A. Russell Mortensen photograph collection 1850-1920

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A. Russell Mortensen photograph collection 1850-1920

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The A. Russell Mortensen photograph collection contains primarily photographs of scenes from the American West. Includes some stills from television westerns and some portraits of A. Russell Mortensen at various public functions.

495 photographs

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Photograph Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6364151

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Mortensen, A. Russell (Arlington Russell), 1911-

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Dividing his time between Utah and California, A. Russell Mortensen spent his early professional years as a teacher, administrator and editor. Born in Salt Lake City to Arlington Peter and Fannie Burnham Mortensen on January 30, 1911, he was raised in southern California. Mortensen returned to Utah in the early 1930s to attend Brigham Young University. While there he met and married Bessie Burch, a native of Spanish Fork, Utah. After receiving a B. S. in history in 1937 Mortensen be...