E.B. Olesen photograph collection, 1910-1925.

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E.B. Olesen photograph collection, 1910-1925.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45322695

This collection is comprised of nitrate and glass plate negatives taken by W.H. Hopkins. Photograph locations are mostly in Utah, and include Alta Ski Resort, American Fork Canyon, Bingham Copper Mine, Brighton Ski Resort, Boulder Dam, Provo, Salt Lake City, Southern Utah sites (including the Stone Arches), Timpanogos, University of Utah, and photos from an outing of the Wasatch Mountain Club.

.8 linear ft. (2 boxes, 164 items)

Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7552608

Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Wasatch Mountain Club

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Although the Wasatch Mountain Club was formally incorporated on 13 May 1920, it was informally organized earlier, sometime in August of 1913. The seven original participants are said to have met in the mountains, on various trails near Salt Lake City. Soon, women were present on the outings, and before the club was formally organized, it had sponsored hiking and skiing trips, built a ski jump, and helped to rediscover Timpanogos Cave and preserve it from mining interests. There were thirteen cha...

University of Utah.

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The paleontological research was sponsored by the University of Utah. From the description of Utah vertebrate paleontological field photographs, [ca. 1965]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155518067 The following history is from the UTAH HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA article on the University of Utah, by Dr. Gregory C. Thompson: Originally named the University of Deseret, the University of Utah is the oldest state university west of the Missouri River. Founded...

Hopkins, William H., 1873-1958

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W.H. Hopkins was a Salt Lake City, Utah dentist and an avid amateur photographer. From the description of E.B. Olesen photograph collection, 1910-1925. (Utah State University). WorldCat record id: 45322695 William H. Hopkins (1873-1958) was a dentist and tourism booster in Salt Lake City in the 1910s and 1920s. In 1917 he encouraged federal appropriations to build a "Monumental Highway" which would run from Bluff to St. George and from St. George through Monument Valley to t...