UUS_p0117.xml Guide to the Sylvan E. Needham, Sr. Photo Album1890-1960 Needham (Sylvan E.), Sr. Photo Album1890-1960 Finding aid created by David Dickens, November 2002. Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008 Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
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UUS_P0117 Needham, S. E. (Sylvan Eugene), 1878-1956. Sylvan E. Needham, Sr. Photo Album 1890-1960 1920-1955 1 box .25 linear ft. Forty-nine photographs collected by S.E. Needham, Sr. The subjects are mostly friends and associates of S.E. Needham, Sr.: including members of the Desanders and Allred family, Utah State University college students, two photos of Frank Fonnesbeck as a child, and a wedding photo of Kent and Rosalie Bunker in front of the LDS Temple, but don't appear to include either S.E. Needham Sr. or Jr. The oldest photographs date from the 1890s or around the turn of the century; the most recent photographs date from the 1950s. Collection materials are in English. Restrictions

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Sylvan E. Needham, Sr. Photo Album, 1890-1960. (P0117). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.

This collection was donated by S.E. Needham, Sr.'s son, S.E. Needham Jr.

Register completed by David Dickens, November 2002.

Biographical Note

Sylvan Eugene Needham Sr. was born to John Needham and Martha Rose Turner Needham, both English immigrants, in Salt Lake City, Utah, on May 25, 1878. He married Lulu Louise Holt sometime in the 1890s. Lulu began selling jewelry in 1896 in Logan, Utah. Needham joined the business shortly thereafter, thus giving his name to one of Logan's prominent businesses, S. E. Needham Jewelers. Needham ran the business until 1935, at which time his son, S. E. Needham Jr., took over. After the death of his wife in the 1940s, Needham had a number of live-in personal assistants, usually female college students, to help care for him and his home. S. E. Needham Sr. continued to reside in Logan until his death on July 9, 1956.

Organized numerical by photo number.

This collection consists of 49 photographs collected by S.E. Needham Sr. The photographs are of individuals or groups, mostly friends and associates, but apparently doesn't contain photos of either S.E. Needham Sr. or Jr. The oldest photographs appear to date from the 1890s or around the turn of the century. The most recent photographs date from the early 1950s. Some of the photographs are identified. The relationship between most of the individuals pictured and Needham is not specified.

 Images Needham, S. E. (Sylvan Eugene), 1910-1967. Needham, S. E. (Sylvan Eugene), 1878-1956. Fonnesbeck, Frank Otto. Desanders family--Photographs. Allred family--Photographs. Needham family--Photographs. Logan Temple (Utah)--Photographs. College students--Utah--Logan--Photographs. Logan (Utah)--Photographs. Container List 1 1:01 A woman, possibly the wife of Dick DeSanders, wearing a cloche hat and fur-collared coat, hand tinted 1920-1929 1:02 A man, possibly Dick DeSanders, wearing a three-piece suit in a studio photograph by Mahoney, Dallas 1920-1929

(Dick DeSanders was a successful businessman in Logan during the 1920s and 1930s. He and his family were close friends of the Needhams.)

 1:03 Two young boys, Dick Junior and Billie DeSanders undated 1:04 A young woman in cap and gown, probably one of Needham's personal assistants 1940-1959 1:05 A young couple 1940-1955 1:06 A young woman, Janet Myrberg, probably one of Needham's personal assistants 1947 1:07 A young woman, Lavorda Barton, in cap and gown in front of the Needham residence at 146 W. Center in Logan, probably one of Needham's personal assistants 1940-1959 1:08 A toddler, Master Allred, sitting on a child's chair undated 1:09 A young girl, Miss Allred, in formal attire undated 1:10 A young girl, Miss Allred, in formal attire undated 1:11 A young woman, Etta Allred 1920-1929 1:12 A woman, possibly the mother of Robert Don DeSanders undated 1:13 An infant, Robert Don DeSanders, at 6 months undated 1:14 A young woman, also pictured in 1:12 and 1:16, at the cement "A" on Old Main Hill 1945-1949 1:15 An infant, Rex Buckley Hunt undated 1:16 A woman and child, probably Robert Don DeSanders and mother undated 1:17 A woman in dress, gloves, and hat, holding a purse, and standing in front of a house 1930-1939 1:18 A woman, Rena Gorden undated 1:19 Three men, bearded, wearing hats and heavy-weight outdoors or worker's attire, possibly immigrants or a photo taken outside the United States undated 1:20 Group of 15 men in a studio photograph by Balzar, Praha (Prague, Czechoslovakia) 1930-1939 1:21 A young man, Avold Jeppson 1900-1905 1:22 A young man, John O. Petersen 1900-1905 1:23 An older man wearing spectacles 1900-1905 1:24 A man, Harry Farr 1900-1905 1:25 A young boy, Frank Fonnesbeck, dressed in Native American costume 1900-1905 1:26 A young boy, Frank Fonnesbeck, dressed in military uniform 1900-1905 1:27 A boy, seated and reading, wearing a suit with short pants 1900-1905 1:28 A woman, Eizabeth Bywater Bell, seated and reading, vase with a rose on reading table 1900-1905 1:29 A young woman, Miss Allred, in "flapper" attire wearing a dress, bracelet, necklace, and early wristwatch 1920-1929 1:30 A young girl, Miss Allred, draped with a sheer cloth and holding an arrangement of roses undated 1:31 A young boy, Allred, wearing shirt and bow tie undated 1:32 A young woman in formal gown, signed "Love Charlene" 1950-1959 1:33 An older woman wearing a fancy collar and pearl necklace undated 1:34 A young woman, Shirley Farr, daughter of Doris Needham 1940-1949 1:35 A young woman, Florance Barnett 1925 1:36 A young girl, Hellen Fay Dalley (or Dahle), riding a tricycle near a house 1920-1939 1:37 An infant girl, Wanda Lu Dahle 1920-1929 1:38 A young girl, Wanda Lu Dahle, playing with dolls near a house 1920-1929 1:39 An infant girl undated 1:40 Two young boys undated 1:41 A young man, Ralph Haney undated 1:42 A young couple, Hal and Lenessa Romell undated 1:43 A man in a meditative pose standing on what appears to be a rooftop or tower, the word "meditation" is written in the lower left corner, ca 1900-1905 1:44 A man standing on a wall undated 1:45 A man, Ben C 1900 1:46 A young woman, Ruby Wright 1890 - 1900 1:47 A young woman, Pearl Wright, hair and clothing styles reflect the Gibson Girl style of the period 1890 - 1900 1:48 An infant girl, Willia Ione Fullmer undated 1:49 Wedding picture of Kent and Rosalie Bunker in front of LDS temple June 8, 1951

(Rosalie Walker Bunker was from Sunderland, England, and befriended S. E. Needham Jr. while he served an LDS mission in England. She lived with S. E. Needham Sr. from 1948 to 1951, when she married and moved to Bunkerville with her husband.)