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Utah
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The American Southwest: A Guide to the National Parks and Natural Landscapes of Southwest USA 
 This travel site covers national parks and related natural wonders in Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and California, including the Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Carlsbad Caverns, and Yosemite, among many others. Though the information is brief and there are no links provided to the official sites for each park, there are photographs and some maps making it a good starting place for people planning a trip through the Southwest. Information is also provided on state parks and related areas of interest. http://www.americansouthwest.net/ Topics: Geography, Geology, Parks, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. Travel Last updated Jan 21, 2002 The Arizona Trail
Provides information about the nearly 800-mile trail that spans the state of Arizona from Mexico to Utah. Features descriptions of the trail corridor and passages, a trail map, information about work projects and events, photos, and related information. Also includes a brief description of the trail's primary uses such as hiking, cycling, and skiing. From the Arizona Trails Association. http://www.aztrail.org/ Topics: Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Jul 11, 2007 Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
A searchable site that traces the history of the railroad that met the Union Pacific Railroad at Promontory Point, Utah, May 10, 1869, to complete the first transcontinental railroad. The online collection includes photographs, stereographs, engravings, documents, railroad and survey maps, and other related materials. A bibliography, FAQ, and related links are included. http://www.cprr.org/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Feb 8, 2004 Geology By Lightplane
A collection of over three hundred aerial photos displaying geological features taken above Minnesota, Illinois, Idaho, Kentucky, Michigan, Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. From a geology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~maher/air.html Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Feb 21, 2004 Ghost Town Gallery
A couple who have visited ghost towns across six western states have posted hundreds of photographs online. The photos include Bodie, California; Virginia City, Nevada; Clarkdale, Arizona; and Silver City, Utah, along with towns in Montana, Idaho, and Colorado. Dozens of towns in each state are listed and there's a collection of links to more information on each town. Users can send an electronic postcard with an image from the gallery. The photos are copyrighted, and give an incredible impression of each unique place. http://www.ghosttowngallery.com/ Topics: Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History Last updated Aug 13, 2002 Jack London Collection
A gallery of "first editions of Jack London's books, each of which he inscribed to his wife, Charmian ... includ[ing] a personal photograph glued inside the cover." Features images of covers, title pages, London's inscriptions, and photographs ("pictures range from vacation snapshots to family portraits to pin-up photos of London"). Browsable by title and year of publication. From the Department of Special Collections and Archives, Utah State University. http://library.usu.edu/Specol/digitalexhibits/jacklondon/index.htm Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Mar 27, 2007 Just Passin' Through: The Lincoln and Victory Highways in Nevada
"The images selected for this site document places and activities along the highways in Nevada, eastern California and western Utah, and Reno's 1927 Transcontinental Highways Exposition of 1927 celebrating the completion of the roads." Searchable and browsable. From the Special Collections Department, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Reno. http://www.knowledgecenter.unr.edu/specoll/photoweb/lincolnhwy/ Topics: Automobiles, Transportation Last updated Oct 6, 2009 Multimedia Archives [University of Utah]
Photographs and audio-visual materials from the Special Collections Department of the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah. Archives contain over 1300 photograph collections representing "almost all historic formats ... as well as more modern color and black and white prints, slides, and negatives." Archives also feature over 900 audio-visual collections including "audio cassettes, reel-to-reel tapes, vinyl recording discs, VHS, 8mm, Super-8, 16mm, and 35mm film and more." http://www.lib.utah.edu/portal/site/marriottlibrary/menuitem.350f2794f84fb3b29cf87354d1e916b9/?vgnextoid=63cb8808fe258110VgnVCM1000001c9e619bRCRD Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, U.S. History By Place Last updated Sep 12, 2008 The Pioneer Baseball League (PBL)
The PBL "is a short-season, professional minor league — with teams in Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming." The league "is classified Rookie Advanced. This makes us a starting place for players beginning their professional careers." The site includes a PBL history, news, club directories, game schedules, statistics, a trivia quiz, photos, fan memories, and more. http://www.pioneerleague.com Topics: Baseball, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Mar 2, 2005 Shipler Photograph Collection
Thousands of digitized images documenting the people, places, and events of Utah and the surrounding states from 1903 through 1980. Subjects include agriculture, architecture, business and industry, parks and other recreational areas, natural resources, floods, sports, trade unions, and transportation. From the Utah History Research Center. http://history.utah.gov/research_and_collections/photos/shipler.html Topics: Agriculture, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jan 2, 2009 Traders: Voices from the Trading Post
With funding from the now-disbanded United Indian Traders Association (UITA), the University of Northern Arizona's library is conducting oral history interviews with over fifty Indian traders of the southwest United States. More than just a collection of interviews, this site also contains photographic slide shows of traders and trading posts from 1860-1999. Additionally, the site contains interview excerpts about livestock, weaving, jewelry, pinon nuts, medicine men, and pawn. Focus is primarily on the Navajo, Hopi, and Zuni reservations of Arizona, New Mexico, and southern Utah and Colorado. A fascinating and historically important project. http://www.nau.edu/library/speccoll/exhibits/traders/ Topics: Native Americans, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History Last updated Mar 16, 2006 Trails to Utah and the Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869
A collection of "49 diaries, in 59 volumes, of pioneers trekking westward across America to Utah, Montana, and the Pacific between 1847 and the meeting of the rails in 1869. In addition to the diaries, the collection includes 43 maps, 82 photographs and illustrations, and 7 published guides for immigrants." From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/upbhtml/ Topics: Christianity, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History Last updated Oct 8, 2002 Utah History Encyclopedia
Information about "the individuals, organizations, locations, institutions, and topics important to Utah history." Includes historical photographs. Browsable by topic; not searchable. http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/ Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place Last updated Aug 2, 2005 War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement, 1942-1945
A searchable and browsable collection of over 7,000 photographs and 300 Kodachrome slides taken by the War Relocation Authority (WRA) during World War II, documenting the internment of Japanese and Japanese Americans evacuated from California, Oregon, and Washington state. Also includes images of pre-evacuation and resettlement. Includes hundreds of photographs by Dorothea Lange. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. A part of the Online Archive of California (OAC). http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf596nb4h0 Topics: History, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History, World War II Last updated Jul 3, 2006 |
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