Amy Engen photograph collection

Amy Engen photograph collection, circa 1900-1920

Overview of the Collection

Title: Amy Engen photograph collection
Dates: circa 1900-1920 (inclusive)
18901929
Quantity: 905 photographs (4 photograph albums)
Collection Number: P0510
Summary: The Amy Engen photograph collection contains four photo albums with photographs of Wendell B. Lyman's life. Photographs of Lyman as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints(LDS), travels, University of Utah and the Sigma Chi fraternity.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The four albums contain personal photographs of Wendell B. Lyman; the photographs range from home life to the life of the traveling missionary. This collection contains many images from Lyman's service as an L.D.S. missionary in the Northeastern United States. Many photographs of the northeastern area were main tourist attractions at the time. The collection also contains images of the University of Utah and the Sigma Chi fraternity, where Lyman attended school and of which organization Lyman was a member. "WBL" is Wendell B. Lyman.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Original order of photographs (contained in four albums) was retained. Each folder represents an individual album.

Processing Note

Processed by Mary Ann Curtis in 2000 and by Ashley Arave in 2004.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Photo album 1 1: Bear, July 1918. 2: Woman sitting on grass, October 1918 3: Man and woman 4: Man in military uniform 5: "Under protest" 1918 6: Woman standing by hedge, October 1918 7-11: Unidentified women, 1918 12: House, 1918 13: Children Agrazing, 1918 14-16: River and waterfalls, July 1918 17: Men in snow, December 1916 18: Cabin 19: Man spanking three boys, 1918 20-23: Yellowstone, July 1918 24-25: Unidentified 26: Woman in car 27: Bears July 1918 28: Yellowstone 29: Unidentified man 30-31: Bear 32: Unidentified man 33: Bear 34-74: Unidentified men and women, 1918 75: "Bolshevist," summer 1919 76: Unidentified men and women, 1918 81: Yellowstone Trip, 1918 82: Bears in cages 83: Men and women standing around landscape shaped as a star. 84: "What a background." Man standing in uniform with Washington Monument behind him. 85: "27 February 1919, During the parade for returned soldiers, up Penn Ave, President Wilson leading." 86: Newspaper advertisement for powder removal. 87: Woman in bathing suit, summer 1919 88-114: Unidentified men and women, summer 1919,(2 number 97's) 115: Group at Saltair 116-121: Unidentified men and women	circa 1900-1918
1	2	Photo album 2 1-7: Unidentified women 8-10: Unidentified men in military uniform 11-12: Unidentified men and women. 13-14: Unidentified baby 15: Unidentified man and woman next to an "A" 16: Man in uniform at boat dock 17: Ala fete champetrae du'Cercle Francaise.' 18-21: Unidentified women 22-23: Unidentified women 24: Library at the University of California 25-27: Unidentified women 28: Wheeler Hall at the University of California 29-30: Women hiding behind objects 31: Little girl with baby carriage 32-33: Unidentified women 34: Soldier driving a car 35-36: Unidentified women 37: Photograph taken from a boat 38: Woman on the beach 39-57: Miniature postcards of buildings at the University of California 58-61: Unidentified women (59 signed: Lovingly Marian)	circa 1918
