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Dean R. Brimhall photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0114

Scope and Contents

Brimhall was director of research of the Civil Aeronautics administration, was active in the Work Progress Administration during the 1930s, and was once president of Utah Pacific Airways. His wife, Lila Eccles Brimhall, was active in Utah drama and was a professor of speech and drama at the University of Utah. Brimhall's photographs include family portraits and pictures of his associations with the CAA, the WPA, and Utah Pacific Airways. Also included are examples of petroglyphs and pictographs in southern Utah and Brimhall and friends on hiking and cross-country ski tours.

Dates

  • 1886-1972

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.

Extent

3 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Dean R. Brimhall photograph collection contains portraits of Dean Brimhall and of members of his family, photographs of activities of Utah Pacific Airways, and of the Works Progress Administration exhibit building in Washington, D.C. (1940). The collection also contains photographs of petroglyphs and rock paintings and photographs of scenic views taken by Dean Brimhall on various camping trips.

Separated Materials

Audio-visual materials were transferred to the Dean Brimhall audio-visual collection (A0473).

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Deam R. Brimhall papers (MS 0114).
Title
Guide to the Dean R. Brimhall photograph collection
Author
Finding aid prepared by Mary Ann Curtis.
Date
2004
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.
  • 2021: Finding aid revised and re-encoded 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