Overview of the Collection
UUS_P0388
Nolan James Nelson photograph collection
1900-1930
Nelson, Nolan James, 1897-1966
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Photograph Collection
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-3000
Phone: 435 797-8248
Fax: 435 797-2880
Email: scweb@usu.edu
1 box
0.5 linear feet
The Nolan James Nelson Photograph Collection consists of two separate photo albums which range mostly from 1910-1930. The first
photograph album has images of
unidentified people, probably from Jennie O'Neil's family, Nolan J. Nelson's wife. These photos are from Preston, Logan, Brigham City, Salt Lake City, and
Venice, California. The second album has images of Nolan J. Nelson on his LDS Mission and people who are most probably his family and might include Byron
Stalone Nelson (Father), Polly Jane Tubbs (Mother), Gladys Nelson Huff (Sister), Howard Homer Huff (Brother-in-Law), and Thomas O. Nelson (Son). The photos were taken
in Montpelier, Idaho, Logan, and Atlanta, Georgia.
Material in English
Processed in December of 2009
The collection was donated by Newell Hart. Photo Album #1 has written on the inside cover, "Jennie O'Neil-Pocatello, ID". Photo Album #2 has stickers on the
inside cover saying that the album belonged to a Chris Gunderson and was, "given to Newell and Ruth Hart on July 10, 1978, by his sister Marie D. Bennett."
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright
clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Nolan James Nelson photograh collection must
be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections
Department Head.
Initial Citation:
USU_P0388; Nolan James Nelson photograph collection;
Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University
Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_P0388,
USUSCA.
Biographical Note
Nolan Nelson was born July 8,1897, in Pelgram, Bear Lake County, Idaho. He served an LDS Mission to the Southeast States in 1917. He married Jennie O'Neil around
1920, and had at least two children, Thomas O'Neil and Gladys. He lived in Montpelier, Idaho.
The Nolan James Nelson Photograph Collection consists of two separate photo albums which range mostly from 1910-1930. The first photograph album has images of
unidentified people, probably from Jennie O'Neil's family, Nolan J. Nelson's wife. These photos are from Preston, Logan, Brigham City, Salt Lake City, and
Venice, California. The second album has images of Nolan J. Nelson on his LDS Mission and people who are most probably his family and might include Byron
Stalone Nelson (Father), Polly Jane Tubbs (Mother), Gladys Nelson Huff (Sister), Howard Homer Huff (Brother-in-Law), and Thomas O. Nelson (Son). The photos take
place in Montpelier, Idaho, Logan, and Atlanta, Georgia. Photographs from Nolan J. Nelson's LDS Mission have written notes on the back describing the photo. Also
in the collection are a few paper documents and images.
Photographs were originally attached to photo albums and glued to black construction paper. Some photos had fallen out or were loosely stored. The pages of album
are now detached and put in separate folders for preservation purposes. Loose photos were put in plastic sleeves. Most photos are in good condition, some are
falling off the paper.
Photos of Nolan J. Nelson's son, Thomas O'Neil Nelson, can be found in Photograph Collection P0251 1:79-81.
Home and Family
Nelson, Nolan James, 1897-1966--Photographs.
Nelson, Jennie O'Neil, 1900-1970--Photographs.
Nelson family--Photographs.
O'Neil family--Photographs.
Nelson, Nolan James, 1897-1966--Family--Portraits.
O'Neil family--Travel--Photographs.
Mormon missionaries--Georgia--Atlanta--History--Photographs.
Montpelier (Idaho)--History--Photographs.
Beginning of Photo Album #1
1900-1930
1
1
1:01:01-08
Outdoor group photos: bridge at Pioneer Park in Brigham City, and 1st Dam in Logan
1913-1920
Photos include images of people,
horse/buggy, car, and a store front of Preston, Idaho newspaper, "Franklin County Citizen" published from 1913-1942
1
2
1:02:09-16
Outdoor group photos: Utah Capitol building, dam, nature/canyon. Photos include images of people, car and license plate (6032 IDAHO/1916) and Native American dancing/event
1910-1920
1
2
1:03:17-24
Outdoor group photos: woods, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Catholic/Protestant wooden church buildings with cross on top
1915
Photos include images of people, women drinking, car and license plate(976 IDAHO/1915), and horses
1
3
1:03:17-24
Outdoor group photos: woods, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Catholic/Protestant wooden church buildings with cross on top. Photos include images of people, women drinking, car and license plate(976 IDAHO/1915), and horses
1915
1
4
1:04:25-32
Outdoor group photos: creek, reservoir/lake, and Old Main (USU). Photos include images of car, people and portraits
1910-1920
1
5
1:05:33-40
Outdoor group photos: Steel frame bridge. Photos include images of houses, people, portraits, car and license plate (6032 IDAHO/1916)
1916
1
6
1:06:41-46
Outdoor group photos: dam, construction, train (1006). Photos include images of people, cars, and bicycle
