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Ione Bennion photograph collection, 1908-1997
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Bennion, Ione, 1908-1997.
- Title
- Ione Bennion photograph collection
- Dates
- 1908-1997 (inclusive)19081997
- Quantity
- 1 box, (0.5 linear ft.)
- Collection Number
- UUS_P0371
- Summary
- 396 photographic prints and negatives, most of which show Ione at different stages throughout her lifetime in both personal, as well as professional settings. The collection also includes many photographs of her first and second husbands (Wayne Bennion and Ted Daniel) and those whom are assumed to be family, extended family, and friends.
- 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
Ione Spencer Bennion was born October 6, 1908 in Salt Lake City, Utah. After graduating from the University of Utah in 1930, she worked as a teacher, and soon married Wayne Bennion in 1937. Tragically, after only five years of marriage, Wayne died when a stack of boxes fell on him and inflicted fatal internal injuries. Soon after her husband's death, Ione enrolled in graduate school at Stanford University, later transferring to the University of Utah and the University of Washington. In 1945, she became the dean of women at Utah State University, where she met and married T.W. Daniel, a member of the forestry faculty, in 1947. She was replaced in 1952 because of an anti-nepotism law that stated that women could not be teachers or administrators if their husbands were employed by the university. Though she fought fiercely to keep her position, the university's board stood by their decision, and Ione began work as a teacher for the Logan City School District. For the next 28 years she worked with disadvantaged and disabled students; her work included the creation of the Young Mothers program, which encouraged teenage mothers to complete their high school degrees.
Ione also became very politically active on the state and local level. She fought for women's rights, helping to establish Planned Parenthood in Logan, supporting the Women's Legislative Council, participating in the League of Women Voters of Cache County, and advocating for the ultimately unsuccessful Equal Rights Amendment. In the 1950s and 1960s, Ione worked with the Utah Committee on Civil Rights to secure the passage of the Utah Voting Rights Act of 1965. She was a strong advocate for the elderly, supporting the RSVP/Retired Senior Volunteer Program and the Voluntary Action Program, and serving on the Sunshine Terrace board of directors. Also a strong supporter of Utah State University, Ione was instrumental in the creation of the Women's Center, served as a volunteer on the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum board, and was inducted into the Old Main Society. She was awarded the university's Distinguished Service Award in 1981. When Ione passed away on November 22, 1997, at the age of 89, her obituary described her life as a, "continuous struggle against injustice."
Source: Obituary, Logan Herald Journal, Logan, Utah. November 24, 1997.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection consists of 396 images most of which show Ione at different stages throughout her lifetime in both personal, as well as professional settings. The collection also includes many photographs of her first and second husbands (Wayne Bennion and Ted Daniel) and those whom are assumed to be family, extended family, and friends.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Ione Bennion photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
Ione Bennion photograph collection, 1908-1997. (P0371). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arrangement: Topical.
Acquisition Information
This photo collection and the accompanying manuscripts (USUSC MS320) were donated to USU Special Collections by Richard Sadler in 1998 and Ross Peterson in 2003.
Processing Note
Register completed by Andrea Payant, December 2007.
Related Materials
Ione Bennion papers COLL MS 320
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Misc. Photos, most are early pictures taken of Ione Spencer Bennion and Wayne Bennion, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 1
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
01:01:01: Picture of a young Ione Spencer. Taken at 21st
South and 9th East (Salt Lake City?) |
undated | ||
01:01:02: Group of young boys. Taken at 21st South and
9th East (Salt Lake City?) |
undated | ||
01:01:03: Young Ione Spencer (most likely among
classmates) |
undated | ||
01:01:04: Picture of "Tom." A cat who died in 1934 or
1935 |
1934/1935 | ||
01:01:05: Unidentified |
undated | ||
01:01:06: Ione (Spencer) in formal dress |
undated | ||
01:01:07: Ione (Spencer) riverside with friends. Paul
Cannon is among those pictured. (Ione was engaged to Cannon at some point in
time) |
undated | ||
01:01:08: Ione (Spencer) graduating from University of
Utah |
undated | ||
01:01:09-11: Paul Cannon's sisters |
undated | ||
01:01:12: Ione (Spencer) with friends
|
undated | ||
01:01:13: Ione (Spencer) polishing her boots
|
undated | ||
01:01:14: Ione reading a comic book
|
undated | ||
01:01:15: Ione seated with her first husband Wayne
Bennion |
undated | ||
01:01:16: Ione and Wayne with others |
undated | ||
01:01:17-18: Photo of a dinner party
Those pictured are most likely family and/or friends of Ione and Wayne.
