J. Fred Thunell photograph collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains between 45,000 to 50,000 negatives, primarily portrait shots of students, faculty, and staff at Utah State University from the years of 1948-1987. Many of these images were used in USU's yearbook, The Buzzer. Also included are images of sporting events taken for the local newspaper, the Herald Journal, and various shots from Thunell's Logan portrait studio.
Dates
- Creation: 1948-1987
Creator
- Thunell, John Frederick, 1916-1996 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access, 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 J. Fred Thunell photograph collection must be obtained from the Photograph curator and/or the Special Collections Section Head.
Biographical / Historical
John Frederick (J. Fred) Thunell (1916-1996) was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, attending East High School and the University of Utah. He served in the United States Air Force as a bombardier and pilot during World War II. After marring Dorothy Davis in 1946 they settled in Cache Valley where Fred was a photographer for 45 years. For many years he took all of the sports pictures for the Herald Journal newspaper. He operated a studio and camera store in the Student Center at USU, and also had a camera shop on Federal Avenue in Logan for a time.
Extent
42.5 Linear Feet (85 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Negatives primarily of students, faculty, staff, and events at Utah State University. Also includes local Cache Valley citizens and events.
Arrangement
The negatives are housed in envelopes withing archival boxes that represent the order in which they were donated to USU.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These materials were donated to USU Special Collections in 2018 by Steven J. Thunell.
- Title
- Guide to the J. Fred Thunell photograph collection
- Author
- Finding aid created by Heather Housley, Kaisha Mills, Isabelle Berke, and Dan Davis
- Date
- 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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