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Register of the Charles W. Lockerbie Papers,

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Collection Overview

Collection Inventory+/-

Biographical Note/Historical Note

Content Description

Collection Use

Administrative Information

Collection Overview +/-

Title: Charles W. Lockerbie Papers
Dates: 1949-1963 (inclusive)
Collection Number: Mss B 73
Summary: Ornithologist. Miscellaneous papers.
Repository: Utah State Historical Society

Collection Inventory +/-

Box Folder Contents
box , folder : Miscelleanous
box 1, folder 1 : CWL letters to Utah State Historical Society
box 1, folder 2 : Other correspondence
box 1, folder 3 : CWL, "Our Changing World"
box 1, folder 4 : Dr. H. E. Garrett autobiography
box 1, folder 5 : CWL birding notes
box 1, folder 6 : [H. E. Garrett?] articles on Utah for The Gleaner
box 1, folder 7 : Fred A. Flint receipts from California Wine Company and Salt Lake City Soda Water Company
box 1, folder 8 : Theater programs
box 1, folder 9 : Poems by H. E. Garrett and others
box 1, folder 10 : Ephemera
box 1, folder 11 : CWL memorial service

Biographical Note/Historical Note +/-

Although Charles W. Lockerbie (1879-1963) was born in Minnesota, he moved to Utah with his mother and sister in 1890 to live with his grandfather, Dr. H. E. Garrett, near the Jordan River at 1700 South. It was during his youth there that he acquired a lifelong interest in birds, and during the years of his maturity he was known as the "Dean of Utah field ornithologists."

Content Description +/-

Noteworthy items among his papers include his autobiographical reminiscences, "Our Changing World," which contains a valuable description of Salt Lake City and the West Side area in the 1890s. There is also a brief holograph autobiography of his grandfather, who was one of the founders of Central Christian Church One file folder contains programs for theater productions at Kingsbury Hall and South High School.

Collection Use +/-

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Administrative Information +/-

Creator:

Lockerbie, Charles W., 1879-1963

Language:

English.

Sponsor:

Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Quantity:

1 box (0.25 linear ft.)

Language of the Finding Aid:

Finding aid written in Englishin Latin script

EAD Creation Date:

1999.