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UUS_p0101.xml Guide to the LaVell Cooley photograph collection1920-1985 Cooley (LaVell) photograph collection1920-1985 Finding aid created by Daniel Davis, May 2006. Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008 Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives

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UUS_P0101 Cooley, I. LaVell, 1901- LaVell Cooley photograph collection 1920-1985 1940-1960 4 boxes 2 linear ft. The LaVell Cooley Photograph Collection consists of 736 artistic and personal photographs (both black & white and color) taken by this career military man and Utah State University graduate. Included in the collection are a few early shots of the Utah State University campus, but the bulk consists of views taken while on military assignment in the Virgin Islands (including Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Dutch Guinea, Haiti, and Jamaica) as well as national parks (including Monument Valley, Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Zion National Park), mountain scenes, and the California coast. Cooley and his wife Gwendolyn appear in many of the images. More Cooley photographs (including black and white and color 16mm film of national parks) can be found in the unprocessed photographs. Collection materials are in English. Restrictions

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LaVell Cooley photograph collection, 1920-1985. (P0101). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.

The collection was donated by Cooley's widow, Gwendolyn Cooley, of Los Altos, California in June of 1995.

Biographical Note

LaVell Irwin Cooley (1901-1980) was the son of Oscar Wood Cooley, manager of the Utah State cafeteria for many years. LaVell took up photography at an early age making many images for the Buzzer yearbooks. In 1925, after graduating with a degree in chemistry, he attended summer school and worked on his Masters Degree in Geology, which he earned in 1929. Cooley later became a research engineer in Long Beach, California where he worked with photomicrographic and high speed photography. In 1940 he was called to active duty with the Army; his first assignment was Camp Callan, LaJolla, California. LaVell held several command positions during World War II, and retired after becoming physically disabled. He and his wife settled in Los Altos, where he immediately built a darkroom and continued his photography for the rest of his life. He died in 1980.

Organized numerical by photo number.

The LaVell Cooley Photograph Collection consists of 736 images of artistic and personal photographs taken by this career military man and Utah State University graduate. Included in the collection are a few early shots on campus, but the bulk consists of views taken while on military assignment in the Virgin Islands (including Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Dutch Guinea, Haiti, and Jamaica) as well as national parks (including Monument Valley, Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Zion National Park), mountain scenes, and the California coast. Cooley and his wife Gwendolyn appear in many of the images. More Cooley photographs (including black and white and color 16mm film of national parks) can be found in the unprocessed photographs.

Images Cooley, I. LaVell, 1901- --Photographs. Cooley family--Photographs. United States. Armed Forces--Photographs. Utah State University--History--Photographs. National parks and reserves--United States--Photographs. Virgin Islands--Photographs. Puerto Rico--Photographs. Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Photographs. California--Photographs. Container List 1 1 Grand Teton National Park undated 1:01:01-1:01:03 Chapel of the Transfiguration undated 1:01:04-08 Views of Grand Teton National Park (Jenny Lake?) undated 1:01:09-11 Photos of a woman on a horse undated 1 2 Yellowstone National Park undated 1:02:01-02. Views of The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone (waterfall) undated 1:02:03 Elk discarding winter coat undated 1:02:04-05 Views of Yellowstone river undated 1:02:06-07 Scenic views of Grand Canyon? undated 1:02:08 Bison undated 1:02:09 The Firehole River undated 1:02:10 A black bear undated 1:02:11 Tower Falls undated 1:02:12-14 Views of geyser formations in the park undated 1 3 Death Valley, CA: undated 1:03:01-03 Views of the valley undated 1 4 Mesa Verde: undated 1:04:01-06. Views of the Indian ruins at Mesa Verde undated 1 5 Zion National Park: undated 1:05:01-02 Views of the Narrows undated 1:05:03-08 Rock Candy Mountain area, along Mt. Carmel Highway (just outside of Zion National Park) undated 1:05:09-17 Great White Throne area undated 1::05:18 Park visitors exploring on rocks undated 1:05:19-20 Virgin River. Entrance to Park undated 1:05:21-30 The Narrows. Some views include a group of Boy Scouts and their leaders undated 1 6-9 Yosemite National Park: undated 1:06:01-15 Several different views of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park undated 1:07:01-10b. Yosemite National Park Waterfalls and Streams undated 1:08:01-03 Photos of deer undated 1:08:04. View of road, car driving out of park undated 1:08:05. Oddly shaped tree stump undated 1 9 Views of Glacier National Park undated 9 images. 1 10 Mount Whitney and Glacier Lake: undated 1:10:01-06. Views of Mount Whitney and Glacier Lake undated 1:10:07. Alabama Hills. Back of Lone Pine, CA undated 1:10:08. View of the park undated 1:10:09. View of a 19 mile hike, showing a glacier lake undated 1:10:10-11 Views of the park undated 1 11 Various views of Mount Whitney undated 12 images.

