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Maxwell D. Cohn photograph collection, 1880-1950
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Cohn, Maxwell David, 1881-1965.
- Title
- Maxwell D. Cohn photograph collection
- Dates
- 1880-1950 (inclusive)18801950
bulk 1901-1902 (bulk)19011902 - Quantity
- 2 boxes, (1.5 linear ft.)
- Collection Number
- UUS_P0007
- Summary
- Mainly photographs taken by Cohn while attending the Agricultural College of Utah in Logan, Utah between 1901 and 1902, images of friends and relatives, and outdoor scenes from his families ranch near Arimo, Idaho. The collection contains a variety of images of the ACU including class-room scenes, cadet activities, scenic shots, and social events. Other photographs of interest are of Logan Canyon (Logan, Utah), the Hercules Power Company (Logan, Utah), and Salt Lake City, Utah. Also contains family photographs not taken by Cohn.
- 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
Maxwell D. Cohn was born on December 10, 1881, in Malad, Idaho. Maxwell was the son of Meyers and Sarah Gumpert Cohn, both of German origin, who migrated to the United States in their late teenage years. Records show that Maxwell attended Utah Agricultural College in 1901 and 1902 under the classification of Special Student. Cohn loved to hunt and fish and this is reflected in the many outdoor photographs of the collection. Maxwell took care of the family ranch in Idaho and was involved with the Idaho Cattlemen's Association (serving as president between 1935 and 1940) and the National Cattlemen's Association. After selling the ranch, he became superintendent of the Lava Hot Springs resort. He died, having never married, on September 5, 1965, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Maxwell D. Cohn collection consists mainly of photographs Cohn took while he was attending the Agricultural College of Utah in Logan, Utah between 1901 and 1902. These images (some of which were probably not taken by him) are excellent early illustrations of class-room scenes, cadet activities, scenic shots, and social events at the ACU. Most of the other photographs date from 1895 to 1905 and are of friends and relatives, Logan Canyon, the Hercules Power Company, Salt Lake City, and outdoor scenes from his family’s ranch near Arimo, Idaho.
Researcher note: Some of the photographs have faded but most are in good condition. Photographs 3:01:01-3:09:04 are located in box 2 (there is no box 3).
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 Maxwell D. Cohn photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
Maxwell D. Cohn photograph collection, 1880-1950. (P0007). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Album 1, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
01:01:
A man at a train depot in Arimo, Idaho (Utah-Idaho Northern?), with a
bicycle rigged with an outrigger to ride on the rails
|
undated | |
01:02-1:25: Cohn and friends |
undated | |
01:26: Sarah Godwin Brown Goodwin at her desk at the
library in Old Main |
undated | |
01:27: Cohn and friends with bicycle |
undated | |
01:28-01:35: Cohn and friends |
undated | |
01:36: Coeds in chemistry class |
undated | |
01:37. : Cohn, in his cadet uniform, standing on the
stage of the chapel in Old Main |
undated | |
01:38-01:44: Cohn and friends |
undated | |
01:45-01:46: Jerome Cohn |
undated | |
01:47: Bernice Hirschman, niece of Max Cohn, at one
year old, at 318 2nd Ave., Salt Lake City |
undated | |
01:48-01:51: Cohn and friends |
undated | |
01:52: Bernett Oppenheimer and Bernice Hirschman in
Salt Lake City |
undated | |
01:53-01:56: Cohn and friends |
undated | |
01:57. : Bernice Hirschman |
undated | |
01:58-01:66. : Friends |
undated | |
01:67. : Men at a mountain camp |
undated | |
01:68. : Building construction, Continental Block in Salt
Lake City? |
undated | |
01:69-01:70: Ranch scenes, one man on horseback |
undated | |
01:71: Three men fording a river on
horseback |
undated | |
01:72: Stacking hay, probably at Arimo |
undated | |
01:73: Man with a violin |
undated | |
01:74: Stacking hay, probably at Arimo |
undated | |
01:75: The Cathedral of the Madeleine, under
construction, South Temple, Salt Lake City |
undated | |
01:76: Construction of the Sullivan Building, Main and
South Temple, Salt Lake City
Part of the Temple visible in background. Streetcar in foreground.
