David H. Christensen photograph collection, circa 1876-1969

Overview of the Collection

Title
David H. Christensen photograph collection
Dates
circa 1876-1969 (inclusive)
Quantity
204 photographic prints
Collection Number
P0369
Summary
The David H. Christensen photograph collection contains individual and family portraits, photographs of family and friends and photographs documenting some of David Christensen's activities as an educator.
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

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Chronology of David H. Christensen

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

These photographs were copied from the originals in the possession of Christensen's daughter Kathleen Hall, of Salt Lake City, courtesy Dr. Fred Buchanan of the Education Department. Folder one contains family photographs which include Christensen's father, wife, and children. Folder two contains photographs relating to his life as an educator and administrator. For biographical information, see the chronology.

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

Arrangement

Collection is arranged topically.

Processing Note

Processed by Peter F. Schmid in 1991.

Separated Materials

Manuscript materials were transferred to the David H. Christensen papers (MS 0627)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

David H. Christensen, family, and scrapbookReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
1 1
David H. Christensen Photographs
  • Photograph number 1: David H. Christensen, Berlin, May 1898
  • Photograph number 1a: David H. Christensen's father at his shearing camp, 12 Mile Canyon, 1876 (see 1:5:2)
  • Photograph number 2: David H. Christensen later in life, date unknown
  • Photograph number 3: David H. Christensen, middle aged
  • Photograph number 4: David H. Christensen, probably shortly before he died
  • Photograph number 4a: David H. Christensen with a group of missionaries in Berlin, 1899
  • Photograph number 5: David H. Christensen, portrait taken when superintendent of Salt Lake City Schools.
  • Photograph number 5a: David H. Christensen with a group of missionaries in Germany, 1898
  • Photograph number (See 1:3:3; 1:3:9)
  • Photograph number 6: At one of his birthday parties
  • Photograph number 6a: Aileen, Dean, Mother, Lucile, Maree, David H. Christensen, 1905 in front of the Salt Lake City and County Building (See 1:2:6)
  • Photograph number 7: Portrait taken around time of Mission, 1898-1899
  • Photograph number 8: Portrait, date unknown, (probably when in 60s)
  • Photograph number 9: Portrait, March 1919
  • Photograph number 10: David H. Christensen at age 10
1 2
Family Photographs
  • Photograph number 1: Maree.
  • Photograph number 2: Portrait, Christensen's mother, Catherine Dean Christensen.
  • Photograph number 2a: Office of the Salt Lake Superintendent, 1906 (1:4:6)
  • Photograph number 3: Dean K. Christensen, Kindergarten, Emerson School.
  • Photograph number 3a: David H. Christensen, Superintendent of Salt Lake City Schools, and principals, 1910 (See 1:4:9)
  • Photograph number 4: Hensen Heislet, Wallace, Delbert, Aunt Mary Heislet, D.H.C.'s sister.
  • Photograph number 5: Christensen family in buckboard, 1914. Includes Maree, Mother KDC, Rhea, Lucile, Dean, David H. Christensen, David, Aileen, Stanley.
  • Photograph number 6: Christensen family in horse drawn carriage, 1905. Aileen, Dean, Mother, Lucile, Maree, David H. Christensen. (See 1:1:6a)
  • Photograph number 6a: David H. Christensen left; George Eaton, Principal East High (?); George Child, Superintendent 1920-1932(?). (1:4:10)
  • Photograph number 7-10: Unidentified family snapshots.
  • Photograph number 11: Anne Poulson Christensen, June 1916. 75 years old. Mother of D.H.
