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Dewitt/Palmer family photograph collection, 1860-1950

Overview of the Collection

Creator
DeWitt, Aaron, 1833-1923.
Title
Dewitt/Palmer family photograph collection
Dates
1860-1950 (inclusive)
1870-1940 (bulk)
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
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
Restrictions

Open to public research.

Languages
English.
Sponsor
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
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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).

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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).

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Use of the Collection

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 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.

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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.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List
  • Formal Portraits, undated

    Container: Box 1, Folder 1

  • Formal Portraits, undated

    Container: Box 1, Folder 2

    • Description: 1:02:01: Val Palmer
      Dates: 1920-1929
    • 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 Palmer
      Dates: 1940-1949
    • 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 child
      Dates: 1900
    • 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
  • Formal Portraits, undated

    Container: Box 1, Folder 3

    • Description: 1:03:01: Sarah Bull Quayle
      Dates: 1870-1879
    • 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 Reese
      Dates: 1910-1919
    • 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 DeWitt
      Dates: 1890-1899
    • 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
  • Snapshots, 1910-1929

    Container: Box 1, Folder 4

    • Description: 1:04:01-02: Thais Palmer as a child
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:04:03: Gladys, Emma, Anna
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:04:04: Serviceman's grave of Roy DeWitt in France
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:04:05: Thais Palmer as a child
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:04:06: Thais and Roy Palmer as children at house in Ocean Park, California
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:04:07: Allen and Gladys Palmer; Florence, Vern, and Aileen Crockett
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:04:08: Roy DeWitt with missionary companions: Grant Bateson, Mellen Earl, Clare Goodwin, Bernson, Henry Rick
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:04:09: Allen Palmer and aunts, California
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:04:10: Gladys Palmer
      Dates: undated
  • Snapshots, 1910-1949

    Container: Box 1, Folder 5

    • Description: 1:05:01: Allen and DeWitt Palmer
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:05:02: Roy Palmer
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:05:03: Thais Palmer as a young woman
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:05:04: Unidentified man holding a child
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:05:05: DeWitt, Thais, and Gladys Palmer
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:05:06: Allen Palmer as an infant
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:05:07: DeWitt, Thais, and Allen Palmer as children at house in Ocean Park, California
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:05:08: Roy DeWitt on horseback
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:05:09: Anna, Gladys, and Emma
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:05:10: Gladys DeWitt, Mrs. Stoney, H.J. DeWitt, Minnie DeWitt
      Dates: undated
  • Snapshots, 1920-1929

    Container: Box 1, Folder 6

    • Description: 1:06:01: Gordon Black, Emma, Gladys, and Allen DeWitt on a bridge, probably in Logan Canyon
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:06:02: Allen Palmer
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:06:03: Gladys Palmer next to automobile
      Dates: 1924
    • Description: 1:06:04: The Palmers before DeWitt was born
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:06:05: Emma, Allen, and Gladys Palmer
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:06:06: Gladys and Allen Palmer with Belle Peacock
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:06:07: H.J. DeWitt and Tom Romans fishing at Soda Springs
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:06:08: Rose Caffey and Allen Palmer at Bear Lake
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:06:09: Gladys and Allen Palmer on horseback
      Dates: undated
  • Snapshots, 1908-1929

    Container: Box 1, Folder 7

    • Description: 1:07:01: Hunting party with game, boasting "198 Ducks in 3 hours,"
      Dates: 1908
    • Description: 1:07:02: Dean A. Woodall at counter in Club Billiards, Logan
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:07:03: Dean A. Woodall standing outside Club Billiards, Logan
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:07:04: Men standing in Palmer Plumbing shop
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:07:05: Emma, Gladys, and Anna outside cottage at Bear Lake
      Dates: undated
  • Snapshots, 1900-1929

