A-Board historical photograph collection
Scope and Contents
The A-Board historical photograph collection consists of around 8800 images mounted onto archival boards. Most of these are either copies made from original images loaned to Special Collections, or copies from historical institutions such as the Utah Historical Society and the LDS Church Historical Division. Also included are a few original images. This collection was the first organizational scheme created by USU Special Collections. After the division moved to collection-based processing, single images that did not neatly fit into a collection were still sporadically added. The subject matter varies widely although there are numerous images from northern Utah and southeastern Idaho including Native Americans, Cache Valley, Cache National Forest, agricultural scenes, aerial views, and pioneers. Also included are photographs from Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Nevada including Mormon historical sites, Western railroad images (the Central Pacific, Union Pacific, Utah Northern, Denver and Rio Grande, and Oregon Shortline), irrigation and reclamation, and the cattle industry. These images are located in metal filing cabinets.
Dates
- Creation: 1817-1984
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 A-Board historical photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Extent
20 Drawers (30 linear feet)
Abstract
The A-Board historical photograph collection consists of around 8800 images mounted onto archival boards. Most of these are either copies made from original images loaned to Special Collections, or copies from historical institutions. Also included are a few original images. The subject matter varies widely although there are numerous images from Logan and Cache Valley, Utah in general, Idaho, and Wyoming. Also included are images of the Union Pacific Railroad, the Southern Pacific Railroad, the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, the Western cattle industry, wagon freighting, and Mormon historical sites and buildings. These images are located in metal filing cabinets.
Arrangement
Image numbers consist of an "A-" followed by a number. The filing cabinets list the range of photo numbers located in individual drawers.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Unknown
Processing Information
Processed by Lisa Meade and Maloree Hanson from 2012-2013
- Title
- Guide to the A-Board historical photograph collection, 1817-1984
- Author
- Finding aid/Register created by Lisa Meade and Maloree Hansen
- Date
- ©2013
- 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
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
scweb@usu.edu