Scope and Content:
The Connell O'Donovan LGBT Utah History digital collection is a research collection pertaining to LGBTQ+ history in Utah, particularly from pre-Utah territory to the early 1990s. The collection includes various materials such as photographs, newspaper clippings, research notes, personal accounts, biographies, and other documents related to events, activism, and key figures in the movement. Connell O'Donovan uses this collection for historical research, aiming to illuminate the enduring presence of LGBTQ+ communities in Utah. His research also encompasses social and cultural studies, educational purposes, genealogical research, and archival preservation. The Connell O'Donovan LGBT Utah History research collection highlights the contributions of the Utah LGBTQ+ community to the Gay Rights movement, including those who faced prosecution for their sexuality.
System of Arrangement:
The collection is arranged in its original order as born digital files, by relation ( topic folder), is part of (subfolder), relation has part (sub-subfolder), Relation is Version of (sub-sub-subfolder), and genre.
| Title | Date | Type | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 | "Will You, Huh?" handwritten Note on Picture of Two Young Girls holding hands | 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920 | Image |
| 2 |
 | 1900s Ogden Utah | 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920 | Image |
| 3 |
 | 1910 Hippodrome at Saltair | 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925 | Image |
| 4 |
 | 1910s Hillcrest Apartments Salt Lake City, Utah | 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920 | Image |
| 5 |
 | 1911 Sanborn Fire Map sheet 037 | 1911 | Image |
| 6 |
 | 1920s Two Men Kissing | 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920 | Image |
| 7 |
 | Clarence E. Drake [1] | 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920 | Image |
| 8 |
 | Eltinge Cold Cream Advertisement | 1910; 1911 | Image |
| 9 |
 | Erma Sullivan | 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920 | Image |
| 10 |
 | Female impersonator Mystery Gauze postcard [2] | 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920 | Image |
| 11 |
 | Four Promotional photos of Julian Eltinge | 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920 | Image |
| 12 |
 | Francis Renault [2] | 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920 | Image |
| 13 |
 | Francis Renault [4] | 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916 | Image |
| 14 |
 | Harry Bulger [1] | 1911 | Image |
| 15 |
 | Harry Bulger [2] | 1911 | Image |
| 16 |
 | Ivor Armstrong Richards | 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920 | Image |
| 17 |
 | Jean Barrios [1] | 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920 | Image |
| 18 |
 | Julian Eltinge in a Bathing Suit [1] | 1911 | Image |
| 19 |
 | Lundstedt Family Photo | 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920 | Image |
| 20 |
 | Mansel Vardman Boyle | 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920 | Image |
| 21 |
 | May Blayney and Maude Adams in Chantecleer | 1911 | Image |
| 22 |
 | May Blayney as the golden pheasant in Chanticleer | 1911 | Image |
| 23 |
 | Photo Collage of Julian Eltinge and Charles Dana Gibson | 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920 | Image |
| 24 |
 | Postcard Julian Eltinge in a Blue Dress | 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920 | Image |
| 25 |
 | S.S. Zeeland | 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915 | Image |