1	3	Photo album 3 The photograph descriptions for this photo album were taken directly from the album: 1: Sigma Chi party 2: Oregon Conference, June 21, 1920 3: Mount Air, Sigma Chi party, 1920 4: Nell Creer, Helen Moore and "Bull Dog" Wright, May 1920 5: Scott, Strong, Stratford, Lund, and Nicholson, January 6, 1921 6: "A little Oregon mist" Rose festival, June, 1920. 6a: Nell, WBL, Helen Moore, May 1920 7: Vista house, RRL on steps. 8: Special office force, Maughan Harris, Maeser, WBL Atkinson, Stratford. 9: "OH MITT" Sigma Chi Party 10: "It's a bear, Yellowstone Park, July 1918." 11: En route sea side, July 1920 12: Scott, Strong, Lyman, Lund, and Nicholson 13: Multnomah Falls, Bensen Bridge, Columbia Highway 14: Regular office force, Lund Sec., Lyman Flunky, EC Stratford SS Supt. 15: "Mission backing," BP Maughan, Lund, Stratford, Smith, Nicholson 16: "Eagle Creek Bridge" Columbia River. 17: Pres. And Sister Iverson, Sr. White, RR Lyman at Columbia Park. 18: Logs Stoddard Lumber Mill La Grande Oregon. 19: RRL and David Stoddard 20: Mt. Hood. 21: Scene on Columbia Highway 22: La Grande Oregon, June 1920 23: Mill, La Grande 24: LeRoy Smith, January 1921 25-26: Falls, Columbia Highway, summer 1920. 27: Maughan, Collins, Swainston, and Lyman, June 1920 shortly after arriving. 28: Onconta Tunnel. 29: La Nona Harris 30: Harold W. Hoare 31: Unloading logs, La Grande 32: Columbia Highway 33: La Roe Thomas, WBL, Eveline Thomas. The Oaks, July 5, 1920. 34: Columbia Highway. 35: William K. Matthews, December 1920 36: "Rode to Astoria, August 1920." S.S. Georgiana 37: Louise Thomas, ES Thatcher 38: "'Mormon' Baseball team." Columbia Park, June, 1920. 39: Columbia River 40: Astoria Heights 41: WBL and Eveline 42: Columbia River 43: LaRue, Lyman, Louise, Thatcher 44: Figure eight, Columbia Highway 45: La Rue Thomas, WBL, Eveline Thomas 46: Lower Multnomah Falls 47: "Pretty hungry" 48: Latourell Falls 49: Vista House, ES Thatcher and Elsie Peterson 50: Eveline Thomas, July 1920 51: Horsetail Falls 52: Companions, Vista House, Aug 1920 53: At Multnomah Falls, WBL and RRL. 54: Vista House and Columbia River 55: WBL, Dr. Lamberg, EC Stratford and Bro Hoer. 56: Sr. Lamberg 57: Mrs. Lamberg and Mr. and Mrs. Holt 58: Zelma Olsen, December 1920 59: Ellen Spencer, December 1920 60: "Where the Columbia River is five miles wide." 61: Double exposure 62: East side library, March 1921 63: Pres Iverson, seaside Oregon 64: Lily Atkinson 65: "The ocean and I" 66: President Iverson, seaside, July 1920 67: Thatcher, fish net, Astoria Oregon 68-69: Salmon cannery, July 1920 70: Maughan and Nicholson 71: "Me and Her, Oh heck" 72: "Oh how long can I bear with thee?" 73: Laura Shepherd 74: Thatcher and Lyman celebrating, July 5, 1920 75: "Door Belle" 76: "A Rose..." 77: Oregon Conference, September 19, 1920 78: "So near, yet so far..." 79: Mrs. Thatcher, Elsie Peterson, Mrs., Aima and Pres. and Peterson at the Vista House 80: Office force on East Madison. Harris, Maeser, Atkinson, Stratford, WBL, Maughan. 81: Aunt Seroph, Lund, Elmo, Mrs. Lund, Orabelle, Bessley 82: Presiding Bp. Maughan of Sellwood 83: On Willamette River 84: November 1, 1920 85: 8:47 2/3 a.m. morning class, January 1921. 86: W.B. Lyman D.D. 87: Two of a kind 88: Beebe Nicholson 89: Small freighter from Burnside Bridge 90: Portland from Council Crest 91: West Bank Willamette and Business District from Hawthorne Bridge 92: Companions, November 1, 1920 93: Lyman and Smith in front of church 94: Mildred Calder, LeRoy Smith, Merla Hodson, WBL, Margaret Calder 95: On way to hatchery 96: All stars, morning class. Roll, Pres: Iverson, WBL, Strong Oravelle, Sec: Lund, Miss Olsen, Matthews, Miss Spencer, Nicholson, Supt: Stratford. 97: Vista House, Rose festival. 98: Three of a kind 99: Portland Rose Festival 1920 100: A goof 101: C. Beebe, Ariz. 102: Church and lawn 103: Give me liberty or death 104: Napoleon and his aide 105: Practicing 106: Explain, expound, exhort 107: Crown Point, Vista Point 108: Wendell B. Lyman 109: January 5, 1921. Scott Strong, Lyman, Lund, Nick 110: Here Tiz. 111: After Church 112: What shall we call it? 113: Mildred, Smith, Merla, Paskins, Margaret 114: Please!!! 