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Gaylen Ashcroft photograph collection, 1912-1970
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Ashcroft, Gaylen L.
- Title
- Gaylen Ashcroft photograph collection
- Dates
- 1912-1970 (inclusive)19121970
- Quantity
- 1 box, (.5 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_P0550
- Summary
- 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.
- Repository
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
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No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Gaylen Ashcroft and his wife Elaine attended USU in the 1950s. Gaylen received a B.S. in 1954 and an M.S. in 1956 from USU and a Ph.D. from Oregon State in 1962. He was a professor of Agronomy and Associate Director of the Utah Climate Center.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Contains photographs and slides from Gaylen 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.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Gaylen Ashcroft Photograph Collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: USU_P0550; Gaylen Ashcroft Photograph Collection; Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_P0550, USUSCA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Historical Photographs & Portraits, 1912-1950Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0:1:01:01: "Corinne old city hall on left site of weather Utah" |
1970 February 5 |
01:01:02: Corinne residents posing outside of the Central Hotel on the corner of 6th and Montana Street. |
1875 | ||
01:01:03: "Dr. Theodore Kryshtofovich, Commissioner of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture at St. Louis & Vice President of the International Dry-Farming Congress" |
1912 | ||
01:01:04: "Professor F. B. Linfield, Director Montana State Experiment Station, Bozemon, Montana & a member of the Board of Governors of the International Dry-Farming Congress" |
1912 | ||
01:01:05: "Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Connaught who it is anticipated will formally open the second International Congress of Farm Women" |
1912 | ||
01:01:06: "Professor R. W. Thatcher Director Washington State Experiment Station, Pullman, Washington, Chairman Scientific Research Section of The Seventh International Dry-Farming Congress" |
1912 | ||
01:01:07: "Professor W. H. Fairfield Direction Dominion of Canada Experiment Farm, Lethbridge, Alberta, Chief of Jury of Awards of The Seventh International Dry-Farming Congress" |
1912 | ||
01:01:08: "Dr. John A. Widtsoe, President Utah Agricultural College & International President of The Seventh International Dry-Farming Congress" |
1912 | ||
01:01:09: "George Harcourt, Esquire, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Alberta, Edmonton, Chairman of Board of Governors of the International Dry-Farming Congress |
1912 | ||
01:01:10: "Mrs. Eleanor S. Burns of Denver, Colorado, Secretary of the International Congress of Farm Women" [2 copies. Includes negatives]
|
1912 | ||
01:01:11: "C. P. Squires, Las Vegas, Nevada" standing in front of a weather station box [3 copies. Includes negative]
|
1950 | ||
01:01:12: "Mrs. Williams, Tuscarora, Nevada" standing in front of a weather station box |
1950 | ||
Equipment, 1954Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | 01:01:13-14: "Anemometers 8 vanes" |
1954 |
01:01:15-17: Wet bub-dry bulb relative humidity recording equipment |
1954 | ||
01:01:18-:19: "Temperature recorder for numbered positions" |
1954 | ||
