A. Alvin Bishop papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials pertaining to the projects, committees, businesses, and seminars in which Bishop was involved, both within Cache Valley and internationally.
Dates
- 1922-1993
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. Alvin Bishop papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Biographical Note
Avery Alvin Bishop was born in 1913 in Delta, Utah. Bishop attended the Utah State Agricultural College (USAC) to study civil engineering, from which he received his B.S. in 1934 and his M.S. in 1939. In 1939 he enrolled in Colorado State University from where he later received his Ph.D. in 1961. After World War II Bishop took a position at the USAC as a professor of civil engineering. In 1965 he was named first head of the Agricultural and Irrigation Engineering Department upon its creation in 1965. In that same year, Bishop became heavily involved with the Near-East South Asia (NESA) Irrigation Practices Seminars, which occurred biennially across several countries. According to the USU Alumni publication Outlook, "His projects and teaching assignments in forty-three international countries earned him accolades from his peers" (1982, p. 7).
Source: The Outlook, November/December 1982.
Extent
6 boxes (2.75 linear feet)
Abstract
This collection contains materials pertaining to the projects, committees, businesses, and seminars A. Alvin Bishop was involved in, both within Cache Valley and internationally. Of particular note are the extensive records related to the development of the culinary water systems of Logan and Nibley, Utah.
Arrangement
This collection has been arranged by document type.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was given as a gift from A. Alvin Bishop’s wife, Anna Beth Bishop, in July 2005.
Bibliography
Processing Information
Processed in February of 2017
- Title
- Guide to the A. Alvin Bishop papers 1922-1993
- Author
- Finding aid/Register created by Bria Corry and Clint Pumphrey
- Date
- ©2017
- 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.
- 2018 March 31: Additional materials concerning the Logan and Nibley water systems were discovered and found to be part of the same donation that initially comprised this collection. These materials were added to the collection and are now housed in boxes 2-5.
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