115: JCN and President Iverson 116: Rev. Mr. Nicholson 117: Loading lumber, Willamette River 118: I've got the blues 119: Cascade locks 120: Smiles 121: Salmon cannery 122: Engineers at Spokane, August 1920 123: Aunt Seraph, Nickolson and DoorBelle 124: President Iverson, Seaside, Oregon. July 1920 125: Red Cross nurse 126: Nicholson, 20th 127: WB Lyman, Mrs. Lamberg, Stratford, Thatcher, Nicholson, Gusta, Mrs. Martin. Eight and Burnside. 128: Companions 129: Cold? Cor. 25th and Hawthorne 130: Barbara Nelley (Hanford) 131: The water nymphs 132: Holts', Mt. Scott. November, 1920 133: Sunday, E. Burnside 134: ECS and JCN 135: Tis a hard life 136: Wm. J. Greenburg 137: Watch cut, 20th 138: Meditation 139: Mission Mormonaries, ECS and WBL 140: Lonesome 141: Church, January 16, 1921 142: DeLores Pearson, WBL and Winnifred Kennedy, January 16, 1921 143: JCN, Hawthorne Bridge 144: President Soren Peterson 145: Painters, office flunkies, the laborers are few. January 1921 146: DeLores Pearson and Winifred Kennedy, January 1921. 147: WBL 148: Burnside, Thatcher, Stratford, Mrs. Lamberg, Nicholson, Mrs. Martin, Gusta Martin, and Sam. 149: Grant Iverson 150: At work, March 9, 1921. 151: Broadway 152: The Vamp 153: W.D. Collins 154: C. Leland Dalley 155: Carol Wyatt, Nov. 1920 156: North Alder St. East from 6th St. Portland, Oregon 157: Interstate bridge 158: Union Depot, Portland 159: Unidentified buildings 160: Broadway and Alder 161: Unidentified building 162: Broadway Bridge 163: Unidentified building 164: Portland, from Council Crest 165: Unidentified bridge 166: First National Bank 167: Broadway by night 168: Cyril Rasmussen, P. Brigham Maughan, Raymond Strong 169: Miss El Reta Merril 170: Broadway 171: Broadway from Washington 172: Morrson St. from Sixth 173: Unidentified statue 174: Smith, Maughan, Lund, Lyman, Stratford 175: Portland Bridge 176-177: Portland Roses 178: Benson Hotel 179: Sellwood Munier Aviation field 180: Blessed are the feet of him that bringeth the mail, a welcome visitor 181: The office force 182: Atlas 183: Portland roses 184: River boat, Willamette River. March 1921 185: March 5, 1920. White, Lyman, Mitchell, Strong, Wyatt, Lamborn, Maughan, Rasmussen, Cowley, Strat, Nick, Ingles, Greenland, Atkinson, Schreiner. Front Row: Harris, Smith, Pack. 186: Belle 187: LDS Church, Portland Oregon. Mlle Pawowla in action. 188: Tis a hard life 189: March 1921, JCN and Mrs. Ferrin 190: Seattle from LC Smith Building 191: "Search the scriptures" 192: Scions of Israel, Wm. J. Greenland 193: Sellwood outfit. Rasmussen, Strong, Lamborn, Pack, Collins, Maughan, Mitchell, Thain. 194: Lyman 195: March 1921, North Oregon Conference 196: "If I could be by her" 197: Oregon Conference, March 1, 1921. 198: Good understanding 199: Rest room, LC Smith Building 200: Three of a kind, Eldoras 201: Midnight electricity 202: Smile producers 203: Portland Missionaries. Chapel, Portland 204: John C. Nicholson 205: Pres Israel Ferrin 206: Grain elevator, Portland Poclas 207: Columbia College, Portland 208: WBL with Mrs. Ferrin 209: Harbingers of Spring 210: President And Mrs. Israel Ferrin 211: Restroom, LC Smith Building, Seattle, Washington. 212: Columbia University, Julian and Taylor Eccles 213: Sybil Hunsaker 214: March 28, 1921, ocean going boat, full steam on Willamette River. 