01:01:20: "One of the 50' poles where thermometers are attached to the loops" |
1954 | ||
01:01:21: "Solar radiation equipment" |
1954 | ||
01:01:22-23: "Remote positions for thermometers base of pole" |
1954 | ||
01:01:24: "Anemometers at 386'" |
1954 | ||
01:01:25: "Mr. Rod Vertree's test wind machine" |
1954 | ||
01:01:26: "Wind mile counters for each anemometer in test plot measures to tenths of a mile (looks & acts & lights up like a pin ball machine). Very accurate" |
1954 | ||
01:01:27: "Augus recorder - wind velocity 8 direction- for all test area" |
1954 | ||
01:01:28: "Inside trailer. IBM typewriter wind recording equipment. WB thermographs. Note glass thermometer at upper right- these are used at lettered points on diagram" [2 copies]
|
1954 | ||
01:01:29: "Close-up of IBM typewriter- prints temperatures for all numbered thermometer positions in test plot" |
1954 | ||
01:01:30-31: Possibly a pyranometer |
1954 | ||
01:01:32-34: Equipment in a laboratory |
1954 | ||
01:01:35: Anemometer & other equipment |
1954 | ||
01:01:36-37: Weather station boxes |
1954 | ||
01:01:38: "Soil temperature recorder pen nearest center" |
1954 | ||
Locations, 1954Return to Top
| Description | Dates |
|---|---|
01:01:39: "Bear River Refuge [Utah] looking south" |
1954 |
01:01:40: "Bear River Refuge [Utah] looking north" |
1954 |
01:01:41: "Bear River Refuge [Utah] looking east" |
1954 |
01:01:42: "Bear River Refuge [Utah] looking west" |
1954 |
01:01:43: "Gunnison [Utah] looking east" |
1954 |
01:01:44: "Gunnison [Utah] looking south" |
1954 |
01:01:45: "Gunnison [Utah] looking north" |
1954 |
01:01:46: "Fish Springs [Utah] looking east" [2 copies]
|
1954 |
01:01:47: "Fish Springs [Utah] looking west" |
1954 |
01:01:48: "Fish Springs [Utah] looking south" |
1954 |
Aerial Views, undatedReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 2 | 01:02:01: Utah State University |
1940 |
01:02:02-09: Utah/Idaho border |
1952 October 2 | ||
01:02:10-12: Forestry summer camp |
1953 September 10 | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 3 | 01:03:01-27: Unidentified aerial views |
1939 June 12 - 1966 May 1 |
01:03:28: Negative of Utah [2 copies]
|
undated | ||
Men adjusting equipment, 1950Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 4 | 01:04:01-07: Equipment in the field |
1950 |
01:04:08-11: Equipment in the field & laboratory [Proofsheets]
|
1950 | ||
01:04:12-16: Negatives |
undated | ||
Slides, undatedReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Clouds |
1962-1970 | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 5 | 01:05:01: "Cumulonimbus with anvil top" |
1969 |
01:05:02: "Cumulus Congestus cirrus |
1969 | ||
01:05:03: "Cirrocumulus" |
1969 | ||
01:05:04: "Stratus" |
undated | ||
01:05:05-06: "Wind blown alto cumulus" |
1963 | ||
01:05:07: "Cirrostratus" |
undated | ||
01:05:08: "Fog" |
undated | ||
01:05:09: Cumulus |
1962 | ||
01:05:10-12: "Stratocumulus in Arches National Park" |
undated | ||
01:05:13: "Altostratus in Arches National Park" |
undated | ||
01:05:14: Cirrocumulus in Zion's Park |
undated | ||
01:05:15: Altostratus |
1961 | ||
01:05:16: Nimbostratus |
1961 | ||
01:05:17: "Nimbus stratus" |
1962 | ||
01:05:18: "Cirrus" |
undated | ||
01:05:19: "Nimbostratus" |
1962 | ||
01:05:20: Nimbostratus |
undated | ||
01:05:21: Frost covered trees |
undated | ||
01:05:22: "Altostratus thru fractocumulus" |
undated | ||
01:05:23: Altocumulus |
undated | ||
01:05:24: Cumulus |
1969 | ||
01:05:20: Cirus |
1970 | ||
01:05:21: Cumulus congestus |
1969 | ||
01:05:22: Cumulus |
1969 | ||