|
undated | |
01:77: Jerome Cohn on horseback |
undated | |
01:78: Jerome and Max Cohn in office in Oneida,
Idaho |
undated | |
01:79: One-room schoolhouse? |
undated | |
01:80: Shearing a sheep, Arimo? |
undated | |
01:81: Two men riding a bucking horse, camp in
background |
undated | |
01:82: Men on wagons |
undated | |
01:83: Room interior |
undated | |
01:84: Construction work on the Sullivan Building,
Main and South Temple, Salt Lake City. Brigham Young Monument visible in
background |
undated | |
01:85: A man shaping metal? |
undated | |
01:86: Cadets at attention, west side of Old Main
(Main not visible) |
undated | |
01:87: Group of boys skinny-dipping, probably in the
Logan River, Logan Canyon |
undated | |
01:88: Cohn and friend |
undated | |
01:89: View in Logan Canyon? |
undated | |
01:90: Cohn and friend |
undated | |
01:91: Cohn |
undated | |
01:92: Horse and cart, hired hands at the Cohn Ranch
in Oneida |
undated | |
01:93: Friends |
undated | |
01:94: Coeds walking south across Center St. in Logan,
Budge Block in background |
undated |
Album 2, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
02:01: View of the Utah Agricultural College looking
southeast, Old Main complete except for tower |
1901 | |
02:02-05: Views of a river and gorge, probably the Grand
Canyon of the Yellowstone River |
undated | |
02:06: Views in canyon, probably near the Cohn Ranch
at Arimo, Idaho, including old outbuildings |
undated | |
02:07-02:08: Campsites, including tents and a covered wagon,
location unknown (Arimo?) |
undated | |
02:09: People at the teller windows of the College
Bank in Old Main |
undated | |
02:10-02:13: Effie Nebeker and girlfriends, relaxing in what
is probably the Caine house, which stood at 100 E. 200 N. Logan |
undated | |
02:14: College students by the stream at the mouth of
Logan Canyon
The trestle of the Hercules Power Co. canal is just visible in the background.
Photo is in an envelope outside of the album.
|
undated | |
02:15: Students in a football scrimmage on field east
of Old Main
The east side of the north wing of Old Main and the experimental barn are
visible.
|
undated | |
02:16: View of the stream, looking up Logan
Canyon |
undated | |
02:17: A camp with covered wagons, probably near the
Cohn Ranch at Arimo, Idaho |
undated | |
02:18: View east about 1/4 mile up Logan Canyon,
showing Hercules Power Co. canal and trestle partially complete |
undated | |
02:19: Students, including Cohn in cadet dress, at the
College Bank in Old Main |
undated | |
02:20: Cohn standing at the end of the partially
completed Hercules Power Co. canal up Logan Canyon |
undated | |
02:21: View of the U.A.C. looking southeast, Old Main
complete except for the tower |
undated | |
02:22-02:23: Stacking hay at the Cohn Ranch,
Arimo |
undated | |
02:24: A street scene, so faded that it is impossible
to positively identify |
undated | |
02:25-02:26: A fishing party in Logan Canyon, and a large
string of trout displayed |
undated | |
02:27: A group of cadets in an engineering class,
posed some sort of model |
undated | |
02:28: Students posed next to a bridge in Logan
Canyon |
undated | |
02:29-02:30: Students, including Cohn, picnicking in Logan
Canyon |
undated | |
02:31: A woman posed in a backyard |
undated | |
02:32: A camp and a herd of sheep, could be up Logan
or Blacksmith Fork Canyons |
undated | |
02:33: A party in a wagon next to the stream in Logan
Canyon |
undated | |
02:34: Students, including Cohn, in a mathematics
class |
undated | |
02:35: Group portrait of Cohn and other
students |
undated | |
02:36: Unidentified students, in the Caine
home? |
undated | |
02:37: Max D. Cohn posed in front of an American
flag |
undated | |
02:38: Herd of sheep and shepherd on a hillside.