|
undated | ||
01:01:19-22: Various views of Ione and/or Wayne in outdoor
gatherings |
undated | ||
01:01:23: A Yucca in full bloom. Taken in |
June 1931 | ||
01:01:24: Young Wayne Bennion holding a fish |
undated | ||
01:01:25: Wayne Bennion with Lowell and Grant
(brothers?) |
undated | ||
01:01:26: Picture of a house in winter. Taken in
The name of Will Jones is written on the photo.
|
1941. | ||
01:01:27: Wayne Bennion
|
undated | ||
01:01:28-30: Wayne Bennion |
undated |
Misc. Photos, including Ione Bennion during her university career as well as photos of Ted W. Daniel, Ione's second husband, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 2
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
01:02:01: President Chase (Utah State University) next to
Ione, the Dean of Women |
undated | ||
01:02:02: Ione pictured wearing a fur vest
|
undated | ||
01:02:03-06: Ione and various USAC organization members.
Taken around the |
1940-1949 | ||
01:02:07: Ione, in a large group, pictured with T.W.
Daniel (hands on her shoulders) |
undated | ||
01:02:08-09: Ione and T.W. Daniel (Ted)
|
undated | ||
01:02:10-12: Various buildings, some on USU
campus |
undated | ||
01:02:13-16: Various pictures of children at
school |
undated | ||
01:02:17-33: Misc. photos, including Ione travelling with
some aquaintances |
undated | ||
01:02:34: Ione Bennion Daniel with other Deans of Women
from other universities: Helen Christman from Westminster, Myrtle Austin from U
of U, and Lillian Booth from BYU |
undated | ||
01:02:35: Newspaper clip from
Ione with Josephine Turner.
|
1952. | ||
01:02:36-39: Ione on various outdoor trips |
undated | ||
01:02:40-42: Scenic views |
undated | ||
01:02:43-44: Young officer |
undated | ||
01:02:45: Ione with family and/or friends |
undated | ||
01:02:46: Ione Bennion |
undated | ||
01:02:47: Home of Ione and Ted Daniel |
undated | ||
01:02:48: Ione and Ted in front of their
home |
undated | ||
01:02:49-55: Misc. photos of Ted Daniel
|
undated |
Misc. Photos of Ione Bennion and her husband Ted Daniel, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 3
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
01:03:01-04: Ione walking the grounds of her
home |
undated | ||
01:03:05-07: Ione and/or Ted on a Wyoming trip (a family
picnic at the Spencer's cabin) |
1956 | ||
01:03:08: Ione and Ted in front of their home with Armand
Lee |
1958 | ||
01:03:09: Ione |
1958 | ||
01:03:10: Ione with Edith Clark |
1959 | ||
01:03:11-19: Various photos of Ione and Ted (presumably in
their home) |
undated | ||
01:03:20: Home decor |
undated | ||
01:03:21: Ione and Ted (with unnamed man) at a hindu
student party
|
1959 | ||
01:03:22: Home decor |
undated | ||
01:03:23: Group photo, including Ted and Ione, taken in
Switzerland |
1959 | ||
01:03:24-28: Ione sitting at a desk. She is 52 years old in
these photos |
undated | ||
01:03:29-34: Various photos of Ione and/or Ted |
undated | ||
01:03:35-36: Ione holding a baby |
1962 | ||
01:03:37: Ione sitting with a little girl |
1966 | ||
01:03:38-40: Ione and Ted in a group photo with various other
people |
1969 |
Misc Photos, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 4
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
01:04:01: Billy Wiebe, Inka Mulder, Bobby Moore, Karsten
Mulder, and Susan Moore |
1961 | ||
01:04:02: Ione holding a baby |
1965 | ||
01:04:03: Home decor |
1965 | ||
01:04:04: Baby named Michi Resch |
1965 | ||
01:04:05: Ione with Helmut Resch
|
undated | ||
01:04:06-08: Ione and the Forest Dale group: Vera Hamlin,
Edith Young, Vera Webb, Beth Platt, Lucille Springer, Olive Dover West
|
undated | ||
01:04:09-11: Ione and/or Ted with family or friends |
1965 | ||
01:04:12: Ted with a baby
|
1970 | ||
01:04:13: Ione at Freed's Spring in upper Weber county
|
1977 | ||
01:04:14: Ione (playing with a puppet doll) along with a
young boy named David Paul |
1977 | ||
01:04:15-16: Polaroids of Ione and Ted with
friends |
undated | ||
