Joe Coeburn digital photograph collection

Joe Coeburn digital photograph collection, 1900s-1960s

Overview of the Collection

Collector: Coeburn, Joe
Title: Joe Coeburn digital photograph collection
Dates: 1900s-1960s (inclusive)
19001969
Quantity: 130 items
Collection Number: P0918
Summary: The Joe Coeburn digital photograph collection consists of a wide variety of images taken in Utah's tri-canyon area dating around the early 1900s. Images range from camp scenes, to construction of cabins and CCC camp laborers, to images of Alf Engen teaching skiing. None of the photographs were labeled, so identification in the following inventory is limited. The collection contains digital images only.
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 Joe Coeburn collection contains a wide variety of images taken in Utah's tri-canyon area dating around the early 1900s. Images range from camp scenes, to construction of cabins and CCC camp laborers, to images of Alf Engen teaching skiing. None of the photographs were labeled, so identification in the following inventory is limited. The collection contains digital images only.

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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.

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Arrangement

Original image order was retained.

Processing Note

Processed by Alison Christenson and Mary Ann Curtis in 2003.

Related Materials

This collection forms part of the Utah Ski and Snowboard Archive, which is part of the S.J. Quinney Outdoor Recreation Archive

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	General images 1: Unidentified group of women 2-3: Unidentified group of men 4: Group playing a game in a mountain meadow 5: Men sitting on a cabin porch 6: Men digging a ditch 7: Man pointing at a snow covered tree 8-11: Unidentified buildings 12: Skier riding a lift 13: Group on horses in front of a cabin 14-30: Unidentified cabins 31: Corral 32: Unidentified marker 33-36: Unidentified cabins 37: Man drying animal skins 38: Children walking 39: Lodge at Silver Lake (?) 40: Group of children in uniforms 41: Horseback rider on the shore of a lake 42: Cabin on a lake 43: Car on the side of the road 44: Men with pack mule 45: Group picnicking 46: Children on playground equipment 47: Men and child on the shore of a lake 48: Campground supplies raided by a scavenger 49: Silver Lake hotel (?) 50: Group 51: Hikers on a mountain peak overlooking the mountain valley below. 52: Ski racer 53: Skiers traversing a slope 54: Men digging a ditch (same as number 6) 55: Cavern named "Chimes Chamber" 56: Couple hiking 57: Man on a mountain peak 58: Car driving down the canyon 59: Women washing dishes 60: Family resting at a campground 61: Canoeing at Silver Lake (?) 62: Men digging ditches 63: Men bathing 64: Unidentified building 65: Men digging ditches (Same as number 62) 66: Young children "boxing" while adults look on 67: Tents and a flagpole 68: Man showing his collection of wolf pelts 69: Archer practicing 70: Cabin construction 71: Large group backpacking with horses 72: Women posing in front of a tent 73: Woman, child and dog at a lake 74: Possibly a CCC camp 75: Canyon 76: Men digging ditches 77: Large cabin 78: Ski racer crossing the finish line of a race hosted by the Ogden Ski Club. 79: Children playing on teeter-totters 80: Water skiers 81: Women and children at Twin Lake 82: Backcountry skiers 83: Skiers at Alta 84: Sverre and Lois Engen (?) at Watson's Shelter, Alta 85: Unidentified skier 86: Fallen skier 87: Skiers in front of a cabin 88: Alf Engen teaching skiing 89: Unidentified ski jumpers in flight 90: Alta lodge 91: Skiers 92: River 93: Cabin 94: Group of women gathered in front of a fireplace 95: Fishermen 96: Men constructing a cabin 97-98: Men working 99: Men watering their horses 100: Sailboats 101: Men moving a boulder 102: Large group on horseback 103: Men constructing a swing set 104: Men building a foundation 105: Group of women camping 106: Cabin 107: Men constructing a swing set 108: Man and woman hunting 109: Group of surveyors 110: Men examining the prop of a boat 111: Horses, men and truck in a valley 112: Man shooting avalanches 113: Unidentified group 114: Ski patrollers and rescue sled 115: Skiers 116: Man chopping wood 117: Sheepherders 118: Women and children camping 119: Picnic table under a large tree 120: Isolated house and automobile 121: Cars parked in a grove of aspens 122: Small creek 123: Women sitting beside a river 124-126: Picnickers 127: Helicopter 128: Large group of backpackers and horses 129-130: Horse train near a lake

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Subject Terms

Hiking--Photographs
Skis and skiing--Utah--History--Photographs

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