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The Baker and Johnston photograph colleciton consists of 14 cabinet card images mainly of Arapahoe and Shoshone Indians, some in tribal dress, probably taken in their Evanston, Wyoming studio in the 1880s. Included are images of Arapahoe Chief Sharp Nose, Painting Horse, Oiti, Pappagoit and the Shoshone Chief Washakie.

Abstract Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, Folk Coll...

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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.

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The collection consists of research notes, teaching files, correspondence and publications of History professor David Rich Lewis during his tenure at Utah State University.

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Archives of the Montpelier Historical Society include miscellaneous parts of organizational and personal records. Includes a ledger of the Montpelier Athletic Club (1926-1937); a school supply financial ledger (1909-1911); exhibit notes from the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers; Montpelier Pavilion Corporation record (1906); journal and genealogy of Edward Burgoyne (photocopy, ca. 1880s); receipts of T.L. Glenn, attorney (1898-1906); and some examples of early Salt Lake Valley money, etc.

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182 portrait photographs; consisting of cartes-de-visite (6.5 cm. x 10.5 cm.) and cabinet cards (16.5 cm. x 11 cm.), plus a few postcards. Most of the immigrants pictured are Danish, Swedish, or Norwegian converts to the LDS Church, while others were taken in Utah, and may be members of the LDS missions to those countries. Some of the portraits are unidentified and are listed by photographer. Several studio portraits in the collection were taken by H. Maartmann (Christiania, Norway).

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This collection contains materials pertaining to U.S. public folklore programs within their respective states, Washington DC and Puerto Rico. The collection materials include pamphlets, brochures, programs, newsletters, correspondence, etc.

Abstract In 2010 the Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter (Snyderville Basin, Park City, Utah) was donated to Utah State University, making it the largest gift in USU history. Known to native peoples as the “Hole in the Sky,” the preserve encompasses a 1,200 acre wildlife preserve and state of the art environmental education facility. The dream of the preserve started in 1992, when Dr. Paula Swaner and her children pursued a way to honor their late husband and father Leland Swaner; and culminated in the...

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The Western States Folklore Society Papers contain materials documenting the founding, development, and operations of the organization.