01:04:17: Ione with Lucille Springer and Vera Hamlin
|
undated | ||
01:04:18: Ione and Ted at a group gathering |
undated | ||
01:04:20: Ione with Masae Lleno |
1996 | ||
01:04:21: Ione with Ted. Most likely taken in the |
1995-1999 | ||
01:04:22: Ted Daniel |
undated |
Misc Photos of Ione Bennion, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 5
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
01:05:01: Ione at a faculty picnic in Guinaval Park |
1957 | ||
01:05:02-03: Ione Bennion |
undated | ||
01:05:04: Pencil drawn portrait of Ione
Bennion |
undated |
Misc Photos: connection to Ione Bennion unknown, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 6
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
01:06:01-09: Various Carte-de-Visite photos. (identities
unknown) |
undated | ||
01:06:10: Family portrait most likely taken in the early
20th century. (identities unknown)
|
undated | ||
01:06:11: Family portrait most likely taken in the early
20th century. (identities unknown) |
undated | ||
01:06:12: Carte-de-Visite of a woman. (identity
unknown) |
undated | ||
01:06:13-16: Misc Photos. (indentities unknown) |
1949 |
Misc Photos, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 7
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
01:07:01: 3 children. (identities unknown) |
undated | ||
01:07:02: Stephen, Abigail, and Johnny |
1941 | ||
01:07:03: Family group. (identities unknown) |
1943 | ||
01:07:04: 2 children. (identities unknown) |
1945 | ||
01:07:05: 3 children: Ann, Dan, and Stanley Bells |
1937 | ||
01:07:06: Helen Claire Stout |
1945 | ||
01:07:07: Tony Morgan at 4 months |
1943 | ||
01:07:08: Tony Morgan at 6 months |
1944 | ||
01:07:09: Kent Morgan at 4 years |
1944 | ||
01:07:10: Kent and Tony Morgan |
1944 | ||
01:07:11: Wedding of Jim and Jocelyn Morris at Ted and
Ione's home |
1959 | ||
01:07:12: Wedding of Jim and Jocelyn Morris at Ted and
Ione's home |
1959 | ||
01:07:13: Harvey Corske |
undated | ||
01:07:14: Baby named Thana Iman |
1959 | ||
01:07:15: 2 young adults, one man and one woman
(identities unknown), referred to as a graduation photo |
undated | ||
01:07:16: Spencer Bennion Jones at 6 weeks |
undated | ||
01:07:17: Arly Brooks |
undated | ||
01:07:18: Valerie |
1959 | ||
01:07:19: Family portrait: Leah, Ralph, Allan, and
Patty |
undated | ||
01:07:20: Ardis Beyers |
undated | ||
01:07:21: Lousje Beyers |
undated | ||
01:07:22-23: Hilary Ju Kdi Chang at 12 months |
undated | ||
01:07:24-25: Unnamed boy |
undated | ||
01:07:26: 2 unnamed young girls |
undated | ||
01:07:27-30: Misc. photos of a small infant, young girl, and
2 adults |
1962 | ||
01:07:31: Judy (10) and Carrie (7 months) Jensen |
1961 | ||
01:07:32: Freddie (6), Arlie (8), and Chris (3) Jensen |
1961 | ||
01:07:33-35: Rosa Gummel |
undated | ||
01:07:36: Unnamed young man with a deer head |
1961 | ||
01:07:37: Ted in front of a house in California |
1961 | ||
01:07:38: Ione, Ted, Helmut, and Hirdi in Muir Woods,
California |
undated | ||
01:07:39: Children of Kent and Lynn Morgan: Paul, Mary
Kay, David, Jonathan, and Elizabeth
|
undated | ||
01:07:40: Claron and Joan Spencer's children |
1970 | ||
01:07:41: Edward and Cindy Spencer's children |
1972 | ||
01:07:42: Wedding photo: Steve Jeppsen, Joann, Doug,
Stephen, Sherrie, Janeen, and David |
1975 | ||
01:07:43: Children Gigi and Peter in the Denver Zoo |
1968 | ||
01:07:44: Ione with 2 other girls |
undated | ||
01:07:45: Angelina, Martin, Herbert, and Elizabeth |
1977 | ||
01:07:46: Ursula and Traudl Hagar |
1978 | ||
01:07:47: Camille and Diana Lee |
undated | ||
01:07:48: Family group? Shigamatsu |
undated | ||
01:07:49: Graduation of Lisa Emenhiser |
1978 | ||
01:07:50: Joe Pikin at 14 months |
undated | ||
01:07:51: Lynn McBride: 5th grade |
undated | ||
01:07:52-54: Nina Raghuvir and son |
undated | ||
01:07:55: Karl, Lisa, Megan (6), Madeline (3), Catherine
(18 months) |
undated | ||
01:07:56: Large group portait. (identities
unknown) |
undated |