  • Photograph number 12: Amelia Lacey Dean. (photocopy)
  • Photograph number 13: Anne Poulson Dean, 1900.
1 3
LDS (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Missionary Groups, Academic Groups
  • Photograph number 1: Receiving Doctorate Degree, June, 1947, Sterling W. Sill on right
  • Photograph number 2: Payson School, D.H. Christensen class.
  • Photograph number 3: Missionaries, Berlin, 1899.(See 1:1:5a; 1:3:9)
  • Photograph number 4: Missionaries, Germany, circa 1899. (See 1:3:10)
  • Photograph number 5: June 4, 1898, Germany (?) [Photo has KDC above one of the women.]
  • Photograph number 6: Payson School reunion.
  • Photograph number 7-8: LDS Missionaries, Germany, circa 1898.
  • Photograph number 9: Christensen as president of the Berlin L.D.S. missionary conference (including Prussia) with other missionaries, Berlin, 1899. Included are Emma Lucy Gates, Emily Ramsey Morris, Arnold Schultess, Lucy B. Young, Katie Dean Christensen, Aileen Dean Christensen, and J. Collie Robinson. (See 1:1:5a; 1:3:3)
  • Photograph number 10: Missionaries, Germany, circa 1899. (See 1:3:4)
1 4
Christensen as an Educator
  • Photograph number 1: Christensen with pupils in front of school in Payson, Utah, 1887 or 1888.
  • Photograph number 2: Booker T. Washington, Mrs. Washington(?), and Aileen and Dean K. Christensen at the Tuskeegee Institute, February 1911. Photo by D.H. Christensen.
  • Photograph number 3: Salt Lake City Schoolboard, circa 1920(?).
  • Photograph number 4: School house where D.H. Christensen taught during 1890s, Payson, Utah.
  • Photograph number 5: University of Deseret students, 1890.
  • Photograph number 6: Christensen, Salt Lake City Superintendent of Schools, in his office in 1906. (See 1:2:2a)
  • Photograph number 7: Homestead 1911
  • Photograph number 8: Portrait of two young girls
  • Photograph number 9: Christensen with group of school principals, 1910. (See 1:2:3a)
  • Photograph number 10: Christensen, George Eaton, and George Child (Superintendent). (See 1:2:6a)
1 5
Miscellaneous
  • Photograph number 1: July 11, 1915
  • Photograph number 2: David H. Christensen's father and other workers at his sheep-shearing camp, 12 Mile Canyon, circa 1876. (See 1:1:1a)
1 6
Scrapbook
  • 166 photographs of family and friends. Some are identified and dated on accompanying photocopy.
  • Photograph number 1: Christensen Living Room, Picture of Catherine Dean Christensen on table.
  • Photograph number 2: Dean K. Christensen, Rhea Christensen on ponies
  • Photograph number 3: Stanley at Edison St., 1915
  • Photograph number 4: Stanley, 1915
  • Photograph number 5: Dean K. Christensen, 1918
  • Photograph number 6: Catherine Dean Christensen, David H. Christensen at 1515 Edison St.
  • Photograph number 7: Family on the porch, 1918
  • Photograph number 8: Maree Christensen, 1918
  • Photograph number 9: Stanley with calf, Edison St.
  • Photograph number 10: Maree Christensen
  • Photograph number 11: Rhea Christensen with others
  • Photograph number 12: Two unidentified girls
  • Photograph number 13: Christensen family, 1918, at Edison St.
  • Photograph number 14: Mary C. Heislet, David H. Christensen's sister
  • Photograph number 15: Catherine with a child and the dog 'Roxie'
  • Photograph number 16: Two unidentified girls
  • Photograph number 17: View form family home toward the Catholic Church, 1932
  • Photograph number 18: David H. Christensen
  • Photograph number 19: Jacob Savell, Aileen Christensen Savell, Gene Hall, Cathleen Hall, 1932
  • Photograph number 20-22: Rhea Christensen ?, 1916
  • Photograph number 23: Maree, Stanley, Lucille, David H, David Jr, Catherine, Cathleen, Dean K. Christensen
