Box 1 contains three framed daguerreotype portraits
of Benjamin F. Grouard, Louisa B. Pratt, and Lois Pratt Hunt, and three framed tintype
portraits of Addison Pratt, Ann Louise Pratt, and John Hunt, Lois Barnes Pratt Hunt, and
Ida Hunt. Also included is a gold necklace. The connection between these portraits and
the gold necklace is unknown. All of the images were probably taken in California
between 1850 and 1865. Box 2 of the Pratt Family Collection consists of copies of the
portraits in Box 1, as well as additional copy photographs of Pratt family relatives and
friends, including: Jonathan Crosby, Caroline Barnes Crosby, Alma Crosby, Benjamin F.
Grouard, Frank Grouard (Ephraim Pratt), James S. Brown, Philip B. Lewis, and Jane Amanda
Stevens Lewis.
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
Addison Pratt (1802-1872) was raised in New Hampshire, but in 1821 he left his family
to work on a whaling ship. He spent the next ten years as a sailor before marrying
Louisa Pratt (1802-1880) in 1831. Louisa was a successful seamstress and school teacher
in Winchester, Massachusetts when the two met in 1827. The couple moved to northern New
York and raised four daughters (Ellen, Frances, Lois, and Ann). In 1838 they converted
to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and moved to Pleasant Grove, Indiana
in 1839, and to Nauvoo, Illinois in 1841. Addison was called to serve a mission in the
Sandwich Islands and left Nauvoo in 1843. In 1847 Louisa and her daughters made the
overland trek to Salt Lake City from Nauvoo and Addison rejoined them in September,
1848. He was, however, called to another mission in the Pacific Islands and he left in
late 1849. In early 1851 Louisa and the four daughters joined him in Tahiti. They
returned to California and settled in San Bernardino in December, 1852. Addison left for
yet another mission to Tahiti in 1856, but conditions were not favorable for missionary
work and he returned that same year. When the call was issued for all Latter Day Saints
to return to the Salt Lake Valley in October, 1857, Louisa returned to Utah. Addison
remained in San Bernardino in part due to his dislike for cold weather and in part due
to disagreements with LDS doctrines. Louisa settled with two daughters in Beaver, Utah.
Addison would eventually move to Utah in 1863, but he returned to California due to
failing health in December, 1864. He spent his remaining years in San Bernardino living
with his daughter Frances and her husband James Dyer. Louisa continued to live in Beaver
until her death in 1880. Further information about Addison and Louisa Barnes Pratt are
available in the Addison Pratt Family Papers MS 228b, Addison Pratt Research Collection
MS 228e, and Louisa Barnes Pratt Research Collection MS 228f.
Caroline Barnes Crosby was the sister of Louisa Barnes Pratt. Jonathan and Alma Crosby
were her husband and son, respectively. The Crosby family also served a mission in the
Sandwich Islands with the Pratt family, and lived in San Bernardino, California, and
Beaver, Utah. Further information about Crosby Family is available in the Caroline
Barnes Crosby Papers Collection MS 229a.
Benjamin Grouard was a close friend and fellow missionary of Addison Pratt. James S.
Brown, Philip B. Lewis, and Jane Amanda Stevens Lewis were also missionaries in the
Sandwich Island Mission.
Content Description
Box 1 of the Pratt Family Photograph Collection consists of three framed daguerreotype
portraits of Benjamin F. Grouard, Louisa B. Pratt and Lois Pratt Hunt, and three framed
tintype portraits of Addison Pratt, Ann Louise Pratt, and John Hunt, Lois Barnes Pratt
Hunt, and Ida Hunt. Also included is a gold necklace. The connection between these
portraits and the gold necklace is unknown. All of the images were probably taken in
California between 1850 and 1865.
Box 2 of the Pratt Family Collection consists of copies of the portraits in Box 1, as
well as additional copy photographs of Pratt family relatives and friends, including:
Jonathan Crosby, Caroline Barnes Crosby, Alma Crosby, Benjamin F. Grouard, Frank Grouard
(Ephraim Pratt), James S. Brown, Philip B. Lewis, and Jane Amanda Stevens Lewis.