Misc. Scenic Photos, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 8
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
01:08:01-08: Scenic photos. (location unknown) |
undated | ||
01:08:09: Copy of Postcard 01:10:02 of Wahkeena Falls,
Columbia River Highway, Oregon |
undated | ||
01:08:10: Douglas, Alaska |
undated | ||
01:08:11: Mt. Edgeumbe, Alaska |
undated |
Misc. Slide Photos, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 9
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
01:09:01-02: Ione with Tsing Yuan Chang, Heidi R., Gertrude
Hartl, Helmut Resch, and Sven Wihrheim |
1961 | ||
01:09:03: Man playing tennis |
1962 | ||
01:09:04: Ione with Pauline and Bill |
1963 | ||
01:09:05: Photo of a Para-glider |
1976 | ||
01:09:06-07: Ione and Ted in a crowd |
1978 | ||
01:09:08: Deer on the porch of a home |
1979 | ||
01:09:09: Scenic photo. (location unknown) |
1979 | ||
01:09:10: Ione with 3 other women |
1979 | ||
01:09:11-12: Ione and Ted |
1979 | ||
01:09:13-17: San Ramon-Corner Garden in California |
1982 | ||
01:09:18: Logan High School Graduation on Aryan Azimi |
1982 | ||
01:09:19: Ione and Ted on the Jungfraueneg observation
platform in Switzerland with Mr. and Mrs. Hesquiere |
1952 | ||
01:09:20-23: Winter-time photos of Ione's Home |
1984 | ||
01:09:24-43: Photos of various Egyptian
artifacts |
undated | ||
01:09:44-86: Various Photos of scenery and/or buildings in
Europe. (likely Great Britain) |
1987 | ||
01:09:87-96: Photos of or pertaining to Stonehenge in
Southern England |
1987 | ||
01:09:97-106: Various Photos of scenery and/or buildings in
Europe. (likely Great Britain) |
1987 | ||
01:09:107-124: Photos of Niagra Falls in New York/Ontario,
Canada |
1988 |
Correspondence to Ione Bennion by Photo/Postcard, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 10
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
01:10:01: Photo/Postcard of Multnomah Falls, Columbia
River Highway, Oregon |
undated | ||
01:10:02: Photo/Postcard of Wahkeena Falls, Columbia
River Highway, Oregon |
undated | ||
01:10:03-04: Photo/Postcard from Switzerland |
undated | ||
01:10:05: Birth announcement of Heidi Ella. (includes
photo) |
undated | ||
01:10:06-11: Holiday (Christmas) Photo/Postcards from
various families |
undated | ||
01:10:12-14: Photo-Postcards from various
families |
undated | ||
01:10:15-18: Holiday (Christmas) Photo/Postcards from
various families |
undated | ||
01:10:19: Photo-Postcard |
1958 | ||
01:10:20-21: Holiday (Christmas) Photo/Postcards from
various families |
undated | ||
01:10:22: Photo/Postcard from Mexico |
undated | ||
01:10:23: Photo/card from Helmut Resch and
family |
undated |
Foreign Greeting Card Correspondence, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 11
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
01:11:01-03: Holiday Greeting Cards from the Middle
East |
undated | ||
01:11:04: Holiday Greeting Card from Germany |
undated | ||
01:11:05: Greeting Card from New York |
undated |
Negatives, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 12
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
01:12:01: 01:03:12 and 01:03:13 |
undated | ||
01:12:02: 01:03:21 and 01:03:28
|
undated | ||
01:12:03: 01:03:31-34 (includes some views of Ted and
Ione that do not include prints in this collection)
|
undated | ||
01:12:04: 01:04:06
|
undated | ||
01:12:05: 01:04:07
|
undated | ||
01:12:06: 01:07:24 and 01:07:25
|
undated | ||
01:12:07: 01:07:40 and/or 01:10:20
|
undated | ||
01:12:08: 01:08:09 and/or 01:10:02
|
undated | ||
01:12:09: 01:10:01
|
undated | ||
01:12:10: Negatives of misc. photos of Ted and/or Ione
and/or family and friends (prints of these negatives are not included in this
collection)
|
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Bennion, Ione, 1908-1997--Photographs.
- Bennion, Wayne Lindsay, 1906-1942--Photographs.
- Daniel, Theodore W.--Photographs.
Corporate Names
- Utah State University--Administration--Photographs.
Family Names
- Bennion family--Photographs.