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)
bulk 1901-1902 (bulk)
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

Copyright

It 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

Arrangement

Photographs arranged numerically by assigned image number.

Acquisition Information

Given to Bernice Hirschman Tumen, who donated them to USU Special Collections.

Processing Note

Register completed by Camille Gooch, February 2001.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Container(s): Box 2, Folder 7

Container(s) Description Dates
3:07:01: Tintype of a man wearing a suit and hat
undated

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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

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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.