UUS_p0357.xml Guide to the Oliver A. Jenson photograph collection1848-1937 Jenson (Oliver A.) photograph collection1848-1937 Finding aid created by Jessica Alexander, January 2007. Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008 Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
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UUS_P0357 Jenson, Oliver A., 1890-1958. Oliver A. Jenson photograph collection 1848-1937 1 box 0.25 linear ft. Thirty-two photographic images, including portraits of Hans Jacob Christiansen, Christian Marinus Peterson, and Christopher Haroldsen and family; as well as photographs of family and friends of LaNorma J. King (Oliver A. Jenson's daughter). There are also photographs of Oliver A. Jenson working with cement mixing crews in and around Logan, Utah, some 1937 photographs of Dan Berg camping at Round Mountain, Nevada, roping cattle, and a photograph of a fourth grade class at the Webster School in 1926. Collection materials are in English. Restrictions

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Oliver A. Jenson photograph collection, 1848-1937. (P0357). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.

The photographs in this collection were donated to Special Collections and Archives in 2006 by Karen Andreasen, Oliver A. Jenson's granddaughter.

Register completed by Jessica Alexander, January 2007.

 Biographical Note

Oliver Adams Jenson was born December 8, 1890, in Logan Utah, to Joseph Christenson Jenson and Elizabeth Ann Adams. Oliver was born with a twin sister, Hazel, who died a year later due to whooping cough. In 1893, Elizabeth Adams and another set of twins died during childbirth. Oliver's father, Joseph, then married Alice Girdlestone Smith in 1899 and moved to Arbon Valley Idaho in 1907. The Jensons went on to have a large family while working the farm in Idaho. Oliver A. Jenson married Thelma Vivian Blanchard January 11, 1916 in Ogden Utah. Thelma was the daughter of Elizabeth Dagmar Christiansen and the granddaughter of Han Jacob Christiansen. The Haroldsen family comes from Elise Anne Haroldsen, who was the wife of Hans Jacob Christiansen. Elise Haroldsen's father was Christopher Haroldsen of Norway.

Organized numerical by photo number.

The Oliver A. Jenson Collection consists of 32 images, including portraits of Hans Jacob Christiansen and his descendants, as well as photographs of family and friends of LaNorma J. King, who was the daughter of Oliver A. Jenson, and great-granddaughter of Hans Jacob (H.J.) Christiansen. There are also photographs of Oliver A. Jenson working with cement mixing crews in and around Logan, Utah, as well as a photograph of a fourth grade class at the Webster School in 1926.

 Images Jenson, Oliver A., 1890-1958--Photographs. Christiansen, Hans Jacob, 1848-1923--Photographs. Peterson, Christian Marinus, 1870-1935--Photographs. Haroldsen, Christopher--Photographs. Webster School (Logan, Utah)--Photographs. Concrete mixers--Utah--Logan--Photographs. Ranch life--Nevada--Photographs. Logan (Utah)--Photographs. Round Mountain (Nev.)--Photographs. Container List Oliver A. Jensen and family 1848-1937 1 1 01:01:01 Cement mixing crew, real photo postcard undated 1 1 01:01:02 Cement mixing crew, real photo postcard undated 1 1 01:01:03 Unidentified man with cement mixer undated 1 1 01:01:04 Webster Elementary School, fourth grade class, "Valentine greeting to LaNorma Jenson". From L-R, back row: Raymond Mallory, (?) Stettler, Fern Sill, Irene (?), Myra Schaub, L. King, Evelyn (?). Front row: Brian Andrews, Chester Holmes (?), Larin (?), Ray Nelson, Kathryn Murphy, Corina Stuke, Margaret (?), Willa (?), Gladys Reid 1926 1 1 01:01:05 Dan Berg roping a calf, caption: "Everything in there but the bellow of the calf when they branded him. See that horse of mine holding him. Boy oh boy." Nevada 1937 1 1 01:01:06 Dan Berg roping a calf, caption: "My horse and me. This was the day after a dame. Got home just in time to have breakfast. Don't know how I ever roped that calf, I couldn't even see." Nevada 1937 1 1 01:01:07 Dan Berg, caption: "My mother and sister to the left. My uncle to the right. This is the (?) in the mountains." Round Mountain, Nevada 1937 1 1 01:01:08 Dan Berg, caption: "This is Smoky, on of the pack horses." Round Mountain, Nevada 1937 1 1 01:01:09 Dan Berg, caption: "This picture was taken just after we reached camp with my deer." Round Mountain, Nevada 1937 1 1 01:01:10 Dan Berg, caption: "Starting up the switch-back from the valley into the mountains." Round Mountain, Nevada 1937 Friends of LaNorma J. King undated 1 2 01:02:01 Mary and Spill 1936 1 2 01:02:02 Jessie Ault 1938 1 2 01:02:03 Horace Palmer on a bicyle, Old Main in background undated 1 2 01:02:04 Parish Brothers undated 1 2 01:02:05 Faye Gartt and Peggy (?) undated 1 2 01:02:06 Ann Steen holding a monkey 1937 1 2 01:02:07 Marjorie Geddos undated 1 2 01:02:08 Ella Garrett undated 1 2 01:02:09 Dr. and Mrs. Gheering undated 1 2 01:02:10 LaRae Barton undated 1 2 01:02:11 Jay and Lloyd Perray undated 1 2 01:02:12 Gladys Reid and Glea Morgan undated 1 2 01:02:13 Glea Morgan undated 1 2 01:02:14 Gladys Reid undated 1 2 01:02:15 Margaret Peterson, Peterson's cabin in Logan Canyon undated 1 3 01:03:01 Church chapel undated 1 3 01:03:02 Portrait of Jessie Ault undated 1 4 01:04:01 Oliver A. Jenson with a cement mixer and a crew at Center and Main Street, Logan, Utah undated 1 4 01:04:02 Christopher Haroldsen and family, Hyrum City, Utah undated 1 5 01:05:01 Christian Marinus Peterson posed with an arm around Dr. Olsen undated 1 5 01:05:02 Portrait of Christian Marinus Peterson undated 1 5 01:05:03 Portrait of Hans Jacob Christiansen (two sides) undated