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Woodland family papers

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 490

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the papers of the Woodland Family of Richmond, Utah, dating from 1930 to 2005. The papers consist mostly of scrapbooks and correspondence material relating to Reed Woodland, Thelma Woodland, and their son, Jerry. The papers are separated by document type into to four categories; scrapbooks and travel, legal sized files, correspondence, and personal papers. The material is beneficial to anyone interested in the Woodland Family, United States tourist ephemera, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Richmond, Utah, or LDS missionary letters.

The first two boxes contain the travel and personal scrapbooks from Thelma Woodland, featuring trips to California, Yellowstone National Park, LDS church historical sites and other places across the United States. Also included are scrapbooks of the LDS Richmond Ward Primary and Mutual Improvement Association. Box three contains all the legal-sized contents of the Woodland family papers, including the contents of two scrapbooks and two farm ledgers. Boxes four, five, and six contain Woodland family correspondence, notably Jerry’s letters written during his service as a LDS missionary in Texas. The last box holds an assortment of personal papers from Reed and Thelma Woodland’s childhood, including many items from North Cache High School and the Richmond Ward.

Processing note: Many of the files were organized into binders prior to their donation to Special Collection and Archives. While these materials have been removed from the binders, original order and titles from these binders have been retained. Some materials from a single binder may have been divided among several folders.

Dates

  • 1930-2005

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 Woodland family papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Biographical Note

Reed Noah Woodland was born on July 1, 1918 to Noah and Libbie Traveller Woodland in Richmond, Utah. The oldest of four children, Reed grew up in the rural farming community of Richmond, Utah where he worked at the local milk factory and cared for a small herd of dairy cows. He graduated from North Cache High School and on July 20, 1938, he married Thelma King. Together they had two children, Jerry and Sharon Woodland.

Thelma King Woodland was born September 11, 1919 to Laver and Leora Wiser King. She grew up in Lewiston, Utah and graduated from North Cache High School and the LDS Institute of Religion of Logan, Utah. After their marriage, both Thelma and Reed spent a great deal of time in service to their community and to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Reed held the positions of scoutmaster, ward clerk, high councilman, temple worker and many others. Among Thelma’s many accomplishments was her work in the Primary, Relief Society, and as a missionary at the Cache Branch Family History Library.

Reed died at age 90 on October 27, 2008. Thelma followed him seven years later, passing away at age 95 on July 5, 2015.

Extent

7 boxes (3.5 linear feet)

Abstract

The material in this collection is an assortment of the ephemera, letters and scrapbooks from Reed and Thelma Woodland, and their children Jerry and Sharon Woodland of Richmond, Utah.

Arrangement

Material is arranged by document type.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The materials in this collection were donated to USU Special Collections and Archives by Jerry Woodland in 2013.

Separated Materials

1917 Crimson Annual Brigham Young College Yearbook (Coll Mss 1)

New International Atlas of the World (Moved to library's circulating collection)

Processing Information

Processed in June of 2013

Title
Guide to the Woodland family papers 1930-2005
Author
Finding aid/Register created by Elisabeth Cropper and Clint Pumphrey
Date
©2016
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

Contact:
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)