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Newell Hart photographs, 1880-1970
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Hart, Newell.
- Title
- Newell Hart photographs
- Dates
- 1880-1970 (inclusive)18801970
- Quantity
- 3 boxes, (2.5 linear ft.)
- Collection Number
- UUS_P0251
- Summary
- 219 photographs mainly from Franklin County, Idaho from the 1880s to the 1960s. Hart collected some of these images for his published photographic history, Home Town Album. These photos consist of people, buildings, and events in and around Preston, Idaho, many of which are original albumen and collodion prints. Other images appear to be items he picked up at random or photos that came from the Anderson Studio in Preston and include Preston High School students and activities, classroom scenes, athletics, family snapshots, the Franklin County Courthouse, Monument Valley, Scandinavian postcards, and Central and South American cities. Some of the high school photos were cut out in the shape of letters.
- 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
Newell Hart (1913-1983) was a Preston native and local historian. He served an LDS mission in Minnesota and Montana and founded the Hart Music Comany in Preston in 1939. He edited and published the Cache Valley Newsletter and was a frequent contributor to the The Preston Citizen. His books include Home Town Album, Bear River Massacre, Cache Valley Dance Halls, and Hometown Sketchbook. He was instrumental in the restoration of the Oneida Stake Academy in the 1970s. In 1977 he was awarded a certificate of Commendation for his outstanding contributions to the history of Southeastern Idaho and Northern Utah.
In 1938 he married Ruth Cuttler and the couple would have four children.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Newell Hart photograph collection consists of 219 images mostly from Franklin County, Idaho from the 1880s to the 1960s. Hart collected some of these images for his published photographic history, Home Town Album. These photoss consist of people, buildings, and events in and around Preston, Idaho, many of which are original albumen and collodion prints. Other images appear to be items he picked up at random or photos that came from the Anderson Studio in Preston and include Preston High School students and activities, classroom scenes, athletics, family snapshots, the Franklin County Courthouse, Monument Valley, Scandinavian postcards, and Central and South American cities. Some of the high school photos were cut out in the shape of letters.
Includes albumen prints and silver gelatin or collodion printing-out papers, 30 x 34.5 and smaller.
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 Newell Hart photographs must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
Newell Hart photographs, 1880-1970. (P0251). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Numeric Order, undatedReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | 1:01:01: The Cherryville band at the first Idaho Day.
Franklin, Idaho |
1910 |
| 1 | 1:01:02:
Peter Jorgensen, Mark Jorgensen and Brian Wilcox with beet topper invented by
C.J. Jensen,
|
1913 |
| 1 | 1:01:03: Preston Opera House |
1962 |
| 1 | 1:02: Miss Blenda Peterson, Preston telephone operator.
Photograph by Frank Marsh Photo & View Artist |
1905 |
| 1 | 1:03: Blenda Peterson |
1905 |
| 1 | 1:04: William M. Daines, Hugh S. Geddes, and Junius C.
Jensen, first bishopric of the Preston Second Ward |
1902 |
| 1 | 1:05: Cabinet card photograph, young men playing cards in
a studio set-up. Photograph by Elijah Cutler, Traveling Photographer |
1890-1899 |
| 1 | 1:06: Anderson Lumber on north Main Street, Preston.
Photograph by Lea Bevins, Photo Artist |
1905 |
| 1 | 1:07: Interior of Anderson Lumber Company with LaVal and
Daniel Crawford. Preston, Idaho |
1920 |
| 1 | 1:08: Oregon Shortline Railroad Engine 203 at Preston |
1899 |
| 1 | 1:09: Cabinet card wedding portrait of Lee and Mary R.
Howell |
1903 |
| 1 | 1:10: Cabinet card portrait, Fred Bosworth and son |
1905 |
| 1 | 1:11: Gus Peterson, father of E.G. Peterson |
1910-1919 |
| 1 | 1:12: Cabinet card portrait, William Lowe Young.
