Hampton C. Godbe photograph collection

Hampton C. Godbe photograph collection, 1860-1970

Overview of the Collection

Collector: Godbe, Hampton C.
Title: Hampton C. Godbe photograph collection
Dates: 1860-1970 (inclusive)
18601970
Quantity: 129 photographs
Collection Number: P0113
Summary: The Hampton C. Godbe photograph collection contains portraits of various members of the Godbe and Clawson families as well as photographs of the Godbe and Clawson homes in Salt Lake City.
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

This collection extensively covers the members of the Clawson and Godbe families from 1860 up to the turn of the century. Collection is mostly portraits, some by C.R. Savage. Also included are some of the Salt Lake City homes lived in by the families and other locales, paintings from an unknown artist, and a ticket to a play with something written on the back. This collection is growing; note register on computer for most accurate assessment of collection.

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

Processing Note

Processed by Dale Larsen in 1993.

Separated Materials

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Hampton C. Godbe papers (MS 0113).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Photographs of the Godbe and Clawson familiesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	Recent Miscellaneous Portraits 1: Kevin Herring great-great grandson of William Godbe 2: Hyrum Clawson's "lucky stone" 3: Ivie Clawson, circa 1948 4: Ruby Clawson Godbe, circa 1963 5: Bea, 1976 6: Unidentified 7: Percy Browne, grandson of William Godbe, May 28, 1972 8: Unidentified 9: Joan and Neil Clark, November 13, 1971
1	2	Men 1: Anthony Godbe, William's brother, circa 1865. Carte-de-visite (CDV) 2: Orson Spencer Clawson. CDV 3: Hiram Bradley Clawson, Jr. CDV 4-5: Unidentified 6: Hiram Clawson shortly before death 7: Thomas Colborn. Cabinet 8: Orson Spencer Clawson. Cabinet 9: Samuel Thompson Godbe, son of William Godbe 10: Anthony Godbe. Brother of William Godbe 11: William Godbe at age 37-40 12: Eli B. Kelsey 13: Ink print of H.B. Clawson 14: Brigham Young
1	3	Women 1: Emily Young Clawson 2: Margaret Judd Clawson 3: Catherine Reese Clawson 4: Baby Florence Harriett Clawson. CDV 5: Theresa Godbe Carey. CDV 6: Sarah La Riviere Godbe. CDV 7: Ellen Spencer Clawson. CDV 8: Theresa Godbe 9: Unidentified 10: Winnie Ellerbeck Clawson, circa 1910 11: Ruby Clawson Godbe and son Hampton, circa 1906 12: Children Ruby and Tessie Clawson 13-14: Ruby Clawson, circa 1892 15: Mary Hampton Godbe, 1855 16: Unidentified 17: Ellen Curtis Spencer Clawson 18: Ruby Clawson. Cabinet 19: Ellen Clawson. Cabinet 20: Baby Ruby. Cabinet 21: Ellen C.D. Clawson and son Bradley. Cabinet 22: Baby. Cabinet
1	4	Women 1: Rosina Colburn Godbe 2: Unidentified 3: Margaret Thompson 4: Annie Godbe 5: Alice Young Clawson 6: Annie Thompson Godbe, circa 1912 7: Unidentified 8: Sarah La Riviere 9: Ardelle Cummings. Cabinet 10: Rosina Colburn Godbe 11: Marion Godbe Brooks
1	5	Groups 1: The seventeen daughters of Hirum B. Clawson, circa 1910 2: Emily Dow Partridge Young w/ son and daughter 3: Benjamin Hampton, Jr. and Rosina Colburn Godbe 4-5: Godbe family 6: Godbe cabin at Brighton, Utah 7-8: H.B. Clawson with sons and daughters
1	6	Photocopies 1-17: This folder contains elements of previous folders and some more recent family group images not in the collection
1	7	Buildings/Places 1-6: Clawson gravesite 7-9: Clawson house 10: City Hall 11-12: Clawson house 13-15: Godbe mansion 16: Front of Godbe and Pitts drug store
1	8	Painting 1-12: Watercolors of unknown artist 13-14: Portrait of Annie Thompson Godbe, 1866 by Percy
1	9	Letters and Writing 1-9: Grand Morning Concert ticket of June 29, 1841 10: Photograph of a letter by Eliza Cook
1	10	Miscellaneous 1-2: Robert & Theresa Balinger with daughter, September 1974 3: Norman Godbe and 2nd wife, 1971 4: Norman Godbe in Spain, 1972 5: Daughter of Norman in Hawaii, 1973 6-10: Turn of the century family snapshots. Reprinted from nitrate negatives which are no longer in collection
1	11	Negatives (Miscellaneous) 1: Envelope of negatives (approx 120mm.) Label on envelope reads-Aardvark; M. Blaad); W.S. Godbe 36-40; Anthony Godbe 30-35?; Annie Godbe (old age)
1	12	Negatives and Miscellaneous (Addendum) 1: Henry William Lawrence 2: Alfred Godbe with a group of people at a picnic in the mountains 3: Small sheet of negatives. Varying sites in Salt Lake Valley 4: Unidentified man 5-11: Portrait negatives of unidentified men and women

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Family Names

Clawson family--Photographs

Geographical Names

Salt Lake City (Utah)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

Exterior views
Photographic prints--1860-1970
Photographic prints--Color--1963-1970
Portrait photographs--1860-1970

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