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Dee Smith Photograph Collection, 1908-1983
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Carlisle, Howard M.
- Title
- Dee Smith Photograph Collection
- Dates
- 1908-1983 (inclusive)19081983
- Quantity
- 1 box, (.25 linear foot)
- Collection Number
- UUS_P0438
- Summary
- The photographs in this collection were used in Howard M. Carlisle's book The Dee Smith Story: Fulfilling a Dream.
- 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
-
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Dee Glen Smith was born September 30, 1925 in Brigham City, Utah the son of Ren and Seret Smith. He worked for his father, who owned a small grocery story, throughout his youth. In 1943 he graduated from Box Elder High School and joined the US Army. During a leave of absence, Smith married his high school sweetheart, Ida Woodyatt in May 1944. They had three boys Richie, Jeff and Fred. After a honorable discharge as a corporal from the Army, Smith returned to help his father run his grocery store, quickly catching on to the daily store activity and soon taking over many responsibilities from his father. Smith joined with a partner and expanded his business, Smith's Grocery, into Ogden, Roy, and Layton, Utah. After his father passed away, Smith took over as president and began to expand buying smaller grocery stores in Nevada, New Mexico, and Arizona consolidating them into a profitable venture. Dee Glen Smith died June 30, 1984 in Salt Lake City, Utah, leaving behind a billion dollar business that included 128 stores and 6,500 employees.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The photographs in this collection were used in Howard Carlisle's book, The Dee Smith Story: Fulfilling a Dream. They were removed from COLL MSS 273, the Dee Glen Smith Oral Histories (1980-1992), to form an independent collection and retained their original order according to the book chapter in which they appeared. Photograph titles are taken from descriptions listed in the book.
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 Dee Smith Photograph Collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: USU_P0438; Dee Smith Photograph Collection; Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_P0438, USUSCA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The photographs are arranged in folders according to the chapter in which they were used.
Processing Note
Processed in August of 2011
Acquisition Information
The materials in this collection were donated by Howard M. Carlisle in 2002 as part of COLL MSS 273 The Dee Glen Smith Oral Histories, (1980-1992) for his book on Dee Glen Smith.
Related Materials
The Dee Glen Smith Oral Histories, (1980-1992) COLL MSS 273
Carlisle, Howard. The Dee Smith Story: Fulfilling a Dream (HD 9321.95 .S64 C37 1992)
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Prints, Slides and Negatives, 1908-1983Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | Chapter 1 Photographs |
1920 |
1:01: Earliest picture of Smith's Market on the corner of 5th South and Main Street, Brigham City |
1920 | ||
1 | 2 | Chapter 2 photographs |
1908-1937 |
2:01: Headquarters of the Brigham City Mercantile and Manufacturing Company at the northwest corner of Main Street and Forest Street
[SEE ALSO COMPTON: C-00116}
|
undated | ||
2:02: East side of Main Street in Brigham City
[SEE ALSO COMPTON: C-0015]
|
1910 | ||
