Edgar B. Brossard photograph collection
Scope and Contents
The Edgar B. Brossard Collection consists of photos of Brossard and Cowley family members and LDS missionaries during the 1950's to 1960's. It documents Brossard's years as a student at the University of Minnesota, member of the U.S. Tariff Commission, and President of the New England and French LDS Missions. The collection also includes photos from Oxford and Preston, Idaho, Logan, Utah, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Washington D.C., and European trips taken prior to and after World War II. The Brossards also collected postcards from their travels in Europe and of LDS sites and temples. The age of the family photos range from the 1870's to the 1970's and the collection consists of approximately 1,283 images.
Photogravure prints were removed and transfered to the art collections in Special Collections. Non-nitrate negatives from boxes 1-7 were removed from the collection and put into box 11.
Dates
- Creation: 1870-1979
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Restrictions
Open to public research. Forty-four nitrate negatives (09:35:23-09:35:66) have been removed from this collection and placed in Cold Storage box 4. Patrons must request to view these negatives 3 hours in advance.
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 Edgar B. Brossard photograph collection must be obtained from the Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Biographical Note
Edgar Bernard Brossard (1889-1980) was born in Oxford, Idaho. He grew up in Logan, Utah, and attended the Utah Agricultural College where he graduated with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Economics in 1911. Brossard married Laura Parkinson Cowley (1893-1976) in Salt Lake City in August of 1915. Continuing his education, he earned a Masters degree and Ph.D in Agricultural Economics and Farm Management from the University of Minnesota between 1916 and 1920. From 1919 until 1923, Brossard served as a faculty member of the Utah Agricultural College Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management. In 1923, Brossard was selected to serve as a staff member for the United States Tariff Commission and was appointed as a commissioner two years later. He worked on the commission for 36 years from 1923 to 1959, serving as chairman in 1935 and from 1953 to 1960. In addition to his work with the Tariff Commission, Brossard served in several leadership positions in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At age 22, Brossard left Utah to serve a full-time LDS mission in France. During his two years in Europe he was called to be the president of the newly reorganized mission area. During his years in Washington, he served as the branch president, bishop, and stake president. Following his retirement from the Tariff Commission, he served as a mission president in New England and once again in France from 1959 to 1961. In 1944, Brossard declined the position of president of Utah State University (formerly Utah Agricultural College).
Further information on Edgar B. Brossard can be found in Manuscript Collection 4, where a manuscript of his biography is included with his papers.
Extent
11 boxes (6.25 linear feet)
Abstract
Black and white and color photographs, with some postcards and albumen prints. Includes photographs of Edgar and Laura Cowley Brossard, and Brossard and Cowley family members (from the 1870's to the 1970's) and LDS missionaries during the 1950's to 1960's. Documents Edgar Brossard's years while a student at the University of Minnesota, member of the U.S. Tariff Commission, and President of the New England and French LDS Missions.
Arrangement
Arranged into 3 series: I. Personal (family, travel); II. Professional Activities; III. Church mission related.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collected by Edgar B. Brossard and Laura C. Brossard. Photographs removed from Edgar Bernard Brossard papers (COLL MSS 4).
Processing Information
Register completed by Elizabeth B. Woolcott, March 2003. Revised in 2024 by Heather Housley.
- Title
- Guide to the Edgar B. Brossard photograph collection, 1870-1979
- Author
- Finding aid created by Elizabeth B. Woolcott, March 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
- May 31, 2008: Template information was updated to reflect Utah Manuscript Association best practices.
- 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.
- 2024: Finding aid updated to include additional material (folder 1 in box 11).
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