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Working Together: a Utah Portfolio photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0306

Scope and Contents

The Working Together: a Utah Portfolio photograph collection consists of 5 boxes of portrait photographs of members of eight of Utah's ethnic communities. The photographs were taken by Utah photographers George Janecek and Kent Miles between 1984 and 1989. Most of the portraits were taken at the subjects' homes or businesses in Salt Lake City, Utah; however, some were photographed in other locations in Utah.

Dates

  • 1985-1988

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

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.

Historical Note

The Oral History Institute, located in Salt Lake City, Utah, began a project in 1982 to document the interaction between the dominant culture and various minority cultures in Utah. Interviews were conducted with members of individual ethnic and cultural groups including members of the dominant white culture. The project was conducted under a grant from the Utah Endowment for the Humanities.

Extent

5 albums

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Working Together: A Utah Portfolio was a photo-documentary exhibit that was created from four years of documentary work conducted in Utah's Black, Greek, Jewish, Japanese, Mexican or Hispanic, Chinese, Italian, and Ute communities in the 1980s. This collection contains photographs taken by Utah photographers George Janecek and Kent Miles in partnership with the Oral History Institute.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into 5 boxes, separated from the Oral History Institute collection (P0705). Proof sheets and places related to the people depicted in these prints remain in that collection. Because the boxes in Working Together: a Utah Portfolio photograph collection were originally grouped with the Oral History Institute photograph collection, only boxes 13-17 are part of this collection. The boxes have not been renumbered, though the item-level numbers reflect the collection number P0305. The boxes and oversized and specially constructed for the prints and do not contain folders; the description in the below inventory is item-level. Most of the individuals in the photographs are identified in handwritten captions on the back.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from the Oral History Institute.

Separated Materials

See also the Oral History Institute photograph collection (P0705).

Processing Information

Processed by Photo Archives staff.

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Subjects

Related Names

Creator

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Working Together: a Utah Portfolio photograph collection
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid created by Sara Davis.
Date
2015
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

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

https://lib.utah.edu/collections/special-collections/index.php
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863

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