| Identifier |
000348C1.TIF |
| Source |
000348C1.TIF |
| Title |
Duncan James McMillan (1846-1939) |
| Subject |
Mission to Latter Day Saints; Presbyterian Church in Utah; Wasatch Academy (Mount Pleasant, Utah); Presbyterians -- Utah |
| People |
McMillan, Duncan James, 1846-1939 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Mount Pleasant (Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah); Sugar House (Salt Lake City, Utah); Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| OCR Text |
Show A studio portrait of Reverend Duncan James McMillan a prominent Presbyterian minister and missionary who came to the Utah frontier in the mid-1870s. The upper torso and head shot features McMillan dressed in a buttoned up double breasted dark suit coat and a light colored shirt with a light colored tie around his neck. McMillan's hair is combed to one side and he wears a thick moustache. His head is turned and tilted looking away from the camera. The background is faded leaving McMillan the central focal point of the photograph. |
| Further Information |
The photograph is rectangular and in excellent condition. The front of the photograph has, "D.J.McMillan" written in ink in the upper left hand corner. On the bottom is the emblem of the photography studio who took the photograph. The back also bears the photograph studio's emblem in greater and grandeur detail. Reverend Duncan James McMillan had a major influence in founding Westminster College. A protégé of Sheldon Jackson, he came to the Salt Lake Valley to find refuge from his bronchial condition and to establish a proselytizing mission to convert Mormons in March of 1875. However, McMillan soon turned his efforts to education when his proselytizing efforts towards Mormons proved futile. He founded what later became Wasatch Academy in Mount Pleasant, Utah, on April 19, 1875 and opened a number of schools in northern and southern Utah. McMillan fought vigorously for a Presbyterian College to be established and while serving as Secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Home Missionari |
| Creator |
Epler & Arnold Portraits, 360 Broadway, First National Bank Building, Saratoga, New York. |
| Funding |
The Westminster College digital archives project is partially funded by the Masonic Foundation of Utah. |
| Publisher |
Westminster College |
| Type |
Image |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| Language |
eng |
| Relation |
Biographical information about Reverend Duncan James McMillan is available in The Rev. Duncan James McMillan, 1846-1939: A Tribute/ [by His Daughter]. New York, N.Y.: McAuliffe - Booth Co., 1939. |
| Rights Management |
Digital image copyright 2006, Westminster College. All rights reserved. |
| Holding Institution |
Westminster College |
| Source Physical Dimensions |
Archival TIFF 3000 x 4600 |
| Source Resolution |
400ppi |
| Display Dimensions |
JPEG: 650 x 1000 |
| Bit Depth |
8-bit |
| Scanning Device |
Epson Expression 836 XL flatbed scanner |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6c282dv |
| Setname |
wc_pc |
| ID |
1094240 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6c282dv |