1:11:01-12.

1 12 Views of the Alabama Hills near Mt. Whitney undated 14 images

1:12:01-14.

1 13 Infra-red views of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon undated 5 images

1:13:01-05.

1 14 Winter Scenes of Yosemite National Park, including Mirror Lake undated 9 images

1:14:01-09.

1 15 Winter Scenes of Yosemite National Park undated 11 images

1:15:01-11.

1 16 Christmas at Yosemite 1931. 8 images

1:16:01-08.

1 17 Views of Half Dome at Yosemite National Park undated 13 images

1:17:01-13.

2 1 Arizona photos undated 2:01:01 A pueblo ruin in Arizona undated 2:01:02 A native-American woman with baby in Arizona undated 2:01:03 Cancer on Sajuaro cactus near Tuscon undated 2:01:04-11 Various views of cacti in Arizona undated 2:01:12-27 Views of the Arizona desert, various photos of cacti, flowers undated 2 2 Craters of the Moon undated 2:02:01 "Craters of the Moon" on the way to Sun Valley undated 2 3 Views of Washington, D.C undated 2 images

2:3:01-02.

2 4 Views of Richmond, Virginia undated 3 images

2:4:01-03.

2 5 Photos near El Paso, Texas undated 3 images

2:5:01-03.

2 6 San Juan Capistrano Mission near San Diego undated 4 images

2:6:01-04.

2 7 Animal Photos undated 2:07:01-02 Elephants undated 2:07:03 Cocker Spaniel undated 2:07:04 Donkey undated 2:07:05 Chipmunk undated 2 8 Niagra Falls undated 1 image

2:8:01.

2 9 Columbia River (falls) undated 2 images

2:9:01-02.

2 10 San Juan Capistrano Mission near San Diego undated 15 images

2:10:01-15.

2 11 Virginia City, Nevada undated 2 images

2:11:01-02.

2 12 White Sands, New Mexico undated 22 images

2:12:01-22.

2 13 North California Scences, incliuding Stanford University undated 2:13:01-02 Devil's Post Pile, High Sierras undated 2:13:03-04 Views of Stanford undated 2:13:05-06 Japanese Tea Garden at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco undated 2:13:07-08 Views of the High Sierras, near Bishop, CA undated 2:13:09-10 Devil's Post Pile undated 2:13:11 Lodge at Mount Hood undated 2:13:12-22 Redwood trees in North California, including the General Sherman tree undated 2:13:23 Beautiful old home of Pacific Lumber Co. President Eureka, California undated 2:13:24 Burney Falls undated 2:13:25-30 More views of Redwood forests undated

Includes photos of LaVell, Gwen and friends among the trees.

2:13:31-34 San Francisco Bay undated 2:13:35-38 Views of the California-Oregon coast (Pyramid Rock?) undated 2:13:39 Russian Church undated 2:13:40-41 Famous old cypress at Carmel undated 2:13:42 Stanford Chapel undated 2:13:43 View on the way to the Gold Country undated 2 14 Views of New Orleans including Jackson Square Cathedral, Statue of Andrew Jackson, and The Old Absinthe House undated 17 images.

2:14:01-17.

3 1 Views of Georgetown, British Guiana (Manatees?) undated 7 images.

3:01:01-07.

3 2 Views of New Orleans including Jackson Square Cathedral, Statue of Andrew Jackson, and The Old Absinthe House undated 10 images.

3:02:01-10.

3 3 Panama undated 3:03:01. Colon-Panama (Caribbean Side) undated 3:03:02-05. Old Panama City (Pacific Side) undated 2 12 Culebra Island undated 3:04:01. Typical West Indies Cove at Culebra Island, between Puerto Rico and the virgin Islands undated 3 5 Views of Kingston, Jamaica undated 3 images.

3:05:01-03.

3 6 Paramaribo, Dutch Guinea undated 3:06:01. Market Place in Paramaribo, Dutch Guinea undated 3 7 Port-au-Prince, Haiti undated 3:07:01. Market Place at Port-au-Prince in Haiti undated 3 8 Views of Trinidad including the famous Tar Pits undated 13 images.

3:08:01-13.

3 9 San Juan Harbor undated 1 image.

3:09:01.

3 10 Views of San Juan, Puerto Rico including poor native families, and photos of the trip from Puerto Rico to Trinidad undated 22 images.

3:10:01-22.

3 11 Views of San Juan, Puerto Rico including Fort El Moro undated 20 images.

3:10:01-20. Some duplicates of photos in folder 10.