No reproductions are allowed from the original images. All reproductions must be made
from the copies in Box 2. The original images are stored in the vault. Box 2 of this
collection was removed from the Ellsworth Collection. Information enclosed in quotation
marks is taken directly from the photograph. Researchers may wish to examine S. George
Ellsworth Collection (P0025) and Ellsworth Family Photographs (P0142)
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access : Restrictions
Open to public research.
Restrictions on Use : Copyright
Reproductions not allowed from originals, must use copies in P0025, box 10.
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 Pratt family photograph collection must
be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections
Department Head.
duplicate of photograph 1 in Box 1. "Final portrait in frame (as sent to
Tahiti), Feb 11, 1976. Retouched by Charley at Bailey & Montague."
ca. 1861
02:03:02: Addison Pratt, full frame photograph
duplicate of photograph 1 in Box 1.
ca. 1861
02:03:03: Addison Pratt, head shot photograph
cropped duplicate of photograph 1 in Box 1. (1 copy.)
ca. 1861
02:03:04: Addison Pratt, head shot photograph
cropped duplicate of photograph 1 in Box 1. (1 copy.)
ca. 1861
02:03:05: Addison Pratt
duplicate of photograph 1 in Box 1. "Final portrait in Frame, (as sent to
Tahiti). Black and white copy neg made by Ted Hansen." (1 copy.)
ca. 1861
02:03:06: Addison Pratt
duplicate of photograph 1 in Box 1. "Black and white negative of retouching
job (Charlie at Bailey & Montague) before framing and sending to
Tahiti." (1 copy.)
02:05:01: Addison and Louisa Barnes Pratt
photocopy
taken from The Stevens Genealogy, by Elvira
Stevens, Skelton Publishing Co., Salt Lake City, 1907, p. 123. (4 photocopies
and 1 black and white negative)
02:05:02: Addison Pratt
taken from The Stevens Genealogy, by Elvira
Stevens, Skelton Publishing Co., Salt Lake City, 1907, p. 123. (1 copy.)
02:05:03: Louisa Barnes Pratt
taken from The Stevens Genealogy, by Elvira
Stevens, Skelton Publishing Co., Salt Lake City, 1907, p. 123. (1 copy.)
color print of Ted Hanson negative from original; duplicate of photograph 4 in
Box 1. (4 color copies and 2 color negatives.)
02:06:02: Louisa Barnes Pratt
(2 copies and 2 negatives.)
02:06:03: Louisa Barnes Pratt
black and white print of Ted Hanson negative from original; duplicate of
photograph 4 in Box 1. (4 black and white copies and 2 black and white
negatives.)
02:06:04: Louisa Barnes Pratt
black and white print of Ted Hanson negative from original; cropped and
enlarged duplicate of photograph 4 in Box 1. (5 black and white copies.)
02:06:05: Louisa Barnes Pratt and granddaughter Ida
Frances Hunt Udall, Salt Lake City, Utah
taken from The Stevens Genealogy, by Elvira
Stevens, Skelton Publishing Co., Salt Lake City, 1907, p. 127. (5 copies and 1
negative)
02:08:02: Frances Pratt Dyer
taken from "Journal of Louisa Barnes Pratt," Heart
Throbs of the West, vol. 8, pages 189-400, page 260. (1 copy.)
02:08:03: Frances Pratt Dyer's son Frank Dyer with his
wife Eula and daughter Lois Dyer
(1 copy)
02:08:04: Frances Pratt Dyer with her three sons Frank,
Harry, and Addison Pratt Dyer, her daughter-in-law Eula Perry Dyer, and baby
granddaughter Lois Dyer
Photographs of Pratt family heirlooms, artifacts,
and mementos
Container(s)
Description
box
folder
2
15
02:15:01: Addison Pratt's sea chest and gun
(1 copy and 1 negative.)
02:15:02: Addison Pratt's sea chest and gun
(1 copy and 1 negative)
02:15:03: Addison Pratt's rifle
(1 copy)
02:15:04: Addison Pratt's rifle
(1 copy)
02:15:05: Pratt family heirlooms: Photograph of five
Pratt family photos, including Addison Pratt; Louisa Barnes Pratt; Ann Louise
Pratt; John, Lois, and Ida Hunt; and Lois Pratt Hunt
SEE also 02:15:12. (3 color copies and 3 color negatives.)
