John David and Vera Eccles Collection
Scope and Contents
The John D. and Vera Eccles Collection was donated by their children in and is made up of
personal and professional papers that span two centuries. The collection is broken up into two
main series, Family and Business, with the Oral History Institute and Publications being minor
series at the end of the collection.
The Family series contains papers of a personal nature for John D. and other members of his
family including his grandparents, both sets, his parents and some aunts and uncles. These papers
include funeral services, obituaries, correspondence and news articles. They also include the will
for Marriner and other financial matters that pertained to John and his immediate family. The
series is arranged by family member starting with John, then moving through the family by line,
starting with David Eccles and moving through to the Young side.
The Business series contains papers that pertain to the photography business of John D. known
as Camera Land. These papers include receipts, correspondence, awards and events where John
showed his personal photography work.
The Oral History Institute series contains the items that deal primarily with that organization in
which John and Vera were the main backers, albeit anonymously. These papers include proposal
ideas for oral history projects, correspondence, news clippings and finished projects, the main
being “Working Together: a Utah Portfolio.” There is also a section about Arthur Rothstein and
his oral history tape.
The Publication series is made up primarily of items that were published, like a book about
Marriner, a book written by Marriner, a Book of Mormon, Photograph books, and other items.
At the end of the collection is the oversized series containing items that would not fit anywhere
else. There are personal papers, publications, ribbons won by John and two boxes of trophies and
plaques won by John and Vera over the course of their careers.
Dates
- Other: Date Not Yet Determined
Extent
14 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Box 1 Family, John David Eccles Papers
FD 1 Birth Records 1944-1961 (Note: Documents are to remain closed until death)
Correspondence, Financial
FD 2 May 17, 1948-March 29, 1967
Personal
FD 3 January 13, 1947- December 23, 1947
FD 4 January 27, 1948-October 22, 1948
FD 5 February 2, 1949-April 27, 1958
FD 6 June 21, 1960-January 20, 1975
FD 7 Post cards, cards, Christmas cards and letters of condolences, March 3, 1947-June 6, 1964
FD 8 Telegrams, April 4, 1947-June 20, 1965
Financial
FD 9 Account Books, Eccles Family 1948-1965
FD 10 Account Books, Eccles Family 1963-1982
FD 11 Assets, List of June 4, 1969
FD 12 Consolidated Statement of Assets, 1969
FD 13 Handwritten Notes
FD 14 Miscellaneous
FD 15 Profit and Loss Statement, 1937-1940
FD 16 Securities and Cash Statements, March 3, 1969
FD 17 Stock Receipts, 1964-1969
Legal
FD 18 Consent to Marriage for Marriner Val Eccles to Valerie
FD 19 Divorce, Gifts and Trust for Children
FD 20 Divorce, Paperwork, Division of Assets
FD 21 Divorce, Paperwork, Shirlie Eccles
FD 22 Rental Agreement, November 13, 1948
Personal
FD 23 Army Records and Discharge Paperwork
FD 24 Bridal Announcement and Marriage Certificate, 1943
FD 25 Certificate of Merit and Resolution, 1956-1976
FD 26 Diplomas, 1938-1962
Box 2 Family, John David Eccles Papers, Personal
FD 1 Miscellaneous
David Eccles
FD 2 Correspondence, March 25, 1910-June 20, 1911
FD 3 Financial, Stock Certificates December 18, 1915
FD 4 Programs, 90th Anniversary Anderson Lumber Company, two copies
FD 5 Programs, Dedication of the David Eccles School of Business, October 7, 1991
