Gladys McConnell Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of McConnell's writings about early life in Cedar City, papers related to her invovlement in the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, correspondence, newsclippings, photograpns and notes. It also includes her book of formulas and reciepes from her profession as a pharmacist and drug store operator, and ice cream made to serve at the local soda fountain.
Dates
- Creation: 1849-1964
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions Governing Use
Gladys McConnell Collection, Special Collections, Southern Utah University.
Biographical / Historical
Gladys McConnell was born 30 November 1892, in Cedar City, Iron County, Utah, to LaFayette and Emily Wilkinson McConnell. She attended public school in Cedar City, completing grammar school in 1907 and graduating from the four-year high school course of the Branch Normal School in 1911. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree with a high school certificate from the University of Utah in August 1917, and a Utah Board of Education Diploma of High School Grade in October 1918. She taught school until 1920. She studied pharmacology at the University of Colorado, and became a Registered Pharmacist for the State of Utah on 1 July 1926. She operated a family drug store with her father until 1939, and later worked as a pharmacist at other stores.
She was active in the Cedar City Business and Professional Women's Club, the State Federation of Women's Clubs, the Cedar City Camp of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, and the Utah Pharmaceutical Association. Although her profession was pharmacology, she made a significant contribution through collecting and recording details of pioneer, local, and family history. An early survey of her collection by Inez Cooper indicated that her "heart was tuned to the historical heritage of her beloved hometown. . ." and she attempted to "preserve that heritage and to portray sensitively and as vividly as possible a picture of pioneer times, personalities, achievements, and surroundings." Her interest in writing extended to creative works such as scripts and short stories. She died in Cedar City on September 19, 1964, after a long illness.
Full Extent
3.33 Linear Feet : 10 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is divided into five subgroups: I. Family Records (genealogy, financial papers, documents, notes and notebooks, albums, and photographs); II. Pharmacy; III. Historical Research and Writing (correspondence, booklets/pamphlets, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, photographs, notes and notebooks); IV. Creative Writing ("Women Have Dominion," notes and manuscripts, correspondence) V. Personal (documents, school memorabilia, notes and notebooks, and photographs.
Separated Materials
Prior to 2015, photographs were removed from collection, and placed in the Iron County Historic Photos collection. They have been noted in the finding aid, and can be identified items starting with the text string of IRO-.
Rexburg, Idaho, Millinery shop belonging to Sadie Wilkinson Buckwalter IDA-PS-01
Dr. H. H. Wilkinson NS-FA-76
Two unidentified boys IRO-PS-07
McConnell Ranch, Billy McConnell, Lafe McConnell and LaFayette McConnell IRO-BH-08
McConnell Ranch in the meadow of Cedar Valley IRO-BH-10
Two unidentified girls IRO-PS-06
Louella Naomi Fawcett Wilkinson with Oral Wilkinson and Harold Wilkinson IRO-PS-18
Mother holding child IRO-PS-08
Jewel Wilkinson, mother of Lex Wilkinson IRO-PS-16
Lex Wilkinson IRO-PS-17
Aunt Emily IRO-PS-74
Ralph Wilkinson and Charles Wilkinson, sons of Charlie Wilkinson IRO-PS-19