|
undated | |
02:39: A family group picnicking by a
stream |
undated | |
undated | ||
02:41: Casual shot of Cohn in front of a
classroom |
undated | |
02:42: A couple of bicyclists in front of the Logan
Train Depot |
undated | |
02:43-02:45: Unidentified groups of students |
undated | |
02:46: A ranch scene, probably Hardware
Ranch |
undated | |
02:47: View of experimental farm land looking east
toward the Bear River Range, just north of entrance to Logan
Canyon |
undated | |
02:48: Students examining plants in a botany
class |
undated | |
02:49: Corralled sheep, Arimo? |
undated | |
02:50: Stacking hay, Arimo |
undated | |
02:51: Faded photo of sheep grazing |
undated | |
02:52: Ranchers standing before a cabin,
Arimo? |
undated | |
02:53: Unidentified canyon view |
undated | |
02:54: View looking upstream, Logan
Canyon |
undated | |
02:55: Stuffed bear which was kept in the museum in
Old Main |
undated | |
02:56: Group of coeds relaxing at home |
undated | |
02:57-02:58: Group of students relaxing
outdoors |
undated | |
02:59: Men by stream in Logan Canyon |
undated | |
02:60: Portrait, Max D. Cohen |
undated | |
02:61: View looking up Logan Canyon, showing Hercules
Power Co. canal |
undated | |
02:62: Ranch scene, Arimo? |
undated | |
02:63: Portrait, group of cadets including
Cohn |
undated | |
02:65: Portrait, unidentified student |
undated | |
02:66: A horse and wagon, schoolchildren in front of a
one-room school house |
undated | |
02:67: Cadets at attention, east side of Old
Main |
undated | |
02:68: A fishing party camped by stream, Logan
Canyon? |
undated | |
02:69: Unidentified students shaking hands, residences
on interior of...? |
undated | |
02:70: Portrait, three coeds in fancy
hats |
undated | |
02:71: Portrait, casual group of students |
undated | |
02:72: Family at their campsite in Logan
Canyon |
undated | |
02:73: Unidentified mountain view |
undated | |
02:74: Sheep at the U.A.C. farm |
undated | |
02:75-02:79: Casual groups of students, both inside and
out |
undated | |
02:80: View of the stream in Logan Canyon |
undated | |
02:81: An officer of Military Science |
undated | |
02:82: Unidentified portrait |
undated | |
02:83: Coeds in a cooking class |
undated | |
02:84: View of a tree down in the street,
Logan? |
undated | |
02:85-02:88: Casual group of students |
undated | |
02:89: View of alfalfa? field bordered by lombardy
poplars, north Logan? |
undated | |
02:90: View in unidentified canyon |
undated | |
02:91: Farmer mowing alfalfa with two-horse
mower |
undated | |
02:92: View of the south side of the Logan Mormon
Temple |
undated | |
02:93: Coed at the window of the College Bank in Old
Main |
undated | |
02:94: Unidentified student |
undated | |
02:95-02:96: Cohn with another student |
undated | |
02:97: View of Logan looking west from College Hill
includes Logan Temple, Wellsville Mountains in the background |
undated | |
undated | ||
02:99: View of Logan looking west/southwest from
College Hill |
undated | |
02:100: Flume of the Logan-Smithfield canal, mouth of
Logan Canyon |
undated | |
02:101: Board room? in Old Main |
undated | |
02:102: Librarian Sarah Godwin Brown Goodwyn in the
library in Old Main |
undated | |
02:103: View of hay harvesting just south of Logan
Cemetery, looking east toward the Bear River Mountains |
undated | |
02:104: Students at religious exercises in the chapel
in Old Main |
undated | |
02:105: A group of students with surveying equipment.
North of campus |
undated | |
02:106: Group of students at the head of the
Logan-Smithfield canal flume |
undated | |
02:107: The end of the Hercules Power Co. canal, Logan
Canyon |
undated | |
02:108: Cohn with other students |
undated | |
02:109: Street scene, Malad? |
undated | |
02:110: Too faded to identify |
undated | |
02:111: Unidentified residence |
undated | |
02:112: Residence of Sarah Godwin Brown
Goodwin |
undated | |
02:113: View looking up Logan Canyon, the Hercules
Power Co. canal |
undated | |
02:114: A theater minstrel company |
undated | |
02:115: View of a farm, home and barn, north
Logan? |
undated | |
02:116: A man in a two-horse buggy |
undated | |
02:117: Too faded to identify |
undated | |
02:118: Two men hiking, unidentified peak |
undated | |
02:119: View looking east toward mouth of Logan Canyon,
taken from College Hill just east of campus |
undated | |
02:120: View of stream and rock in Logan
Canyon |
undated | |
02:121: Missing |
undated |
Loose photographs, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 1
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
3:01:01: Two men and three women, all holding guns,
standing in sagebrush at the foot of a hill |
undated | ||
3:01:02: Max D. Cohn kneeling in front of a woman. The
woman has her foot on top of Cohn's knee and is holding a gun |
undated | ||
3:01:03: Man sitting in a chair next to a
window |
undated | ||
3:01:04: Max D. Cohn with another man and four women
posing in front of a doorway. Trees in the background |
1910 | ||
3:01:05: Max. D. Cohn (on right) with another man and
two women, trees and brush in the background |
undated | ||
3:01:06: Cohn with three other men and two women posing
in the brush in 1910, shrubbery in the background |
1910 |
Loose photographs, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 2
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
3:02:01: Woman sitting in a chair, reading a book.
