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A. Douglas Allen photograph collection, 1930-1950
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Allen, A. Douglas (Austin Douglas), 1914-2006.
- Title
- A. Douglas Allen photograph collection
- Dates
- 1930-1950 (inclusive)19301950
- Quantity
- 1 Box, (.25 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_P0476
- Summary
- The A. Douglas Allen Photo Collection consists of 126 black and white prints taken between 1930 and 1950. Included in the collection are snapshots of Allen's military training at Ft. Douglas in Salt Lake City, Utah; a Utah Agricultural College (now called Utah State University) sponsored engineering field trip to Washington, Oregon and California; various locations throughout Cache Valley including the Logan LDS Temple, and USU campus; and the Deer Creek Dam construction in Utah County.
- 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
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
A. Douglas Allen (1914-2006) was born in Hyrum, Utah on March 26, 1914 to Austin David and Georgia Obray Allen. He attended public school in Cache Valley and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Utah State Agricultural College in 1938. He went on to work for the Utah State Road Commission, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Geneva Steel Company, and Thiokol Chemical Company. He was also a successful dry-land and poultry farmer. He married Ruth Emma Hanks on June 23, 1939 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in various church positions during his membership including bishop, temple worker, and Patriarch. Allen was also involved in city government by serving on the Hyrum City Council.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The A. Douglas Allen Photo Collection consists of 126 black and white prints taken between 1930 and 1950. Included in the collection are snapshots of Allen's military training at Ft. Douglas in Salt Lake City, Utah; a Utah Agricultural College (now called Utah State University) sponsored engineering field trip to Washington, Oregon and California; various locations throughout Cache Valley including the Logan LDS Temple and USU campus; road projects; and the Deer Creek Dam construction in Utah County. Also included in the collection are personal documents consisting of a detailed work history, a resume, and an obituary.
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 A. Douglas Allen Photo Collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: USU_P0476; The A.Douglas Allen Photo Collection Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_P0476, USUSCA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Military Training at Ft. Douglas, SLC, Utah, 1931Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 1
Black and white silver gelatin prints
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1-01: View of Ft. Douglas |
1931 |
| 1 | 1 | 1-02: Road march |
1931 |
| 1 | 1 | 1-03: Assembling tents |
1931 |
| 1 | 1 | 1-04: Group photo, A. Douglas Allen third from left |
1931 |
| 1 | 1 | 1-05: Road march |
1931 |
| 1 | 1 | 1-06: Soldiers outside of tents awaiting inspection |
1931 |
| 1 | 1 | 1-07: "A" Company group photo with hats on |
1931 |
| 1 | 1 | 1-08: "A" Company group photo with hats off |
1931 |
USAC Campus and Cache Valley, 1930-1939Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 2
Black and white silver gelatin prints of various locations around Cache Valley
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 2 | 2-01: Intermountain High School Band, Professor A.R. McAllister conducting |
1933 |
| 1 | 2 | 2-02: Cows grazing in Logan, Utah |
1930-1939 |
| 1 | 2 | 2-03: USAC classroom, sewing class |
1930-1939 |
| 1 | 2 | 2-04: Snow covered road on USAC campus |
1930-1939 |
| 1 | 2 | 2-05: View of Old Main |
1930-1939 |
| 1 | 2 | 2-06: View of large tree near Old Main |
1930-1939 |
| 1 | 2 | 2-07: View of Home Economics building and Ray B. West building from Old Main |
1930-1939 |
| 1 | 2 | 2-08: View of Logan Canyon |
1930-1939 |
| 1 | 2 | 2-09: View of trees and Old Main |
1930-1939 |
| 1 | 2 | 2-10: Home Economics building |
1930-1939 |
| 1 | 2 | 2-11: Southwest view of Old Main Hill showing stairs and landscaping |
1930-1939 |
| 1 | 2 | 2-12: View of Old Main from the "Quad" |
1930-1939 |
| 1 | 2 | 2-13: Graduation procession leaving the "Quad" |
1930-1939 |
| 1 | 2 | 2-14: USAC Library |
1930-1939 |
| 1 | 2 | 2-15: Close up view of entrance to the Home Economics building, two unidentified females seated on steps |
1930-1939 |
| 1 | 2 | 2-16: View of Administration building (Old Main) from Old Main Hill |
1930-1939 |
| 1 | 2 | 2-17: Home Economics cottage |
1930-1939 |
| 1 | 2 | 2-18: Administration building postcard |
1930-1939 |
| 1 | 2 | 2-19: Main entrance to Administration building |
