UUS_p0130.xml Guide to the Mae Crookston Wennegren photograph collection1910-1920 Wennegren (Mae Crookston) photograph collection1910-1920 Finding aid created by Peter F. Schmid, May 1997, and revised by Daniel Davis, July 2006. Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008 Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
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UUS_P0130 Crookston, Newell J., 1890-1976. Mae Crookston Wennegren photograph collection 1910-1920 1914-1917 1 box 0.5 linear ft. An album consisting of 249 black & white photographic images, mostly snapshots, taken and/or collected by Newell James Crookston between roughly 1910 and 1917. Many of these photos are from an Eastern States mission (1914-1915) for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and consist of New York City views, and of sites relevant to early Mormon Church history. Other images are of Washington D.C., Logan Canyon, agriculture on the Crookston farm, and Crookston family members. Identification of the photographs was either determined from internal evidence or supplied by Mrs. Wennegren. The album was disassembled to prevent further damage from occurring due to loose prints and surface rubbing caused by traces of glue. Each photograph was numbered in pencil above the upper right hand corner. Collection materials are in English. Restrictions

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Mae Crookston Wennegren photograph collection, 1910-1920. (P0130). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.

This album was donated to Special Collections by Mae Crookston Wennegren on July 31, 1996.

Register completed by Peter F. Schmid, May 1997, and revised by Daniel Davis, July 2006.

Biographical Note

Newell James Crookston (1890-1976) grew up in North Logan. He attended Utah State University and was a farmer, teacher, and principal of the North Logan School. Later he became the Cache County Clerk and was employed by Utah State University in a variety of capacities. He is perhaps best known for writing the short book, "The Story of Old Ephraim," although he was the author of several other pieces on Cache Valley history as well. He married Ethel Smith in 1916 and the couple had six children. In 1965 Ethel passed away and in 1967 he was remarried to Glenna Marie Ballantyne. He passed away on October 21, 1976.

Organized numerical by photo number.

The album is comprised of 249 images, mostly snapshots, taken and/or collected by Newell James Crookston between roughly 1910 and 1917. Many of these photos are from an Eastern States mission (1914-1915) for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and consist of New York City views, and of sites relevant to early Mormon Church history. Other images are of Washington D.C., Logan Canyon, agriculture on the Crookston farm, and Crookston family members. Identification of the photographs was either determined from internal evidence or supplied by Mrs. Wennegren. The album was disassembled to prevent further damage from occurring due to loose prints and surface rubbing caused by traces of glue. Each photograph was numbered in pencil above the upper right hand corner.

Crookston family papers (COLL MSS 71)

 Images Crookston, Newell J., 1890-1976--Photographs. Crookston family--Photographs. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Missions--East (U.S.)--Photographs. Farms--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Photographs. Agriculture--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Photographs. Mormon missionaries--East (U.S.)--Photographs. Mormon Church--History--Photographs. Recreation--Utah--Logan Canyon--Photographs. New York (N.Y.)--History--Photographs. Container List The Mae Crookston Wennegren Photograph Album 1910-1920 1 1 Boot camp during World War I undated 1:001-006 Nicholas Oscar Crookston at boot camp during World War I undated 1 2 Logan Canyon, Utah undated 1:007-008 Group and view in Logan Canyon 1910-1919 1 3 "Ideal Beach" undated 1:009-010 Unidentified site labeled as "Ideal Beach;" includes beach houses undated 1 4 Logan Canyon and North Logan, Utah undated 1:011 Spreading manure with a three-horse team on the Nicholas W. Crookston farm in North Logan undated 1:012 Man holding team of horses at Nicholas W. Crookston farm undated 1:013 View of "government dugway" in Logan Canyon undated 1:014 White-topped buggies in Logan Canyon undated 1:015 Laurn Crookston and friend undated 1:016 Spencer Cleveland Crookston undated 1:017 Spencer Cleveland Crookston and friend undated 1 5 Logan Canyon, Utah undated 1:018-019 Pack train in Logan Canyon undated 1:020-021 Logging camp, Logan Canyon undated 1:022-025 Views in Logan Canyon, including "government dugway," and unidentified mountain scenes undated 1 6 Logan Canyon and North Logan, Utah undated 1:026-028 Hogs, Crookston farm(?) undated 1:029 Scene in Logan Canyon, apparently showing a blast or explosion undated 1:030-032 Views in Logan Canyon, including Logan River undated 1 7 Logan Canyon, Utah undated 1:033-036 Views in Logan Canyon, including fishing, and White Pine Lake undated 1:037-040 Falls and lock on the Mississippi at Keokuk, Iowa undated 1 8 Logan Canyon, Utah undated 1:041-043 Unidentified mountain views (Logan Canyon?) undated 1:044 View in Logan Canyon undated 1:045-048 Unidentified mountain views undated 1 9 Cache Valley, Utah undated 1:049 Laurn Crookston with daughters Gayle and Joan undated 1:050-051 Alice Crookston Rust with children undated 1:052 Lucille Crookston Peterson with son Dean Freeman Peterson undated 1:053 Spencer Cleveland Crookston and daughter Carol undated 1:054-057 Full wagons, loading railroad cars at a sugar beet dump in Cache Valley undated 1 10 Portraits undated 1:058 Composite of portraits, the LDS Eastern States Mission 1913-1915 1 11 Cache Valley, Utah undated 1:059-61 Farm scenes in Cache Valley 1917 1:062 First Dam at Mouth of Logan Canyon 1917 1:063 Mare and a colt 1917 1 12 Mormon Missionaries undated 1:064 Unidentified portrait, member of the Eastern States Mission 1914 1:065 Portrait, Newell James Crookston as a member of the Eastern States Mission, Photo Lenox Studio, New York 1914 1:066 Portrait, B.R. Parkinson as a member of the Eastern States Mission 1916 1:067-068 Portraits, members of the Eastern States Mission, Brooklyn Conference, Photos Lenox Studio, New York 1915 1 13 Mormon Missionaries undated

