Goodwin family photograph collection
Scope and Contents
The Goodwin Family Photo Collection consists of 52 portraits of this prominent Cache Valley family. Included in the collection are samples of historic photographic processes and formats such as albumen prints, cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, and tintypes. A genealogical chart is included in box 2. A history of the Goodwin family written by Walter O. Goodwin, entitled A History of an English/American Goodwin Family, 1600-1900 (929.2 G638-G) is also available in the Special Collections department.
Dates
- 1840-1988
- Majority of material found within 1880-1988
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Restrictions
Open to public research.
Copyright
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Permission to publish material from the Goodwin family photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Biographical Note
James Goodwin and his family, as new converts to the Mormon church, emigrated from England to America in 1850. They lived in New Orleans and St. Louis before reaching Utah in 1859. Goodwin's five sons (William, Frederick, Charles Isaac, George, and Henry James) eventually settled in the Cache Valley area and three of the five brothers married daughters of LDS apostle Ezra T. Benson. The brothers, and William in particular, were entrepeneurs in the valley, opening a dry-good store and a mercantile shop called Goodwin Brothers store and establishing a family ranch. By 1874, due to disagreements over business practices with local Church leaders, each of the brothers had left the LDS Church and three of them joined the local Episcopal Church. By 1890, however, only two of the brothers, William and Charles Isaac, remained in Cache Valley. William was named as the Probate Court Judge of Cache County in 1888; serving until shortly before his death in 1894. He also chose the present location of the Agricultural College of Utah (now Utah State University) and Charles Issac's wife Sarah Godwin Brown Goodwin served as the institution's first librarian.
Extent
2 boxes (.5 linear ft.)
Abstract
Consists of 52 photographs, mainly portraits of this prominent Cache Valley family. Included are samples of historic photographic processes and formats such as albumen prints, cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, and tintypes. A genealogical chart is included in box 2.
Arrangement
Organized numerical by photo number.
Processing Information
Register completed by Peter F. Schmid, January 1998, and revised by Liz Woolcott and Jennifer Feik, June 2003.
- Title
- Guide to the Goodwin family photograph collection, 1840-1988
- Author
- Finding aid created by Peter F. Schmid, January 1998, and revised by Liz Woolcott and Jennifer Feik, June 2003.
- Date
- ©2008
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding guide is in English in Latin script.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Revision Statements
- 2008 May 31: Template information was updated to reflect Utah Manuscript Association best practices.
- 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
scweb@usu.edu