+ year career: American Institute of Architects (national president, 1943–1945); American Architectural Foundation (board president); Chamber of Commerce (Salt Lake Board of Governors), and many more.
Ashton continued to serve as Senior Managing Principal at the firm through its changing leadership and names until full retirement – and a move to Prescott, Arizona – in 1970. He passed away in Prescott, Arizona in 1973.
Bernis Eugene (Bud) Brazier, Sr. was born in 1908 in Salt Lake City. He graduated from the University of Utah in engineering and served a mission for the Latter-day Saint church in France from 1929–1932 and was assigned to the Chicago World’s Fair (Central States Mission) in 1933. He then lived briefly in San Francisco, California.
After the war, he joined Ashton & Evans architects (1945) and became a partner in 1946 at which time the firm was renamed Ashton, Evans & Brazier. Although the firm worked in a collaborative model, he is known as the primary architect of two mega-projects: the Salt Lake City Veterans Hospital (1948–1949) and the University of Utah Medical Center (1959–1965). At his death (1970) he was president of the firm then named Brazier, Montmorency, Hayes and Talbot.
Brazier was active in his profession and community: American Institute of Architects (Utah chapter president); Utah Building and Construction Congress (president); Utah Construction Industry Council (president); and member of the Rotary Club, Ambassador Club, and University Club among many others.
Raymond Leslie Evans was born in Salt Lake City in 1895 into a family of craftsmen. He began working as a draftsman at seventeen (1912) and graduated from Salt Lake (West) High School the next year.
He continued drafting work with top-tier Utah firms (Ware & Treganza, Cannon & Fetzer, Woolley & Evans) until World War I intervened. Evans registered for the draft and was inducted in mid-1918. After military training in the building trades, he left for Europe serving in the 313th Engineers in France. When he returned, he and Raymond Ashton began the Ashton & Evans partnership.
In 1923, Evans married Emily Marie Lewis and his two daughters reported that he "loved his work and work was his life. Saturdays he worked, Sundays he worked, and the weekdays he worked."
Evans was active in service clubs and community affairs and worked very hard in them, but always in the background. He was an active member of: American Institute of Architects (Utah chapter president); Utah State Architects’ Examining board, Fort Douglas Club, Aviation Club, and many more.
In January 1963, Evans was selected as the second recipient of the Gold Medal Award by the Utah Chapter of the American Institute of Architects for his notable and meritorious service to the profession. He worked until the end and passed away in Salt Lake City in October 1963.
Frederick Luther (Fred) Montmorency was born in 1929 in Ogden UT. He graduated from the University of Utah with degrees in Fine Arts (1953) and Architecture (1954). He married Carole Jean Eccles in Cedar City UT soon after graduation (1954) and went right to work for Ashton, Evans & Brazier architects at age 26 (1955). He became a partner in 1963 at the firm then known as Ashton, Brazier, Montmorency and Associates; then Montmorency, Hayes and Talbot (1970-1979); and finally MHT Architects (1980).
During his architectural career, he was involved in hundreds of office buildings, schools, and other structures throughout the intermountain west. He had a direct hand in the design of the University of Utah Medical Center, Kennecott Building, Utah Law and Justice Center, among many other well-known structures. His passion and commitment to architecture live on through the Fred Montmorency Scholarship at the University of Utah Graduate School of Architecture.
He was a capable leader who actively participated on many professional, corporate, and civic boards: American Institute of Architects (Utah chapter president); Utah Safety Council (vice president); LDS Hospital; Blue Cross Blue Shield; Nelson Ricks; LDS Conference Center Planning Committee; Bonneville Kiwanis; Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, "Salt Shakers" Goodwill Ambassadors, and many others.
Montmorency was president of the firm (then Montmorency, Hayes and Talbot Architects) in 1991 when he spearheaded the project to donate many of the firm’s archival drawings to the University of Utah. He passed away in 2006.
Extent
205 Linear Feet (481 tubes and 4 oversize boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Montmorency, Hayes and Talbot collection (1902 – 1980) consists of architectural drawings, prints, proposals, and ephemera related to 1174 specific projects across Utah, adjoining states (CO, ID, NM, NV, and WY), and further afield (CA, HI, IL, MT, and OR). The projects were designed not only by Montmorency, Hayes and Talbot Architects but also by predecessor individuals and firms notably Ashton & Evans; Ashton, Evans, and Brazier; Ashton, Brazier, Montmorency and Associates; and Brazier, Montmorency and Talbot. Many other prominent Utah architects are represented, including Hodgson & McClenahan; Joseph Don Carlos Young; Miles E. Miller; Pope & Burton; Scott & Welch; and Woolley & Evans.
Arrangement
The collection of 481 tubes and 4 oversize boxes are not physically organized, but intellectually organized alphabetically by project name and then chronologically by project scope (e.g., original, addition, and alteration).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Fred Montmorency in 1991.
Processing Information
Processed by Jane Brinckerhoff in 1992.
Additional processing by Gina C Giang, Sue Duren, and Corrinne Fiedler in 2022–2025.
The drawings were gifted in 1991–1992 as 500 paper architectural tubes containing drawings in no particular order by date, location, nor architect. In approximately 2014, the drawings were re-housed in archival tubes. During that period of time, some tubes were combined, other tubes were separated, and some drawings were misplaced.
The CMF ID, ID sub refers to the geographical site. If a site has multiple buildings or projects, each has its own alpha ID subcode.
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Additional processing by Gina C Giang, Sue Duren, and Corrinne Fiedler in 2022–2025.
The drawings were gifted in 1991–1992 as 500 paper architectural tubes containing drawings in no particular order by date, location, nor architect. In approximately 2014, the drawings were re-housed in archival tubes. During that period of time, some tubes were combined, other tubes were separated, and some drawings were misplaced.
The CMF ID, ID sub refers to the geographical site. If a site has multiple buildings or projects, each has its own alpha ID subcode.
Click here to read a statement on harmful language in library records.
- Architects -- Utah -- Archives
- Architectural drawings (visual works)
- Architecture -- Utah -- Designs and plans
- Ashton & Evans (Architect)
- Ashton, Brazier, Montmorency & Associates (Architect)
- Ashton, Evans & Brazier (Architect)
- Brazier, Montmorency, Hayes and Talbot (Architect)
- Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Creator
- Montmorency, Hayes & Talbot (Organization)
- Title
- Montmorency, Hayes and Talbot architectural drawings
- Author
- Finding aid written by Corrinne (Corrie) Fiedler, Jane Brinckerhoff, and Gina C Giang.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The finding aid was 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