The Alson W. and Robert C. Ferguson Papers, 1925-1995A Register of the Collection at the
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| Repository: | Utah State Historical Society |
| Call number: | Mss B 1040 |
| Creator: | Robert C. Ferguson |
| Title: | Alson W. and Robert C. Ferguson Papers, 1925-1995 |
| Quantity: | .25 lin. ft. (1 box) |
| Note: | Items in the collection are originals. |
| Abstract: | The collection includes those documents produced by Alson W. Ferguson during his newspaper career, including research notes, programs and guild membership. The collection also includes high school newspapers from Ferguson's son, Robert C. Ferguson. |
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| Lynching-Utah | ||
| Polygamy-Utah | ||
| Reporters and reporting | ||
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| Barlow, Albert Edmund (1904-1994) | ||
| Ferguson, Alson W. (1894-1981) | ||
| Ferguson, Robert C. (1932-) | ||
| Marshall, Robert (d. 1925) | ||
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| American Legion | ||
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| Utah | ||
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| Newspapers, newspaper clippings, research notes, legal documents, reports | ||
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Background Note |
| Alson (Al) W. Ferguson (1894-1981) was a newspaper reporter in Salt Lake City. Over the course of his career, Ferguson worked for The Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake Telegram, and The Salt Lake Tribune. Ferguson was a member of the American Legion, documents concerning which are included in the collection. The collection also includes records from Ferguson's membership in the Salt Lake Newspaper Guild, as well as some of the research he did for the Tribune. |
| The collection includes Ferguson's research for several key moments in Utah's history, presumably as a reporter. Ferguson researched the Robert Marshall Lynching (1925), which occurred in Price, Utah after the town's residents suspected Marshall of killing the white marshal of Castle Gate, J. Milton Burns. Burns was murdered at night while he was making his rounds. Two boys said they saw a black man running from the scene. Rumors spread through the town of a black murderer, and the story became more violent with each retelling. Marshall sought refuge at the shack of an elderly black man named George. Afraid of being implicated in the crime, George turned Marshall to the authorities three days after the murder, and subsequently, a mob hanged Marshall from a tree in Wellington. It was the last lynching in the West. The collection includes Ferguson's research about the case. |
| Ferguson also researched the Albert Edmund Barlow case. Barlow, a member of a Salt Lake polygamist clan, was jailed in 1944 and again in 1959 for "unlawful cohabitation." Salt Lake City police and federal forces rounded up Barlow and 30 other polygamists in 1944. Barlow was later paroled to support his many children. In 1955, Barlow was again convicted for unlawful cohabitation, but after numerous appeals, served his prison sentence beginning in 1959. The collection includes several documents relating to The State of Utah v. Albert Edmund Barlow et al. |
| Al Ferguson's son, Robert C. Ferguson (1932-), attended Roosevelt Jr. High School and South High School (Class of 1949) in Salt Lake City. He received his B.S. from the University of Utah in 1956, and developed a career at Mail Well Envelope Company in Salt Lake City. The collection includes Robert's junior high school newspapers. |
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| The collection includes those documents produced by Alson W. Ferguson during his newspaper career, including research notes, programs and guild membership. The collection also includes high school newspapers from Ferguson's son, Robert C. Ferguson. |
| Alson W. Ferguson Papers |
| Robert C. Ferguson Papers |
| Miscellaneous |
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Summary Description | Background | Scope and Content | Administrative Info | Container List Administrative Information |
Preferred Citation:Alson W. and Robert C. Ferguson Papers, 1925-1995, Utah State Historical Society. |
Acquisition Information:Gift of Robert C. Ferguson, 7 September 2001. |
Restrictions on UseThe Alson W. and Robert C. Ferguson Papers are 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 Melissa Ferguson, 2005 Finding aid compiled by Melissa Ferguson, 2005 Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2005 Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 2005 Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2005 |
SourcesFerguson, Robert C. Oral interview by Melissa S. Ferguson, Salt Lake City, Utah, 18 May 2005. Gerlach, Larry R. Blazing Crosses in Zion: The Ku Klux Klan in Utah. Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1982. "S.L. Polygamist Barlow Dies at 91." The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 October 1994. |
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Robert Marshall Lynching, article and notes, n.d. (ca. 1925) |
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Supreme Court Appeal, State of Utah v. Albert Edmund Barlow et al., 1944 |
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80th Anniversary of Auerbach Co., Salt Lake City, Utah, 1944 |
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