Descriptive Summary
UUS_P0013
Roskelley Family Photograph Collection,
1880-1920
Roskelley Family
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 (24 items)
.25 linear ft.
Collection of photographs of the Roskelley
family. Taken from the 1880s to 1918, includes mostly cabinet card portraits
(albumen and gelatin silver). Also includes views of the Smithfield depot of the
Utah Northern Railway Company (1918) and the Sego Milk plant in Smithfield, Utah as
well as a portrait of the sons of William Frederick Rigby, Sr. taken around 1915.
Material in English.
Processed in May of 2001
The Roskelley photographs were donated to Special Collections in August of 1992 by
Mrs. Joleen Olson of Hyrum, Utah.
Restrictions
No restrictions on use except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Copyright
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright
clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Roskelley Family Photograph Collection must
be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections
Department Head.
View selected digitized images in this collection from the Roskelley Photograph Collection
Initial Citation: P0013; Roskelley Family Photograph
Collection; Photograph Collections; Utah State University Special Collections and
Archives, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University.
Following Citations: P0013, USUSC.
Biographical Note
Samuel Roskelley (1837-1914) was one of the earliest Cache Valley pioneers. He was
born in Devonport, Devonshire, England in 1837 and he converted to the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints while still a boy. He came to America in 1853 and
eventually made his way to Utah. He entered Cache Valley with the first cattle herd
in 1855. He left the valley in 1856 after being called to serve a mission in Great
Britain. He returned to the United States, however, during the Mormon War. In 1858
he married his first wife, Rebecca Hendricks in Salt Lake City. In 1860 he moved
back to Cache Valley and settled in Richmond. Roskelley was very active in the
community and with the Mormon Church. He served as the bishop for the Smithfield
Ward in the 1860s. In 1880-1881 he served a second mission to Great Britain, and in
1882 he was called as a missionary worker for the St. George Temple. Roskelley also
worked on the Logan Temple and in 1884 he started his service as a recorder of the
Logan Temple. After 1901 he became the president of the High Priests' Quorum of the
Benson Stake. In 1889 he was arrested (but later acquitted) on polygamy charges. At
that time he had four wives (Mary Roberts, Mary Jane Littlewood Rigby, Margaret
Rigby, and Sarah Maude Burton) and twenty two living children. His first wife,
Rebecca Hendricks, died in 1880.
The collection consists of portraits of family members including Samuel Roskelley and
his wives, views of the Smithfield UNRR depot and the Sego Milk plant.
Arranged in numeric sequence according to box and item.
The Roskelley photographs were donated to Special Collections in August of 1992 by
Mrs. Joleen Olson of Hyrum, Utah.
More materials on the Roskelley family are available in COLL MSS 65
and Richard Welling Roskelley COLL MSS 284
Pioneers
Mormonism
Railroads
Home and Family
Roskelley Family
Roskelley family --
Portraits.
Roskelley, Samuel, 1837-1914 --
Portraits.
Roskelley, Mary Jane Rigby,
1857-1949 -- Portraits.
Roskelley, Wilford Woodruff,
1880-1939 -- Portraits.
Roskelley, Richard, 1880-1964 --
Portraits.
Roskelley, Hilda Marie Johnson,
1882-1971 -- Portraits.
Kingsford, Margaret Roskelley,
1895-1966 -- Portraits.
Roskelley, Martin, 1895-1976 --
Portraits.
Roskelley, Mary Roberts, 1843-1927
-- Portraits..
Rigby family --
Portraits.
Utah and Northern Railway Company
-- Photographs.
Smithfield Depot (Utah) --
Photographs.
Sego Milk Company (Smithfield,
Utah) -- Photographs.
Mormon pioneers -- Cache Valley
(Utah and Idaho) -- Portraits.
Women pioneers -- Cache Valley
(Utah and Idaho) -- Portraits.
Mormon women -- Cache Valley (Utah
and Idaho) -- Portraits.
Railroad stations -- Utah --
Smithfield -- Photographs.
Milk plants -- Utah -- Smithfield
-- Photographs.
Container List
1.01
Portrait, Samuel Roskelley (1837-1914) at 49
years
1886 January
1.02
Portrait, Samuel Roskelley. Photograph by John
Rabe, Logan, Utah
1905
1.03
Portrait, Mary Jane Rigby Roskelley (wife of
Samuel)
1887
Photograph by Mrs. Fannie Hoyt
1.04
Portrait, Mary Jane Rigby Roskelley.
1880-1889
Photograph by T.B. Cardon's, Logan, Utah
1.05
Portrait, Wilford Roskelley (b. 1880) and
Richard Roskelley (b. 1880). Sons of Samuel Roskelley by different wives
1885
1.06
Portrait, Richard Roskelley and his wife,
Hilda Marie Johnson Roskelley
1901
Photograph by Thomas and Odell, Logan, Utah
1.07
Portrait, twins Margaret and Martin Roskelley,
children born to Mary Jane Rigby Roskelley (1895)
1902
1.08
Portrait, Mary Roberts Roskelley, wife of
Samuel Roskelley (married 1865)
1905
1.09
Duplicate of #8
1905
1.10
Men standing outside the Smithfield Depot of
the Utah Northern Railroad. One is possibly Martin Roskelley
1918
1.11
The Sego Milk plant at 400 West Center St.,
Smithfield. One of the men standing in front is Jacob Watson
1915
1.12
Oversized portrait, the sons of William
Frederick Rigby, Sr.: William Eckersley Rigby; David Eckersley Rigby; Elmer
Eckersley Rigby; Parley Rigby; Junius Rigby; James Eckersley Rigby; Henry
Eckersley Rigby; Lorenzo Young Rigby; George Clark Rigby; Martin Clark
Rigby; Joseph Eckersley Rigby
1915