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Fern Flagler Peery papers, 1840-2008
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Peery, Fern Flagler
- Title
- Fern Flagler Peery papers
- Dates
- 1840-2008 (inclusive)18402008
- Quantity
- 10.25 linear feet
- Collection Number
- ACCN 2473
- Summary
- The Fern Flagler Peery papers (1840-2008) contain correspondence, diaries, vital records, genealogy, and news clippings of Peery and her family members. Also included is family history research.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Fern Flagler was born 13 January 1917 in Elko, Nevada, the daughter of Robert H. Flagler and Elizabeth Fisher Flagler. In 1936 she married Frank E. Larson Jr., and had two children, Frankie and Brent. The couple divorced sometime in the 1940s. Fern was married again in 1949 to University of Utah professor Joseph S. Peery and had two children, Teri and Tana. They divorced in 1991.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Fern Flagler Peery papers (1840-2008) contain correspondence, diaries, vital records, genealogy, news clippings and scrapbooks. The bulk of correspondence is regarding Fern F. Peery's children, and second husband Joe. The collection houses many books and newspaper clippings regarding Henry Morrison Flagler, the Father of Miami, a relative of Fern F. Peery. Also of note are two tubes containing numerous brass rubbings made by Fern. Where possible, original order of the creator has been maintained.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Diaries and MemorabiliaReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Birth, Death, and Marriage Certificates |
1911-2000 |
| 1 | 2 | Insurance Papers |
1940s |
| 1 | 3-4 | Memorabilia
Folders 3 and 4 contain personal material gathered by Fern, including news clippings about various gardening awards she had won, her 50 year high school reunion, poetry, and photocopies of her marriage license to Frank Larson.
|
1938-1997 |
| 1 | 5-6 | Cambridge Trip Diary |
1966 |
| 1 | 7 | European Trip Diary |
1968-1969 |
CorrespondenceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 1 | Frankie's Letters |
1939-1981 |
| 2 | 2 | Brent P. Larson, Vital Records |
1940-1973 |
| 2 | 3 | Brent, School Papers |
|
| 2 | 4 | Brent and Frankie, Car Accident |
1947 |
| 2 | 5 | Brent, Navy Correspondence |
1959-1968 |
| 2 | 6-7 | Teri and Tana |
1968-2008 |
| 3 | 1 | Letters regarding Joe |
1946-1995 |
| 3 | 2 | Fern and Joe's Wedding |
1949 |
| 3 | 3-4 | Kids and Grandkids |
1974-2002 |
| 3 | 5-6 | Fern's Family Letters, R. H. Flagler, Beth and Ruth
Contains letters from father, Robert Henry Flagler, and sisters Beth Flagler Spratt and Ruth Flagler Barnabei.
|
1907-1969 |
| 3 | 7 | Vardis Fisher
Fern's mother, Elizabeth Fisher Flagler, was a cousin to Vardis Fisher.
|
1840-1991 |
| 3 | 8 | Leroy Fisher Flagler |
1939-1965 |
| 3 | 9 | Blank Postcards |
Daughters of the American Revolution and Books on Brass RubbingsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 1-2 | Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Charts |
|
| 4 | 3 | DAR Salt Lake Valley Chapter Yearbook |
1996-1998 |
| 4 | 4 |
Monumental Brasses
, Herbert Macklin
|
1966 |
| 4 | 5 |
Monumental Brasses in Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely
|
1968 |
Henry Morrison FlaglerReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 1 | Henry Morrison Flagler, Magazine and News Clippings |
1976-1998 |
| 5 | 2 |
The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum
|
1975 |
| 5 | 3 |
The Flagler Story and Memorial Church
|
1975 |
| 5 | 4 |
Edward N. Akin,
Flagler: Rockefeller Partner and Florida Baron
|
1988 |
| 5 | 5 |
Sidney Walter Martin,
Florida's Flagler
|
1949 |
| 5 | 6 |
David A. Redding,
Flagler and His Church
|
1970 |
| 5 | 7 |
Sandra Wallus Sammons,
Henry Flagler: Builder of Florida
|
Poetry BooksReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 1 |
Henry Drummond,
The Greatest Thing in the World
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| 6 | 2 |
Ted Malone, ed.
Pack Up Your Troubles
|
1942 |
| 6 | 3 |
James J. Metcalfe,
Poem Portraits
|
1948 |
| 6 | 4 |
Ogden Nash,
The Face Is Familiar
|
1941 |
Oversize MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 7 | Awards and Certificates
Box 7 includes certificates awarded to Fern for perfect attendance in elementary school, bowling league awards, wine labels, and a cork from a bottle of champagne served and Fern and Joseph S. Peery's wedding in 1949.
|
1920-1968 |
| 8 | Neighborhood Garden Club Scrapbook |
1984-1985 |
| tube | ||
| 9-10 | Brass Rubbings
Boxes 9 and 10 contain brass rubbings done by Fern Flagler Peery, most likely during her stay in Cambridge in 1966. Most are done in black wax on white paper, with a few done in blue and copper. Of note, there are several rubbings of the Lace Lady, as well as various religious figures.
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| Box | ||
| 11-12 | Scrapbooks
Box 11 contains two scrapbooks of new clippings created by Tera Hunter, Fern's granddaughter. Box 12 contains a scrapbook of the Neighborhood Garden Club.
|
1984-1987 |
| tube | ||
| 13-14 | Posters
Tubes 14 and 15 contain an assortment of posters, including a map of open spaces in Salt Lake City, baseball players, the University of Utah football and gymnastics teams, calendars from the Cosmic Aeroplane, playbills, possibly designed by Teri Peery, and caricatures of Teri, Tana and Joseph Peery while in Paris.
|
1967-1994 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Flagler, Henry Morrison, 1830-1913
- Peery, Joseph S.
Family Names
- Flagler family
Form or Genre Terms
- Clippings
- Correspondence
- Diaries
- Genealogy
- Scrapbooks
Finding aid prepared by Julia Huddleston
2009 (last modified: 2020)
