William Blaine Murdock photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P1768

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The William Blaine Murdock photograph collection consists of 1 box containing 10 black-and-white photographs of University of Utah students whitewashing the U and celebrating Ute Days in 1924. This collection is fully digitized and available to view on the Digital Library.

Dates

Creation: 1924

Creator

Murdock, William Blaine, 1902-1986 (Person)

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

William Blaine Murdock, known as Blaine Murdock, was born on July 17, 1902 in Heber, Utah to Lavina Elizabeth Averett and Nelson Murdock. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, he served a mission to the New England Mission. Murdock attended the University of Utah from 1919 to 1924, where he was one of the founders of the Sigma Nu fraternity and was elected President of Ute Days in 1924. On June 17, 1927, he married Edna Ferrell Wood in Chicago; she died in 1928 giving birth to their son. On December 23, 1932, Murdock married Captola Cherrington in Salt Lake City, Utah; together, they had four children.

Murdock worked for 22 for the Western Electric Company in Chicago and New Jersey. After leaving the job, he moved back to Utah to farm. During this time, he invented a supplemental feed for beef and dairy cattle. Murdock served as President of the Springville Mapleton Poultry Association. Blaine Murdock died on October 12, 1986.

Obituary. (1986 October 13). Blaine Murdock. Provo Daily Herald. https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bc8frp

Extent

0.2 Linear Feet (1 archive box) : 10 items

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

William Blaine Murdock (1902-1986) attended the University of Utah from 1919 to 1924, where he was one of the founders of the Sigma Nu fraternity and was elected President of Ute Days in 1924. The William Blaine Murdock photograph collection contains 10 black-and-white photographs of students whitewashing the U on Ute Days in 1924.