2:03: Ren and Seret with Mary, age 2, at their original home on north Main Street, Brigham City |
1908 | ||
2:04: Dee Glen Smith age two |
undated | ||
2:05: Ren Smith in front of 5th South and Main Street store |
undated | ||
2:06: Ren and Dee with a deliveryman |
1934 | ||
2:07: Dee and Ren at the 5th South and Main Street store |
1937 | ||
2:08: Family photo. Left to right: Ida, Pearl, Ren, Jay, Seretha, Mary and Dee |
undated | ||
2:09: Inside the 5th South and Main Street store. Left to right: Ren, Ida, and Seret Smith, Eugene Wilson, and Leon Packer
[SEE NEGATIVE 15:34]
|
1935 | ||
1 | 3 | Chapter 3 Photographs |
undated |
3:01: Dee Glen Smith at approximately age 10 |
undated | ||
3:02: Dee Glen Smith at approximately age 12 |
undated | ||
3:03: Dee Glen Smith at age 16 posing next to a car (2 copies) |
undated | ||
3:04: Dee Glen Smith wearing a band uniform sitting next to Barbara Earl, D? Sacket, McDowell, and Gene Munas? |
undated | ||
3:05: Woodyatt family portrait. Back row: Mary, Glen, and Ida. Front row: Pearl and Fred |
undated | ||
3:06: Dee Glen Smith's high school graduation photo |
undated | ||
3:07: Dee and Ida on their wedding day |
undated | ||
3:08: Dee wearing a military uniform posing with Ida |
undated | ||
1 | 4 | Chapter 4 Photographs |
1950-1954 |
4:01: Dee and Ren in front of the 5th South and Main Street store
[SEE ALSO 14:05, 14:26]
|
undated | ||
4:02: Woman shopping in the 5th South and Main Street market after a recent remodel
[SEE ALSO NEG 15:24]
|
1952 December | ||
4:03: Staff of the store after the remodel. Left to right: Eileen Forsgren (checker), Ren and Seret, Dee, and Fern Shaw (checker)
[SEE ALSO NEG 15:23]
|
1952 December | ||
4:04: Dee receiving the Jaycee Distinguished Service Award from Brigham City Mayor Lorenzo J. Bott. On the left is Douglas Stringfellow, principal speaker
[SEE ALSO NEG 15:13]
|
1952 January 19 | ||
4:05: Brigham City grocers. Left to right: Sherman Lloyd, (Executive Secretary of the Utah Retail Grocers' Association), Ken and Elsie Jensen, Dee and Ida, and Ren and Seret
[SEE 14:09, 15:12]
|
undated | ||
4:06: 500 pound March of Dimes cake and left to right: Bob Woldberg of General Foods, Mr. and Mrs. Doak Robbins who baked and decorated the cake and Dee Glen Smith |
1950 February | ||
4:07: Portrait of Ren and Seret Smith for their golden wedding anniversary |
1954 | ||
1 | 5 | Chapter 5 Photographs |
1965-1971 |
5:01: Dee's Food Giant store at Dutch John, Utah |
1959 | ||
5:02: Fred, Richie, Jeff, Dee, and Ida at a Utah Retail Grocers Association convention at Hotel Utah, Salt Lake City |
1961 | ||
5:03: Dee and Ida standing in front of the Roy, Utah Smith's Food Town store [2 copies]
(2 copies)
|
1959 September | ||
5:04: Portrait of Dee Smith |
1961 | ||
1 | 6 | Chapter 6 photographs |
1965-1967 |
6:01: Ida, Dee, Fred, Senator Barry Goldwater, Miss America 1965 Alice Buehner, and O. S. Allen at a Las Vegas convention [2 copies]
(2 copies)
|
1965 September | ||
6:02: Dee, Utah Retail Grocers Association President, standing next to Robert W. Mueller at a Las Vegas convention |
1967 September | ||
6:03: Marcel Jeanselme, President-elect of the Utah Retail Grocers Association, awarding a plaque to Dee for his service as president |
undated | ||
6:04: Dee standing next to Maurice Warshaw at the ground breaking of the Orem, Utah store |
undated | ||
6:05: Dee at a birthday celebration at the Riverdale Road headquarters
[SEE ALSO 14:10]
|
undated | ||