Photograph taken by M.D. Cohn on |
1901 March 24 | ||
3:02:02: Five women, three sitting down and two standing
behind them. Photograph taken by Cohn in |
1901 February | ||
3:02:03: Group of students standing in front of the
school in Logan, Utah. Max Cohn at upper left |
1901 January 21 | ||
3:02:04: Group photo of the officers of the A.C. Cadets
taken in Logan, Utah. Max Cohn at upper left corner |
1901 |
Loose photographs, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 3
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
3:03:01: Snapshot of two women in dark dresses, one
woman wearing glasses in Logan |
1901 December 18 | ||
3:03:02: Mabel Ormsby (?) standing in front of a
doorway. Taken in |
1901 January | ||
3:03:03: Four women sitting on a bed, two in front and
two in back |
undated | ||
3:03:04: Max Cohn sitting next to a woman wearing a
light colored dress and glasses, piano in the background |
undated | ||
3:03:05: Woman sitting down on a couch holding a piece
of paper in her hand |
undated | ||
3:03:06: Emma Cohn with three women and one man posing
on the porch. Taken in Logan, Utah |
1897 June 12 | ||
3:03:07: Woman with long hair, holding a brush in her
hand, standing in front of a shed (washing shed ?) |
1902 |
Loose photographs, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 4
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
3:04:01: Max Cohn's school friends. Taken in Logan, Utah |
1901 | ||
3:04:02: A.C.U. chemistry class. Max Cohn
in upper left corner |
1903 April | ||
3:04:03: A.C.U. chemistry class. Max Cohn
in upper left corner |
1903 April |
Loose photographs, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 5
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
3:05:01: Portrait of Max Cohn as a young man. Taken in
Salt Lake City, Utah |
undated | ||
3:05:02: Portrait of a woman with a dress and hat on.
Taken at Thomas & Odell in Logan, Utah |
undated | ||
3:05:03: Portrait of a woman wearing a hat and a light
colored blouse. Taken at Thomas & Odell in Logan, Utah |
undated | ||
3:05:04: Portrait of Ethel ? wearing a light colored
dress and holding a bouquet of roses upside down. Taken by B. Wrensted in
Pocatello, Idaho |
undated | ||
3:05:05: Portrait of a woman in a light colored dress,
facing to the side of the image. Taken by Thomas & Odell
in Logan, Utah |
1902 May | ||
3:05:06: Portrait of Dr. Dave Henderson by Thomas
& Odell in Logan, Utah |
undated | ||
3:05:07: Portrait of E.S.S. (?) Fry, school teacher of
Max Cohn. Taken by Silliman in Three Rivers, Michigan, on |
1902 February 23 | ||
3:05:08: Three women, one in a wedding dress holding
hands with the other woman wearing a black jacket and hat, while the third
woman is standing behind them holding a book. Taken in Logan, Utah on |
1901 January 20 |
Loose photographs, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 6
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
3:06:01: Cabinet portrait of William M. Howell taken by
H Drewery in Ogden, Utah |
undated | ||
3:06:02: Cabinet portrait of a woman and a young girl
with her arms wrapped around the woman's neck. Taken by Gasberg in Ogden,
Utah |
undated | ||
3:06:03: Cabinet portrait of Fry (?), a school friend of
Cohn taken by Centrol Artistico in Manilla. Taken in |
1899 October | ||
3:06:04: Cabinet portrait of Miss Hansen (?) taken by
H.J. White of Ogden, Utah |
undated | ||
3:06:05: Cabinet portrait of a man wearing a suit and
holding a rolled up piece of paper that is tied with bows. Taken by Thomas
& Odell in Logan, Utah |
undated |
Loose photographs, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 7
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
3:07:01: Tintype of a man wearing a suit and
hat |
undated | ||
3:07:02:
Tintype of Joe at age 7
|
Loose photographs, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 8
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
3:08:01: Cartes-de-visite of Phil Margetts and his
ghost |
undated | ||
3:08:02: Cartes-de-visite of Phil Margetts and his
ghost |
undated | ||
3:08:03: Cartes-de-visite of Daniel W. Price in
uniform |
undated | ||
3:08:04: Cartes-de-visite of Otto Rupp taken by G.M.
Groh and Bro. in Sheboygan, Wisconsin |
undated | ||
3:08:05: Cartes-de-visite of a woman, friend of Emma
Cohen |
undated | ||
3:08:06: Cartes-de-visite of Deseret Bank taken by C.R.
Savage in Salt Lake City, Utah |
undated |
Loose photographs, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 9
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
3:09:01: Election card of Myers Cohn when he was running
for county commissioner |
1924 | ||
3:09:02: Portrait of Myers Cohn wearing a dark suit and
tie at age 82 |
1926 | ||
3:09:03: Portrait of Max D. Cohn wearing a light suit
and tie. Taken when he ran unsuccessfully for congress in |
1942 | ||
3:09:04: Max. D. Cohn laying in front of a bed of
flowers growing on a hillside at Lava Hot Springs, Idaho in |
1941 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- College students--Utah--Logan--Photographs.
Personal Names
- Cohn, Maxwell David, 1881-1965.
Corporate Names
- Agricultural College of Utah--Pictorial works.
- Hercules Power Company (Logan, Utah)
- Utah State University--History--Pictorial works.
Geographical Names
- Arimo (Idaho)--Pictorial works.
- Logan Canyon (Utah)--Pictorial works.