Hortense Redd Erickson lantern slide collection
Collection
Identifier: P0053
Scope and Contents
Collection was donated by Hortense Redd Erickson, a University of Utah alumnus and world traveller. It consists of 92 glass lantern slides from the 1920s. They were kept in the order according to the numbering of the slides. They are all of Europe, Egypt, and the Middle East.
Dates
- 1920-1929
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 Note
Hortense Redd (june 6, 1897- Julu 15, 1990) was born to James Monroe Redd and Lucinda Pace Redd in a log cabin, 150 miles away from the nearest doctor, in the pioneer village of Bluff, Utah.Her father, as a 16 year old youth, served as a scout in helping guide the small band of colonizers as they crossed the Colorado River in a place now known as "The Hole In The Rock".
In 1905 her family moved to nearby Monticello, and it was there that her parents lived and died.
In an effort to obtain an education she went to Logan, Utah to attend the Agricultural College as a "prep" student. She spent her sophomore year at Ann Arbor, Michigan and her third year at the LDS High School in Salt Lake. She graduated from the University of Utah in 1922, and received additional schooling at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Chicago. She taught in several places, but principally at the Granite High School in Salt Lake City, where she taught world history from 1922-43. In 1943 she resigned her teaching position to help in the war effort. She accepted employment with the War Labor Board and served there until the war ended
She married William O. Erickson in the Salt Lake LDS Temple, June 18, 1954. Mr. Erickson was a prominent business and churchman in Taft, California. He served for many years as Mayor and on the City Council, and was an owner in a mortuary business. He also served as Patriarch in the Bakersfield Stake. While they lived in California they were ordinance workers in the Los Angeles Temple, and continued their temple work in the Salt Lake Temple on coming to Salt Lake.
biography taken from Deseret News obituary, 1990
In 1905 her family moved to nearby Monticello, and it was there that her parents lived and died.
In an effort to obtain an education she went to Logan, Utah to attend the Agricultural College as a "prep" student. She spent her sophomore year at Ann Arbor, Michigan and her third year at the LDS High School in Salt Lake. She graduated from the University of Utah in 1922, and received additional schooling at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Chicago. She taught in several places, but principally at the Granite High School in Salt Lake City, where she taught world history from 1922-43. In 1943 she resigned her teaching position to help in the war effort. She accepted employment with the War Labor Board and served there until the war ended
She married William O. Erickson in the Salt Lake LDS Temple, June 18, 1954. Mr. Erickson was a prominent business and churchman in Taft, California. He served for many years as Mayor and on the City Council, and was an owner in a mortuary business. He also served as Patriarch in the Bakersfield Stake. While they lived in California they were ordinance workers in the Los Angeles Temple, and continued their temple work in the Salt Lake Temple on coming to Salt Lake.
biography taken from Deseret News obituary, 1990
Extent
92 glass lantern slides
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Hortense Redd Erickson lantern slide collection was donated by Hortense Redd Erickson, a University of Utah alumnus and world traveller. The collection in consists of 92 lantern slides from Europe, Egypt, and the Middle East in the 1920s-1930s.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Hortense Redd Erickson.
Processing Information
Processed by Peter Schmid in 1988.
- Title
- Guide to the Hortense Redd Erickson lantern slide collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Peter Schmid.
- Date
- 1988
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2016: Finding aid revised and re-encoded by Margaret Benson.
- 2019: Finding aid revised and re-encoded using Adobe Dreamweaver by Sara Davis.
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