6:06: Opening of a Las Vegas Smith's Food King. Left to right: Jim Acton, Dick High, Al Martindale, Dee, Larry Childress, and Bob Rempp |
undated | ||
6:07: Dee with actress Barbara Hale at the opening of the Van Nuys, California store
[SEE NEGATIVE 15:31]
|
1971 October | ||
1 | 7 | Chapter 7 photographs |
undated |
7:01: Portrait of Dee Smith |
undated | ||
1 | 8 | Chapter 8 photographs |
undated |
8:01: Dee and Fred conducting a ribbon cutting ceremony at an Albuquerque store
[color photograph]
|
undated | ||
8:02: Generic products at a Smith's store
[2 copies]
|
undated | ||
8:03: Portrait of Dee Smith in Smith's first airplane |
undated | ||
8:04: Dee standing by a display in a Smith's store
[SEE SLIDE 15:09]
|
undated | ||
1 | 9 | Chapter 9 photographs |
1977-1983 |
9:01: Dee standing next to a podium as President of the Western Association of Food Chains at a convention in Phoenix |
1977 April | ||
9:02: Portrait photo for an award Dee received from the University of Southern California Food Management Program
[SEE SLIDE 15:10]
|
1979 | ||
9:03: George Jenkins, CEO of Publix Super Markents, Inc. presenting Dee with a Golden Plate award |
1979 | ||
9:04: Dee receiving the Maurice Warshaw Award from Congressman Gunn McKay |
1978 | ||
9:05: Richie, Jeff, Fred and Dee where the three sons received awards from the City of Hope |
1983 August | ||
9:06: Jeff receiving his 15-year Smith's service award from Dee (2 copies)
[SEE NEGATIVE 15:26]
|
undated | ||
9:07: Dee, Al Martindale, and Jeff leading a Smith's management meeting at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City
[SEE SLIDE: 15:02]
|
1980 | ||
1 | 10 | Chapter 10 Photographs |
undated |
10:01: Smith's training bus
[2 copies]
|
undated | ||
10:02: Dee on stage with Joe Nameth |
undated | ||
10:03: Dee awarding a prize in the Utah Open to Don Overly. Sportscaster Paul James is looking on [2 copies]
(2 copies)
|
undated | ||
10:04: Dee and professional golfer Bob Betley looking at a golf score
[2 copies, SEE NEGATIVE 15:33]
|
undated | ||
1 | 11 | Chapter 11 Photographs |
undated |
11:01: Darren Quinn at the Challenge Center in El Cajon, California |
undated | ||
11:02: Portraits of Dee and Glen Smith and Susie Kamansky in the Challenge Center in honor of their memorial fund |
undated | ||
1 | 12 | Chapter 12 Photographs |
undated |
12:01: Fred, Jeff and friend Billy Woodbury posing |
undated | ||
12:02: Portrait of the Smith family |
undated | ||
12:03: Richie (second row, middle) and his youth basketball team |
undated | ||
12:04: Richie, Jeff and Fred all wearing suits |
undated | ||
12:05: Richie, Dee, Ida, Fred and Jeff
[SEE SLIDE 15:07]
|
undated | ||
1 | 13 | Chapter 13 Photographs |
undated |
13:01: Dee at a podium at a Food Marketing Institute convention
[2 copies]
|
undated | ||
13:02: Dee conducting a focus group in California
[SEE SLIDE 15:05]
|
undated | ||
1 | 14 | Miscellaneous Photographs |
1972-1981 |
14:01-:04: Portraits of Dee Smith as a young boy |
undated | ||
14:05: Dee and Ren in front of the 5th South and Main Street store
[SEE ALSO 4:01]
|
undated | ||
14:06: Portrait of Al Martindale |
undated | ||
14:07: Dee at a focus group
[SEE ALSO 13:02]
|
undated | ||
14:08: Dee sitting in a car with a phone receiver to his ear |
undated | ||
14:09: Dee, Ida, Ren and Seret at a meeting of Brigham City area grocers
[SEE 4:05, 15:12]
|
undated | ||
14:10: Dee at a birthday celebration at the Riverdale Road headquarters
[SEE ALSO 6:09]
