Consists of 52 photographs, mainly portraits of this
prominent Cache Valley family. Included are samples of historic photographic processes
and formats such as albumen prints, cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, and tintypes. A
genealogical chart is included in box 2.
Repository:
Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Photograph Collection
Merrill-Cazier Library Utah State University 3000 Old Main Hill Logan, UT 84322-3000 Phone: 435 797-2663 Fax: 435 797-2880 Email: scweb@usu.edu
Languages:
Collection materials are in English.
Sponsor:
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant,
2007-2008
Biographical Note
James Goodwin and his family, as new converts to the Mormon church, emigrated from
England to America in 1850. They lived in New Orleans and St. Louis before reaching Utah
in 1859. Goodwin's five sons (William, Frederick, Charles Isaac, George, and Henry
James) eventually settled in the Cache Valley area and three of the five brothers
married daughters of LDS apostle Ezra T. Benson. The brothers, and William in
particular, were entrepeneurs in the valley, opening a dry-good store and a mercantile
shop called Goodwin Brothers store and establishing a family ranch. By 1874, due to
disagreements over business practices with local Church leaders, each of the brothers
had left the LDS Church and three of them joined the local Episcopal Church. By 1890,
however, only two of the brothers, William and Charles Isaac, remained in Cache Valley.
William was named as the Probate Court Judge of Cache County in 1888; serving until
shortly before his death in 1894. He also chose the present location of the Agricultural
College of Utah (now Utah State University) and Charles Issac's wife Sarah Godwin Brown
Goodwin served as the institution's first librarian.
Content Description
The Goodwin Family Photo Collection consists of 52 portraits of this prominent Cache
Valley family. Included in the collection are samples of historic photographic processes
and formats such as albumen prints, cartes-de-visite,
cabinet cards, and tintypes. A genealogical chart is included in box 2. A history of the
Goodwin family written by Walter O. Goodwin, entitled A History of
an English/American Goodwin Family, 1600-1900 (929.2 G638-G) is also available
in the Special Collections department.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access : Restrictions
Open to public research.
Restrictions on Use : Copyright
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of
the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her
transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents
from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of
copyright.
Permission to publish material from the Goodwin family photograph collection must
be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections
Department Head.
Preferred Citation :
Goodwin family photograph collection, 1840-1988. (P0032). Utah State University. Special
Collections & Archives Department.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
Organized numerical by photo number.
Acquisition Information :
Processing Note :
Register completed by Peter F. Schmid, January 1998, and revised by Liz Woolcott and
Jennifer Feik, June 2003.
Related Materials :
Wayne O. Goodwin Family Papers (COLL MS 258)
The Goodwin Family History, 1600-1900, Wayne O. Goodwin. (1990).
Detailed Description of the Collection
Box
1
1:01: Cleveland, Belle. Carte-de-visite portrait, by C.A. Winsor (Galesburg, Ill.)
ca. 1870's
1
1:02: Cleveland, Lydia J. Van Pelt (1842-ca. 1900). Carte-de-visite portrait, by Z.P. McMillen (Galesburg,
Ill.)
2:13: Talmage, Ida Cleveland. Cabinet portrait, by T.
Harrison (Galesberg, Ill.)
ca. 1880.
2
2:14: Van Pelt, Mary (1804 - 1865). Cabinet portrait, by
C.A. Winsor (Galesburg, Ill.)
ca. 1860
2
2:14-A: Goodwin, William (1836 - 1894). Probate
judge
Five duplicate copies of cabinet card 02:08.
2
2:15: Goodwin, William C. (1886 - 1960). Portrait with
wife Delia A. (Hansen)
ca. 1910
2
2:16: Goodwin, William C. (1886 - 1960). Portrait with
his wife Delia A. (Hansesn)
ca. 1955
2
2:17: Goodwin, William C. (1886 - 1960). Portrait as a
child
ca. 1889
2
2:18: Goodwin, William C. (1886 - 1960). Portrait as a
child, with Edwin Cleveland
ca. 1891
2
2:19: Goodwin, Edwin Cleveland Sr., Edwin W. Goodwin Jr.,
Eva (Wright) Goodwin, and Donna (Goodwin) Caley
ca. 1940s
2
2:20: Goodwin, William J. (1857 - 1917). Portrait
ca. 1908
2
2:21: Goodwin, William C. (1886 - 1960). Wedding photo
with Creola McNabb, Seattle, Washington
1958
2
2:22: Goodwin, William C. (1886 - 1960). Portrait at Old
Mint Bldg. U.S. Civil Service Commission, Investigation Division
1944
2
2:24: Goodwin, William C. (1886 - 1960). Portrait, by
Gates Studio (San Francisco)
1940
2
2:25-26: Goodwin, Isabella (Benson). Portraits
ca. early 1900s
2
2:27: Goodwin, Delia A. (Hansen), (1883 - 1957).
Portrait
ca. 1945
2
2:28: Unidentified man standing next to a car
ca. 1920
2
2:29: Knoxville, Illinois-Churches-1988. Episcopal (?)
church in Knoxville
1988
2
2:30: Gravestone of John H. Campbell (1821 - 1889),
Laurinda E. Campbell (1831-1887), and Willard N. Campbell (1874 - 1899)
1988
2
2:31: Gravestone of Sarah E. Gardner(1854 - 1919), photo
taken in
1988
2
2:32: Logan home of Williamm Goodwin, Probate Judge,
photo taken in
1988
2
2:33: Home of Charles and Sarah Godwin Brown Goodwin,
Logan, photo taken in
1988
2
2:34: "Somebody's Attic" store, formerly "Logan Knitting
Works" and "Goodwin Bros. Store"; 39 W. 100 No., Logan, photo taken in
1988
2
2:35 - 44: Goodwin family gravestones, Logan City
Cemetery
2
2:35: Gravestone of Annette Goodwin, (1894 -
1960)
2
2:36: Graveston of Charles F. Goodwin, (1859 -
1925)
2
2:37: Gravestone of Eulalia Earl Goodwin, (1859 -
1941)
2
2:38: Gravestone of Frederick Goodwin, who lived only 8
hours, and Mary Goodwin, aged 3 months, both children of Frederick &
Melina (Benson) Goodwin; and George A Goodwin, aged 9 days, and Perry Goodwin,
aged 6 months, children of James and Alice (Benson) Goodwin
2
2:39 - 40: Gravestones of George (1842 - 1915) and James
Goodwin (1895-1895)
2
2:42: Gravestone of James (1814 - 1961) and Sarah Goodwin
(1800-1876)
2
2:43: Gravestone of Clarence (1895 - 1980) and Jane E.
Goodwin (1895-1974)
2:44: Gravestone of Sarah Goodwin (1838 - 1865) first
wife of William Goodwin and Ezra T. Goodwin (1868 - 1879), son of William and
Isabella (Benson) Goodwin