  • Photograph number 24: David H. Christensen holding grandchild, Lucille, Catherine, Rhea, 1930
  • Photograph number 25: Dining Room 723 South 1100 East Salt Lake City, Utah, 1920
  • Photograph number 26: Entrance Hall, circa 1920
  • Photograph number 27: Living Room, 1934
  • Photograph number 28: Parlor
  • Photograph number 29: Aileene Savell, David H. Christensen, Stanley, Catherine, David H. Jr, Genevieve C., Helen S. C., Dean K., Kathleen C. Hall, Eugune Hall
  • Photograph number 30: Genie with ARoxie@ the dog
  • Photograph number 31: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 32: 'Roxie'
  • Photograph number 33: Christensen Family, 1931
  • Photograph number 34: Washington Monument, Washington D.C.
  • Photograph number 35: Statue in Washington D.C., 1932
  • Photograph number 36: Lincoln Memorial
  • Photograph number 37: Mohawh River, New York State Barge Canal, August 1932
  • Photograph number 38: Mt. Vernon, Home of George Washington, Alexandria, Virginia
  • Photograph number 39: Lexington, Nebraska
  • Photograph number 40: Harvard
  • Photograph number 41: Family on a porch
  • Photograph number 42-43: Washington D.C., July 1932
  • Photograph number 44: Washington D.C., Capitol Building
  • Photograph number 45: White House, Washington D.C.
  • Photograph number 46: 'The Minute Man'
  • Photograph number 47: David in front of Harvard Law School
  • Photograph number 48: Concord Massachusetts
  • Photograph number 49: Bunker Hill Monument, Boston Mass., August 1932
  • Photograph number 50: Library, Harvard Law School, August 1932; David H., Gen, Dave, Mrs. Christensen, D.N.C., Ruth
  • Photograph number 51: 'Taken from Concord Bridge'
  • Photograph number 52: Boston Navy Yard
  • Photograph number 53: A young man next to a cannon
  • Photograph number 54: Concord Bridge
  • Photograph number 55: Harvard Law School, Gen, David, Ruth
  • Photograph number 56: Concord, Massachusetts
  • Photograph number 57: 'The Minute Man,' Lexington, Massachusetts
  • Photograph number 58: Joseph Smith Home, Palmyra, New York
  • Photograph number 59-60: The Hill Cumorah
  • Photograph number 63: The Sacred Grove
  • Photograph number 64: Hill Cumorah
  • Photograph number 65: Niagara Falls
  • Photograph number 66-68: In Gloversville, New York
  • Photograph number 69: Niagara Falls
  • Photograph number 70: On board Maid O' The Mist
  • Photograph number 71-72: Niagara Falls
  • Photograph number 73: Billboard
  • Photograph number 74-77: Palmyra, New York
  • Photograph number 78-79: Davenport, Iowa, Mississippi River
  • Photograph number 80: Paul Jr., Paul Sr, Lucile, Aileen, Katheryn, Washington D. C.
  • Photograph number 81-85: Manti, Utah
  • Photograph number 86-89: Payson Class Reunion and classrooms
  • Photograph number 90-91: School Room in Manti, Utah
  • Photograph number 92-93: Payson Class Reunion, 1930
  • Photograph number 94: Dave, Aileen, Jake
  • Photograph number 95: 'Roxie'
  • Photograph number 96: Unidentified baby
  • Photograph number 97: Jacob Savell, Saginaw, Michigan
  • Photograph number 98: David H. Christensen Jr., Jacob S., 1932
  • Photograph number 99: Aileen Christensen Savell, Saginaw Michigan, 1932
  • Photograph number 102: David H. Christensen, Aileen and Jacob Savell in Saginaw, Michagan
  • Photograph number 103: Christensen Family
  • Photograph number 104: Maree Christensen, 1928 Ford Model A
  • Photograph number 105: Unidentified baby with 'Roxie' the dog
  • Photograph number 106: E. Hall, David H. Jr., Kathleen Hall, Stanley Christensen in Detroit
  • Photograph number 107: David H. Jr., Rhea and V.M. Sevy., circa 1930
  • Photograph number 108: David H. Christensen., Catherine
  • Photograph number 109: Lucile Harding and Paul L. Harding
