Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
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)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
-
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
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
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 DescriptionReturn to Top
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 CollectionReturn to Top
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 InformationReturn to Top
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 CollectionReturn to Top
Formal Portraits, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 1
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1:01:01: Aaron DeWitt (1833- 1923), from a
carte-de-visite portrait |
1870-1879 | ||
1:01:02: Aaron DeWitt (1833- 1923) |
1905 | ||
1:01:03: Minnie Mortimer DeWitt at 17 years of age |
1870-1879 | ||
1:01:04: Roy Palmer |
1910-1919 | ||
1:01:05: Allen Palmer[?] |
1910 | ||
1:01:06: Gladys DeWitt |
1910-1919 | ||
1:01:07: Thais and Roy DeWitt as children |
1900 | ||
1:01:08: Fay [?] |
1920-1925 | ||
1:01:09: Roy, Dennis, and Gladys DeWitt as children
From a cabinet card portrait by Thomas & Odell, Logan, Utah.
|
1890-1895 | ||
1:01:10: Unidentified portrait |
undated | ||
1:01:11: Sarah Jenkins DeWitt
From a cabinet card portrait by Thomas & Odell, Logan, Utah.
|
1880-1889 | ||
Formal Portraits, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 2
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1:02:01: Val Palmer |
1920-1929 | ||
1:02:02: Minnie DeWitt
From original by Loveland.
|
1910-1919 | ||
1:02:03: Gladys DeWitt as an infant
From a cabinet card protrait by Thomas & Odell, Logan, Utah.
|
1890-1895 | ||
1:02:04: Rob Palmer |
1940-1949 | ||
1:02:05: James Mortimer
From a cabinet card portrait by Cardon Art Gallery, Logan, Utah.
|
1880-1889 | ||
1:02:06: Roy DeWitt as a child |
1900 | ||
1:02:07: Gladys DeWitt, Earl Reese, and Roy DeWitt as
children
From a cabinet card protrait by Thomas & Odell, Logan, Utah.
|
1890-1899 | ||
1:02:08: Hyrum James DeWitt
From a cabinet card portrait by Cardon Art Gallery, Logan, Utah.
|
1880-1889 | ||
1:02:09: Minnie Gladys DeWitt as a child
From a cabinet portrait by Thomas & Odell, Logan, Utah.
|
1890-1899 | ||
Formal Portraits, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 3
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1:03:01: Sarah Bull Quayle |
1870-1879 | ||
1:03:02: Bell Peacock Davis
From a carte-de-visite portrait.
|
1870-1879 | ||
1:03:03: Emily Mortimer Williams
From a cabinet card portrait by Boston Railroad Photo Car No. 3.
|
1900 | ||
1:03:04: Sarah Mortimer Reese
From a cabinet card portrait by Bailey, Seattle.
|
1900 | ||
1:03:05: Sarah Mortimer Reese |
1910-1919 | ||
1:03:06: Handwriting under original print identifies
sleeping infant as Minnie Mortimer DeWitt; photograph
appears to be cropped from a larger image.
|
1870-1979 | ||
1:03:07: Sarah Jenkins DeWitt |
1890-1899 | ||
1:03:08: Mr. Williams, Emma Palmer's father
From a cabinet card portrait by C.R. Savage, Art Bazar, Salt Lake City.
|
1891 | ||
Snapshots, 1910-1929Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 4
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1:04:01-02: Thais Palmer as a child |
undated | ||
1:04:03: Gladys, Emma, Anna |
undated | ||
1:04:04: Serviceman's grave of Roy DeWitt in
France |
undated | ||
1:04:05: Thais Palmer as a child |
undated | ||
1:04:06: Thais and Roy Palmer as children at house in
Ocean Park, California |
undated | ||
1:04:07: Allen and Gladys Palmer; Florence, Vern, and
Aileen Crockett |
undated | ||
1:04:08: Roy DeWitt with missionary companions: Grant
Bateson, Mellen Earl, Clare Goodwin, Bernson, Henry Rick |
undated | ||
1:04:09: Allen Palmer and aunts, California |
undated | ||
1:04:10: Gladys Palmer |
undated | ||
Snapshots, 1910-1949Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 5
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1:05:01: Allen and DeWitt Palmer |
undated | ||
1:05:02: Roy Palmer |
undated | ||
1:05:03: Thais Palmer as a young woman |
undated | ||
1:05:04: Unidentified man holding a child |
undated | ||
1:05:05: DeWitt, Thais, and Gladys Palmer |
undated | ||
1:05:06: Allen Palmer as an infant |
undated | ||
1:05:07: DeWitt, Thais, and Allen Palmer as children at
house in Ocean Park, California |
undated | ||
1:05:08: Roy DeWitt on horseback |
undated | ||
1:05:09: Anna, Gladys, and Emma |
undated | ||
1:05:10: Gladys DeWitt, Mrs. Stoney, H.J. DeWitt, Minnie
DeWitt |
undated | ||
Snapshots, 1920-1929Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 6
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1:06:01: Gordon Black, Emma, Gladys, and Allen DeWitt on
a bridge, probably in Logan Canyon |
undated | ||
1:06:02: Allen Palmer |
undated | ||
1:06:03: Gladys Palmer next to automobile |
1924 | ||
1:06:04: The Palmers before DeWitt was born |