01:05:23-24: Cirrus |
1969 | ||
01:05:25-26: "Cirrocumulus wave" [2 copies]
|
1969 | ||
01:05:27: Cirrus |
1970 | ||
01:05:28: "Cirrocumulus wave" |
1969 | ||
01:05:29-33: Cirrus |
1965-1970 | ||
01:05:34: Altocumulus |
1969 | ||
01:05:35-36: Altostartus in Hendricks |
1969 | ||
01:05:37: Cumulus clouds & fire crackers in Daytona Beach, Florida |
1970 | ||
01:05:38: Sunset or sunrise in Hendricks |
undated | ||
01:05:39: Stratus clouds over an air craft carrier |
undated | ||
01:05:40: Nimbostratus clouds over mountains & a river |
undated | ||
01:05:41: Stratocumulus [2 copies]
|
undated | ||
01:05:42-44: Altostratus |
undated | ||
01:05:45-53: Cumulus |
undated | ||
01:05:54-57: "Stratocumulus" |
undated | ||
01:05:58-73: Cirrus |
1969 | ||
01:05:74: Cirrocumulus |
1969 | ||
01:05:75-76: Status |
undated | ||
01:05:77-78: Stratocumulus |
undated | ||
01:05:79-104: Cumulus |
1963-1969 | ||
01:05:105-106: Cumulonimbus |
undated | ||
01:05:107: "Ice (frozen fog) coating trees - Bore Mountain, New York" |
undated | ||
01:05:108: "Fair weather. Cumulus-Western Ontario, Canada" |
undated | ||
01:05:109: "Heavy cumulus-Puerto Rico" |
undated | ||
01:05:110: "Swelling cumulus-San Diego, California" |
undated | ||
01:05:111: "Swelling cumulus-south of Victor, New York" |
undated | ||
01:05:112: "Heavy & swelling cumulus-Monroe County, New York" |
undated | ||
01:05:113: "Shower type cumulus-near Victor, New York" |
undated | ||
01:05:114: "Heavy cumulus. Snow showers after hail storm-Utah" |
undated | ||
01:05:115: "Choia Ridleyl-near Field, British Columbia" |
undated | ||
01:05:116: "Cumulus with cirrus above" |
undated | ||
01:05:117: "Cumulus with alto-cumulus above. Alto-cumulus usually are 800 feet to 15,000 feet above ground" |
undated | ||
01:05:118: "Alto-cumulus with cirro-cumulus above" |
undated | ||
01:05:119: "Upper surface of cumulus, some swelling, from airplane, southwestern, U.S." |
undated | ||
01:05:120: "Swelling cumulus with dark farctomcumulus, western Oklahoma" |
undated | ||
01:05:121: "Lenticular altocumulus and cumulus-Chihuahua, Mexico" |
undated | ||
01:05:122: "Numbostratus-Yates County, New York" |
undated | ||
01:05:123: "Alto-cumulus with cirrus above" |
undated | ||
01:05:124: "Alto-cumulus with cirro-cumulus above" |
undated | ||
01:05:125: "Fracto-cumulus with cirro-cumulus above" |
undated | ||
01:05:126: "Strato-cumulus clouds with rain in distance" |
undated | ||
01:05:127: "Strato-cumulus. A third formation" |
undated | ||
01:05:128: "Stratacumulus becoming swelling cumulus, some altocumulus, Oakshela, Saskatchewan" |
undated | ||
01:05:129: "Cirrus in polar bands, fair weather cumulus below, Canadaigua Lake, New York" |
undated | ||
01:05:130: "Cirrus and heavy cumulus-Tompkins County, New York" |
undated | ||
01:05:131: "Hooked cirrus, some fractocumulus-Yates County, New York" |
undated | ||
01:05:132: "Cirrus (wispy, forms) & cirro-cumulus (curled, crinkled forms)" |
undated | ||
01:05:133: "Center: Mare's tall cirrus. Upperpart: Cirro-cumulus (small tufts) & alto-cumulus (larger tufts)" |
undated | ||
01:05:134: "Primary & secondary rainbows with cumulus & strato-cumulus clouds" |
undated | ||
01:05:135: "Lightning-Amarillo, Texas" |
undated | ||
01:05:136: "Ice on telephone wires" |
undated | ||
01:05:137: "Dust storm-near Dwight, Illinois" |
undated | ||
01:05:138: "House undermined by wave action from hurricane, north of Juno Beach, Florida" |
undated | ||
01:05:139: "Gilder being towed off from ground-Elmira, New York" |
undated | ||
01:05:140: "Glider soaring-Elmira, New York" |
