c1331 Myrtle Eliza Dudley Peterson Photograph Collection, 1925-1933 A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 2006 Finding aid encode in EAD 1.0 by Craig Ringgenberg using XMetaL 1.0, 2006. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss C 1331 Myrtle Eliza Dudley Peterson Myrtle Eliza Dudley Peterson Photograph Collection, 1925-1933 .25 lin. ft. (1 box) The collection contains portraits pertaining to Myrtle Dudley and her family and friends. Most of the collection is not identified. There are diaries in Mss B 1331 describing Myrtle Dudley's missionary experiences in the Pacific Northwest, her return home to Jensen, Utah, education experiences at Brigham Young University and later at Utah Agricultural College. Her courtship and marriage to Alton Peterson are described. She moved back to the Uinta Basin where her husband farmed and she taught school for a time. Topics: Mormon missionaries Persons: Myrtle Eliza Dudley Peterson Organizations: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Places: Form or Genre: Photographs and negatives Background Background Note

Myrtle Eliza Dudley Peterson was born 6 May 1904 in Jensen, Utah, to Andrew and Sina Jensen Dudley. Myrtle served an LDS mission to the Northwestern states from 1925-1926, which covered Washington, Oregon, Montana, the northern part of Idaho, and the Canadian province of British Columbia. Myrtle attended the Utah Agricultural College, and graduated from Brigham Young University in 1936. She taught school in Southern Nevada until her retirement.

Myrtle married Alton Henry Peterson 15 July 1932 in Logan, Utah. The couple had four children: Annette Grant, Berkley C. Peterson, D. Ray Preston, and Ferrell A. Peterson. Myrtle died in Salt Lake City 9 January 1992, at age 87.

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 Scope and Content

The collection contains photographs of Myrtle, her family and friends. Most are unidentified. Many of the photographs were taken on her LDS mission to the Northwestern states, 1925-1926.

 Series Descriptions

Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

Myrtle Eliza Dudley Peterson Photograph Collection, 1925-1933, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Gift of Valerie M. Morgan, 2000.

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The Myrtle Eliza Dudley Peterson 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, 2006 Finding aid compiled by Susan Whetstone, 2006 Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2006 Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 2006. Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2006. Related collections

The photographs in this collection were separated from Mss B 1331.

 Container list Box Folder Contents 1 1 Portraits 1 Couple 2 Delos ? Jensen 3 Myrtle (young) 4 Peterson, Alton 1 2 1-4 Unidentified infants 1 3 1 Baldwin, Ethel Irene 2 Beal, Hobert? C., Sr. 3 Damron, Virgie 4 Dudley, Irene 5 Holt, Annie 6 Holt, Jessie 7 Jensen, Parley 8 Jensen, Parley and wife, Stella Rose Jensen (2 copies) 9 Petersen, Laura C. 1 4 1-4 Baldwin, Christine-Family (Willie, Harry, Doris, Frank, Percy, Ernest, Ethel) 1 5 1 Armistiead, Mary 2 Aunt Sina's Mother 3 Baldwin, Ernest Albert 4 Unidentified 1 6 Groups 1 Family group (Mary, Stephen, Elizabeth, Lydia, Harriet, Ellen, Samuel, Matthew, Lydia) 2 Dudley men (Andrew, Jr. and Sr., Stephen, Joseph, Hosmer) 3 Group (Armitstead, Beck, Dudley, Holt, Jenssen, Larsen) 4 Leetham, Lamuel and Lydia 5 4 unidentified men