[loose photographs from album]

 1:069 Portrait, H.J. Hartorgsen[?], Eastern States Mission. Photo Lenox Studio, New York undated 1:070 Portrait, M. Romney, Eastern States Mission. Photo Lenox Studio, New York 1916 1:071 Portrait, Theodore LaMore, Eastern States Mission undated 1:072 Unidentified portrait undated 1:073 Portrait, E. Colman Hunsaker, Eastern States Mission. Photo Royal Studio, Newark, New Jersey 1916 1:074 Portrait, Perry B. Fuller[?], Eastern States Mission undated 1:075 Portrait, D.L. Olsen, Eastern States Mission. Photo A. Van der Wiel, Art Photographer, Hoboken, New Jersey 1914 1 14 Mormon Missionaries undated 1:076-078 Portraits, members of the Eastern States Mission 1910-1919 1:079 Newell James Crookston and companions, Eastern States Mission. Photo Lenox Studio, New York 1914 1 15 Mormon Missionaries undated 1:080-081 Newell James Crookston and companions, including Milton F. Dalley, Eastern States Mission 1914 1:082 Portrait, I.W. Holt, Eastern States Mission undated 1:083 Group portrait, members of the Eastern States Mission 1910-1919 1:084 Portrait, K.B. West, Eastern States Mission undated 1 16 untitled undated 1:085 Portrait, W.J. Bangerter undated 1:086 Portrait, A.F. Meyer undated 1:087 Portrait, Archibald Freibairn undated 1:088 Portrait, D.L. Olsen undated 1:089 Portrait, R.G. Jones undated 1 17 Vermont undated 1:090-095 Eastern States Mission, Brooklyn Conference group at Joseph Smith Memorial Farm, South Royalton 1914 1 18 New York undated 1:096-097 P. Burton and companion playing with squirrels in Prospect Park, Brooklyn 1914 1:098 Woolworth Building undated 1:099-100 Scenes in Prospect Park, Brooklyn undated 1 19 Massachusetts, New York, and Washington, D.C undated 1:101 Bunker Hill Monument, Boston, Massachusetts undated 1:102 View of Ithaca, New York undated 1:103 Paul Revere's house, Boston, Massachusetts undated 1:104 View down Broadway from Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York undated 1:105 The Capitol, Washington, D.C undated 1:106-107 Views in Washington, D.C.; 107 shows Newell James Crookston undated 1 20 Illinois and Ohio undated 1:108-111 Newell James Crookston and companions in Chicago 1916 1:112 The Carthage Jail, Nauvoo, Illinois undated 1:113 A Mormon ward house, Illinois[?] undated 1:114 The Kirtland LDS Temple, Ohio undated 1 21 New York undated 1:115-118 Crookston and companions at "Sr. Harvey's" on Long Island and in Brooklyn undated 1:119-120 Winter scenes in Highland Park, Brooklyn undated 1:121 Newell James Crookston (at right) and companions at home on Bainbridge St., Brooklyn undated 1 22 Washington, D.C undated 1:122-125 Various sites and monuments in Washington, D.C undated 1:126-127 Robert Jones, before and after being assaulted undated 1 23 Vermont and New York undated 1:128-131 Scenes at Joseph Smith Memorial Farm, South Royalton, Vermont undated 1:132 "Elders Pratt and Brooks arrive." undated 1:133 Postcard, Joseph Smith's home in Palmyra, New York undated 1:134 Elder Blodgett on Hill Cumorah, New York undated 1:135 President and Mrs. Monson, George Albert Smith, and "Brother and Sister Brown" in front of monument at Joseph Smith Memorial Farm, South Royalton, Vermont undated 1 24 New York undated 1:136 View up the Hudson River undated 1:137 Atlantic Fleet on the Hudson River undated 1:138 Downtown New York looking across the water from New Jersey undated 1:139 Ocean liner, "The Vaterland," "largest afloat." undated 1:140-141 Scenes in Prospect Park, Brooklyn undated 1:142 Caged bears at Prospect Park, Brooklyn undated 1:143 Tennis courts at Prospect Park, Brooklyn undated 1 25 New York undated 1:144 Rapids at Niagara undated 1:145 Steamship on the Hudson River undated 1:146 Crowds at Children's Day, Prospect Park, Brooklyn undated 1:147 D.L. Olsen at waterside in Denmark undated 1:148 Sing Sing Prison undated 1:149 Chauncey Street, Brooklyn undated 1:150-151 Crowd at May Day celebration, Jamica undated 1 26 New York undated 1:152 Steamship "Horicon" at Lake George undated 1:153 Hotel at Lake George undated 1:154 Joe Bovee with motorcycle next to the steamship "Horicon," Lake George undated 1:155 Statue of Chief Hendrick and Sir William Johnson commemorating the battle of Lake George, 1756 undated 1:156 "Jensen & Jones." undated 1:157 Washington Park undated 1:158 "Capron's family." undated 1:159 127 So. Swan St., Albany undated 1:160 Statue in Albany undated 1:161 Catherine Fayles and Mother Rider undated 1 27 New York undated 1:162 Shields & Dalley undated 1:163 M.F. Dalley undated 1:164 "Another nut loose" undated