1910-1920
1
7
1:07:47-54
Outdoor group photos: field, steel frame bridge, marshes, canyon road, USU campus building. Photos include images of people and cars
undated
1
8
1:08:55-62
Outdoor group photos: fields and woods. Photos include images of people, women drinking, men and car, horse/buggy and a picnic
1910-1920
1
9
1:09:63-70
Photos include images of people, car, house, fences, fishing, construction, cement road marker, Probably Lincoln Highway
1910-1920
1
10
1:10:71-78
Photos include images of people, car, house, fences, fishing, construction, cement road marker, Probably Lincoln Highway
1910-1920
1
11
1:11:79-86
Photos include images of people cars, buildings (probably in California), train wreck, cement road marker
1910-1920
1
12
1:12:87-93
Photos include images of woman with "Opal", "Opalgene" written on photo, a car "Buick/ Blaire Motor Co.", Fish display, and beach scenes, Venice Pier, in Venice, CA
1920-1930
1
13
1:13:94-100
Photos include images of woman (Opal?), group photos and beach scenes in Venice, CA
1920-1930
1
14
1:14:101-107
Outdoor group photos: Steel frame bridge, reservoir/lake, and beach scenes. Photos include images of woman (Opal?), people, and car
1910-1930
1
15
1:15:108-114
Photos include images of woman (Opal?), people, and car
1920-1930
1
16
1:16:115-121
Photos include images of woman (Opal?), people, beach scene, car and license plate (47-778/ IDA 1923)
1923
1
17
1:17:122-127
Outdoor group photos: Bridge and cabin and people
undated
1
18
1:18:128-133
Outdoor group photos: Bridge, car, stone monument. Images of family and friends
1920-1930
1
19
1:19:134-139
Outdoor group photos: town, stone monument, woods. Includes family and friends, car and license plate (20-998/IDAHO X-25)
1920-1930
1
20
1:20:140-145
Outdoor group photos: winter scene of mountain and snow lodge. Images of men in front of car drinking/smoking
1920-1930
1
21
1:21:146-153
Outdoor group photos: river, exterior of homes, church/tabernacle/town hall? Photos include images of men displaying fish, and cars
1920-1930
1
22
1:22:154-161
Outdoor group photos: people, cars, snowy mountains, old building, river, lake, woods
1920-1930
1
23
1:23:162-165
Outdoor group photos: people, park in California?, car. 1920s
undated
1
24
1:24:166-185
Loose photos from Album 1: (1) photo postcards of buildings in Los Angeles, CA; (2) Photo postcards of people 1900-1920;
(3) photos of roads, fields, men, mountain range, series of men surveying the landscape; (4) Public library
1910-1930
1
25
Published drawings/sketches of rabbit/bird and river scene, "Near Nature's Heart"
1916
1
26
Military Incident paperwork concerning Thomas O'Neil Nelson
1910-1930
1
Beginning of Photo Album #2
1900-1930
1
27
1:27:186-198
Men/women posing outside brick building and Nolan Nelson's LDS Mission (photos contain inscriptions on back)
1910-1930
1
28
1:28:199-203
Nolan Nelson's LDS Mission
1917-1918
1
29
1:29:204-210
Probably Nolan Nelson's family and friends in front of houses
1910-1930
1
30
1:30:211-226
Various men/women posing, people in patriotic hats, and store exteriors including Sidney Stevens Implement, and the Rexall Store
1910-1930
1
31
1:31:227-238
Women, probable family and friend of Nolan Nelson, Montpelier High School group, portraits of children
1910-1930
1
32
1:32:239-253
Various group pictures, patriotic hats, women posing, women with guns, man with bicycle
1910-1930
1
33
1:33:254-269
Various group photos of Nolan Nelson's family, WWI Army solider, children at Lake, men with horse and cart and log cabin
1910-1920
1
34
1:34:270-279
Various group photos of probably Nolan Nelson's family and/or friends, Church/meeting house building
1910-1920
1
35
1:35:280-288
Various family group photos, church house,and wooden bridge
1910-1920
1
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1:36:289-299
Various group photos in park, train station, houses, Montpelier High School, parade, canal/ river
1910-1930
1
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1:37:300-311
Nolan Nelson's LDS Mission: Portraits, preaching and traveling
1910-1920
1
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1:38:312-322
Various group photos of probably Nolan Nelson's family and friends with dogs
1910-1920
1
39
1:39:323
Family Portrait, "The Courtland Studio 1916."
1916
1
40
1:40:324-336
Family group photos and portraits
1910-1920
1
41
1:41:337-342
Family group photos and outdoor scenes
1910-1930
1
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1:42:343-354
Various family group photos and outdoor scenes
1910-1930
1
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1:43:355-369
Various family group and single photos, buildings, possible USU Campus building, Old Main
1910-1930
1
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1:44:370-378
Loose photos from photo album 2: (1) Family Portraits, (2) High School (Montpelier)? (3) Various single and group photos, Camping skiing, class room, and personal card of Elder Nolan J. Nelson
1910-1930
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45
Notes on Collection and Obituary of Thomas O'Neil Nelson, son of Nolan J. Nelson
1910-1930