Object Type: Folder
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Consists of original stereo-views that were taken of sights along the Union Pacific or Central Pacific Railroads in Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California as well as a few general views in Utah (especially Salt Lake City), Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, and Arizona. Also included are several Native American portraits and views of Yellowstone National Park. Many photographers are represented in this collection including Andrew Joseph (A.J.) Russell, William Henry Jackson, Charles William (C.W.) Carter, Carleton Watkins, John K. (Jack) Hillers, William Bell, Underhill & Underhill, and Eadweard Muybridge.
The Agricultural College of Utah cyanotypes collection consists of 2,608 cyanotypes dating from 1896 to 1916. These images document the Agricultural College of Utah (now Utah State University) and show students, faculty, class-room scenes, buildings and grounds, events, experiment stations, athletics, student projects, agriculture, and scenes from around Logan. Because of preservation concerns they were removed from their original USU Agricultural Extension Service scrapbooks. The photographs were taken for documentation and publicity purposes. Many are found in the Experiment Station bulletins, A.C.U. catalogs, and other publications. Many of the photographs were taken by George M. Turpin, A.C.U. professor from 1909 to 1913. Who took the remainder of the images is unknown.
This collection contains 3 photographs by photographer unknown.
The Alfred Gordon Erickson photograph collection consists of 255 black and white prints and 24 Utah postcards. The prints were taken by Alfred Gordon Erickson between 1940 and 1950 and consist of images of Erickson with the Army in California and during his time at Utah State University. Of particular interest are several views of the Jack London ranch and of his widow Charmian London.
The Ariel Benson photograph collection consists of USU images (fraternities and sororities, ROTC, sports, the T.U.B., student clubs and groups), Richmond, Utah images including businesses, Boy Scouts, Black and White Days, the 1962 earthquake, and images from Sky View/North Cache High School including sports, class reunions, musicals, glee club, cheerleaders, band, and choir. Also included are numerous individual studio portraits and wedding images from Benson's private business.
This collection contains 18 postcard photographs by photographer unknown.
The Bullen Family Collection consists of approximately 764 black and white prints. Included are unidentified and identified portraits of the Bullen Family, prints related to the Promontory-Curlew Land Company, KVNU radio, Utah State University, family vacations and Utah politics.
Photo albums, cabinet portrait photos, glass lantern slides, a 1901 souvenir album made of albertypes, stereoviews, and a scrapbook from 1893 and 1896. The albums include photographs of Ute Indians (studio portraits), islands of the Great Salt Lake, Saltair and Garfield resorts, LDS Church officials, and Salt Lake City views. The cabinet portrait photos are from the Sainsbury & Johnson Co. Studio. Some of these are of actors and actresses in the Salt Lake Theater but the majority are probably Salt Lake City residents. The glass lantern slides include actors, singers, and celebrities, as well as various landscapes in California that Johnson visited, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Tour in 1902. The 1901 Salt Lake City souvenir album is made of albertypes from photographs by Johnson. The stereoviews include risque, burlesque and artistic nude images of women plus a few miscellaneous views of animals, children, and flowers. The scrapbook was compiled by Johnson while he attended the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir tour of 1896, and includes newspaper clippings, brochures, tickets, programs, and correspondence.
The C.R. Savage photograph collection consists of 130 original photographs taken from around 1865 to 1895. The majority of the photographs are cabinet card portraits (many of children) from his Salt Lake City studio including a 1888 portrait of Wilford Woodruff (4th LDS Church President), and a 1897 view of Temple Square. The remainder consists of: stereographs of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads; an interior shot of the Salt Lake City Tabernacle; two oversize landscapes; and two carte-de-visites.
The Cache County aerial photograph collection consists of high-altitude images probably taken in 1952 and 1959 by the Aerial Photography Field Office in Salt Lake City. There are also images from Oneida and Franklin County on the Utah/Idaho border and along the Cache/Box Elder County and the Cache/Weber County boundaries. These images are from 9" x 9" negatives and taken at 1:20,000. The date the image was taken is usually in the upper left-hand corner.
