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780 photographic images, silver gelatin, black-and-white and color prints, 8"x10" and smaller; showing 4-H members, adult leaders, leadership training, cooking competitions, dress revue, livestock competitions, conferences, miscellaneous demonstrations, camps, national and regional congresses, presentations, awards, classes, tractor demonstrations, and the Western Regional Leaders' Forum for 4-H Clubs in Utah.

Abstract This collection represents documentation of the Valentine’s Tea held at Adams Elementary School in Logan, Utah. The collection includes interviews of teachers, parents, and the principal regarding the this celebration day event, that includes manner’s tea hosted on Valentine’s Day (14 February) by the Partent Teachers Association (PTA). Folklorist Randy Williams conducted the research in 1995 and 2001. Williams published a journal article on the tradition in “Tea for Two” and the Rest of the...

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The Wade Andrews photograph collection mostly consists of aerial photographs of Northern Utah and Southeastern Idaho including the Bear and Weber Rivers, as well as Pineview, Mantua, and Willard Reservoirs. Also included are images of recreational activities in Pineview and Willard Reservoirs, Peach Days, hydro plane races, and a few agriculture photos.

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The Gaylen Ashcroft collection consists of 740 photographs and slides from Dr. Ashcroft's time with the Utah Climate Center. Includes department staff and faculty, USU scenic images, slides used in class lectures, experiments and equipment, and aerial views from Idaho and Utah.

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This collection consists of research files, correspondence, and written works from Charles Batten. Batten worked for several timber companies and did some freelance writing from his libertarian, free market perspective.

Abstract This collection hosts the products from the Bear River Heritage Area Historic Barn Survey that works to tell the story of the historic barns in northern Utah and southeastern Idaho through interviews, photographs, and fieldnotes. Criteria for documented barns included an age of fifty-years-old and older, those in good condition, and barns with easy access for public viewing. The project goals included documenting the barn builders; describing the historic uses of the barns; educating the...

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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.

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This collection documents the life of Royce S. Bringhurst, a Bennion, Utah native who went on to become a strawberry pomologist at the University of California at Davis. It includes material from his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, military service in WWII, pomology career, and retirement prior to his death in November of 2005.

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D.E. Burley and William W. Woodside were agents for the Oregon Short Line Railroad. Burley of Salt Lake, Utah, and Woodside of Logan, Utah exchanged these three telegrams in which they discussed a group of women emigrants at Idaho Falls who claimed that they were supposed to have beeen sent to Logan.

Abstract The Chamber of Commerce Photograph and Film Collection consists of three boxes with five 16mm motion picture reels, as well as prints and newspaper articles mostly originating from the 1950s. Photographs from this collection document social and public events,organizational meetings and buildings. Numerous photographs feature the 1939 and 1940 Pioneer Day and Independence Day parades organized in Cache Valley. Other images display Cache Chamber of Commerce’s presidents from 1970 to 2001. Four...