undated | ||
1:06:05: Emma, Allen, and Gladys Palmer |
undated | ||
1:06:06: Gladys and Allen Palmer with Belle
Peacock |
undated | ||
1:06:07: H.J. DeWitt and Tom Romans fishing at Soda
Springs |
undated | ||
1:06:08: Rose Caffey and Allen Palmer at Bear
Lake |
undated | ||
1:06:09: Gladys and Allen Palmer on
horseback |
undated | ||
Snapshots, 1908-1929Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 7
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1:07:01: Hunting party with game, boasting "198 Ducks in
3 hours," |
1908 | ||
1:07:02: Dean A. Woodall at counter in Club Billiards,
Logan |
undated | ||
1:07:03: Dean A. Woodall standing outside Club
Billiards, Logan |
undated | ||
1:07:04: Men standing in Palmer Plumbing
shop |
undated | ||
1:07:05: Emma, Gladys, and Anna outside cottage at Bear
Lake |
undated | ||
Snapshots, 1900-1929Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 8
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1:08:01: Allen Palmer with Thais as a child |
undated | ||
1:08:02: Gladys DeWitt |
undated | ||
1:08:03: Thais Palmer as a child |
undated | ||
1:08:04: Roy and Vicki Palmer |
undated | ||
1:08:05: Mrs. H.J. DeWitt with grandson
DeWitt |
undated | ||
1:08:06: LaVern Wilkenson and Gladys DeWitt on a
horse-drawn buggy in Logan on 200 West; Goodwin house in
background |
undated | ||
1:08:07: Gladys and Fay Palmer |
undated | ||
1:08:08: Thais and Gladys Palmer |
undated | ||
1:08:09: The Stock Exchange Hotel in Soda Springs,
Idaho |
undated | ||
1:08:10: Men standing on spillway at third dam, Logan
Canyon |
undated | ||
Snapshots, 1910-1929Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 9
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1:09:01: Allen Palmer with automobile, possibly in Logan
Canyon |
undated | ||
1:09:02: Allen Palmer doing a handstand, possibly in
Logan Canyon |
undated | ||
1:09:03: Gladys DeWitt, Della Morrell[?], and LaVern
Wilkenson as young ladies |
undated | ||
1:09:04: Roy Palmer, Mellen Earl, Art Brunson, and
others on a ski trip, probably in Logan Canyon; horse-drawn sleigh in
picture |
undated | ||
1:09:05: Allen at Palmer at Hopper Springs, Soda
Springs, Idaho |
undated | ||
1:09:06: The Weston, Utah school in deep
snow |
undated | ||
1:09:07: View looking southeast, Independence Day parade
at Main and Center Streets, Logan |
undated | ||
1:09:08: Sheds in back of the Logan Sugar Beet
factory |
undated | ||
1:09:09: Unidentified street scene;
California? |
undated | ||
Snapshots, 1910-1929Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 10
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1:10:01: First home of the DeWitts, 69 North 200 West,
Logan |
undated | ||
1:10:02: Gladys Palmer |
undated | ||
1:10:03: Allen Palmer in front of Palmer
Plumbing |
undated | ||
1:10:04: Errol Palmer with bathroom displays in Palmer
Plumbing |
undated | ||
1:10:05: Roy Palmer, Mellen Earl, Art Brunson, and
others on a ski trip, probably in Logan Canyon; horse-drawn sleigh in
picture |
undated | ||
1:10:06: Roy Palmer, Mellen Earl, Art Brunson, Grant
Bateson, and Clare Goodwin on a ski trip, probably in Logan Canyon |
undated | ||
1:10:07: Gladys Palmer in Hoback Canyon |
undated | ||
1:10:08: The Girl Scouts cabin in Logan
Canyon |
undated | ||
1:10:09: Gladys DeWitt fishing in Logan
Canyon |
undated | ||
1:10:10: Roy and Dennis DeWitt fishing in Logan
Canyon |
undated | ||
Snapshots, 1900-1939Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 11
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1:11:01: Roy Palmer(?) With his dog at Ricks Spring,
Logan Canyon |
undated | ||
1:11:02: View of Ricks Spring, Logan Canyon |
undated | ||
1:11:03: Palmers at Ricks Spring |
undated | ||
1:11:04: Interior of Club Billiards, Logan |
undated | ||
1:11:05: Salt and pepper shaker collection ("One of the
largest. . . in the world!") at Club Billiards, Logan |
undated | ||
1:11:06: The Dansante dancehall under construction in
Logan |
1933 | ||
1:11:07: Snake River in Idaho. From an original
postcard |
undated | ||
1:11:08: H.J. DeWitt and his wife in front of bill
advertising a bull fight at Tijuana, Mexico |
undated | ||
1:11:09: Allen Palmer on pier at Long Beach,
California |
undated | ||
Views, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 12
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1:12:01: The DeWitt house, 69 No. 200 W., Logan, Utah |
1910-1919 | ||
1:12:02: DeWitt camp in Logan Canyon during a birthday
party for Emma |
1890-1899 | ||
1:12:03: James Quayle & Co., general merchandise
store at 19 No. Main St., Logan |
1890-1899 | ||
1:12:04: Mechanic Arts Building at the Agricultural
College of Utah in Logan, after it had been destroyed by fire |
September 1905 | ||
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.
Finding aid created by Peter F. Schmid, May 1997, and
revised by Daniel Davis, June 2006.
2008
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
