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_P0372
Larsen,
Joseph Jeppe, 1873-1967
Joseph Jeppe Larsen photograph collection
1890-1920
3 boxes
2.5 linear ft.
Fifty-eight glass-plate photographic negatives and 5
photographic prints. The images document the town of Newton, Utah and the surrounding
area or are related to the Joseph Jeppe Larsen and the Larsen family. The images were
collected or taken by J. J. Larsen and his brother Hyrum. Included are images of
agriculture, irrigation, the Newton Cooperative Store, social and church activites,
homes, schools, the Wheelon coffer dam on the Bear River, J.J. Larsen and the Larsen
family, the 1897 Agricultural College of Utah graduating class, Cache Junction, and the
Newton tithing house.
Collection materials are in English.
Restrictions
Open to public research.
Copyright
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Permission to publish material from the Ione Bennion photograph collection must
be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections
Department Head.
Joseph Jeppe Larsen photograph collection, 1890-1920. (P0372). Utah State University.
Special Collections & Archives Department.
Donated by Reed Bartlet and Ruby Woodward (granddaughter of Joseph J. Larsen).
The descriptions in quotes probably came from J.J. Larsen and were written on the
original negative sleeves. Many of the images were used in the book The History of Newton and Cache Junction the Churches, Schools,
People 1867-2006. Images 1:33 and 1:36 do not exist. Register completed by
Daniel Davis, February 2008.
Biographical Note
Joseph Jeppe (J.J.) Larsen (1873-1967) was born in Newton, Utah, the son of Christian
Hansen and Marianne Larsen. In 1895 Larsen enrolled at the Agricultural College of Utah
(now Utah State University) to study dairy husbandry and graduated in 1897. Larsen was
employed as a teacher at a number of schools in Utah from 1898 to 1903. Larsen married
Lettie Christensen in 1900. In 1903 Larsen returned to Newton and worked as a teacher
and farmer; in 1907 he quit teaching and pursued farming full time. He was highly
involved in local agriculture and irrigation. He served as president of the Newton Town
Board, held various positions with the Newton Irrigation Company, was involved in the
Newton Grain Growers Association, served as directory of the Farmers Grain Cooperative,
and was involved with repair work done on Newton Dam during 1937 and 1945. Larsen
continued farming in Newton until his death in 1967.
In 1900 he married Lettie Christensen in the Logan Temple. The couple had four children
who survived into adulthood.
Source: Obituary, Logan Herald Journal, Logan, Utah.
November 24, 1997.
Arranged in numeric sequence according to Box and Item
This collection consists of 58 glass-plate negatives and 5 prints. The images document
the town of Newton, Utah and the surrounding area or are related to the Joseph Jeppe
Larsen and the Larsen family. The images were collected or taken by J. J. Larsen and his
brother Hyrum. Included in the collection are images of agriculture, irrigation, the
Newton Cooperative Store, social and church activites, homes, schools, the Wheelon
coffer dam on the Bear River, J.J. Larsen and the Larsen family, the 1897 ACU graduating
class, Cache Junction, and the Newton tithing house.
Joseph Jeppe Larsen papers (COLL MS 312)
Agriculture
Larsen, Hyrum Morgan, 1872-1956.
Larsen,
Joseph Jeppe, 1873-1967--Photographs.
Larsen,
Hyrum Morgan, 1872-1956--Photographs.
Larsen family--Photographs.
Utah State
University--Students--Photographs.
Farm life--Cache Valley (Utah
and Idaho)--Photographs.
Agriculture--Cache Valley
(Utah and Idaho--Photographs.
Country life--Cache Valley
(Utah and Idaho)--Photographs.
Newton
(Utah)--Photographs.
Cache
Junction (Utah)--Photographs.
Cache Valley
(Utah and Idaho)--History--Photographs.
Glass negatives.
Container List
Negatives and prints
1
1:01a-b
"Barn Yard," children with wagons
undated
(2 negatives)
1
1:02
"Harrowing," two children in a field
undated
1
1:03a-c
"Hiking," group of children
undated
(3 negatives)
1
1:04
"Burial," funeral of Samuel T. Clarke
undated
1
1:05a-c
"Parties under the Bowery"
undated
(2 sleeves, 3 negatives)
1
1:06
Newton band
Newton band [Click to access]
1898
(Broken negative)
1
1:07
Newton Rock School after 1892 addition (Broken
negative)
undated
1
1:08
"Inside Meeting House," funeral?
