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 |  | Portrait of May Swenson | 2010 | Image |
| 2 |  | Princess Kennedy Hitchhiking | 2010-05 | Image |
| 3 |  | Eva Mae Pisciotta and Dr. Marian F. Petersen | 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013 | Image |
| 4 |  | Jan Kavanagh, Dan Kavanagh, Michael Kavanagh, Claudia Mackin | 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013 | Image |
| 5 |  | Wilford Ray Bytheway | 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013 | Image |
| 6 |  | Scott Ruston | 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010 | Image |
| 7 |  | Headstone of Vern Duane Grant | 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016 | Image |
| 8 |  | Hattie Raddon | 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018 | Image |
| 9 |  | Michael G. Kavanagh | 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018 | Image |
| 10 |  | "Introducing Our Cousin Julian Eltinge" Booklet cover | 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010 | Image |
| 11 |  | Balcony View inside Peery's Egyptian Theater | 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020 | Image |
| 12 |  | Headstone of Joseph C. Hall/ Jarahal | 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010 | Image |
| 13 |  | Headstone of Mildred J. Berryman | 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020 | Image |
| 14 |  | Headstone of Pearl Jones Corry | 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010 | Image |
| 15 |  | Headstone of Robert "Bob" Henry Mizer | 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010 | Image |
| 16 |  | Mixed Race Couple getting Married in Moab, Utah | 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010 | Image |
| 17 |  | Persis Helene Haughtelin Melehes [2] | 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010 | Image |
| 18 |  | Plaque on the Dalton/Eltinge Crypt | 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010 | Image |
| 19 |  | Princess Kennedy and Krys Fox | 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010 | Image |
| 20 |  | Princess Kennedy as Marilyn Monroe | 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020 | Image |
| 21 |  | Princess Kennedy on Stage Singing [3] | 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020 | Image |
| 22 |  | the Sevenels ancestral home of Lowell Family | 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010 | Image |
| 23 |  | Steven James Matthew Price-Stephen James Matthew Zakharias Mortensen | 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020 | Image |
| 24 |  | Weerdinge Couple Mummified Remains | 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010 | Image |
| 25 |  | Laurine "Mickee" Michelsen [3] | 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010; 2011 | Image |