Dewitt/Palmer family photograph collection, 1860-1950
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- DeWitt, Aaron, 1833-1923.
- Title
- Dewitt/Palmer family photograph collection
- Dates
- 1860-1950 (inclusive)18601950
1870-1940 (bulk)18701940 - Quantity
- 1 box, (.25 linear ft. )
- Collection Number
- UUS_P0124
- Summary
- The DeWitt/Palmer Family photograph collection consists of 104 black & white photographs copied out of an old family photo album belonging to Erin Palmer, a descendant of the families. The photographs date from the 1870s to the 1930s (with a few dating to the 1940s) and consist mainly of portraits and snapshots of the family. Included are recreation shots taken in Logan Canyon (fishing, hunting, and skiing) and of Soda Springs, Idaho.
- Repository
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
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Restrictions
Open to public research.
- Languages
- English.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Biographical Note
Aaron DeWitt (1833-1923) was among the first settlers of Logan in 1859. He was a prominent early businessman and farmer and apostated from the LDS Church around 1873. He was involved with the founding of the St. John's Episcopal Church and running a bakery in Logan. In 1860 he married Sarah Jenkins and the couple had two children, Hyrum James and Emma Irene Griffith DeWitt (who died shortly after birth).
Content Description
The DeWitt/Palmer Family photograph collection consists of 104 photographs copied out of an old family photo album. This album was loaned to the division by Erin Palmer of Logan, a descendant, in 1993 or 1994. As it turned out, not every photograph was copied out of the album. The information in this register is taken from captions penned onto the original prints.
The photographs date from the 1870s until the 1930s, and consist mainly of snapshots of the family. Included are recreation shots taken in Logan Canyon (including fishing, hunting, and skiing) and of Soda Springs. Some of the women's names may seem confusing, as there are photographs of them both before and after marriage (e.g., "Emma" appears both as Emma DeWitt and Emma Palmer, her married name).
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
CopyrightIt 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 Dewitt/Palmer family photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
Dewitt/Palmer family photograph collection, 1860-1950. (P0124). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
Arranged in numeric sequence according to Box, Folder, and Item
Acquisition Information
The original photo album was loaned to Special Collections by Erin Palmer of Logan, Utah, in 1993-94, for the purpose of photographically copying the prints. Not every photograph was copied out of the album.
Processing Note
Register completed by Peter F. Schmid, May 1997, and revised by Daniel Davis, June 2006.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Formal Portraits, undated
Container: Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: 1:01:01: Aaron DeWitt (1833- 1923), from a carte-de-visite portraitDates: 1870-1879
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Description: 1:01:02: Aaron DeWitt (1833- 1923)Dates: 1905
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Description: 1:01:03: Minnie Mortimer DeWitt at 17 years of ageDates: 1870-1879
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Description: 1:01:04: Roy PalmerDates: 1910-1919
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Description: 1:01:05: Allen Palmer[?]Dates: 1910
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Description: 1:01:06: Gladys DeWittDates: 1910-1919
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Description: 1:01:07: Thais and Roy DeWitt as childrenDates: 1900
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Description: 1:01:08: Fay [?]Dates: 1920-1925
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Description: 1:01:09: Roy, Dennis, and Gladys DeWitt as children
From a cabinet card portrait by Thomas & Odell, Logan, Utah.
Dates: 1890-1895 -
Description: 1:01:10: Unidentified portraitDates: undated
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Description: 1:01:11: Sarah Jenkins DeWitt
From a cabinet card portrait by Thomas & Odell, Logan, Utah.
Dates: 1880-1889
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Formal Portraits, undated
Container: Box 1, Folder 2
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Description: 1:02:01: Val PalmerDates: 1920-1929
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Description: 1:02:02: Minnie DeWitt
From original by Loveland.
Dates: 1910-1919 -
Description: 1:02:03: Gladys DeWitt as an infant
From a cabinet card protrait by Thomas & Odell, Logan, Utah.
Dates: 1890-1895 -
Description: 1:02:04: Rob PalmerDates: 1940-1949
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Description: 1:02:05: James Mortimer
From a cabinet card portrait by Cardon Art Gallery, Logan, Utah.
Dates: 1880-1889 -
Description: 1:02:06: Roy DeWitt as a childDates: 1900
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Description: 1:02:07: Gladys DeWitt, Earl Reese, and Roy DeWitt as children
From a cabinet card protrait by Thomas & Odell, Logan, Utah.
Dates: 1890-1899 -
Description: 1:02:08: Hyrum James DeWitt
From a cabinet card portrait by Cardon Art Gallery, Logan, Utah.
Dates: 1880-1889 -
Description: 1:02:09: Minnie Gladys DeWitt as a child
From a cabinet portrait by Thomas & Odell, Logan, Utah.