    Container: Box 1, Folder 8

    • Description: 1:08:01: Allen Palmer with Thais as a child
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:08:02: Gladys DeWitt
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:08:03: Thais Palmer as a child
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:08:04: Roy and Vicki Palmer
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:08:05: Mrs. H.J. DeWitt with grandson DeWitt
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:08:06: LaVern Wilkenson and Gladys DeWitt on a horse-drawn buggy in Logan on 200 West; Goodwin house in background
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:08:07: Gladys and Fay Palmer
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:08:08: Thais and Gladys Palmer
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:08:09: The Stock Exchange Hotel in Soda Springs, Idaho
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:08:10: Men standing on spillway at third dam, Logan Canyon
      Dates: undated
  • Snapshots, 1910-1929

    Container: Box 1, Folder 9

    • Description: 1:09:01: Allen Palmer with automobile, possibly in Logan Canyon
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:09:02: Allen Palmer doing a handstand, possibly in Logan Canyon
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:09:03: Gladys DeWitt, Della Morrell[?], and LaVern Wilkenson as young ladies
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:09:04: Roy Palmer, Mellen Earl, Art Brunson, and others on a ski trip, probably in Logan Canyon; horse-drawn sleigh in picture
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:09:05: Allen at Palmer at Hopper Springs, Soda Springs, Idaho
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:09:06: The Weston, Utah school in deep snow
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:09:07: View looking southeast, Independence Day parade at Main and Center Streets, Logan
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:09:08: Sheds in back of the Logan Sugar Beet factory
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:09:09: Unidentified street scene; California?
      Dates: undated
  • Snapshots, 1910-1929

    Container: Box 1, Folder 10

    • Description: 1:10:01: First home of the DeWitts, 69 North 200 West, Logan
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:10:02: Gladys Palmer
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:10:03: Allen Palmer in front of Palmer Plumbing
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:10:04: Errol Palmer with bathroom displays in Palmer Plumbing
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:10:05: Roy Palmer, Mellen Earl, Art Brunson, and others on a ski trip, probably in Logan Canyon; horse-drawn sleigh in picture
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:10:06: Roy Palmer, Mellen Earl, Art Brunson, Grant Bateson, and Clare Goodwin on a ski trip, probably in Logan Canyon
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:10:07: Gladys Palmer in Hoback Canyon
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:10:08: The Girl Scouts cabin in Logan Canyon
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:10:09: Gladys DeWitt fishing in Logan Canyon
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:10:10: Roy and Dennis DeWitt fishing in Logan Canyon
      Dates: undated
  • Snapshots, 1900-1939

    Container: Box 1, Folder 11

    • Description: 1:11:01: Roy Palmer(?) With his dog at Ricks Spring, Logan Canyon
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:11:02: View of Ricks Spring, Logan Canyon
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:11:03: Palmers at Ricks Spring
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:11:04: Interior of Club Billiards, Logan
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:11:05: Salt and pepper shaker collection ("One of the largest. . . in the world!") at Club Billiards, Logan
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:11:06: The Dansante dancehall under construction in Logan
      Dates: 1933
    • Description: 1:11:07: Snake River in Idaho. From an original postcard
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:11:08: H.J. DeWitt and his wife in front of bill advertising a bull fight at Tijuana, Mexico
      Dates: undated
    • Description: 1:11:09: Allen Palmer on pier at Long Beach, California
      Dates: undated
  • Views, undated

    Container: Box 1, Folder 12

    • Description: 1:12:01: The DeWitt house, 69 No. 200 W., Logan, Utah
      Dates: 1910-1919
    • Description: 1:12:02: DeWitt camp in Logan Canyon during a birthday party for Emma
      Dates: 1890-1899
    • Description: 1:12:03: James Quayle & Co., general merchandise store at 19 No. Main St., Logan
      Dates: 1890-1899
    • Description: 1:12:04: Mechanic Arts Building at the Agricultural College of Utah in Logan, after it had been destroyed by fire
      Dates: September 1905

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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.
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