c0129 Elbert D. Thomas Photograph Collection, 1933-1950 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 129 Thomas, Elbert D. 1883-1953 Elbert D. Thomas Photograph Collection, 1933-1950 0.5 lin. ft. (3 boxes) Educator, administrator, U.S. Senator from Utah, 1933-1951. Photographs document senatorial activities, and the damage done to German heavy industry by Allied bombardment. Topics: World War, 1939-1945 -- Bomb reconnaissance -- Photographs. Organizations: United States. -- Photographs. Places: United States -- Politics and government -- Photographs. United States -- History -- 1945-1953. Background Biographical Note

Educator, administrator, U.S. Senator from Utah (1933-1951) and LDS missionary in Japan. Thomas was active in New Deal legislation and in Japanese-American rights.

Scope and Content

Photographs document senatorial activities, family, and portraits as well as the damage done to German heavy industry by Allied bombardment.

Series Descriptions

Thomas photographs

Oversized

Vault Items

Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

Elbert D. Thomas Photograph Collection, 1933-1950, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Transfered from Franklin D. Roosevelt Library.

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: UTSX 89-A1126) Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000 Related collections

The photographs in this collection were separated from Mss B 129.

Container list Box Folder Contents Thomas photographs 1 1 Portraits 1 1 1 Thomas, Elbert D. (sketched print) [2 copies] 1 1 2 Thomas, Elbert D., 1908 1 1 3 Thomas, Elbert, 1907 [2 copies] 1 2 Portraits (cont.) 1 2 1 Thomas, Elbert D. 1 2 2 Thomas, Elbert D. [2 copies] 1 2 3-10 Formal portraits in office 1 4 Portraits (cont.) 1 4 3 Chapman, Oscar 1 4 4 Admiral Arthur Radend? 1 4 5 Ellender, Allen, 1941 1 4 6 Davis, James, 1951 1 3 Miscellaneous family photographs 1 3 1 Vacations 1 3 2 Tegucigalpa (Honduras) 1 3 3 Tegucigalpa (Honduras) 1 3 4 Wife and children 1 3 5-6 Airport 1 3 7 Thomas, Elbert with military group [2 copies] 1 3 8 New School Anniversary Drives (New York), May 1944 1 3 9 Thomas and W. R. Johnson (Hawaii) 1 3 10 American Academy of Political & Social Science discuss Philippine problem, 1933 1 3 11 Thomas, Chiyo in military uniform 1 4 Activities 1 4 1 "Open Hearing" broadcast, March 1947 1 4 2 United Nations Day--High Commissioner Of Trust Territories, Pacific (Hawaii), 1951 1 4 7-8 German youth visit U. S. Capitol (Washington, D.C.), 1950 1 5 Activities (cont.) 1 5 1 Group looking over document includes Rayburn, O'Mahoney, McNutt, Thomas, Austin 1 5 2 Political and Economic awards banquet--Hotel Statler 1 5 3 Second White House meeting on Korea, 1950 1 5 4 German Atrocities Congressional Committee 1 5 5 Campaign for Full Employment bill, 1945 1 5 6 Educational Advisory Committee (Hawaii) 1 5 7 Thomas, Elbert Thomas, Sen. and Mrs. 1 5 8 Bushnell Hospital (Brigham City, Utah) 1 6 Activities (cont.) 1 6 1 Thomas, Sen. with Robert Lafollette 1 6 2 Sponsors of Pres. Truman's National Health Insurance Program 1 6 3 FDR's funeral (Washington), April 1945 1 6 4 State Foreign Relations Committee at Washington's National Airport 1 6 5 Congressional group boarding plane to tour concentration camps (Washington D.C.) 1 6 6 Commemoration of 35th Anniversary, U.S. Dept. of Labor, March 1948 1 6 7 Bushnell Hospital, (Brigham City, Utah) 1 6 8 Members--Steelworkers Union 1 6 9 Military officers and cadets 1 6 10 Dinner honoring Pres. Harry S. Truman 1 6 11 Education includes Dr. Dumas Malone, Sen. Thomas, Dr. White 1 6 12 Watching United Nations Proceedings, just after start of the Korean War, 1950 1 7 Activities (cont.) 1 7 1 Thomas with military officers 1 7 2 Bermuda C.P.K., 1948 1 7 3 George, Major Gen. Harold, Lana Turner, Maj. Gen. Clayton Bissell, Sen. Thomas 1 7 4 Truman, Pres. signing Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, April 1949 1 7 5 Truman, Pres. signing Minimum Wage Bill, October 1949 1 7 6 Thomas, Elbert, Harley Kilgore, Neely at committee hearings on unemployment in coal mines 1 7 7 Meet the Press, February 1949 1 7 8 Thomas with unidentified man 1 7 9 Thomas with group 1 7 10 Phi Delta Theta members in U.S. Senate, 1935 1 7 11 Committee hearings on unemployment in coal mines, 1950 1 7 12 Patterson, Richard, Sen. Thomas, Mr. Farr in Farr Terminals, San Francisco 1 8 Activities (cont.) 1 8 1 Philippine Islands group [3 copies] 1 8 2 Thomas and wife with a general [4 copies] 1 8 3 Thomas, Mrs. with a general [4 copies] 1 9 Activities (cont.) 1 9 1 Mine Safety Committee, 1949 1 9 2 Democratic Labor Bill, 1949 1 9 3 Thomas, Elbert D. 1 9 4 Pacific Islands get together 1 9 5 Thomas, Elbert D., Sen. & Mrs. airport (leis) 1 9 6 Philippine Islands get together 1 9 7 Thomas, Elbert D. in office 1 9 8 Examining artificial leg at Bushnell Hospital (Brigham City, Utah) 1 10 Activities (cont.) 1 10 1-3 Thomas, Elbert D. with officers 1 11 Activities (cont.) 1 11 1 Christmas party 1 11 2 Pacific Island group reception [3 copies] 1 11 3 Pacific Island delegation at airport, 1951 [3 copies] 1 11 4-5 Dinner, 1949 1 12 Institute for Religious and Social Studies, 1950 1 12 1 Thomas, Elbert D. at Institute 1 12 2-3 Dinner at the Institute 1 13 Thomas Residence - Home built by Richard Kletting for Gideon A. Gibbs in 1896. Purchased by R. K. Thomas in 1905. 