Dates: 1890-1899
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Formal Portraits, undated
Container: Box 1, Folder 3
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Description: 1:03:01: Sarah Bull QuayleDates: 1870-1879
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Description: 1:03:02: Bell Peacock Davis
From a carte-de-visite portrait.
Dates: 1870-1879 -
Description: 1:03:03: Emily Mortimer Williams
From a cabinet card portrait by Boston Railroad Photo Car No. 3.
Dates: 1900 -
Description: 1:03:04: Sarah Mortimer Reese
From a cabinet card portrait by Bailey, Seattle.
Dates: 1900 -
Description: 1:03:05: Sarah Mortimer ReeseDates: 1910-1919
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Description: 1:03:06: Handwriting under original print identifies sleeping infant as Minnie Mortimer DeWitt; photograph
appears to be cropped from a larger image.
Dates: 1870-1979 -
Description: 1:03:07: Sarah Jenkins DeWittDates: 1890-1899
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Description: 1:03:08: Mr. Williams, Emma Palmer's father
From a cabinet card portrait by C.R. Savage, Art Bazar, Salt Lake City.
Dates: 1891
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Snapshots, 1910-1929
Container: Box 1, Folder 4
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Description: 1:04:01-02: Thais Palmer as a childDates: undated
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Description: 1:04:03: Gladys, Emma, AnnaDates: undated
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Description: 1:04:04: Serviceman's grave of Roy DeWitt in FranceDates: undated
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Description: 1:04:05: Thais Palmer as a childDates: undated
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Description: 1:04:06: Thais and Roy Palmer as children at house in Ocean Park, CaliforniaDates: undated
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Description: 1:04:07: Allen and Gladys Palmer; Florence, Vern, and Aileen CrockettDates: undated
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Description: 1:04:08: Roy DeWitt with missionary companions: Grant Bateson, Mellen Earl, Clare Goodwin, Bernson, Henry RickDates: undated
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Description: 1:04:09: Allen Palmer and aunts, CaliforniaDates: undated
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Description: 1:04:10: Gladys PalmerDates: undated
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Snapshots, 1910-1949
Container: Box 1, Folder 5
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Description: 1:05:01: Allen and DeWitt PalmerDates: undated
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Description: 1:05:02: Roy PalmerDates: undated
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Description: 1:05:03: Thais Palmer as a young womanDates: undated
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Description: 1:05:04: Unidentified man holding a childDates: undated
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Description: 1:05:05: DeWitt, Thais, and Gladys PalmerDates: undated
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Description: 1:05:06: Allen Palmer as an infantDates: undated
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Description: 1:05:07: DeWitt, Thais, and Allen Palmer as children at house in Ocean Park, CaliforniaDates: undated
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Description: 1:05:08: Roy DeWitt on horsebackDates: undated
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Description: 1:05:09: Anna, Gladys, and EmmaDates: undated
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Description: 1:05:10: Gladys DeWitt, Mrs. Stoney, H.J. DeWitt, Minnie DeWittDates: undated
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Snapshots, 1920-1929
Container: Box 1, Folder 6
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Description: 1:06:01: Gordon Black, Emma, Gladys, and Allen DeWitt on a bridge, probably in Logan CanyonDates: undated
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Description: 1:06:02: Allen PalmerDates: undated
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Description: 1:06:03: Gladys Palmer next to automobileDates: 1924
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Description: 1:06:04: The Palmers before DeWitt was bornDates: undated
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Description: 1:06:05: Emma, Allen, and Gladys PalmerDates: undated
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Description: 1:06:06: Gladys and Allen Palmer with Belle PeacockDates: undated
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Description: 1:06:07: H.J. DeWitt and Tom Romans fishing at Soda SpringsDates: undated
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Description: 1:06:08: Rose Caffey and Allen Palmer at Bear LakeDates: undated
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Description: 1:06:09: Gladys and Allen Palmer on horsebackDates: undated
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Snapshots, 1908-1929
Container: Box 1, Folder 7
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Description: 1:07:01: Hunting party with game, boasting "198 Ducks in 3 hours,"Dates: 1908
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Description: 1:07:02: Dean A. Woodall at counter in Club Billiards, LoganDates: undated
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Description: 1:07:03: Dean A. Woodall standing outside Club Billiards, LoganDates: undated
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Description: 1:07:04: Men standing in Palmer Plumbing shopDates: undated
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Description: 1:07:05: Emma, Gladys, and Anna outside cottage at Bear LakeDates: undated
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Snapshots, 1900-1929
Container: Box 1, Folder 8
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Description: 1:08:01: Allen Palmer with Thais as a childDates: undated
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Description: 1:08:02: Gladys DeWittDates: undated
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Description: 1:08:03: Thais Palmer as a childDates: undated
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Description: 1:08:04: Roy and Vicki PalmerDates: undated
