Mss C 1937 Utah Volunteer Women Photograph Collection, ca. 1900-1966 A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 2012 Finding aid encoded in EAD by Melissa Ferguson using oXygen 9.3, 2012. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss C 1937 Unknown The Utah Volunteer Women Photograph Collection, 1900/1966ca. 1900-1966 1 envelope

All items in the collection are originals.

 TThe collection includes ten studio portraits of women who were active in Salt Lake City social and volunteer societies. Topics: Johnson, Melvina Perry, 1876-1964. Stewart, Esther Call, 1879-1959. Stewart, John Riggs, 1878-1961. Tugman, Eupha May Foley, 1888-1944. Wolfe, Carolyn Williams. Women--Social networks. Women--Utah--Societies and clubs. Voluntarism--Salt Lake City--Utah. Social Life and Customs Clubs and Societies Politics, Government, and Law Civic Activism Material Types Images Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Literature Form or Genre: Photographs. Background Historical Note

The collection was found with the materials for Mss B 1925, the Salt Lake District Dental Auxiliary Scrapbooks. However, it does not appear that the subjects in the photographs are connected to the Salt Lake District Dental Auxiliary. It appears that the link that ties these women together is their club activities, particularly the Women's Legislative Council and the Wasatch Literary Club. The Women's Legislative Council began in 1920 and continues as an organization to investigate and study both state and national issues, and to suggest state legislation. The organization remains a nonpartisan organization and meets during the general session in September and October and during the legislative session in January. Its delegates are divided into five committees to study issues and legislation. The Wasatch Literary Club was most likely a later incarnation of the Ladies' Literary Club, which began in the mid-19th century. Membership was open to all those women interested in literature.

 Scope and Content

The collection includes ten studio portraits of women who were active in Salt Lake City social and volunteer societies. Very few of the images are identified, and those that are identified indicated the subject's married name. Obituaries and genealogical records allowed some of the women to be identified below, and their biographical information is provided in the Container List.

The collection is arranged alphabetically by subject's last name, with those images unidentified at the end of the collection. The unidentified images are approximately arranged chronologically.

 Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

The Utah Volunteer Women Photograph Collection, ca. 1900-1966, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Found in Collection, 2010.

 Restrictions on Use

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Processing Information: Collection processed by Melissa Ferguson, 2011. Finding aid compiled by Melissa Ferguson, 2011. Finding aid edited by Doug Misner, 2011. Collection cataloged by Michele Elnicky, 2012. Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Melissa Ferguson, 2012. Separations

Manuscripts have been separated and classified as Mss B 1937.

 Container list 1 1 Evans, "Mrs. Edmund P," was a Utah Volunteer Adviser and worked with the March of Dimes. 1. Photograph is a 7" x 5" studio portrait, black and white, with a glossy finish. The reverse is stamped by The Salt Lake Tribune library. Subject is a white woman approximately in her 50s or 60s, wearing a dark, v-neck top, 8 July 1966. 1 2 Jacobs, "Mrs. Joseph." 2. Photograph is a 5" x 4" studio portrait, black and white, glossy finish (possibly a copy). On the reverse of the photograph is written "Mrs. Joseph Jacobs" in pencil. Subject is a white woman approximately in her 40s or 50s, wearing a floral print top, large round earrings, a pearl necklace, and short curly hair, ca. 1950s. 1 3 Johnson, Melvina Perry (1876-1964), was a member of a number of women's clubs, including the Women's Legislative Council and the Wasatch Literary Club. 3. Photograph is a 5 ½" x 3 ¾" studio portrait, black and white, matte finish, matted on black cardboard. On the bottom right corner of the matte the word "Johnson" is embossed inside a globe, and the words "Salt Lake, Utah" are embossed to its right. Subject is a white woman in her 20s whose hair is piled on top of her head, Gibson-girl style. She wears a dark shirtwaist with ¾ length sleeves, a dark pleated skirt, and is posed with arms down and behind her back, ca. 1900-1910s. 1 4 Stewart, Esther Call (1879-1959) and John Riggs Stewart (1878-1961). Esther was a member of the Wasatch Literary Club and the Women's Legislative Council. 4. Photograph is an 8" x 10" studio portrait, black and white, with a matte finish. On the reverse is a stamp from Berg Mortuary (Provo, Utah) with Mrs. Eleanor Olson as the return addressee. Subjects are both white and elderly, are shot from the waist up, outdoors, with shoulders touching. Esther wears a dark blouse while John wears a light button down, long-sleeved shirt and a tie with a geometric design, Undated. 1 5 Tugman, Eupha May Foley (1888-1944) received a Master's degree from Stanford University and worked for a time as the chief of manufacturing of sound wave slides for Central Scientific Company in Chicago. President of Women's Legislative Council, 1938-1939, and served in numerous other women's clubs. 5. Photograph is 7 7/8" x 5" studio portrait, black and white, matte finish. Subject is a white woman approximately in her 40s, wearing a lace jacket and a long beaded necklace, ca. 1930s-1940s. 1 6 Wolfe, Carolyn Williams (ca. 1892 - ?) was the wife of James H. Wolfe, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Utah. 6. Photograph is a 5" x 4" studio portrait, black and white, glossy finish. On the reverse subject is identified both as Mrs. James Wolfe and Carolyn Wolfe, and "Harris & Ewing" is stamped in ink. Subject is a white woman approximately in her 30s and wears a white blouse, dark jacket, a large flower pinned to lapel, and wears short curly hair, ca. 1950s. 1 7 Unidentified Subjects. 7. Photograph is a 7 7/8"x 6" studio portrait, black and white, with a matte finish, matted in a brown portfolio, 10" x 7 ½". On the inside of the portfolio reads "Lumiere Studio, Salt Lake." Subject is a white woman approximately in her 30s or 40s, her hair styled in a high, loose bun. She wears a dark silky jacket with a sequined lapel and a long beaded necklace, ca. 1910s. 8. Photograph is a 5 7/8" x 4 7/8" studio portrait, black and white, matte finish, matted in an off-white cardboard portfolio, 9 ½" x 6 ½". Cover reads "Portrait by Lignell-Gill, Salt Lake." Subject is a white woman, approximately in her 40s, wearing a dark dress, a beaded necklace, a metal brooch, and round wire-rimmed glasses. Her hair is styled short with finger waves, ca. 1930s. 9. Photograph is a 5" x 3 ¾" studio portrait, black and white, with a matte finish, inside a cream-colored portfolio, 5 ½" x 4 1/8". On front of folio written in pencil is the word "Schroder," and "Ecker's Salt Lake City" is embossed inside in dark green ink. Subject is a white woman approximately in her 20s, wearing metal-rimmed cat eyeglasses, a silky dress decorated with piping and studded with pearl beads along the scalloped neckline, a diamond necklace and matching earrings. Her hair is styled in an up 'do, ca. 1940s-1950s. 10. Photograph is a 2 ½" x 2 ½" studio portrait, black and white, glossy finish. Subject is a white woman approximately in her 50s, wearing cat eyeglasses with metal frames, ca. 1950s.