Rulon Wilkinson and Vera Wilkinson IRO-PS-21
Aunt Emily IRO-PS-73
Mary, Charlie's oldest child IRO-PS-94
Relvon, age 6� months IRO-PS-75
Arvel, one week before he took sick IRO-PS-76
Charlie's children, Vera oldest IRO-PS-93
Gladys McConnell and friend IRO-PS-141
Mary, Charlie's oldest child IRO-PS-95
Group of students. (Myron Higbee is 3rd on front row, Gladys McConnell is 3rd on 2nd row and Ruby Leigh is on 4th row IRO-PS-106
John Bladen, Lafe McConnell IRO-PS-140
Lafe McConnell's father, Henry Harrison McConnell IRO-PS-145
Flo Sawyer IRO-PS-142
Frank T. McConnell and Rachel IRO-PS-143
Claud McConnell IRO-PS-144
Group of people on steps. (People pictured include Charles Wilkinson and wife, Mr. and Mrs. LaFayette McConnell) IRO-PS-149
Lafe McConnell's mother, Elizabeth Williams McConnell IRO-PS-146
Gladys McConnell and LaFayette McConnell IRO-PS-147
Grandma McConnell IRO-PS-148
Wilkinson's children: Oral Wilkinson, Gerald Wilkinson, and Harold Wilkinson IRO-PS-153
Elizabeth Emily Wells (Wilkinson) IRO-PS-150
Charles Wilkinson, Jr IRO-PS-151
Gerald Wilkinson IRO-PS-152
Percy Wilkinson's wife, Jewel Wilkinson IRO-PS-157
Jane Wilkinson IRO-PS-154
Berilla Wilkinson, Ralph Wilkinson, and Charles Wilkinson IRO-PS-155
Group of swimmers. (includes Sadie Wilkinson) IRO-PS-156
S. R. Wilkinson's son Willard Wilkinson, 14 months old IRO-PS-161
S. R. Wilkinson and Wells IRO-PS-158
Stephen R. Wilkinson and Wells Wilkinson IRO-PS-159
Stephen R. Wilkinson and Wells Wilkinson IRO-PS-160
Berilla Alexander Wilkinson IRO-PS-165
Sibyl Wilkinson, S. R. Wilkinson's oldest daughter, 4 years old IRO-PS-162
Josie T.Wilkinson, Jr IRO-PS-163
Annie Wilkinson, Luzene Wilkinson, Emily Wilkinson, Merle Wilkinson (Josie Wilkinson and Joseph Wilkinson's daughters) IRO-PS-164
Joseph Thomas Wilkinson and his wife, Annie Jarvis Webb IRO-PS-169
Joseph T. Wilkinson IRO-PS-166
Jane Wilkinson IRO-PS-167
Veda Bringhurst Wilkinson IRO-PS-168
Oral Wilkinson and Nelma Wilkinson IRO-PS-173
Rebecca Harriet Wilkinson IRO-PS-170
Berilla Wilkinson IRO-PS-171
H. H. Wilkinson and Oral Wilkinson IRO-PS-172
Emma Jaqualine Wilkinson, 7 weeks old IRO-PS-177
Oral Wilkinson and Nelma Wilkinson IRO-PS-174
Luella Naomi Fawcett Wilkinson and her two oldest children Oral Wilkinson and Harold Wilkinson IRO-PS-175
Charlie Wilkinson's children. Vera Wilkinson, oldest daughter IRO-PS-176
Josie Wilkinson's children, Emily Wilkinson and Annie Wilkinson IRO-PS-181
Joseph T. Wilkinson and Jane Wilkinson IRO-PS-178
Ralph Wilkinson IRO-PS-179
Wells Wilkinson IRO-PS-180
Sarah Ann (Sadie) Wilkinson IRO-PS-290
Ray Arthur Wilkinson IRO-PS-286
Charles S. Wilkinson and Berilla Wilkinson IRO-PS-288
Sarah Ann (Sadie) Wilkinson Buckwalter and Ralston Buckwalter IRO-PS-289
Wells Wilkinson IRO-PS-294
Sarah Ann (Sadie) Wilkinson IRO-PS-291
Berilla Alexander Wilkinson IRO-PS-292
Wells Wilkinson IRO-PS-293
Rex McConnell's baby picture IRO-PS-336
Sarah Ann IRO-PS-295
Jewel Williams and Percy Newton Wilkinson IRO-PS-296
Gladys McConnell and LaFayette McConnell and dog IRO-PS-314
Lafe McConnell IRO-PS-353
Lafe McConnell IRO-PS-347
LuJean Wilkinson and Hilda McConnell as a child IRO-PS-348
Unknown, Jane McConnell, and Gladys McConnell playing with dolls IRO-PS-352
Elizabeth Annie Wells Wilkinson with one of her brothers IRO-PS-358
Sarah Ann (Sadie) Wilkinson and Elizabeth Emily Wilkinson IRO-PS-355
Gladys McConnell and LaFayette McConnell IRO-PS-356
Gladys McConnell as a baby IRO-PS-357
Howard W. Wilkinson IRO-PS-364
Wilkinson family, Joseph T. Wilkinson, wife Elizabeth Wilkinson and children IRO-PS-359