FD 6 Miscellaneous, Biography of Jakob Backman by George F. Larkin
FD 7 News Clippings
Marintha and Stewart Eccles
FD 8 Letters of release from the British Mission November 1914
Marriner Campbell Eccles
FD 9 Funeral Service remarks by Roy N. Bullen
FD 10 Proxys
FD 11 Top of the Town Menus
FD 12 Newspaper Clippings
Marriner Stoddard Eccles, Business
FD 13 First Security Branch Clearings, Volume 21 Number 3, May-June 1972, World Trade Club Speech
FD 14 Junior Achievement, Utah Business Hall of Fame, 1991
FD 15 Miscellaneous
Correspondence
FD 16 Missionary Diary, January 6, 1910-December 30, 1910
FD 17 Missionary Diary, January 1911-December 23, 1911
FD 18 Missionary Diary, January 12, 1912-April 19, 1912
Personal
FD 19 Funeral Services and Contributions in Memory of
FD 20 Miscellaneous
Posthumous Tributes
FD 21 Federal Reserve System Building Naming and Dedication, 1982-1983
FD 22 Federal Reserve System Portraits of Chairman, January 25,1979
FD 23 First Security Branch Clearings Volume 28 Number 1 January 6, 1978, Marriner Stoddard Eccles Memorial Issue
FD 24 First Security Corporation 50th Anniversary Report, 1977
Box 3 Family, Marriner Stoddard Eccles, Speeches
FD 1 1947-1968
FD 2 Interviews while member of Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System
FD 3 Statements to Congress While member of Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, 1947-1962
FD 4 Newspaper Clippings, 1957-2000
May Campbell (Maysie) Eccles
FD 5 Death Certificate, December 19, 1964
FD 6 Funeral Services Sign in Book, December 21, 1964
FD 7 State of Utah House of Representatives Resolution March 1, 1965
FD 8 Miscellaneous
Maysie Ellen Eccles
FD 9 Funeral Services, August 24, 1932 (1929-1932)
Nora Eccles Harrison
FD 10 Magazine Article, Outlook II March-April 1981, and invitation to ground breaking ceremony
Willard Eccles
FD 11 Newspaper Article, Standard Examiner February 12, 1981
John Hunter Young
FD 12 Funeral Services, April 26, 1940
Sarah McDonald Young
FD 13 Funeral Services, Sign in Book and Obituary
Vera Eschler Rudd Eccles
FD 14 Photography Certificates, Professional Photographers of America, Inc., 1961-1970 with photograph
Eccles Miscellaneous
FD 15 Calendar, Merrill Bean Chevrolet-Imports, February 28, 1985
FD 16 Calendar, Ogden’s Historical Buildings, 1979
FD 17 Invitation, Ballet Dance Recital, May 12, 1978
FD 18 Genealogy
Box 4 Business
FD 1 Advertisements and Business Cards for John Eccles Photography business
FD 2 Awards, I.P.P.A
FD 3 Certificate, Completion of “An Illustrator’s Approach to Portraiture,” 1970 from Winona School of Professional Photography, with Photograph and Paperwork
Correspondence
FD 4 October 21, 1961-June 17, 1967
FD 5 March 11, 1968-December 16, 1968
FD 6 January 19, 1969-December 31, 1969
FD 7 February 4, 1970-March 31, 1980
FD 8 Stationary, Blank
FD 9 Exhibits, 1968-1984
Receipts
FD 10 A and M Fix it Shop-Auto-color, 1968-1978
FD 11 A and R Color Labs, February 1968-May 1970
FD 12 J.N. Allred, Inc., December 1967-July 1970
FD 13 American Printing and Envelope Co., June 1968-May 1970
FD 14 Anderson Lumber Company, November 1967-December 1968
FD 15 Backus Business Machines-Burgess Signs, 1967-1975
FD 16 Ben Lomond Motor Hotel, November 1967-January 1974
FD 17 Bennett’s, November 1967-November 1973
FD 18 Career Institute-Currie and Rao, 1967-1973
FD 19 M.W. Carr and Co., Inc., July 1967-June 1972
FD 20 Chase Electric Inc., January 1968-January 1971
FD 21 Chugg’s, January 1967-May 1970
FD 22 Clark’s Janitorial Supplies, August 1968-March 1973
FD 23 Coda Color-Tex, January 1967-September 1976
FD 24 Crittenden Paint and Glass Co., February 1969-June 1978
FD 25 John Eccles-Jos. B. English Company, Inc., 1967-1976
Box 5 Business, Receipts
