The bulk of this collection represents the research and lecture material compiled by David Rich Lewis on the history of the United States, predominantly regarding the western US and Native American topics. In addition to copies of newspaper and journal articles, Dr. Lewis collected cartoon panels relating to his areas of focus. Files include materials detailing his service on various USU committees, personal and professional correspondence regarding publications authored by Dr. Lewis, book reviews by other published authors, and materials relating to his mentor and colleague, Allan Bogue.

This collection was previously listed as UUS_14.6/5-1:26a. It was reprocessed in 2023 to remove student materials that are protected by FERPA and to include additional materials not listed in the original finding aid, which was created in 2019 by Robert Parson.