Willis Dial thesis materials
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.
- Academic writing.
- Cache County (Utah)--History--Sources
- Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Economic conditions--Research.
- Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History--Chronology.
- Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History--Sources.
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Franklin County (Idaho)--History--Sources.
- Indians of North America--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History--Sources.
- Industries--Research--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)
- Industries--Research--Utah.
- Mines and mineral resources--Research--Utah--Cache County.
- Pioneers
- 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
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
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Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
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