1 14 Thomas Jefferson Memorial (Washington, D.C.) 1 14 1 Statue of Jefferson/Tidal Basin (Washington, D.C.) 1 14 2 Cornerstone laying for the Jefferson Memorial includes Elbert D. Thomas, Chiyo, Mrs. Thomas & the Caretaker of the Trowel (Alexandria Masonic Lodge), 1939 1 14 3-5 Thomas, Elbert D. at the Jefferson Memorial (Washington, D.C.), 1944 1 14 6 Statue of Thomas Jefferson 1 14 7 Exterior--Thomas Jefferson Memorial, 1942 1 14 8 Aerial view--Thomas Jefferson Memorial 1 14 9 Construction--Thomas Jefferson Memorial 1 14 10 Exhibit on Elbert Thomas's book on Thomas Jefferson, 1942 1 14 11 Executive Committee, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission, ca. 1937 or 1938 1 14 12 Cornerstone--Thomas Jefferson Memorial includes signature of the President of the U.S. and Commissioners of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, 1939 1 15 Thomas Jefferson Memorial (cont.) 1 15 1 Bas Relief at the top of the Memorial 1 15 2-3 Architectural plan of the Jefferson Memorial by John Russell Pope 1 15 4 Scheme A for the Jefferson Memorial by John Russell Pope 1 15 5 Scheme B for the Jefferson Memorial by John Russell Pope 1 15 6 Scheme A for the Jefferson Memorial which is different from #4 [2 copies] 1 15 7 Interior view of the Memorial by John Russell Pope 1 15 8 Floor plan of Scheme A interior view by John Russell Pope 1 15 9 Floor plan of Scheme B interior view by John Russell Pope 1 15 10 Large drawing of the exterior of the Memorial which was actually adopted 1 15 11 Large architectural drawing of the exterior of the Memorial 1 16 Germany, World War II 1 16 1-3 Bombing damage--Henschel Aero Engine Works, 1945 1 16 4-5 Panther tanks lair destroyed (Hanover), 1945 1 16 6 Panther tanks lair, useless turrets, 1945 1 16 7-11 Destroyed storage tanks--Leuna Synthetic Oil Works (Merseburg), 1945 1 16 12 Explosion during the U.S. Eighth Air Force, B-24 Liberators (Erfurt), 1944 1 16 13-14 Ball Bearing Plant (Schweinfurt), 1945 1 16 15 Schweinfurt Kugelfischer Works--Germany's largest bearing producer, 1945 1 16 16 Bombing damage--Schweinfurt Kugelfischer Works, 1945 1 16 17 Schweinfurt Kugelfischer Works, German salvage & reconstruction between Allied bombings, 1945 1 16 18 Train engine damaged by bombing, 1945 1 17 Germany, World War II (cont.) 1 17 1 Aerial view--Gotha Plants, 1944 1 17 2 Aerial view--Gotha Plants during bombing, 1944 1 17 3-4 German oil production damaged by Allied bombing (Buer-Scholven), 1945 1 17 5 Jeep driven by American soldier into partially cleared area (Buer-Scholven), 1945 1 17 6 Air raid shelter used by Germans during Allied bombings, 1945 1 17 7-11 Henschel Foundries, Kassel destroyed, 1945 1 17 12 Volkswagen (Kubelwagon or "People's Car) plant, 1945 1 17 13 "People's Car" Factory, Fallersleben destroyed, 1945 1 17 14 "People's Car" Factory damage surveyed by U.S. combat engineers, 1945 1 17 15-17 I.G. Farben Plant remains, 1945 1 18 Thomas, Elbert D. with first wife, Edna Harker Thomas who died April 1942 [framed photograph] 1 19 Thomas, Elbert D. with with second wife at their wedding, Ethel Evans, October 1946 [framed photograph] Oversized 2 1 Family - Thomas, Elbert (uniform) 2 2 Activities 2 2 1 Deseret Sunday School Union Board, 1937 2 2 2 Unidentified man 2 2 3 Thomas Jefferson Memorial, 1943 2 2 4 Inauguration dinner establishing work between I.L.O. & several states & territories 2 2 5 Stephens, Harold M. 2 2 6 Farley, James with group 2 3 Miscellaneous Loose Photographs 2 3 1 Thomas, R.K. the father of Elbert D. Thomas 2 3 2 Dinner honoring newly elected Sen. Alben W. Barkley--majority leader 2 3 3 Annual dinner in honor of Thomas Jefferson, 1938 2 3 4 Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 1939 2 3 5 Annual message to Congress asking for Lend Lease, 1941 Vault Items 3 1 Signatures 3 1 1 Sen. Elbert D. Thomas portrait [4 copies] 3 1 2 Group photo with signatures of Elbert Thomas, Reva Beck Bosone, W.K. Granger, Arthur V. Watkins 3 1 3 Portrait and signature of A.J. Sabath 3 2 The Wage-Hour Act of 1949 includes signatures of Committee members and Pres. Harry S. Truman (Oversized Folder)