Descriptive Summary
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
UUS_P0319
Hopkins,
William H., 1873-1958.
William H. Hopkins photograph collection
1850-1930
1860-1890, 1910-1925
2
boxes
1 linear ft.
This collection contains glass plate and nitrate
negatives taken in the 1910s and 1920s and negative or positive duplicates made from
original C.W. Carter, C.R. Savage, and Marsena Cannon images. The subject of these
photographs is Salt Lake City, Utah (1850-1890; 1920) and scenes from Southern Utah
including natural bridges and Anasazi ruins.
Collection materials are in English.
Restrictions
Open to public research. Four original nitrate negatives (2:14:02-2:14:05) have been
removed to cold storage. Nitrate negatives have been removed from this
collection and placed in Cold Storage Box 1. Patrons must request to view these
negatives 3 hours in advance.
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 William H. Hopkins photograph collection must
be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections
Department Head.
, William H. Hopkins photograph collection, 1850-1930. (P0319). Utah State University.
Special Collections & Archives Department.
This collection was purchased with funds from the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation. Originally
collected by Dr. L.D. Pfouts; passed onto his son Jim Pfouts of Payson, Utah; obtained by
Orrin Schwab.
Originals in: LDS Church Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Register completed by Camille Gooch and Jacob Smith, December 2000.
Biographical Note
William H. Hopkins was a Salt Lake City, Utah dentist and avid amateur photographer.
Arrangement: Topical.
This collection contains glass plate and nitrate negatives taken in the 1910s and 1920s and
negative or positive duplicates made from original C.W. Carter, C.R. Savage, and Marsena
Cannon images. These duplicates were made from original images of Salt Lake City in the
1860s and 1870s housed in the LDS church archives. William H. Hopkins was a Salt Lake City
dentist and avid amateur photographer. Hopkins photographed a variety of scenes from
Southern Utah including natural bridges and Anasazi ruins. Around 1920 he also took several
shots of Salt Lake City. Hopkins initially became interested in photographing Southern Utah
while doing dental work for Navajo Indians.
Images
Carter,
C. W.
Cannon,
Marsena, 1812-1900.
Savage,
C. R. (Charles Roscoe), 1832-1909.
Tabernacle
(Salt Lake City, Utah)--Photographs.
Salt Lake
Temple--Photographs.
Natural
bridges--Utah--Photographs.
Pueblo
Indians--Antiquities--Photographs.
Salt Lake City
(Utah)--Photographs.
Rainbow Bridge
(Utah)--Photographs.
Glass plate negatives.
Negatives.
Container List
1
1
1:01:01
Canyon in San Juan County, Utah
undated
glass plate negative
1
1
1:01:02
Navajo Woman and Baby
glass plate negative
1
1
1:01:03
Armstrong Canyon Trail San Juan County, Utah
undated
glass plate negative
1
2
1:02:01
Duplicate of 1:01:03
undated
glass plate negative
1
2
1:02:02
Pre-Historic Pottery, Southern Utah
undated
glass plate negative.
1
2
1:02:03
Rainbow Natural Arch, rear view
undated
glass plate negative
made from a Kolb Brothers
1
3
1:03:01
"N. Bill" Canyon near Moab
undated
glass plate negative
1
3
1:03:02
Zeke's Cave, US National Monument, Snow Flat, San Juan
County, Utah
undated
glass plate
1
3
1:03:03
"Cowboys around the Camp Fire, Snow Flat, San Juan
County, Utah
undated
glass plate
1
4
1:04:01
Bear's Ears, Elk Mountains, San Juan County, Utah, glass
plate negative. ">Bear's Ears, Elk Mountains, San Juan County, Utah
undated
glass plate negative.
1
4
1:04:02
"Warning Notice Under Augusta," man
posting a notice
undated
glass plate negative.
1
4
1:04:03
Anasazi Ruin, Armstrong Canyon, San Juan County, Utah
undated
glass plate negative
1
5
1:05:01
Gibralter Ruin, San Juan County, Utah
undated
glass plate negative
1
5
1:05:02
Natural Bridge with Zeke
undated
glass plate negative
1
5
1:05:03
Natural Bridge with Zeke
undated
glass plate negative.