Photograph by Frank Marsh, Photo & View Artist |
1890-1899 |
| 1 | 1:13: Unidentified Clifton residents |
1913 |
| 1 | 1:14: Unidentified Clifton residents |
1916 |
| 1 | 1:15:
Lafe Hendersons threshing outfit
|
1910-1919 |
| 1 | 1:16: The Silver Cornet Band in Clifton |
1913 |
| 1 | 1:17: Oneida County Courthouse, Malad |
1900 |
| 1 | 1:18: Real photo postcard, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Baker at
Pocatello's semi-centennial celebration |
1934 |
| 1 | 1:19: Unknown School, probably in Idaho |
1890-1899 |
| 1 | 1:20: Leah and Lila McQueen, Cub River |
1913 |
| 1 | 1:21: Ern Porter's WPA crew building Preston High
School's first football stadium |
1930-1939 |
| 1 | 1:22: Charlie Pinson with bike and his electricians
rig |
undated |
| 1 | 1:23: Charlie Pinson and Leonard Hillstead in a 4th of
July parade in Preston |
1909 |
| 1 | 1:24: Exterior view of Webster Groceries, Franklin |
1890-1899 |
| 1 | 1:25: Boxer "Battling (Boga) Lamoreaux," |
1925-1929 |
| 1 | 1:26:
Mabel Chatterton, Prestons first telephone operator
|
1903 |
| 1 | 1:27: Margaret Ann Davis Kershaw at son's grave, Preston
cemetery |
1900 |
| 1 | 1:28: Grace Smith |
1920-1929 |
| 1 | 1:29: O.L. Packer house, Preston |
1900 |
| 1 | 1:30: Portrait, Jim Geddes, Hugh S. Geddes, and
unidentified man |
1905 |
| 1 | 1:31:
N.T. Wigren & Son blacksmith shop, unknown location
|
1890-1899 |
| 1 | 1:32: Unidentified boat dock |
1900 |
| 1 | 1:33: Cabinet portrait, Sadie Eames Tippets. Photograph
by Elijah Cutler, Photograph and Color Artist |
1890-1899 |
| 1 | 1:34: Professor C.J. Engars with All-Girl Orchestra,
including Maggie Merrill, Jennie Waver, Edna Packer, Kirrie Benson, and Elizabeth
Kershaw |
undated |
| 1 | 1:35: Telephone operator Arlene Wilkenson Hampton,
Franklin, Idaho |
1912 |
| 1 | 1:36: Middleweight boxer Jack Barger |
1932 |
| 1 | 1:37: Kirrie Benson, Mac McIntosh, Myra Weaver, and Amos
Bishop and others lounging at Cub River |
1914 |
| 1 | 1:38: UPRR Inter-Ocean grain elevator at Preston train
station |
1920 |
| 1 | 1:39: Prestons Main Street looking north showing United
States Tires and Peterborg-Nash Motor Company |
1921 |
| 1 | 1:40: "Coyote Pete," boy with coyote |
1910-1919 |
| 1 | 1:41: Preston's Main Street looking south showing William
Thornton No.9 Drugs and Preston Implement Company |
1921 |
| 1 | 1:42: The 1924 Hokmah Club, Preston High School |
1924 |
| 1 | 1:43-47: Historic homes in Preston. Photographs by Gene
Anderson |
1981 |
| 1 | 1:48-53: Miscellaneous snapshots from Nephi L. Larsen,
including a sheep camp and the N.L. Larsen body shop |
1945 |
| 1 | 1:54-69: Miscellaneous Preston High School photographs,
mostly athletics including football, track & field, tennis and basketball |
1920-1939 |
| 1 | 1:70: Cherryville Band in a parade, probably in Preston |
1910 |
| 1 | 1:71: Group of men dressed as Indians in an early July 24
celebration |
1910 |
| 1 | 1:72:
The Oneida Stake Academy, Preston,
|
1910-1919 |
| 1 | 1:73: Weaver family portrait, four women |
1880-1889 |
| 1 | 1:74: Portrait, Whitehead family including Joe and
Florence Whitehead, Annie Monson Whitehead, Dave Lewis, Annie Whitehead Lewis
Gilbert. Photograph by N. Degn, Preston, ID |
1906 |
| 1 | 1:75: Threshing in Cherryville |
1880-1889 |
Thomas O. Nelson WWII-Era photographs given to Newell Hart by Blair Seamons in , April 1977Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
1:76: Military badge of T.O. Nelson with
image |
undated | |
1:77: 4x5 black and white negative of T.O.
Nelson |
undated | |
1:78-81: Studio portraits of T.O. Nelson |
undated | |
1:82-106: Snapshots of airplanes, airports, and soldiers
in Brownsville Texas, the Panama Canal Zone, Veracruz Mexico and Montevideo
Uruguay. Includes an image of the Albrook Officers Club, the Casino Rambla
Hotel, and a newspaper clipping in Spanish describing a humanitarian air-drop
by the Red Cross in South America |
undated |
Oversize, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 2
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
2:01: World War I draftees from Franklin County |
1917 | |
2:02: Father and son outing of the Oneida Stake
Academy at Willow Flat |
1924 | |
2:03: Group portrait of LDS Great Britain Mission
members |
1910 | |
2:04: Oneida Stake Academy class |
June 1898 |
Miscellaneous, undatedReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 1 | 3:01:01-3:01:09: Franklin County Courthouse photos taken during its
construction in |
1939 |
| 3 | 1 | 3:02:01: Female instructor with children |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:02: Female instructor with children |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:03: Man dribbling basketball |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:04: High school students examining papers |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:05: Male and female typing instructors at
desk |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:06: Students outside school in snow |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:07: Male high school student in darkroom |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:08: Male high school student opening door for female
student
duplicate of 3:02:19.
