c0272 Evelyn Nielsen Wood Photograph Collection, 1930-1980 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 272 Wood, Evelyn Nielsen, 1909-1995. Evelyn Nielsen Wood Photograph Collection, 1930-1980 Originals 1 lin. ft. (2 boxes) Founder of Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics which was established in 1959 in Washington, D.C. By the mid-1960s the institutes operated throughout the United States and several foreign countries. She learned the method by studying naturally rapid readers. She was also a author, composer and teacher. The collection contains both Wood family and Reading Dynamics (mostly students) photographs. Topics: Women in business -- Photographs. Women teachers -- Photographs. Persons: Wood family -- Photographs. Organizations: Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics -- Photographs. Background Biographical Note

Founder of Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics which was established in 1959 in Washington, D.C. By the mid-1960s the institutes operated throughout the United States and several foreign countries. She learned the method by studying naturally rapid readers. She was also a author, composer and teacher.

 Scope and Content

The collection contains both Wood family and Reading Dynamics (mostly students) photographs.

Series Descriptions

Evelyn Wood collection

Groups

Students--Reading Dynamics

Miscellaneous

Family

 Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

Evelyn Nielsen Wood Photograph Collection, 1930-1980, Utah State Historical Society.

Restrictions on Use

The Evelyn Nielsen Wood Photograph Collection is the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information: Collection processed by Susan Whetstone Finding aid compiled by Susan Whetstone Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000 Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 2000 (RLIN ID: UTSX00-A79). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000. Related collections

The photographs in this collection were separated from Mss B 272.