215: Hechers, March 1921 216: "There are smiles" 217: Nicholson, President Iverson, President Ferrin 218: A hard life 219: Loading below Burnside Bridge 220: Elevator at decks, Portland 221: Dock, Municipal Terminal 222: At Municipal Terminal Number 4, Portland 223: Unidentified building 224: Group of elders 225: WBL with unidentified woman 226: At Lund's, March 1921 227: Lyman, President Iverson, President Ferrin 228: Oneida Anderson of Ogden, Frank Robinson of Farmington 229: Interstate Bridge, Between Washington and Oregon, over Columbia River 230: Julian and Taylor Eccles, and WBL 231: WBL 232: P.B. Maughan 233: Waterfront, Vancouver, B.C. 234: Princess Charlotte 235: In front of Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C. 236: Harbor, Victoria, B.C. May 1, 1921 237: On board Princess Charlotte 238: Scandinavian/American Bank, Tacoma, under construction. 239: Montgomery, Clegg, Stewart, President Iverson, Wood, Lyman, Tacoma, Washington. May 1, 1921 240: Tacoma, Washington 241: Lowe, Hoarc, WCJ, WBL 242: Waterfront, Vancouver, B.C. 243: Waterfront, Seattle, Washington 244: City Park, Victoria, B.C. Chinese Bell, 4,000 years old. Lowe, Tibbitts, Layton, Checketts, President Iverson, Lyman, Hoarc, Luke. 245: Seattle, Tacoma, May 1921. WBL and Florence Nash 246: Stadium, Tacoma, Washington. Overlooking box. 247: Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C. 248: On Puget Sound 249: Tacoma, Washington 250: Elks Club, Tacoma 251: Cascade Locks, Columbia River 252: Bullingham, Washington, May 1921. Saline, Lyman. Stout, Steve, Pres. Iverson, Wood, Christianson, Beesley, Papworth. 253: Two missionaries and an unidentified young woman 254: Tacoma Stadium. Grant Iverson, Florence Nash 255: Grant Iverson, WLB, Tacoma Church 256: Queen Victoria, Parliament Grounds, Victoria, B.C. 257: Depot, Tacoma, WA 258: Lucky President 259: Fish Hatchery, Bonnerville, Oregon 260: Jerrold P. Beesley 261: On the bridge at midnight, Bonneville, Oregon 262: Ye Elders, Bollingham, Washington 263: LDS Chapel, Tacoma, Washington 264: My wild days are over, Olga Westergard 265: Stewart, Lyman, Maeser, Clegg, Nash. Tacoma, Washington, May 1921 266: Cascade locks, Columbia River 267: Tacoma, Washington depot 268: Queen Vitoria, WBL 269: A hard life. Vance, Lyman, Lund, Wood, Mrs. Lund, Ferrins 270: Cascade locks 271: Egbert Conway Stratford 272: H. Weiter Jenkins 273: Laurelhurst Park 274: Hard boiled 275: Companions and their girl 276: Open sesame 277: Whitaker, mother 278: Raymond Strong 279: O.R. Lund, Nona 280: At cascade locks 281: Laurehurst Park 282: Raymond Lamborn 283: Let me play 284: Lyman, Carol Wyatt 285: Louise Thomas 286: Nicholson, Hood River, May 1921 287: Earl G. Whitaker 288: Destroyers Broadway Bridge, Portland Ore. Rose festival, June 1921. 289: In Portland Harbor 290: O.R. Lund, Sec P.A., "Office." 291: Columbia River Valley at Hood River 292: Elmo Lund, "Ellie" 293: Mabel H. Lund "Mother" 294: A patch of bluebells 295: Battle cruiser Frederick, Willamette River, Portland, Oregon Rose Carnival, June 1921. 296: Congregational Church, Hood River, Oregon JCN in the foreground 297: Hood River Sunday School, Fm White (supt) Sunday May 29, 1921. JCN 298: On board Frederick 299: North Oregon Conference, May 1921 300: At sea, Pacific Ocean, July 15, 1921. Admiral Farragut 301: When I was in Monte Carlo 302: A Los Angeles Garden 303: Scattering seeds 304: All aboard for... 305: Chapel, Stanford University, July 1951 306: The Quadrangle, Stanford Univ. 307: A movie set, Universal City 308: Street scene, Universal City 309: Catholic Mission, Santa Barbara 310: Missionaries with small donkey 311: Campus, Stanford 312: The crucifix, Santa Barbara Mission 313: Stanford Buildings 314: Stanford University 315: Santa Barbara Mission 316: Sigma Chi House, Stanford 317: Mission garden, Santa Barbara 318: High Spots, Universal City, July 21, 1921 319: Sacramento, California, by rail 320: LDS church, Los Angeles 321: Private garden for use of padres, Santa Barbara Mission 322: A clear day at sea, July 15, 1921 323: Busch Gardens, Pasadena, California 324: The Stanford Campus 325: Monte Carlo movie set, Universal City 326: Multnomah, August 