Elton Jones Collection
Scope and Content
The Elton Jones Collection contains photographs from the BAC and other items related to the Jones family.
Dates
- Creation: 1924-1979
Language of Materials
English
Access:
Unrestricted access.
Use:
The Elton Collection is the physical property of the Gerald R. Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the library for information regarding specific use of this collection.
Biographical Information
Elton Jones was the son of Thomas Jedediah Jones and Ellen Eva Wilson Lunt. He was born on January 22, 1901, in Cedar City Utah. He worked at the Cedar Lumber and Commission Company for a few years, then attending the Branch Agricultural College where he was involved in both debate, music and drama. In 1920 he was called on a mission for the LDS church to the Eastern States. Elton married Thelma Philena Esplin on December 26, 1923, in the St. George Temple.
After marriage Elton worked briefly as the Secretary for the Chamber of Commerce, and then opened an accounting firm in 1927, and then returned to that role ten years later. In 1930, Jones began working and providing equipment to the crews working on the Utah-Arizona Grand Canyon highway. A year later, the Cedar Motors Company declared bankruptcy. Afterwards Elton returned to his accounting business, ran out of the Jones Garage for several years. During this time Elton was a charter member of the Cedar City Lions Club, participated in community drama and music productions, and served in the LDS church in various leadership roles. Elton also served as the chief clerk at Utah Parks Company for over twenty years, retiring in 1963. Elton passed away on March 1, 1971.
Extent
.25 linear feet : 1 box
Arrangement
This collection has been divided into 3 subgroups: I. BAC Photographs II. Biographies III. Personal Papers.
Accession Information
An entry unitdated January 20 1979 for a small donation of items for the Elton and Themla Jones Collection. However, due to his death ten years earlier, it is unclear who the donor was, or when the actual donation took place.
An additiona file from 2011 was discovered on 10/10/24 stating that daughter Dorothy Jones Roller donated of photographs to Special Collections. The letter states that the photographs were from her father, and to be added to the Utah Parks Collection Digital Collection, and to the Elton Jones Collection. As of that unitdate, neither the CDs can be found, or there is any evidence that they were added to either collection.
Processing Information
This finding aid was created by the Special Collections Staff, Gerald R. Sherratt Library. If print, oversize or other materials have been removed to be stored separately it will be noted.
- Title
- Elton Jones Collection
- Author
- Special Collections Staff
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives Repository