1
6
1:06:01
Natural Bridge with Zeke
undated
glass plate negative
1
6
1:06:02
Natural Bridge with Zeke
undated
glass plate negative
1
6
1:06:03
Monument Valley, Brigham's Finger
undated
glass plate negative
1
7
1:07:01
Navajo Twins, rock formation
undated
glass plate negative
1
7
1:07:02
Under the Augusta, natural bridge with man at base
undated
glass plate negative
1
7
1:07:03
Horses in Tropic and Queen Armstrong Canyon
undated
glass plate negative
1
8
1:08:01
Horses in Tropic and Queen Armstrong Canyon
undated
glass plate negative
1
8
1:08:02
White Canyon Pictographs
undated
glass plate negative
1
8
1:08:03
Bear's Ears, Southern Utah
undated
glass plate negative
1
9
1:09:01
The Edwin Natural Bridge, rear view
undated
original glass plate negative.
1
9
1:09:02
Caroline Natural Bridge
undated
glass plate negative
1
9
1:09:03
Big Indian Rock, near La Sal, Utah
undated
glass plate negative
1
10
1:10:01
Red Canyon near Moab
undated
glass plate negative
1
10
1:10:02
Vista of Zeke's Cave
undated
glass plate negative
1
10
1:10:03
Train Mountain in Monument Valley
undated
glass plate negative
1
11
1:11:01
Natural Bridge, Southern Utah
undated
nitrate negative
see cold storage
1
11
1:11:02
Natural Bridge, Southern Utah
undated
nitrate negative
see cold storage
1
11
1:11:03
Natural Bridge, Southern Utah
undated
nitrate negative
see cold storage
1
11
1:11:04
"N. Bill" Canyon, Grand River near Moab
undated
nitrate negative
See 1:03:01, see cold storage.
1
11
1:11:05
Pack Horses in Red Canyon, Southern Utah
undated
nitrate negative
see cold storage
1
11
1:11:06
Cliff Dwellings, Southern Utah
undated
nitrate negative
see cold storage
1
11
1:11:07
Ancient Wall, Southern Utah
undated
nitrate negative
see cold storage
1
11
1:11:08
Natural Bridge, Southern Utah
undated
nitrate negative
see cold storage
1
11
1:11:09
Natural Bridge, Southern Utah
undated
nitrate negative
see cold storage
1
12
1:12:01
Cattle in Marin County Hills
undated
glass plate negative
1
12
1:12:02
Artillery Training in Southern Utah
1900
glass plate positive
made from negative
1
12
1:12:03
Dr. W.H. Hopkins in his Office
1900
glass plate negative
2
1
2:01:01
Sea Gull Monument, Salt Lake City
undated
glass plate negative
2
1
2:01:02
Snow Scene, Salt Lake Temple
undated
glass plate negative
2
1
2:01:03
Panorama of City from Capital looking N. by NE
undated
positive glass plate
from C.W. Carter negative
2
2
2:02:01
Old Salt Lake City
undated
glass plate positive
from C.W. Carter negative.
2
2
2:02:02
Old Main Street Parade
undated
glass plate positive
from C.W. Carter negative.
2
2
2:02:03
Foundation of Temple with Recently Completed Tabernacle
in Background
undated
glass plate positive
from C.W. Carter negative
2
3
2:03:01
Duplicate of 2:02:03
undated
glass plate positive.
2
3
2:03:02
Dedication of Salt Lake Temple, group of men on
scaffolding at top of temple
undated
glass plate positive
from C.W. Carter negative.
2
3
2:03:03
View of South Temple
undated
glass positive
from C.W. Carter negative.
2
4
2:04:01
Parade up Main Street
1920-1929
glass plate negative
2
4
2:04:02
Soldiers with Cannons, Camp Douglas
undated
glass plate negative
from Marsena Cannon negative
2
4
2:04:03
Several Dozen Men Cutting and Shaping the Granite Blocks
for the Salt Lake Temple
undated
glass plate negative
made from C.W. Carter negative.