|
undated | ||
14:11: Dee in his office |
undated | ||
14:12: Dee Smith, Glen Lewis, Russ Mears and George Marks grasping a golf club
[SEE ALSO 14:42, NEGATIVE 15:31]
|
undated | ||
14:13: Dee at a podium at a Food Marketing Institute convention
[2 copies]
|
undated | ||
14:14: Jeff and Richie Smith in a Smith's store
[2 copies SEE ALSO 15:14]
|
undated | ||
14:15: Jeff and Richie Smith speaking with a patron in a Smith's store (color print)
[SEE NEGATIVE 15:15, 15:34]
|
undated | ||
14:16: Smith's store front
[SEE ALSO NEGATIVE 14:16]
|
undated | ||
14:17: Dee posing with Farrah Fawcett (color print) |
undated | ||
14:18: Dee and Ida Smith at an FMI convention (color print) |
1981 | ||
14:19: Dee and Miss Utah Karen Brimley
[SEE ALSO 14:30, NEG: 15:20]
|
1979 | ||
14:20: Chamberlain family playing instruments
[SEE NEG: 15:22]
|
undated | ||
14:21: Portrait of Dee and Ida |
undated | ||
14:22: Dee posing with Richie, Jeff and Fred |
undated | ||
14:23: Dee and Ida playing tennis
[SEE SLIDE 15:01]
|
undated | ||
14:24: Dee and Fred conducting a ribbon cutting ceremony at an Albuquerque store
[SEE 8:01]
|
undated | ||
14:25: Dee standing next to possibly Wayne Brown, Division Manager
[SEE 14:37, Negative 15:29]
|
undated | ||
14:26: Dee and Ren Smith standing in front of the 5th South and Main Street store
[SEE 4:01,14:05]
|
undated | ||
14:27: Ida and Glen at a dinner (color print) |
undated | ||
14:28: Young Dee wearing a fedora hat |
undated | ||
14:29: Ida and Glen dressed in formal wear |
undated | ||
14:30: Dee and Miss Utah Karen Brimley
[SEE 14:19, Negative 15:21]
|
1979 | ||
14:31: Dee giving a President's Club award to Bruce Haven
[SEE NEGATIVE 15:27]
|
1976 November | ||
14:32: Christi standing by red flowers |
undated | ||
14:33: Dee, Jeff, Richie and Fred in the yard
[SEE SLIDE 15:04]
|
undated | ||
14:34: Portrait of a young Dee Smith |
undated | ||
14:35: People in line at Smith's Food King |
undated | ||
14:36: Dee at a ribbon cutting ceremony |
1980 September 16 | ||
14:37: Dee standing next to possibly Wayne Brown, Division Manager
[SEE ALSO 14:25, NEGATIVE 15:29]
|
undated | ||
14:38: Women and children picking peaches
[SEE COMPTON: C-0280]
|
undated | ||
14:39: Dee and Clint Carlson |
undated | ||
14:40: Brigham City band and possible parade
[COMPTON C-0097]
|
undated | ||
14:41: Richard Hopper of Anheuser-Busch presenting Dee a plaque |
1972 - 1973 | ||
14:42: Dee Smith, Glen Lewis, Russ Mears and George Marks grasping a golf club
[SEE ALSO 14:12, NEGATIVE 15:32]
|
undated | ||
1 | 15 | Slides and Negatives |
1963-1975 |
15:01: Ida and Dee playing tennis
[SEE 14:23]
|
undated | ||
15:02: Dee, Al Martindale, and Jeff leading a Smith's management meeting at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City
[SEE 9:07]
|
undated | ||
15:03: Jeff, Richie and Fred [color slide] |
undated | ||
15:04: Dee, Jeff, Richie and Fred in the yard
[SEE 14:33]
|
undated | ||
15:05: Dee conducting a focus group
[SEE 13:02]
|
undated | ||
15:06: Dee conducting a focus group |
undated | ||
15:07: Jeff, Ida and Richie
[SEE 12:05]
|
undated | ||
15:08: Dee and Carolyn Dunn |
undated | ||
15:09: Dee standing bya display in a Smith's store
[SEE 8:04]
|
undated | ||
15:10: Portrait photo for an award Dee received from the University of Southern California Food Management Program
[SEE 9:02]
|
undated | ||
15:11: Dee at the City of Hope Medical Center |
1975 | ||