  • Photograph number 110: Unidentified baby
  • Photograph number 111: Unidentified
  • Photograph number 112: David H. Christensen with other family members
  • Photograph number 113: Picnic
  • Photograph number 114: Paul Harding Jr with a younger unnamed brother
  • Photograph number 115: Paul Harding with kids
  • Photograph number 116: Paul Harding Jr.
  • Photograph number 117: Paul Harding with family around Christmas tree.
  • Photograph number 118: Stan C. Lucile Harding, Paul Harding
  • Photograph number 119-124: Harding Children
  • Photograph number 125: Cathering Christensen and David H. Christensen Jr.
  • Photograph number 126: Rhea Christensen Sevy, V.M. Sevy
  • Photograph number 127: Kathleen Hall, Eugene Hall
  • Photograph number 128: Wedding of Kathleen and Eugene Hall, 1927-Rhea, ?, Kathleen, Eugene, ?
  • Photograph number 129: Louiville Kentucky.
  • Photograph number 130: V.M. Sevy,
  • Photograph number 131: Rhea Christensen Sevy
  • Photograph number 132: V.M. And Rhea Christensen Sevy
  • Photograph number 133: Unidentified woman with a baby
  • Photograph number 134: Unidentified baby sitting on a chair
  • Photograph number 135: A mother pushing her baby in a pram
  • Photograph number 136: David H. Christensen and Rhea Sevy
  • Photograph number 137: David H. Christensen and a grandchild
  • Photograph number 138: Stanley Christensen, 1935
  • Photograph number 139: David H. Christensen Jr. holding a baby, 1938
  • Photograph number 140: Newspaper Article Entitled 'Latter-Day Pupils, Those of Yesterday, Surprise D. H. Christensen on Fortieth Anniversary of Entering Education Work in State of Utah.'
  • Photograph number 141: Untitled newspaper article with picture
  • Photograph number 142-144: Donner Trail Monument
  • Photograph number 145: Catherine Dean Christensen
  • Photograph number 146: David H. Christensen with grandchildren
  • Photograph number 147: Stanley W. Christensen and Catherine Dean Christensen
  • Photograph number 148: David H. Christensen, Catherine Dean Christensen, Aileen and Lucile Christensen
  • Photograph number 149: David H. Christensen, Catherine D. Christensen, with grandchildren, 1932
  • Photograph number 150: Catherine D. Christensen holding a grandchild
  • Photograph number 151: David H. Christensen Jr., Kathleen and Eugene Hall, 1934
  • Photograph number 152: Aileen C. and Jacob Savell, 1934
  • Photograph number 153-154: David H. Christensen with grandchildren
  • Photograph number 155: David H., Aileen and Jacob Savell
  • Photograph number 156: Lucile Harding, David H. Christensen, Kathleen Hall, Rhea Sevy
  • Photograph number 157: David H. Christensen with grandchildren
  • Photograph number 158: David H. Christensen, Stanley, Aileen Savell, Jacob Savell, David H. Jr., Dean K., Lucile Harding
  • Photograph number 159: Herman Julius Christensen, Manti, circa 1890
  • Photograph number 160: Old Payson School with portraits of David H. and Catherine D. Christensen on either side
  • Photograph number 161: David, B.L. Harvard University, 1934
  • Photograph number 162: David A.B., University of Utah
  • Photograph number 163: Dean-B.S. University of Utah, Rhea-A. B. University of Utah 1929
  • Photograph number 164: Northwestern Univesrity, Dean, D.D.S.
  • Photograph number 165: Dean K. Christensen
  • Photograph number 166: Helen S. Christensen

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Latter Day Saint missionaries

Personal Names

  • Christensen, D. H. (David Henry), 1869-1956--Photographs

Family Names

  • Christensen family--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographic prints--1876-1969
  • Portrait photographs

Finding aid prepared by Peter F. Schmid.
1991

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