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Willis Dial thesis materials

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 367

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of research materials for Dial's thesis, "A Study of the Early Industrial Development in Cache Valley." It includes notes, outlines, transcripts of primary sources, newspaper clippings, typescripts from Daughters of Utah Pioneers files, and correspondence about the thesis and graduate program. There are also drafts of Dial's thesis as well as two other papers that he wrote, "The Indian and His Influence in the Early Settlement of Cache Valley" and "Chronological Survey of Activities within Cache Valley to 1884."

Dates

  • 1940-1959

Language of Materials

Material in English

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Willis Dial thesis materials must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collectionsand Archives department head.

Biographical Note

Willis A. Dial settled in Logan with his wife and family after having served an LDS mission in Germany. He attended Utah State Agricultural College and graduated with a Master of Science in Education in 1951 before beginning a career as a woodshop teacher at Logan Junior High School.

Extent

1 box (0.5 linear feet)

Abstract

This collection consists of research materials for Dial's thesis, "A Study of the Early Industrial Development in Cache Valley."

Arrangement

Arranged by document type.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The materials in this collection were donated to Utah State University Special Collections and Archives by Willis Dial sometime before his death in 1985.

Processing Information

Processed in March of 2012.

Title
Guide to the Willis Dial thesis materials 1940-1959
Author
Finding aid/Register created by Melissa Allen and Clint Pumphrey
Date
©2012
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 aid encoded in English.

Revision Statements

  • 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

Contact:
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)