undated | ||
01:05:141: "Art work-drawing of a different types of clouds |
undated | ||
01:05:142: "Art work-drawing showing rain, a cold front & a warm front" |
undated | ||
01:05:143: "Art work-drawing showing cold, warm & cool sections of a wave" |
undated | ||
01:05:144: "Art work-drawing of tornado funnel destruction" |
undated | ||
01:05:145: "Mecurial barometer" |
undated | ||
01:05:146: "Detail of vernier scale of mercurial barometer" |
undated | ||
01:05:147: "Thermoscreen" |
undated | ||
01:05:148: "Hygrograph" |
undated | ||
01:05:149: "Close-up of hair of hygrograph" |
undated | ||
01:05:150: "Barograph with Buffalo, New York, chart of 1954 Hurricane Hazel" |
undated | ||
01:05:151: "Anemometer" |
undated | ||
01:05:152: "Field recorder for dewpoint & ambient temperatures" |
undated | ||
01:05:153: "Close-up of ambient temperature recording instrutment" |
undated | ||
01:05:154: "Close-up of dewpoint temperature recording instrument" |
undated | ||
01:05:155: "Detail of graph showing the automatically recording wind direction, wind speed, sunshine, & precipitation" |
undated | ||
01:05:156: "Sling psychrometer" |
undated | ||
Maps |
undated | ||
01:05:157-158: Utah Rainfall |
undated | ||
01:05:159: "Average Relative Humidity" |
undated | ||
01:05:160: "Average Number of Hours of Sunshine" |
undated | ||
01:05:161: "Average Number of Days with Snow Cover" |
undated | ||
01:05:162: "Effect of climate on soil " |
undated | ||
01:05:163: "Date of Beginning Chill" |
undated | ||
01:05:164-165: "Elberta peach harvest dates" |
undated | ||
01:05:166-167: "Average Date of First 28F in Fall" |
undated | ||
01:05:168: "Growing Degree Hours Accumulated During Chilling" |
undated | ||
01:05:169: "Annual Extreme Minimum Temperatures" |
undated | ||
01:05:170: A crack in stone |
undated | ||
01:05:172-173: "Freeze Free Season in Utah" |
undated | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 6 | 01:06:01: "A generalized map of zonal soil groups" |
undated |
01:06:02: Great Salt Lake & land east |
undated | ||
01:06:03-05: Isreal |
undated | ||
01:06:06: Cool & warm air patterns |
undated | ||
01:06:07: High areas of Earth |
undated | ||
01:06:08: "Seasonal Climates of the Earth" |
undated | ||
01:06:09: North & South America [2 copies]
|
undated | ||
01:06:10: Air flow across the United States [2 copies]
|
undated | ||
01:06:11: Global pressure zones |
undated | ||
01:06:12: Rivers |
undated | ||
01:06:13: Hurricane patterns |
undated | ||
01:06:14: Pressure maps of the United States |
undated | ||
01:06:15: Girl dancing along high/low pressure map of the United States [2 copies]
|
undated | ||
01:06:16: Warm front [2 copies]
|
undated | ||
01:06:17-20: Weekly forecast for the United States |
undated | ||
01:06:21-22: Global rainfall |
undated | ||
01:06:23-24: Global patterns |
undated | ||
01:06:25: A cold front |
undated | ||
01:06:26: Air patterns over a city |
undated | ||
01:06:27: Mean Sea Level Temperature |
undated | ||
01:06:28: Winds across North America |
undated | ||
01:06:29: Thunderstorm Distribution |
undated | ||
01:06:30: Global rainfall [2 copies]
|
undated | ||
01:06:31: Contours |
1959 October 13 | ||
01:06:32: "Average Length of the Frost-Free Period in Days" |
undated | ||
01:06:33-36: Sunshine |
undated | ||
Graphs |
undated | ||
01:06:37: "Inches of Precipitation" |
1900-1960 | ||
01:06:38: "Average Temperature" [2 copies]
|
1900-1960 | ||
01:06:39: "Zonal Velocity" |
1955-1960 | ||
01:06:40: "Temperature of air in a heated & unheated orchard" |
undated | ||