FD 1 Eastman Kodak Stores Inc., July 1967-February 1978
FD 2 Felt Auto Parts Co.-Francom Advertising Agency, 1967-1969
FD 3 Ford’s Finance and Insurance Co., January 1968-January 1978
FD 4 The Frame House and Gallery, June 1971-June 1978
FD 5 Garn, Ortel-Gross Photo Supply, 1967-1972
FD 6 General Products, November 1967-August 1975
FD 7 Gittings Inc., November 1967-December 1968
FD 8 Gittings Inc., January 1969-September 1976
FD 9 Graphic Systems Inc., October 1977-July 1980
FD 10 Harris and Love, Inc., Advertising-Horton Photography, 1968-1971
FD 11 Holbrook Co., December 1967-May 1971
FD 12 IML Freight Lines Inc.,-Intermountain Janitorial Service, 1968-1972
FD 13 Inkley’s, February 1967-December 1975
FD 14 Intermountain Professional Photographers Association, January 1968-July 1978
Box 6 Business, Receipts
FD 1 J.C. Penny’s-Jung Factor’s, Inc., 1966-1976
FD 2 Janitorial Inspected Maintenance, September 1970-February 1971
FD 3 June’s Blossom Shop, October 1967-May 1970
FD 4 K-Mart-Mrs. Krumback, 1967-1972
FD 5 Lakeshore Motor Coach Lines, Inc.,-Lighthouse Electric Co., 1967-1974
FD 6 The Medick-Barrows Company-Moye’s Glass and Supply Co., 1968-1971
FD 7 Manpower, December 1968-April 1969
FD 8 Meisel Photochrome Corporation, December 1967-August 1980
FD 9 Mountain States Telephone, November 1967-August 1973
FD 10 National Carloading Corporation-Northwest Machine and Balancing, 1967-1973
FD 11 Nye Insurance Agency, May 1968- March 1978
FD 12 Ogden Carbon Dionice Company-Ogden Window Cleaning Company, 1968-1977
FD 13 Ogden Blue Print and Supply Co., January 1968-January 1977
FD 14 Ogden Standard Examiner, April 1968-October 1969
FD 15 Pacific Intermountain Express-Polaroid Corporation, 1967-1978
FD 16 G. Laurence Patane, August 1968-October 1977
FD 17 Petty Cash, November 1968-October 1972
FD 18 Pitney Bowes Inc., December 1967-October 1969
FD 19 Postmaster, February 1968-March 1980
FD 20 Professional Photographers of America, Inc., February 1968-January 1980
Box 7 Business, Receipt
FD 1 The Rangefinder Magazine-The Roberts Company, 1967-1972
FD 2 REA Air Express, March 1968-December 1972
FD 3 Rocky Mountain Professional Photography Association, Inc., April 1968-January 1974
FD 4 Rudd, Vera, February 1968-June 1969
FD 5 S.M.W. Maintenance Eng.-Sun Chronicle, 1967-1977
FD 6 Sears Roebuck and Co., December 1967-January 1970
FD 7 Thiokol-Triple AAA Wall Cleaning Service, 1968-1969
FD 8 Treck Photographic Inc., July 1968-December 1969
FD 9 Treck Photographic Inc., January 1970-December 1971
FD 10 Treck Photographic Inc., February 1972-July 1976
FD 11 Tenneco Chemicals, Inc., October 1971-July 1973
FD 12 UARCO Incorporated-Utah State Tax Commission, 1968-1980
FD 13 VWR Scientific-Van Kampen and Sons, Inc., 1968-1976
FD 14 Vilas-Mages Company, March 1968-February 1973
FD 15 Washington, Billy Eric-Wycoff Company Inc., 1966-1980
FD 16 Weber Office Supply Company, November 1967-May 1973
Box 8 Business, Receipts
FD 1 Z.C.M.I.-Ziabicki Imports Co., 1968-1978
Miscellaneous
FD 2 Miscellaneous
Oral History Institute
FD 3 Administrative/History information, Beginning of Project
FD 4 Arthur Rothstein, information about, plus oral history interview
FD 5 Contributor’s Packet, August 15, 1986
FD 6 Correspondence, March 1984-September 1987
FD 7 Event Invitations, December 1986-January 1987
FD 8 In Our Time: An Evening of Personal Reminiscences, 1983
FD 9 Proposal Information on “Working Together: A Utah Portfolio” 2 Copies
FD 10 Proposal to Create an Archive on Ethnicity and Civil Rights
FD 11 Working Draft: Social Networks and Friendship Patterns of Ethnic and Minority Elderly of the Greater Salt Lake Area Based on Race, Religion and Ethnicity, 1986