[see 1:096-097]

 1:165 At the farm 1914 1:166 BAN undated 1:167 Newell James Crookston at the Columbia Monument, Central Park undated 1:168 Phelps & Crowther, Long Island undated 1:169 Peterson & Crowther, Long Island undated 1:170 Group at 1262 Jefferson Ave undated 1:171 State Capitol building, Albany undated 1 28 New York undated 1:172-173 LDS missionary group gathered for baptismal services at Rockaway Beach 1915 1:174 Hotel at Bath Beach undated 1:175 DeLaMare, Newell James Crookston, and Perry, Bath Beach[?] undated 1:176-179 Views of Niagara Falls undated 1 29 New York undated 1:180-181 Views of lower Manhattan from Manhattan Bridge 1:182-183 Crowds on the beach at Coney Island; 1:183 shows a photographer in the lower left hand corner undated 1:184 Grant's Tomb undated 1:185 Jackson & Pratt on beach at Coney Island undated 1:186 Crowds at curb market on Broad St undated 1:187 The Statue of Liberty undated 1 30 New York and Boston undated 1:188 View of Columbia University undated 1:189 Low Memorial Library, Columbia University undated 1:190 Roosevelt Hospital and Venderbilt Clinic undated 1:191 Columbia University, Riverside Cathedral(?) undated 1:192-193 "Old Iron Side," Boston undated 1:194 Jones, Holt, and Newell James Crookston, Ossining undated 1:195 Old state house, Boston undated 1 31 New York undated 1:196 Children, Teddie and Treasa undated 1:197 Margaret and Bella Simms undated 1:198 Elder Jensen and Harry Puttman undated 1:199 Sunday School children parade down street undated 1:200-205 Bronx Zoo undated 1 32 New York undated 1:206-208 Missionary groups undated 1:209 The Egyptian Obelisk, Central Park undated 1:210 Columbus Circle, 59th Street and Broadway undated 1:211 Missionary street meeting, 125th Street and 7th Ave undated 1:212 Elevated train at 110th St. and 8th Ave undated 1:213 Central Park West undated 1 33 New York undated 1:214-224 Missionary groups and various street scenes undated 1 34 Portraits undated 1:225-227 Unidentified women undated

1:226 photo by Lenox Studio, New York.

 1:228 W.H. Bangerter of Granger, Utah undated 1:229 Summerill, Platt, Lawrence, and Monson in studio prop "boat," Bronx Park undated 1:230 David L. Olsen of Logan, Utah undated 1 35 Portraits undated 1:231 S.L. Cheney undated 1:232 William J. Blodgett, R.G. Jones, and E.J. Taylor undated 1:233 R.G. Jones undated 1:234 J.M. Jackson undated 1 36 Portraits undated 1:235 Matthias Hansen undated 1:236 R.S. Wilcox undated 1:237 C.L. Shields undated 1:238 Helga Pedersen, The Gibson Studio, New York undated 1:239 Hazel Dawn Tout undated 1:240 Zelma Peterson, The Gibson Studio, New York undated 1 37 New York undated 1:241-244 Scenes in Central Park including William Shakespeare statue undated 1:245-246 511 Bainbridge St., Brooklyn undated 1:247-248 Group picnicking at Pelham Bay, Labor Day undated 1 38 Logan, Utah undated

[loose photographs from album].

 1:248-249 Loaded trucks and a sand and gravel separator, probably at the gravel pit on the Island, Logan undated 1 39 Album Covers undated