02:15:06: Pratt family heirlooms: Photograph of five Pratt
family photos, including Addison Pratt; Louisa Barnes Pratt; Ann Louise Pratt;
John, Lois, and Ida Hunt; and Lois Pratt Hunt
SEE also 02:15:14. (2 black and white copies and 3 black and white
negatives.)
02:15:07: Pratt family documents: Photograph of five
books bound manuscripts belonging to the Pratt family
SEE also 02:15:13. (3 color copies and 3 color negatives.)
02:15:08: Pratt family documents: Photograph of five
books bound manuscripts belonging to the Pratt family, lying on top of a
shawl
SEE also 02:15:14 and 02:15:15. (2 black and white copies and 2 black and
white negatives.)
02:15:09: Pratt family heirlooms: Photograph of the back
of six Pratt family photos
SEE also 02:15:12. (2 color copies and 2 color negatives.)
02:15:10: Pratt family heirlooms: Photograph of the back
of six Pratt family photos
SEE also 02:15:14. (2 black and white copies and 1 black and white
negative)
02:15:11: Pratt family heirloom: a shawl or scarf.
SEE also 02:15:12 and 02:15:13. (2 color copies and 2 color negatives.)
02:15:12: Contact print of the Pratt family photographs
and scarf featured in 02:15:05, 02:15:09, and 02:15:11
(1 copy.)
02:15:13: Contact print of the Pratt family scarf and
bound manuscripts featured in 02:15:07 and 02:15:11
(1 copy)
02:15:14: Contact print of the Pratt family photographs,
shawl, and bound manuscripts featured in 02:15:06, 02:15:08, and
02:15:10
(1 copy)
02:15:15: Contact print of the Pratt family shawl and
bound manuscripts featured in 02:15:08
duplicate of photograph 3 in Box 1. Final portrait in frame (as sent to
Tahiti). (1 black and white copy and 2 black and white negatives. Negative made
by Ted Hansen.)
ca. 1860
02:22:02: Benjamin F. Grouard
duplicate of photograph 3 in Box 1. (3 black and white copies and 1 black and
white negative. Negative made by Ted Hansen.)
ca. 1860
02:22:03: Benjamin F. Grouard
duplicate of photograph 3 in Box 1. (1 black and white copy and 1 black and
white negative. Negative made by Replicolor Laboratories, Inc. 236 Edison St.,
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84111, on December 18, 1975.)
ca. 1860
02:22:04: Benjamin F. Grouard
duplicate of photograph 3 in Box 1. Final portrait in frame (as sent to
Tahiti). (3 color copies and 2 color negatives.)
ca. 1860
02:22:05: Benjamin F. Grouard
duplicate of photograph 3 in Box 1. Final portrait in frame (as sent to
Tahiti). (1 black and white negative of 02:22:04.)
ca. 1860
02:22:06: Benjamin F. Grouard
duplicate of photograph 3 in Box 1. Final portrait in frame (as sent to
Tahiti). (4 color copies and 3 color negatives.)
ca. 1860
02:22:07: Benjamin F. Grouard
duplicate of photograph 3 in Box 1. From original without case or glass. (2
color negatives.)
ca. 1860
02:22:08: Benjamin F. Grouard
duplicate of photograph 3 in Box 1. From original without case or glass. (2
black and white negatives.)
02:26:03: "Great marai of Oberea," from Wilson's "A
missionary voyage to the South Pacific Ocean . . . ship Duff. Facing page 207, London, 1799 edition"
(Photocopy)
02:26:04: "View of part of Lahaina, Maui. Engraved from an
original drawing by Robert Dampier"
(Photocopy)
02:26:05: "View of town of Honolulu, Sandwich Islands,
1826. Drawn by R. Beechey"
(Photocopy)
02:26:06: "Palace of Kamahaman, May 1826"
(Photocopy)
02:26:07: "Houses of Prime Minister. Engraved from an
original drawing by Pellion"
(Photocopy)
02:26:08: "View near Honolulu, Oahu."
(Photocopy.)
02:26:09: "Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, 1826, drawn by R.
Beechey. Addison was a sailor on a whaler, jumped ship at Honolulu in 1822,
there 6 mos., later related experience to Joseph Smith who asked if he would
like to serve a mission there. View taken from north part of Honolulu, February
1827, Sandwich Islands, Capt William Beechey, H.M.S. Blossom."