FD 12 Working Together: A Utah Portfolio, Director Packet with Letter from Governor Bangerter August 15, 1986
FD 13 Working Together: A Utah Portfolio, Photograph and Interview Excerpts from the Oral History Institute’s Ethnic and Minority Documentary Project
FD 14 Bound Oral Histories
Box 9 Oral History Institute
FD 1 Unbound Oral Histories
FD 2 News Clippings
Publications
FD 3 Banquet of the Golden Plate” American Academy of Achievement, Eleventh Annual, July 8, 1972
FD 4 “Beckoning Frontiers: Public and Personal Recollections,” by Marriner S. Eccles 1966
FD 5 “The Federal Reserve System: its Purpose and Functions,” 1939
Box 10 Oversized, Family, John D. Eccles
FD 1 Legal, Will Information on Marriner S. Eccles
Ellen Stoddard Eccles
FD 2 Bound transcript of funeral services, obituaries, letters and telegrams of condolences, and memorial donations
FD 3 Unbound copy of folder two plus newspaper obituary
Publications
FD 4 Acorn 1940, Weber College Yearbook
FD 5 Acorn 1941, Weber College Yearbook
FD 6 “The American West in the Thirties,” 122 Photographs by Arthur Rothstein, 1981
FD 7 “Bearing Witness: A Photographic Chronicle of American Life, 1806-1945,” by Michael Lesy, 1982
Box 11 Oversized, Publications
FD 1 “The Book of Mormon,” 1981 Edition with inscription, May 1, 1989
FD 2 “The Depression Years as Photographed by Arthur Rothstein,” 120 Photos, 1937
FD 3 “Marriner S. Eccles: Private Entrepreneur and Public Servant,” by Sidney Hyman, 1976
Box 12 Oversized, Ribbons
FD 1 1966
FD 2 1967
FD 3 1969
FD 4 1970
FD 5 1971
Box 13 Oversized, Trophies and Plaques, Trophies John D. Eccles
TR 1 1st Place Utah Photographic Convention 1954
TR 2 3rd Portrait, I.P.P.A., 1960
TR 3 Creative 1st, I.P.P.A, 1966 John D. Eccles
TR 4 Printing 2nd I.P.P.A., 1966 John Eccles
TR 5 2nd Portrait, I.P.P.A., 1961
TR 6 Finished Product 3rd, I.P.P.A., 1966 John Eccles
TR 7 1st Portrait, men I.P.P.A Photo Exhibit 1971 John D. Eccles
Plaques
PL 1 Presidents Society, John D. and Vera Eccles, Weber State University, 1990, 1991
PL 2 Photography Hall of Fame, Elector, John D. Eccles 1969
PL3 Photographic Art and Science Foundation Hall of Fame Elector, Acknowledges Continuous support for years 1969-1986
PL 4 1st Place Color Portraiture, John D. Eccles, Intermountain Professional Photographers Assn, May 9, 1959
PL 5 First Place, Portrait-Woman, Rocky Mountain PPA, 1971
PL 6 The National Award Presented to John D. Eccles for Service to Professional
PL 7 In Grateful Appreciation to John D. Eccles for Distinguished Service in the Establishment and Dedication of the Ogden Union Station October 21, 1978
PL 8 R.M.P.P.A 1968-69 Board, John Eccles
PL 9 “Problems Anonymous Action Group, Inc. for meritorious service in furthering the aims of the organization confers upon John D. Eccles representing Marriner S. Eccles Foundation,” 1982 “One Golden Hern” In box 14
Box 14 Oversized, Trophies and Plaques, Trophies Vera Rudd Eccles
TR 1 I.P.P.A. 1966, Unclassified 2nd Vera Rudd
TR 2 I.P.P.A. 1967, Creative 2nd Vera Rudd
TR 3 I.P.P.A. 1967, Unclassified 1st Vera Rudd
TR 4 I.P.P.A. 1970, Portrait Color 3rd Vera Eccles
TR 5 I.P.P.A. Photo Exhibit 1971 2nd, Finished Product Vera E. Eccles
TR 6 I.P.P A. 1972 Finished Product 2nd Place Vera Eccles, Broken
Plaques
PL 1 “We extend grateful appreciation to Vera Eccles for her service and dedication as a member of the Board of Trustees of St. Benedict’s Foundation 1987-1990
PL 2 See Box 13 PL 9
Cultural context
- Cameraland
- Eccles Family
- Eccles. John David
- Eccles. Marriner S.
- Photographers--Utah
- Photography--Utah
Geographic
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the WSU Stewart Library Special Collections Repository