49 photographic reproductions of original plat maps in Cache and Franklin counties. These reproductions are mounted onto acid-free boards and show city lots as well as property boundaries for agricultural land. The plats were drawn by Cache County surveyor James Henry (J.H.) Martineau in the 1860s and 1870s.
This photograph collection consists of images associated with the Bluebird Restaurant and Bluebird Candy Company in Logan, Utah, and the family of O. Guy Cardon.
The Compton Studio Archive is comprised of two major components: Glass plate negatives containing views and scenes (e.g., anything besides portraiture) were printed on modern, resin-coated paper and dry-mounted to museum board for storage in filing cabinets. These prints are numbered beginning with a "C" (e.g., "C-0250"), and total approximately 910 items. The negatives bear the same number as the print and are stored in archival document Boxes. Glass plate, black and white flexible film, and color negatives containing portraiture, dating from the 1880's to 1994, are mostly filed in archival storage Boxes and are arranged by date and negative number according to the original scheme imposed by the studio. Additionally, there are some oversize glass plates as large as 18" x 22" stored flat in archival storage Boxes.
Divided between six folders and five CDs, the Darrin Smith photograph collection consists of 138 digital images and 120 physical items. The images primarily pertain to the history of Logan and Cache County. Several images of former members of the community, such as W. Bennie Jaycee, J. Vernon Cook, and Phil West, are noted throughout the collection.
Consists of 904 photographs taken and collected by Daryl Chase from the turn of the century through the late 1960s. Included are personal images such as the Chase family cabin in Nephi, and Chase's life in the 1920s and 30s including his LDS mission. Also included are photographs during his service as president of Utah State University from 1954 through 1968 such as graduations, social functions, campus shots, Iranian relations, and meetings. Finally, there are miscellaneous images of New England Shakers, Iranian students, Iranian ambassador Ardeshir Zahedi, and USU.
The Death Valley Region Photograph Collection consists of eleven silver gelatin POP prints purchased from Amalgre Books of Bloomington, Indiana in April of 1997. The collection consists of images taken in the late 1920s in the Death Valley area of Nevada and California including the ghost towns of Rhyolite, Aurora, and Calico. "Shorty" Harris, or an associate, took some of the images.
Black and white and color photographs, with some postcards and albumen prints. Includes photographs of Edgar and Laura Cowley Brossard, and Brossard and Cowley family members (from the 1870's to the 1970's) and LDS missionaries during the 1950's to 1960's. Documents Edgar Brossard's years while a student at the University of Minnesota, member of the U.S. Tariff Commission, and President of the New England and French LDS Missions.
This photograph collection consists of 328 photographs and postcards that document the life of Frederick P. Champ as well as his friends and family. Included in the collection are: photographs of political events in which Frederick P. Champ attended; Geneva Works and U.S. Steel Corporation; family vacations and clubs; the first Boy Scouts of America Troop of 1909; areas in and around Utah State University and Logan including aerial shots of the campus; Frederick P. Champ's Logan office at the Walker Bank & Trust Company and the Champ Investment Company; St. John's Episcopal Church; postcards from around the United States and the world; the construction of Hoover Dam in Nevada; World War II images, and signed portraits of the 7th, 8th and 9th presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Frederick P. Champ also participated in the Geneva Works NAS Denver Civilian Orientation Cruise with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, including a trip to Alaska.
Twelve boxes of black and white photographs and twelve scrapbooks that center around the life of Gustav Lorenz Becker, including shooting tournaments, hunting, his friendship with gun inventor John M. Browning, family outings, and his participation in local and national events such as parades, county fairs, American Legion ceremonies, and the United States Brewers Association (U.S.B.A.).
Black and white and color negatives, transparencies, and prints, primarily of scenes from Utah State University (then Utah State Agricultural College), Cache Valley, and other locales. Some personal/family images are included.
This collection is organized according to the size of the glass plate negative. Some negatives have a last name written upon it but it is unclear whether the name identifies those in the photo or the person who paid for the photograph. Most of the photos are portraits but there are also images of the Irrigation Congress and downtown Ogden. Nitrate negatives have been removed and placed into cold storage Box 62.
