c0046 Benjamin Franklin Riter Photograph Collection, 1882-1966 A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 1999 Finding aid encode in EAD 1.0 by Craig Ringgenberg using XMetaL 1.0, 1999. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss C 46 Riter, Benjamin Franklin, 1886-1966. Benjamin Franklin Riter Photograph Collection, 1882-1966 1.0 lin. ft. (2 boxes) Utah lawyer, businessman, civic leader and Army officer. Includes photographs from the Dominguez-Escalante Monument dedication, the Utah Agricultural College, and views of Logan, Utah and Riter Brothers Drug. Also, group photographs of the Judge Advocate General's staff. Topics: Dominquez-Escalante Expedition -- Monument and dedication -- Photographs. Pharmacies -- Utah -- Photographs. Organizations: Riter Brothers Drug Company (Logan, Utah) -- Photographs. Places: Cache County (Utah) -- Photographs. Logan (Utah) -- Photographs. Background Biographical Note

Utah lawyer, businessman, civic leader and Army officer.

 Scope and Content

Includes photographs from the Dominguez-Escalante Monument dedication, the Utah Agricultural College, and views of Logan, Utah and Riter Brothers Drug. Also, group photographs of the Judge Advocate General's staff.

Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

Benjamin Franklin Riter Photograph Collection, 1882-1966, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Gift of Mrs. Franklin Riter.

 Restrictions on Use

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Processing Information: Collection processed by Susan Whetstone Finding aid compiled by Susan Whetstone Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000 Collection cataloged by Richard Saunders, 1989 (RLIN ID: UTSX89-A1097). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000. Related collections

The photographs in this collection were separated from Mss B 46.

 Container list Box Folder Contents 1 1 Miscellaneous 1 1 1 Branch office--Judge Advocate General 1 1 2-13 Dedication of Escalante Monument (Jensen, Utah) 1 2 Riter Brothers Drug Store (Logan, Utah) [advertisement] 1 2 1-3 One cent sale--Riter Brothers Drug Store (Preston, Idaho) 1 2 4 Riter Brothers Drug Store (Logan, Utah) [advertisement] 1 2 5 Store window at night--Riter Brothers Drug Store (Logan, Utah) 1 2 6 Interior--Riter Brothers Drug Store (Logan, Utah) 1 2 7-8 Float--Riter Brothers Drug Store (Logan, Utah) July 1928 1 2 9 Salt Lake Temple [postcard] 1 3 New Deal and miscellaneous. 1 3 1 Draft report assailing the New Deal, October 1935 1 3 2-3 Advertising drive--Commercial Club, October 1930 1 4 Family photographs 1 4 1 Corlett, Maria Inez (Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Riter) 1 4 2 Riter, Benjamin Franklin wife Maria Inez Corlett 1 4 3 Riter, Benjamin Franklin residence (Logan, Utah) 1 4 4 Riter, Benjamin Franklin Riter--birthplace, 31 August 1859 (Salt Lake House) 1 5 Group photograph--Scottish Rite Masonic Class, November 1929 1 6 Riter Brothers Drug Store Buildings 1 6 1 Exterior--Pioneer Drug Company (Logan, Utah) 1 6 2-8 Riter Brothers Drug Store (Logan, Utah) 1 6 9-10 Window--Riter Brothers Drug Store/Rexall (Logan, Utah) 1 7 Logan, Utah photographs 1 7 1 Street scene (Logan, Utah), ca. 1884 1 7 2 Reese Opera House (Logan, Utah) 1 7 3 Main Street (Logan, Utah), 1911 1 7 4 Unidentified building 1 7 5 Cache County Court House (Logan, Utah) 1 7 6 Ogden, Logan & Idaho Railway Depot (Logan, Utah) 1 7 7 Business block (Logan, Utah) 1 7 8 Utah State University (Logan, Utah) 1 7 9 Panoramic view from the Eagle Hotel (Logan, Utah) 1 7 10 Logan Utah Temple 1 7 11 Main Street (Logan, Utah) 1 7 12 Birds-eye-view (Logan, Utah) 1 7 13 Eccles Hotel (Logan, Utah) 1 8 Unidentified group 1 9 People 1 9 1-3 Riter, Brig. Gen. Riter at dinner table with Elwood, Jensen, Dunbar, Halverson 1 9 4 Unidentified group 1 9 5-7 American Legion Convention (Ogden, Utah), October 1948 1 9 8-9 Dugway Proving Grounds 1 9 10 Medico-Legal Conference, April 1959 1 9 11-13 Board of Governors--American Bar Association, May 1958 1 9 14 Franklin Riter, 1936-37 1 10 Military photographs 1 10 1-3 Military Ball--Utah State University (Logan, Utah), March 1950 1 10 4-5 Military Ball--R.O.A., February 1956 1 10 6 Riter, Brig. Gen. Franklin, Mrs. Carl Banks, and "Art" Horsley 1 10 7 Commendation ceremony--363rd MP CID (ORC) 1 10 8 American Legion Air Roundup, April 1949 [2 copies] 1 10 9-13 Riter, Brig. Gen. Franklin (Dugway Proving Ground) 1 10 14 Utah State Delegate to House of Delegates & Board of Governors--American Bar Association, 1958 1 10 15-16 Commissioning exercises--Utah State University, June 1960 1 10 17 Judge Advocate--State R.O.A., February 1956 1 11 Military photographs (cont.) 1 11 1 Meeting--U.S.O. (Illinois), January 1950 1 11 2-4 Officers, BOTJAG-ETO, Spring 1945 1 11 5 Branch Office of the Judge Advocate General, February 1944 1 11 6 Unidentified general 1 11 7 Meeting--U.S.O. (Illinois), January 1950 1 11 8-9 Riter, Franklin 1 11 10-12 Branch Office of the Judge Advocate General 1 11 13 Riter, Franklin, 1947 1 11 14 Creation of state U.S.O. Council, November 1949 1 11 15 Riter, Franklin with Goates, Wallace, Paul Beecher, Dean Ence 1 11 16-17 Panel on discussion of trial of war criminals-- AMVET, November 1949 1 11 18-19 Riter, Franklin receiving the Oak Leaf Cluster of Legion of Merit, June 1947 1 11 20 Creation of state U.S.O. Council, November 1949 1 12 Military photographs (cont.) 1 12 1 R.A.F. party with British royalty, February 1943 1 12 2 Birthday party for American Legion, March 1949 1 12 3 Edgewater Beach Hotel (Chicago, Illinois), 1953 1 12 4 Board of Directors--Tracy Loan and Trust, 1941 1 12 5 Military ball, April 1957 1 12 6 Lee, Governor J. Bracken at Governor's Night--American Legion, April 1949 1 13 People 1 13 1 Riter, Franklin, BOTJAG Beagle paper 1 13 2 Craner, Major Gen. Myron C. 2 Utah Constitutional Convention 1 Participants, 5 December 1933