3 12 Views of Puerto Rico including the oldest Christian church in the western hemisphere at San German (dated about 1511 AD) undated 16 images.

3:12:01-16.

3 13 Views of Puerto Rico including locals harvesting sugar cane fields, Colonel Jones, and a snapshot of the Capital Building at San Juan undated 21 images.

3:13:01-21.

3 14 Various photos of LaVell and others in Puerto Rico undated 31 images.

3:14:01-31.

4 1 Views of Cache Valley, Utah, Arizona and California undated 4:01:01 Woman taking photo of a girl and a dog undated 4:01:02 A field of Sheep undated 4:01:03 Rick's Spring in Logan Canyon, Utah undated 4:01:04 View of the Valley, LDS Temple in sight undated 4:01:05 Old Main USAC Campus in winter undated 4:01:06 View of LDS Temple undated 4:01:07 View of Logan Canyon from USU Campus undated 4:01:08 Great Grandma Cooley with baby Gene and his Grandpa undated 4:01:09 Old Main Tower undated 4:01:10 A photo of the Cooley Family undated 4 2 Various views of Hoover Dam and electric equipment undated 7 images.

4:02:01-07.

4 3 Views of Palm Springs including Palm Springs Canyon undated 11 images.

4:03:01-11. Photo 11 is in color.

4 4 Photos of Monument Valley (Also Arches National Monument?) undated 6 images.

4:04:01-06.

4 5 Photos of Arizona: Mostly palm trees undated 11 images.

4:05:01-11. Photo 10 is the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona, AZ.

4 6 Photos of Utah undated 4:06:01. Cache Valley, Utah. Wellsville and Mendon in the distance undated 4:06:02-03 Logan Canyon undated 4:06:04 Wasatch Mountain Range of the Rocky Mountains (near Brigham City) undated 4:06:05-17 Views of aspen trees in Southern Utah undated 4 7 Photos of California undated 4:07:01 Harbor in Southern California undated 4:07:02 Cypress tree in Carmel, CA undated 4:07:04 Old Prospector in Borego Desert, CA undated 4:07:05-06 Southern California, Los Angeles area undated 4:07:07-24 Photos of Sailboats undated 4:07:25-43 Ocean views on the California Coast undated 4:07:44 San Juan Capistrano Mission, near San Diego undated 4:07:45-48 Various photos of boats undated 4:07:49-50 Photos of olvera Street in L.A undated 4 6 Various views of Bryce Canyon (also Pueblo Ruin) undated 9 images.

4:08:01-09.

4 9 Cedar Breaks undated 4:09:01 Photo of Cedar Breaks undated 4 10 Mount Saint Helen's and Spirit Lake undated 2 images.

4:10:01-02.

4 11 Photos of LaVell, Gwen and other military friends stationed in various countries including Trinidad and Puerto Rico undated 21 images.

4:11:01-21.

4 12 Unidentified locations undated 4:12:01-11 Different angles of unidentified beach and valley locations, possibly in Haiti undated 4:12:12-26 Photos of natives and their homes in various unidentified locations, possible Puerto Rico and/or Trinidad undated 4 13 Unidentified locations undated 4:13:01-04. Views of cows in an unknown location undated 4:13:05-11. Unidentified photos of buildings and street scenes probably in Puerto Rico, Antigua, or Trinidad undated 4:13:12 A man looking at photos of topless women undated 4:13:13-15 Unidentified water scenes undated 4:13:16-23. Photos of plants in tropical locations undated 4 14 Some locations unidentified undated 4:14:01 Shoshone Falls, Idaho undated 4:14:02 The California coast undated 4:14:03 A wooden cabin with a fallen tree straight through the middle of it. Possibly in the Redwood Forest in CA undated 4:14:04 Gwen and LaVell Cooley (in uniform) standing in front of a white house with columns-location unknown undated 4:14:05 A postcard with photos of four of the public schools in Brigham City, Utah undated 4:14:06 A blossoming tree undated 4:14:07 Corn stalks undated 4:14:08 Military men in uniform surrounding a bomb on display undated

Label on back of photo: "Roc Glide Bomb."

4:14:09 A field of wild daisies undated 4:14:10 Photo of a woman collecting rocks undated 4:14:11 A field of wheat, ready to harvest, probably in Cache Valley undated 4:14:12-13 Photos of dead tree stumps undated 4:14:14-21 Mountain scenes of trees and stream. One view in winter undated 4:14:22-23 Views of unidentified mountains undated

One photo includes a cemetery possibly in Cache Valley.

4:14:24-57 Various unidentified photos: trees, rivers, lakes, mountains (Yosemite? Mount Rainer? Southern Utah?) undated