15:12: Dee, Ida, Ren and Seret at a meeting of Brigham City area grocers (2 copies)
[SEE ALSO 4:05, 14:09]
|
undated | ||
15:13: Dee receiving the Jaycee Distinguished Service Award from Brigham City Mayor Lorenzo J. Bott. On the left is Douglas Stringfellow, principal speaker
[SEE ALSO 4:04]
|
undated | ||
15:14: Jeff and Richie Smith in a Smith's store (2 negatives)
[SEE ALSO 14:14]
|
undated | ||
15:15: Jeff and Richie Smith speaking with a patron in a Smith's store (3 negatives)
[SEE ALSO 14:15]
|
undated | ||
15:16: Smith's store front (3 negatives)
[SEE ALSO 14:16]
|
undated | ||
15:17: The Dee Smith family at Lake Tahoe (2 negatives) |
1963 July | ||
15:18: Jeff, Ida, Fred and Richie in Palm Springs (1 negative) |
undated | ||
15:19: Richi Smith and family (left to right): Nicholas, Richie, Scott, Jule and Ryan (1 negative) |
undated | ||
15:20: Dee speaking at Weber State (2 negatives) |
undated | ||
15:21: Dee with Miss Utah Karen Brimley (2 negatives)
[SEE ALSO: 14:19,14:30]
|
undated | ||
15:22: Chamberlain family playing instruments (2 negatives)
[SEE ALSO: 14:20]
|
undated | ||
15:23: Staff of the store after the remodel. Left to right: Eileen Forsgren (checker), Ren and Seret, Dee, and Fern Shaw (checker) (2 negatives)
[SEE ALSO 4:03]
|
undated | ||
15:24: Woman shopping in the 5th South and Main Street market after a recent remodel
[SEE ALSO 4:02]
|
undated | ||
15:25: Richie and Ida Smith reviewing a banner |
undated | ||
15:26: Jeff receiving his 15-year Smith's service award from Dee
[SEE ALSO 9:06]
|
undated | ||
15:27: Dee giving a President's Club award to Bruce Haven
[SEE ALSO 14:31]
|
undated | ||
15:28: Layton Smith's honoring 52nd anniverary of the organization |
undated | ||
15:29: Dee standing next to possibly Wayne Brown, Division Manager
[SEE ALSO 14:25, 14:37]
|
undated | ||
15:30: Dee giving a speech |
undated | ||
15:31: Dee with actress Barbara Hale at the opening of the Van Nuys, California store
[SEE ALSO 6:07]
|
undated | ||
15:32: Dee Smith, Glen Lewis, Russ Mears and George Marks grasping a golf club
[SEE ALSO 14:12, 14:42]
|
undated | ||
15:33: Dee and professional golfer Bob Betley looking at a golf score (2 negatives)
[SEE ALSO: 10:04]
|
undated | ||
15:34: Jeff and Richie Smith speaking with a patron in a Smith's store, color negative
[SEE NEGATIVE 14:15, 15:15 ]
|
undated | ||
15:35: Inside the 5th South and Main Street store. Left to right: Ren, Ida, and Seret Smith, Eugene Wilson, and Leon Packer
[SEE ALSO 2:09]
|
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- >Smith's Food & Drug Centers--Nevada--Photographs
- Brigham City Mercantile and Manufacturing Company (Brigham City, Utah)--Photographs
- Grocery trade--Utah--Brigham City--Photographs
- Grocery trade--Utah--Brigham City--Photographs
- Smith's Food & Drug Centers--Employees--Photographs.
- Smith's Food & Drug Centers--New Mexico--Photographs
- Smith's Food & Drug Centers--Utah--Photographs
Personal Names
- Smith, Dee Glen, 1925-1984--Awards--Photographs
- Smith, Dee Glen, 1925-1984--Photographs
- Smith, Fred, 1946- --Photographs
- Smith, Ida Woodyatt--Photographs
- Smith, Jeffrey, 1950- --Photographs
- Smith, Lorenzo J., 1884-1958--Photographs
- Smith, Richard D., 1954- --Photographs
- Smith, Seretha Iverson--Photographs
Family Names
- Smith, Dee Glen, 1925-1984--Family--Photographs
- Smith, Ida Woodyatt--Family--Photographs
Geographical Names
- Brigham City (Utah)--Photographs
Form or Genre Terms
- Negatives (photographic)
- Slides