The John Carbutt photograph collection contains stereographs by John Carbutt documenting various scenes along the Mississippi, in Chicago, the Rocky Mountains, and along the Union Pacific Railroad in Nebraska.

The William Henry Jackson photograph collection contains photographs of various sites and people in Colorado and Utah taken by William Henry Jackson. Some are from the Scenery of the Union Pacific Railroad series. Others depict Indigenous people, primarily members of the Ute people.

The Betty Shepherd Musser photograph collection contains photographs of various members of the Pyper, Shepherd, and Spencer families. The collection also contains photographs of productions at the Salt Lake Theatre and publicity shots of performers, particularly Anna Pavlova.

Ophir, Utah is a former incorporated town, now a census-designated place, in Tooele County, Utah. Initially eastablished as a mining camp in the 1860s, Ophir's population grew and collapsed in concert with the boom and bust cycle of the mining industry. The Ophir, Utah photograph collection contains 1 print of a stamp mill in Ophir.

Situated on the southern shore of the Great Salt Lake, the Saltair Beach Resort opened on June 8, 1893. This collection contains 5 albumen prints of Saltair during its early years, from approximately 1893 to 1900.