1930-1939 |
| 1 | 2 | 2-20: Aerial view of USAC campus; photographer: Louis V. Olson |
undated |
| 1 | 2 | 2-21: Home Economics building |
1930-1939 |
| 1 | 2 | 2-22: Aerial view of Logan, Utah; photographer Louis V. Olson |
1930-1939 |
USAC Engineering Student Trip, March 1938Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 3
Black and white silver gelatin prints, photos of various locations during a USAC engineering student field trip
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 3 | 3-01: students boarding bus |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 3 | 3-02: Spokane, Washington (WA) |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 3 | 3-03: Mason City near Grand Coulee Dam, WA |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 3 | 3-04: Concrete mixer at Grand Coulee Dam |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 3 | 3-05: West end of Grand Coulee Dam |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 3 | 3-06: Grand Coulee Dam |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 3 | 3-07: Bridge at Grand Coulee Dam |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 3 | 3-08: Government offices at Grand Coulee Dam |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 3 | 3-09: Canal trimmer and concrete placer, Roza Project, Yakima, WA |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 3 | 3-10: Dry falls at Grand Coulee Dam |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 3 | 3-11: Bench flume, Roza Project |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 3 | 3-12: Grand Coulee Dam |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 3 | 3-13: Wall of Grand Coulee Dam |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 3 | 3-14: Model of Grand Coulee Dam, students in background |
March 1938 |
USAC Engineering Student Trip, March 1938Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 4
Black and white silver gelatin prints, various locations during USAC engineering student field trip
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 4 | 4-01: Roza Project, Yakima, WA |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 4 | 4-02: Roza Project, Yakima, WA |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 4 | 4-03: Portland, Oregon (OR) |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 4 | 4-04: Clark Wilson Sawmill, OR |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 4 | 4-05: Umpqua Bridge, OR |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 4 | 4-06: Bonneville Dam, Portland, OR |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 4 | 4-07: Coos Bay Bridge, OR |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 4 | 4-08: Alsea Bridge, Waldport, OR |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 4 | 4-09: Yaquina Bridge, Newport, OR |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 4 | 4-10: Siuslan Bridge, Oregon Coast Highway, OR |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 4 | 4-11: Shasta Dam site, Redding, California (CA) |
March 1938 |
USAC Engineering Student Trip, March 1938Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 5
Black and white silver gelatin prints, various locations during USAC engineering student field trip
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 5 | 5-01: Oakland Airport, CA |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 5 | 5-02: Oakland Bridge and ferry, CA |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 5 | 5-03: Goat Island in San Francisco Bay, CA |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 5 | 5-04: Suspension of Oakland Bridge |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 5 | 5-05: Unidentified bridge, CA |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 5 | 5-06: Golden Gate Bridge, CA |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 5 | 5-07: Ferry building, San Francisco, CA |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 5 | 5-08: Hydaulic lab, University of California (UC) in Oakland, CA |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 5 | 5-09: UC Oakland Stadium, CA |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 5 | 5-10: SS Mariposa (1932-1974), Los Angeles, CA |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 5 | 5-11: Treasure Island, CA |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 5 | 5-12: Construction of main building on Treasure Island, known as Building One, which was originally to be used as an airport terminal after the World's Fair; was used in the Steven Speilberg movie "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" as the Berlin Airport; currently it serves as the offices for a private apartment rental agency |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 5 | 5-13: Treasure Island, CA |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 5 | 5-14: Toll booth at Golden Gate Bridge |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 5 | 5-15: Beneath the Golden Gate Bridge |