01:06:41: Heated & Unheated Orchard |
undated | ||
01:06:42: Temperature |
undated | ||
01:06:43: "Temperature of air in a heated & unheated orchard at 30 feet" |
undated | ||
01:06:44: "Temperature of air in a heated & unheated orchard at 10 feet" |
undated | ||
01:06:45: Cold front |
undated | ||
01:06:46: Warm front |
undated | ||
01:06:47: "Utah Climate" |
1963 | ||
01:06:48-80: "General Circulation" |
undated | ||
01:06:81-97: "Ashcroft Ph.D. slides" |
undated | ||
01:06:98-113: "Orchard Heating" |
1965 | ||
01:06:114-124: "Biomes & Zoogeographic" |
undated | ||
01:06:125-137: "History of Meterology at USU" |
undated | ||
01:06:138-146: "Humidity, Radiation/Energy Balance & Adiabatic Changes" |
undated | ||
01:06:147-154: "Unsaturated Flow in Soil" |
undated | ||
01:06:155-161: "Infrared photos of desert species" |
1965 May 10 | ||
01:06:162-165: "Microclimatic Relations" |
undated | ||
01:06:163-172: "Air Masses, Fronts & Special Storms" |
1970 | ||
General Slides |
undated | ||
01:06:173-186: "Meterological Experiment Equipment" |
undated | ||
01:06:187-197: Lab equipment |
undated | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 7 | 01:07:01-99: Setting up equipment in fields |
undated |
01:07:-100-122: Pages from a book |
undated | ||
01:07:-123-158: Equipment on desert flats |
1987 | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 8 | 01:08:01-11: Fields with cement factory in the background |
undated |
01:08:12-25: Peach orchard |
1965 | ||
01:08:26-51: Landscapes |
1983 | ||
01:08:52: "Mud slide FT Deer Creek come from5'08" in 24 hr rainfall" |
undated | ||
01:08:53-54: "Contour strip cropping Box Elder County, dry farm" |
1948 October | ||
01:08:55: "Eroded knolls NW of Mendon" |
1955 May | ||
01:08:56: "Dryland west side Cache Valley west of Petersen" |
1960 August 26 | ||
01:08:57: "Sprinkling in Cache Valley" |
undated | ||
01:08:58: "Alto stratus clouds over field" |
undated | ||
01:08:59: "Soil Temp, snow cover all winter" table [2 copies]
|
1957-1958 | ||
01:08:60-61: "Predatory mits on apple leaf" |
undated | ||
01:08:62-63: "Flowering crab frozen May 5-6; portion near home wasn't hurt" |
1965 May 10 | ||
01:08:64-67: "Al Bleak-Philadelphia Flat seeds germinating under snow. Photo in 26' deep snow" |
1957 June 20 | ||
01:08:68: Cherries |
1969 July | ||
01:08:69: Tree blossoms |
undated | ||
01:08:70: Man digging a hole in a cow pasture |
undated | ||
01:08:71-72: Aerial view above clouds |
undated | ||
01:08:73-75: Cirrus clouds |
undated | ||
01:08:76-77: Meterology equipment in the field |
undated | ||
01:08:78-79: Weather diagrams |
undated | ||
01:08:80-83: Meterological terms |
undated | ||
Prints |
undated | ||
01:09:01: Person holding a meterological instrument |
undated | ||
01:09:02: Juniper tree |
undated | ||
01:09:03: Close-up of tree bark |
undated | ||
01:09:04: Fruit orchard |
undated | ||
01:09:05: Children sledding down Old Main Hill [2 copies]
|
undated | ||
01:09:06-10: Old Main Hill |
undated | ||
01:09:11: Spider in a web |
undated | ||
01:09:12-13: Ground squirrel |
undated | ||
01:09:14-23: Trees covered in frost and snow |
undated | ||
01:09:24: Snowdrifts [2 copies]
|
undated | ||
01:09:25: Soil drawing |
undated | ||
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- USU--Faculty and staff.
- USU--Research programs.
Corporate Names
- Utah Climate Center (Logan, Utah)
- Utah State University
Geographical Names
- Utah--Climate--Photographs.
Finding aid/Register created by Sara Skindelien
2014
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