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Description: 1:08:05: Mrs. H.J. DeWitt with grandson DeWittDates: undated
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Description: 1:08:06: LaVern Wilkenson and Gladys DeWitt on a horse-drawn buggy in Logan on 200 West; Goodwin house in backgroundDates: undated
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Description: 1:08:07: Gladys and Fay PalmerDates: undated
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Description: 1:08:08: Thais and Gladys PalmerDates: undated
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Description: 1:08:09: The Stock Exchange Hotel in Soda Springs, IdahoDates: undated
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Description: 1:08:10: Men standing on spillway at third dam, Logan CanyonDates: undated
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Snapshots, 1910-1929
Container: Box 1, Folder 9
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Description: 1:09:01: Allen Palmer with automobile, possibly in Logan CanyonDates: undated
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Description: 1:09:02: Allen Palmer doing a handstand, possibly in Logan CanyonDates: undated
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Description: 1:09:03: Gladys DeWitt, Della Morrell[?], and LaVern Wilkenson as young ladiesDates: undated
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Description: 1:09:04: Roy Palmer, Mellen Earl, Art Brunson, and others on a ski trip, probably in Logan Canyon; horse-drawn sleigh in pictureDates: undated
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Description: 1:09:05: Allen at Palmer at Hopper Springs, Soda Springs, IdahoDates: undated
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Description: 1:09:06: The Weston, Utah school in deep snowDates: undated
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Description: 1:09:07: View looking southeast, Independence Day parade at Main and Center Streets, LoganDates: undated
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Description: 1:09:08: Sheds in back of the Logan Sugar Beet factoryDates: undated
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Description: 1:09:09: Unidentified street scene; California?Dates: undated
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Snapshots, 1910-1929
Container: Box 1, Folder 10
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Description: 1:10:01: First home of the DeWitts, 69 North 200 West, LoganDates: undated
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Description: 1:10:02: Gladys PalmerDates: undated
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Description: 1:10:03: Allen Palmer in front of Palmer PlumbingDates: undated
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Description: 1:10:04: Errol Palmer with bathroom displays in Palmer PlumbingDates: undated
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Description: 1:10:05: Roy Palmer, Mellen Earl, Art Brunson, and others on a ski trip, probably in Logan Canyon; horse-drawn sleigh in pictureDates: undated
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Description: 1:10:06: Roy Palmer, Mellen Earl, Art Brunson, Grant Bateson, and Clare Goodwin on a ski trip, probably in Logan CanyonDates: undated
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Description: 1:10:07: Gladys Palmer in Hoback CanyonDates: undated
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Description: 1:10:08: The Girl Scouts cabin in Logan CanyonDates: undated
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Description: 1:10:09: Gladys DeWitt fishing in Logan CanyonDates: undated
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Description: 1:10:10: Roy and Dennis DeWitt fishing in Logan CanyonDates: undated
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Snapshots, 1900-1939
Container: Box 1, Folder 11
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Description: 1:11:01: Roy Palmer(?) With his dog at Ricks Spring, Logan CanyonDates: undated
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Description: 1:11:02: View of Ricks Spring, Logan CanyonDates: undated
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Description: 1:11:03: Palmers at Ricks SpringDates: undated
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Description: 1:11:04: Interior of Club Billiards, LoganDates: undated
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Description: 1:11:05: Salt and pepper shaker collection ("One of the largest. . . in the world!") at Club Billiards, LoganDates: undated
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Description: 1:11:06: The Dansante dancehall under construction in LoganDates: 1933
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Description: 1:11:07: Snake River in Idaho. From an original postcardDates: undated
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Description: 1:11:08: H.J. DeWitt and his wife in front of bill advertising a bull fight at Tijuana, MexicoDates: undated
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Description: 1:11:09: Allen Palmer on pier at Long Beach, CaliforniaDates: undated
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Views, undated
Container: Box 1, Folder 12
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Description: 1:12:01: The DeWitt house, 69 No. 200 W., Logan, UtahDates: 1910-1919
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Description: 1:12:02: DeWitt camp in Logan Canyon during a birthday party for EmmaDates: 1890-1899
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Description: 1:12:03: James Quayle & Co., general merchandise store at 19 No. Main St., LoganDates: 1890-1899
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Description: 1:12:04: Mechanic Arts Building at the Agricultural College of Utah in Logan, after it had been destroyed by fireDates: September 1905
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Outdoor recreation--Utah--Logan Canyon--History--Photographs.
Personal Names
- DeWitt, Aaron, 1833-1923--Photographs.
- DeWitt, Sarah Jenkins, 1845-1895--Photographs.
Family Names
- DeWitt family--Photographs.
- Palmer family--Photographs.
Geographical Names
- Logan (Utah)--History--Photographs.
- Logan Canyon (Utah)--History--Photographs.
- Soda Springs (Idaho)--History--Photographs.