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This one-box collection contains the daybooks of Lynn S. Huffaker. The five daybooks (1959-1961 and 1963-1964) contain a log of Huffaker's personal life and farm labors in rural Woodruff, Utah. These daybooks discuss the business of growing and marketing hay, barley, cattle, and sheep, procuring irrigation water, maintaining farm machinery, as well as Huffaker's personal observations, which provide an insightful record about daily life on a farm in rural northern Utah.

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The collection consists of materials kept by William Hurst and provides an in-depth look at his career in the Forest Service, where he worked in the Wasatch National Forest and Ashley National Forest before serving as the regional forester for the Southwestern Region.

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This collection is a compilation of the records and activities of selected individuals connected to Utah State University and the United States Operation Mission to Iran (US O/MI). The purpose of this mission was to promote agricultural progress and independence.

Abstract Collection consists largely of research notes and texts and final manuscript reports of irrigation and drainage projects undertaken by Dr. Israelsen in his capacity as instructor at Utah State University and as a private engineer and consultant. Individual projects dealing with irrigation and drainage are from Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Canada, India, Iran, Southeast Asia, and Brazil. Heavy emphasis on projects in Cache County, Utah; Millard County, Utah; Utah Lake drainage basin; Salt Lake...

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Items in this seventeen-box collection fall into three main categories: Cache Valley history, material produced by the Jensen Farm, and reports done for the Jensen Farm.

Abstract Ronald Jensen was born in Huntsville, Utah, and briefly attended Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University). He worked in the banking department of a California cotton company for much of his life. Soon after his retirement in 1970, he bought the Grant Hill Farm in Cache Valley and donated it to Utah State University in order that it become the Ronald V. Jensen Historical Living Farm and the Man and His Bread Museum. The Historical Living Farm was later renamed the American...

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This collection contains materials collected by Garth Jones, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Alaska at Anchorage, mainly related to water and irrigation. Because this collection is unprocessed, please contact the Special Collections manuscript curator to view these materials.

Abstract 122 photographs gathered by Knowlton during his work as an entomologist at Utah State University. The majority of these photos show different types of equipment including microscopes, sprayers, mixers, and dusters. Other photos show specific pest control projects including cricket control from 1937-1941 and fly control on dairy cows. folders fifteen through nineteen are an interesting contrast to the rest of the collection showing research done to determine the deaths of numerous honey bees....

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Twenty-four silver gelatin developing-out paper photograph prints. These photographs were removed from the report, "Relation of Crop Production to Ground Water Conditions, Kootenai Valley, Idaho," written in March 1931 by L.T. (Louie Theodore) Jessup. The photographs show wheat, oat, and pea fields during growth and harvesting, and conditions resulting from poor ground water conditions in Kootenai Valley near Bonners Ferry, Idaho.

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The collection consists of materials originating from the Kowallis family, including the missionary correspondence of Frederick Kowallis and business records from the Kowallis Implement Company.