|
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:09: Group of high school music students |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:10: Classroom scene |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:11: Two male high school students |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:12: Male and female typing instructors with
typewriters |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:13: Two female high school students sewing |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:14: High school students playing basketball.
|
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:15: High school band practice |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:16: Trainer with high school athlete |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:17: Female high school graduate |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:18: Male and female high school students
talking |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:19: Male high school student opening door for female
student
duplicate of 3:02:08.
|
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:20: Two female high school students |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:21: Female instructor with children |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:22: High school band students |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:23: Male and female students talking |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:24: Man sitting on small scooter |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:25: Female instructor at desk |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:26: Male high school drawing students |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:27: Young girl with tricycle |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:28: High school students looking at
photographs |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:29: Couple posed outside home in the snow |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:30: Young woman holding baby |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:31: Two men and young woman |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:32: Color photograph of two men and two women beside
lake |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:33: Young girl kneeling in front of house |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:34: Young man with map instructing children.
|
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:35: Two girls |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:36: Young boy and girl, "Shirley &
Billy." |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:37: Woman reading Life
magazine, "This one was taken in Ninas and Waynes place." |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:38: Two women with baby standing next to
car |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:39: Man and woman with baby |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:40: Partial photograph of woman holding two
babies |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:41: Boys skiing |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:42: Three young men in suits |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:43: Downtown Preston in snow |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:44: Boys crossing bridge in snow |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:45: Young woman |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:46: High school students talking |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:47: Two women (one with crutches) and one man with
three dogs |
1910 |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:48: Group of people sitting on porch |
1915 |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:49: Partial photograph of man and woman with
crutches |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:50: Young man and woman standing outside
home |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:51: Women and children on the beach |
1920-1929 |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:52: Women and children on the beach |
1920-1929 |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:53: Woman with child, "Jennie and Gay." |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:54: Women and children on the beach |
1920-1929 |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:55: Young woman |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:56: Young football players |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:57: Young man cooking on open fire |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:58: Three young women |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:59: Young man opening door |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:60: Young men and women at a formal dinner |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:61: Drama production |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:62: Young man in bed |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:63: High School band |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:64: High School band |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:65: High School basketball game |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:66: Young men outside school |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:67: High school football game |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:68: High school football game |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:69: Football player |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:70: High school typing class |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:71: High school Chemistry(?) class |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:72: Students in library |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:73: Classroom scene |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:74: Classroom scene |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:75: Young woman with luggage standing outside
car |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:76: Man with two students talking on
telephone |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:77: Young man fishing |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:78: High school band |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:79: Man and woman holding branches |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:80: Female students in costume |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:81: Two women, "Momma & Aunt Maggie," |
1920-1929 |
| 3 | 2 | 3:02:82: Unknown building, probably not in
Preston |
undated |
| 3 | 3 | 3:03:01-3:03:16: Images of the "Official Advertising Car - Carlsbad
Chamber of Commerce - Carlsbad Caverns" with two girls and a man taken in Monument
Valley and surrounding area (including rock formations and arches) in Arizona and
Utah |
1920 |
| 3 | 4 | 3:04:01: E.L. "Dick" Romney |
1930-1939 |
| 3 | 4 | 3:04:02: Clyde Dartan, E.L. Romney, and Homer C. Sharmer |
1917 |
| 3 | 4 | 3:04:03: Ernest Lowell Romney |
1917 |
| 3 | 5 | 3:05: Postcards from Norway, Ekebergbanen |
1918 |
| 3 | 6 | 3:06:01: Three women, "Daniel" written on verso
side |
undated |
| 3 | 6 | 3:06:02: Young woman with baby standing next to "Drop Films
Here" box |
undated |
| 3 | 6 | 3:06:03: Newly-built home |
undated |
| 3 | 6 | 3:06:04: Concrete bridge |
undated |
| 3 | 6 | 3:06:05: 4x5 black and white negative of home |
undated |
| 3 | 6 | 3:06:06: Preston High School |
August 3rd, 1939 |
| 3 | 6 | 3:06:07: Preston High School |
August 3rd, 1939 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Agricultural implements--Idaho--Franklin County.
Corporate Names
- Franklin County Courthouse (Preston, Idaho)--Photographs.
- Oneida Stake Academy (Preston, Idaho)--Photographs.
- Preston High School (Preston, Idaho)--Photographs.
Geographical Names
- Franklin County (Idaho)--History--Photographs.
- Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah)--Photographs.
- Preston (Idaho)--History--Photographs.
Form or Genre Terms
- Albumen prints.
- Collodion prints.
Finding aid created by Peter Schmid, June 1998, and
revised by Daniel Davis, December 2003.
2008
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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