Author to speak about book on Zion

John Clark, co-author of "Opening Zion: A Scrapbook of the National Park's First Official Tourists," will speak at the Utah State Archives, Courtyard meeting room, 346 S. Rio Grande on Wednesday at noon.

When his wife, Melissa Clark, purchased a box of old scrapbooks online, she knew only that she had bought something relating to the University of Utah and Zion Park. What came in the mail was much more than she had expected. Instead of random mementos, two albums arrived full of photographs and newspaper clippings dating to 1920 that document a trip made by six young women from the University of Utah into the newly formed Zion National Park.

John Clark will speak on finding the collection, its value, and its publication. He is also the author of the Motor Tales series and an avid scholar of Utah automobile history

For more information, go to: utaharchivesmonth.org.