Stephen Robert Wells Wilkinson, Harold Herbert Wilkinson, and Percy Newton Wilkinson IRO-PS-361
Sarah Ann Wilkinson IRO-PS-363
H. H. Wilkinson IRO-PS-368
Joseph T. Wilkinson IRO-PS-365
Joseph T. Wilkinson and wife Elizabeth Wells Wilkinson IRO-PS-366
Joseph T. Wilkinson and wife Elizabeth Wells Wilkinson IRO-PS-367
Joseph T. Wilkinson and Jane Wilkinson family SAL-PS-01
Elizabeth Annie Wilkinson IRO-PS-369
George Angell and Becky W. Angell (Rebecca Ann). Mrs. Angell is H. H. Wilkinson's father's half-sister IRO-PS-389
Winifred Rees and Thomas Mathew Rees in 1921 at Randolph RIC-PS-01
Indian Trading Post and Cedar City baby show IRO-PS-343
Tribute picture to W. S. Berry and J. H. Gibbs who were slain at Condor's Farm in Tennessee on August 10, 1884 IRO-PS-325
Unidentified women IRO-PS-334
Ruby Leigh IRO-PS-337
Stephanie Wells IRO-PS-397
Unidentified baby IRO-PS-346
Unidentified woman standing IRO-PS-354
Unidentified baby IRO-PS-379
Train derailment IRO-TR-17
Mattie Booth home IRO-SC-01
Railroad--Iron Springs, first train IRO-TR-05
David Bulloch riding first train engine coming into Cedar City IRO-TR-15
Parade on Cedar City Main Street, east side looking south IRO-VI-05
Girls' physical education class, 1915-1916 AC-SP-70
John Christensen, coach AC-FA-32
Old Cedar Hotel IRO-BC-48
BNS graduation class ca. 1905. Includes: Back row L-R: #7 Mary Bergstrom and #8 Ruby Leigh. Front row L-R: #5 Gladys McConnell. The first boy in front on the floor is Royce Nelson NS-ST-07
BNS graduation class of 1910, includes: L-R Front row: Webster Leigh, Jessie Jennings, Leon Winsor, Maude Powell (class mother), M. J. Macfarlane (class father), Ruby Leigh, Caesar Myers, and Gwendolyn Higbee. Middle row: Irene Jones, Donald Schmutz, Gladys McConnell, Arthur Fife, Nevada Watson, John Fletcher, Ruby Naegle, and Erastus Macfarlane. Back row: Ray Lunt, Annette Webster, Parley Ipson, Luella Mickelson, Irvin McQuarrie, Janie Wilkinson, Myron Higbee, Clara Williamson, and Claude Sevy NS-ST-09
Mrs. C. S. Wilkinson, Millinery, Iron County IRO-BC-20
Leonard Bulloch, BAC 1916 IRO-PS-12
Old Leigh Home on the corner of 1st West IRO-BH-19
LDS Tabernacle IRO-CH-13
Southern Utah Petroleum and Power Company IRO-IN-30
Child, 6 months to 1 year old IRO-PS-28
Merrill Studio Photography IRO-PS-13
Family IRO-PS-14
Four ladies in a tree IRO-PS-15
Two young boys IRO-PS-39
Woman with children IRO-PS-36
Older man in chair IRO-PS-37
One of the Sawyer boys IRO-PS-38
Welcome home party IRO-PS-56
Older woman in rocking chair IRO-PS-40
Large group of young men and women IRO-PS-42
Welcome home party IRO-PS-55
Blythe Pace and Blanche Pace, Kate's girls IRO-PS-88
Rebecca Ann 'Bess' Angel and Thomas Reese IRO-PS-62
Bill Sawyer portrait IRO-PS-63
Angell family IRO-PS-84
Gundolin Bulloch (age 4 months) IRO-PS-126
Will Murie? (3 men) IRO-PS-89
Will Murie? (3 men) IRO-PS-90
Wilma Bulloch and Henry Bulloch IRO-PS-125
Josie's three daughters IRO-PS-130
Leonard Bulloch IRO-PS-127
Robert Bulloch and David Bulloch IRO-PS-128
Annie and Luzene Wilkinson IRO-PS-129
Old man with book in his hand IRO-PS-318
Luzene McAllister IRO-PS-131
Luzene McAllister IRO-PS-132
Luzene McAllister IRO-PS-133
Topical
- Branch Normal School (Cedar City, Utah)
- Cedar City (Utah)--History
- Coal mines--Utah--history
- Dairying
- Gold mines--Utah--History
- Iron mines--Utah--History
- McConnell, Eliza, 1838-1918
- McConnell, Gladys, 1892-1964
- McConnell, Jehiel, 1814-1878
- Pharmacy--United States--Utah--History
- Wilkinson, Joseph T., 1847-1911
- Title
- Gladys McConnell Collection
- Author
- Special Collections Staff
- Date
- 2024
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives Repository