29, 1921. Doxey, Thelma, Elsie, WBL 327: Vista House, August 1921 328: Taken behind Multnomah Falls, August 1921 329: Tennessee at anchor, Seattle Harbor 330: Office farce, July 1921 331: Santa Barbara 332: Doxey, Olpin, Graser, Strong, Lund, Brimhall, Maughan, Harris, Earl, Wood. 333: "Tired" 334: Stanford 335: Companions 336: A hard life 337: Sunday School class, Mt. Tabor Park, May 1921 338: Busch Gardens, E. McMurrin. Guide, Dad, Sister 339: Owen, Thelma and Orabelle 340: Seattle harbor 341: S. School class 342: Doxey, Thelma, Elsie, Taylor, Julian, Dee 343: Taylor, Julian, WBL 344: Onesta Gorge 345: The Tennessee, Seattle Harbor 346: Municipal Dock, Number 4, St. Johns 347-349: Unidentified missionaries at Portland Ward House 350: Columbia River Gorge for Crown Point 351: Puget Sound 352: Seattle from LC Smith Building 353: Sigma Chi party 354-356: Unidentified people 357: LDS Chapel, Portland, Oregon 358: Cruiser Frederick on Willamette River, Portland, Oregon 359-360: Unidentified people 361: Sub chasers 362: Unidentified people and locations 363: Elders at Portland Ward House 364: Waterfall 365-366: Elders at Portland Ward House 367-374: Elders, Members in Portland 375: On boat 376: In Portland 377-378: Elders 379-382: Unidentified 383: Eva Osborn 384: J.A. Felt 385: Susie Wood 386: T.J. Dunford 387: Elizabeth Ingles 388: Onedia Anderson and Laura Shepherd 389: WBL	circa 1920
2	4	Photo album 4 (Many of the photos were taken at the Ward House in Portland, Oregon during WBL's mission.) 1-5: Unidentified children 6: Unidentified building 7-10: Unidentified children 11-14: Unidentified young girl 15: Russell Swensen 16: Unidentified people 17: Two girls in a buggy 18: Unidentified building 19-21: Unidentified people 22: Emelyn Lund 23: LeGrande Lund 24-27: Unidentified buildings and people 28: Three men on the University of Utah's campus 29-33: Unidentified people 34: Tug of war fight 35: Unidentified people 36: Tug of War fight 37-61: Unidentified people and cars (2 Number 61's) 62-64: Gathering on the front steps of a building, XE fraternity house? 65-70: Unidentified people 71-78: Unidentified people, haystack and field. 79-87: Field work and a train running down the street. 88: Unidentified house 89: Three men playing around 90-91: Unidentified people 92: Whitewashing the "U" 93-106: Unidentified people and buildings 107: Arthur A. Ballard 108-113: Unidentified portraits 114: Woman in a bathing suit 115-130: Unidentified people, places and events 131: Orson Wright, 1922 132: Unidentified man 133: Joseph 134-136: Field and river 137: Group portrait 138-186: Unidentified people, places and events 187-188: Unidentified children 189-224: Unidentified people, places and events (194 at University of Utah Park Building) 225: Graduation 226-232: Unidentified people, places and events 233: Elder Caelder 234-271: Unidentified people, places and events 272: Vancouver, B.C. 273-317: Unidentified people, places and events (312 in Vancouver B.C., 314 with Heber J. Grant)	circa 1922
2	5	Loose photographs 1: Portraits of WBL and an unidentified girl 2-4: Unidentified people 5: WBL in graduation gown 6: WBL and Gene Livingston, October 29, 1921 7: Summer 1917 8: Summer 1919 9-10: December, 1916 11-12: Unidentified people 13: Mission Conference 14: Zereta Price and Sybil Hunsaker, Bellingham Conference, Spring 1921 15: J. Lloyd Olpin 16-17: WBL and unidentified woman

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Personal Names

Lyman, Wendell B.

Corporate Names

LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Sigma Chi Fraternity
University of Utah
Yellowstone National Park

Form or Genre Terms

Photographic prints
Photographic prints--Color

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