2
5
2:05:01
Teams of Oxen and Wagons on Main Street in Salt Lake
City
undated
glass plate negative
made from C.W. Carter negative.
2
5
2:05:02
City and County Building, Salt Lake City
undated
glass plate negative
made from C.W. Carter negative
2
5
2:05:03
Salt Lake City Tabernacle
1860
glass plate positive
made from Marsena Cannon negative.
2
6
2:06:01
Construction of the Tabernacle
1860-1869
glass plate positive
made from C.R. Savage negative.
2
6
2:06:02
Completed Tabernacle, ca. 1865, glass plate positive
made from C.W. Carter ">Completed Tabernacle
1865
glass plate positive
made from C.W. Carter negative.
2
6
2:06:03
Brigham Young Monument next to SLC Temple, glass plate
positive made from ">Brigham Young Monument next to SLC Temple
undated
glass plate positive
made from C.W. Carter negative.
2
7
2:07:01
Ox Teams on Salt Lake City Main Street
undated
glass plate positive
made from C.W. Carter negative.
2
7
2:07:02
Johnson's Curios Shop against Backdrop of SLC Temple
undated
glass plate negative
7
7
2:07:03
Ox Teams and Wagons on Salt Lake City Main Street,
Kimball & Lawrence building in " Ox Teams and Wagons on Salt Lake City Main
Street, Kimball & Lawrence building in background
undated
glass plate positive
made from C.W. Carter negative.
2
8
2:08:01
Saltair Resort
undated
broken glass plate positive
made from C.W. Carter negative.
2
8
2:08:02
Fire Engine in Salt Lake City
undated
glass plate positive
made from C.W. Carter negative.
2
8
2:08:03
Horse Team Freighters outside Salt Lake City
undated
glass plate positive
made from C.W. Carter negative.
2
9
2:09:01
Council House in Salt Lake City
undated
glass plate positive
made from C.W. Carter negative
2
9
2:09:02
Townsend House in SLC
undated
glass plate positive
made from C.W. Carter negative.
2
9
2:09:03
Duplicate of 2:07:03
undated
glass plate positive
made from C.W. Carter negative.
2
10
2:10:01
Capital Theatre, Salt Lake City
undated
glass plate positive
made from C.W. Carter negative.
2
10
2:10:02
Steamboat on Great Salt Lake
undated
glass plate positive
made from C.W. Carter negative.
2
10
2:10:03
View of Main Street Salt Lake City
undated
glass plate positive
made from C.W. Carter negative.
2
11
2:11:01
Mormon Wagon Train Emerging from Echo Canyon
1865
glass plate positive
made from C.R. Savage negative.
2
11
2:11:02
Council House in Salt Lake City
undated
glass plate positive
made from negative.
2
11
2:11:03
Completed Tabernacle
undated
glass plate positive
made from C.W. Carter or C.R. Savage negative.
2
12
2:12:01
Native Americans in front of ZCMI building
undated
glass plate positive
made from C.W. Carter negative.
2
12
2:12:02
Walker Brothers Store in Salt Lake City
undated
glass plate positive
made from Carter negative.
2
13
2:13:01
"Salt Lake Temple Construction, workers atop foundation
of Salt Lake Temple
undated
plate positive
made from C.W. Carter negative.
2
13
2:13:02
Beehive House in Salt Lake City
undated
glass plate positive
made from C.W. Carter negative.
2
14
2:14:01
Parade in Salt Lake City
undated
nitrate negative
see cold storage
2
14
2:14:02
Duplicate of 2:03:01
undated
nitrate negative
see cold storage
2
14
2:14:03
Duplicate of 2:03:03
undated
nitrate negative
see cold storage
2
14
2:14:04
Duplicate of 2:02:01
undated
nitrate negative
see cold storage
2
14
2:14:05
Duplicate of 2:01:03
undated
nitrate negative
see cold storage