Container list Box Folder Contents Evelyn Wood collection 1 1 Fairbanks and Rich Families 1 1 1 Nielsen, Thomas 1 1 2 Nielsen, Timothy? 1 1 3 Stirland, Mary Brown 1 1 4 Unidentified baby 1 1 5 Pantone, Don 1 1 6 Unidentified man 1 1 7 Unidentified family 1 1 8 Rich, Alviera? Cozzens 1 1 9 Rich, Edward 1 2 Stirland Family 1 2 1 Stirland, William R. cabin 1 2 2 Stirland, William R. family 1 3 Family Photos 1 3 1-12 Family snapshots 1 3 13 Little girl [postcard] 1 3 14 Small child [postcard] 1 3 15 Wood, Carolyn, age 3 [2 copies] 1 3 16 Wood, Evelyn and Carolyn 1 3 17 Wood, Mr.? 1 3 18 School class 1 3 19 Children 1 5 Family (cont.) 1 5 1 Wood, Evelyn 1 5 2 Unidentified baby 1 5 3 Unidentified young woman 1 5 4 May, Richard C. [obituary] 1 5 5 Wood, Evelyn? 1 6 Family (cont.) 1 6 1-7 Nielsen family 1 6 8-18 Unidentified family members 1 7 Family (cont.) 1 7 1-4 Group photos 1 7 5 Wood, Evelyn 1 7 6 Schenk and Stirland family 1 7 7 Unidentified man [hand tinted, color print] 1 7 8 Unidentified couple [hand tinted, color print] 1 7 9 Unidentified woman with two children 1 7 10-11 Two children--Tom and Janice 1 7 12 Unidentified girl 1 7 13 Unidentified baby 1 7 14 Two young children [negative] 1 4 Color photographs 1 4 1-3 Unidentified group of women 1 4 4-6 Unidentified women in home at Christmas 1 4 7 Nielsen, Nancy and Thomas, 1965 1 4 8 Nielsen, Ariel and Thomas, 1965 1 4 9 Nielsen, Ariel, Tom and Janice, 1964 1 4 10 Nielsen, Ariel and Thomas, 1965 1 4 11 Shakespeare's home (Stratford) [postcard] 1 8 Clyde N. Hatch, Photographer 1 8 1 Unidentified school group [5 copies] 1 8 2 Unidentified men 1 8 3 Unidentified group 1 9 Wood, Carolyn--wedding photographs 1 9 1-5 Wood, Carolyn--wedding photographs 1 9 Groups 1 10 Groups 1 10 1 L.D.S. missionaries [2 copies] 1 10 2 L.D.S. Church Relief Society--18th Ward 1 10 3 Wedding anniversary 1 10 4 Reading class 1 10 5 Wood, Evelyn at airport 1 10 6-10 Training class 1 10 11-12 Unidentified group (Coronado Hotel) 1 10 13-14 Unidentified family group 1 11 Groups (cont.) 1 11 1 Wood, Evelyn with award 1 11 2-3 Wood, Evelyn teaching a class 1 11 4 Unidentified group (Washington, D.C.) 1 11 5-6 Unidentified women [publicity photograph] 1 11 7-9 Family photos 1 36 Gussman, Mary, Armon Johansen, Sterling Larson, et al [2 copies] 1 39 Wolters, Merlyn and group, Marie Frandsen, John Patterson [6 copies] 1 43 Young, Vern and Arch Egbert [5 copies] 1 44 Young? Vern, Bishop Wirthlin, Dorothy Hansen, Arch Egbert [3 copies] 1 46 Wirthlin, Dr., Dorothy Hansen, Arch Egbert [3 copies] 1 Students--Reading Dynamics 1 12 Children's class--Reading Skills Center 1 12 1-2 Fluehe, Keith 1 13 Urie, Paul 1 14 Madsen, B. L., Bob, Joe 1 15 Nelson, Helen [2 copies] 1 16 Perry, Nola 1 17 Quist, Paul and Yvonne 1 18 Rawlings, Karla Kendall [2 copies] 1 19 Brimley, Lynn 1 20 Unidentified woman reading on a cot [2 copies] 1 21 Luce, Loretta 1 22 McKenna, Earl A. (Logan) [2 copies] 1 23 Jensen, Allen 1 24 Howard, James [2 copies] 1 25 Erickson, Mark 1 26 Bennett, Fred 1 27 Andrus, Joe and Don Thomas [barber] 1 28 Aldredge, Claron [2 copies] 1 31 Mellon, Michael 1 32 Thomas, Cynthia 1 33 Sawyer, Tom 1 35 Gussman, Mary and Evelyn Wood [3 copies] 1 37 Nielsen, Mary 1 38 Lamont, Grant 1 38 1 Lamont, Grant and Scott Secrest [2 copies] 1 38 2-3 Lamont, Grant 1 40 Morrow children 1 42 Unidentified students 1 42 1 Adams, Mike 1 42 2 Fackerall, Virginia 1 42 3 Nielsen, Robert 1 42 4 Sorensen, Glenna 1 42 5 Mortensen, Mr.? 1 42 6 Ross, Shirley 1 42 7 Whitsitt, Clifford Jerry 1 42 8 Hamilton, Mark 1 42 9 Massenmillen, Mr.? 1 42 10 Stebbins, Malcolm 1 42 11-12 Unidentified young men 1 45 Gussman, Mary [5 copies] 1 Miscellaneous 1 29 Miscellaneous 1 29 1 Hornblower and Weeks Brokerage Firm (New York City) [2 copies] 1 29 2 Unidentified man reading using a candle for light [sketch] 1 30 Wood, Evelyn teaching a class [color/proof sheet/poor quality 1 34 Wood, Evelyn 1 34 1 Wood, Evelyn giving a talk 1 34 2-3 Wood, Evelyn and unidentified man 1 34 4-7 Wood, Evelyn with two young people 1 34 8 Wood, Evelyn with group by dinner table 1 41 "U Save Your Speed for Reading" [billboard/2 copies] 1 47 Wood, Evelyn [publicity photographs] 1 47 1 Wood, Evelyn [passport photographs/2 copies] 1 47 2 Wood, Evelyn and group in costumes [color] 1 47 3 Wood, Evelyn [publicity photographs/9 copies] 1 47 4-5 Wood, Evelyn 1 47 6 Wood, Evelyn and unidentified man 1 Family 1 48 Family 1 48 1 Wood, M.D. [passport photos/4 copies] 1 48 2 Four generations 1 48 3 Mother?--Evelyn Wood 1 48 4 Doug, 1962 1 48 5 Unidentified toddler 1 48 6-8 Unidentified baby 1 48 9 Stirland, Patricia Lee, 10 months 1 48 10-13 Doug 1 48 14 Four generations 1 48 15-22 Feeding, holding and playing with a baby 1 49 Family (cont.) 1 49 1-2 Unidentified children 1 49 3 Four generations 1 49 4 Family (cont.) 1 49 5 Unidentified home with family in front yard [2 copies] 2 1 Framed photographs 2 1 1 Mother?--Evelyn Wood 2 1 2 Robison, Louise Y. 2 4 Unidentified man 2 2 Family 2 2 1 Unidentified couple [2 copies] 2 2 2 Unidentified elderly woman 2 2 3 Unidentified man 2 2 4 Unidentified woman 2 3 Album, German Mission 2 3 1 L.D.S. missionaries (Dresden), 1925 2 3 2-25 L.D.S. German mission photographs 2 5 Large Photographs 2 5 1 L.D.S. German mission group 2 5 2 Carter, President Jimmy and Bernary Kelly 2 5 3 Carter, Rosalyn for James D. Sanctis