undated
1
1:09
"Town Banquet 1899 (Mrs. J.F. Hansen, Mrs. Chris
Larsen, Dora Christensen, Annie Sorensen, Mary Sorensen, Inez Parsens, Annie
Hansen, Elvena Hansen, Mary O. Jenkins, Bell Jenkins, William F. Jensen, Louisa
Hansen, Mrs. Annie Hansen, Karen M. Hansen, J.C. Petersen, Liz Ecklund, Emma
Hansen, Lettie Hansen, John Larsen, Jessie Rigby, Mattie Jenkins, Mary L. Jansen,
Annie Bensen, Maud Rigby, Lucy Griffin, H.C. Hansen (by the door), May Jensen,
Annie Snider, Ella Jansen, Stella Jenkins, Amanda Miller" (blurred), in the old
church house
1899
1
1:10
"Lettie C. Larsen," possibly with Vernon
Larsen
undated
1
1:11
"Annie L. Bartlett" (daughter of J.J.
Larsen)
undated
1
1:12
"Branding Cattle"
undated
(Broken negative).
1
1:13
"Christian Hansen Larsen's Home -
1899
1
1:14
"Header and Header Box" (Back horses are pushing
the header, front horses are pulling)
undated
1
1:15
"Spring Harrowing."
undated
1
1:16a-b
"Haying," crew loading hay with a derrick
1899
(2 negatives)
1
1:17a-b
"Sawmill," sawing logs with children
undated
(2 negatives)
1
1:18a-b
"Flume viaduct under construction"
undated
(2 negatives)
1
1:19
"Hauling Wood."
undated
1
1:20
"Horse Power Machine."
undated
1
1:21a-b
"Threshing Machine and Steam Engine"
undated
(2 negatives)
1
1:22
"Header and Binder," with crew
undated
1
1:23
Students inside Newton, Utah Rock School
Students inside Newton, Utah Rock School [Click to access]
1873-1907
1
1:24
"Horse and Carriage," probably includes Christian
Hansen Larsen and Mary Ann Larsen
undated
1
1:25
"Old Broken Down House- Jonas Becks Home"
1873
1
1:26
"Christian Hansen Larsen's First Home"
1873
(J.J. Larsen was probably born in this home).
1
1:27a-b
Newton Cooperative Store
undated
1
1:28
"First Dam in Bear River Canyon," Wheelon Coffer
Dam
undated
1
1:29
"Newton Cooperative Store," next to Post
Office
undated
1
1:30
Horse teams working on the old reservoir
Horse teams working on the old reservoir [Click to access]
1871-1898
1
1:31
"J.J. Larsen's First Threshing
Machine."
undated
1
1:33
Pup tent and two children
undated
(broken negative)
1
1:34
Horse and Buggy
undated
1
1:35
"Commercial Establishment," a bank?
undated
1
1:37a-b
"Railroad Terminal," probably Cache Junction
undated
(2 negatives)
1
1:38
"Railroad Trestle," probably in Bear River
Canyon
undated
1
1:39
"Mary Larsen Dowdle, May Howels, Caroline
Larsen."
undated
1
1:40
"Lorin Larsen and Dog."
undated
1
1:41
"Mary Ann Larsen Larsen" (J.J. Larsen's
Mother)
undated
1
1:42
"Newton Tithing Office, J.M. Larsen and Ezra
Cooley" (left side)
undated
1
1:43
J.J. (Joseph Jeppe) Larsen
J.J. (Joseph Jeppe) Larsen [Click to access]
1940-1960
1
1:44a-f
"Hyrum Morgan Larsen and Friend," studio
portrait
undated
2
1
2:01
Studio portrait by Thomas & Odell of
Joseph M. Tanner, President of ACU in 1897
undated
2
1
2:02
"Group of AC Students" standing in front of the
Agricultural Experiment Station Director's Residence Building
1900
2
1
2:03
Studio portrait by Odell of Hyrum Morgan Larsen,
his wife Annie Petersen Larsen, and their two children Arta and Reslyn
1908
2
2
Printed copies of images from box 1
undated
2
3
Digital prints of images from box 1
undated
2
4
8x10 Duplicates of 3:01, 4x5 copy negative, and
CD
undated
2
5
Original negative sleeves for glass-plate
negatives
undated
3
Oversize
undated
(Also includes two 16x20 duplicates of 3:01)
3:01
ACU graduating class of 1897. Included in the
photo is J.J. Larsen, Victoria Lundberg, Clara Foster, John H. Bankhead, Sabina
Hermoine Hart, Thomas Hyrum Humpherys, Charles A. Jensen, Mamie Smith, John
Stewart, Olla Barker, Rachel F. Maughan, and Alfred Augustus Hart
1897
3:02
Logan LDS Temple workers posed outside of
temple. Christian Larsen is in the third row, fourth man from the left
1893-1894