March 1938 |
| 1 | 5 | 5-16: Filter plant in Sacramento, CA |
March 1938 |
Miscellaneous Photos of USAC Engineering Student Trip, March 1938Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 6
Black and white silver gelatin prints, includes candid snapshots of classmates, a group photo, and a stop at Donner Pass, Nevada
Road Projects, 1939Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 7
black and white silver gelatin prints, includes projects in Strawberry Valley, Spanish Fork, Utah and Deer Creek Dam in Provo, Utah; also candids of co-workers
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 7 | 7-01: W.W. Clyde Construction Company water truck, man identified as "Charlie" near truck., Strawberry Valley, UT |
1939 |
| 1 | 7 | 7-02: W.W. Clyde Construction camp, Deer Creek, UT |
1939 |
| 1 | 7 | 7-03: W.W. Clyde construction bulldozer and unidentified vehicle, Harold Johnson foreman |
1939 |
| 1 | 7 | 7-04: "Bishop Pickering going to church" |
1939 |
| 1 | 7 | 7-05: group photo, names listed on verso |
1939 |
| 1 | 7 | 7-06: Construction equiptment owned by Ryber, Strong and Grant Corporation |
1939 |
| 1 | 7 | 7-07: Ryberg, Strong and Grant gravel crusher, in Strawberry Valley, Utah |
1939 |
Deer Creek Dam Construction, 1939 -1941Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 8
Black and white silver gelatin prints showing construction of the Deer Creek Dam in Provo, Utah, descriptions on verso or attached at bottom, 18 photographs loose, 14 attached to black paper backing, includes 3 panoramic prints
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 8 | 8-01: Cut-off wall and trench at Deer Creek Dam, Provo Canyon |
September 1939 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-02: Manufacturing and storing steel cages for pre-cast pipe |
1939-1941 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-03: Pouring 69 inch pre-cast concrete pipe at Pleasant Grove batching plant, Pleasant Grove, UT |
July 1940 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-04: Special pre-cast collar for connection at span |
1939-1941 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-05: Tipping pipe at plant, Pleasant Grove, UT |
1930-1941 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-06: Tipping and loading pipe on semi-trailer at pipe plant |
1939-1941 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-07: Transporting finished pipe to line with semi-trailer, contractor Carl B. Warren in charge of construction |
1939-1941 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-08: Laying pipe in trench |
May 1940 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-09: hand tamping around pipe at beginning of back fill |
1939-1941 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-10: Twenty foot, 69 inch pipe being laid and back filled |
1939-1941 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-11: Sheeps foot roller compacting back fill over pipe |
1939-1941 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-12: Pipe laid by Carl B. Warren equiptment, to span structure with special pipe in place, note fine grade ahead |
1939-1941 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-13: placing concrete footings for pipe at road crossing |
1939-1941 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-14: Pre-cast bell in bulk head on span over drainage crossing |
1939-1941 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-15: "Guniting" steel span at drainage crossing using the Gunite process |
1939-1941 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-16: Bulk head and steel span at drainage crossing |
1939-1941 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-17: Deer Creek Dam and Provo River |
1939-1941 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-18: Deer Creek Dam |
1939-1941 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-19: Deer Creek Dam |
September 1939 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-20: Grouting on Deer Creek Dam |
October 1939 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-21: Dee Adams finishing pipe and unbolting outside form |
November 1940 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-22: Elliot Smith fixing bottom ring on cage |
November 1940 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-23: Placing steel cage on inside form |
November 1940 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-24: Looking north from station 900 showing pipe laying in trench before back filling had taken place |
September 1940 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-25: Fine grading showing bell holes for pipe before laying was started |
Spring 1941 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-26: Laying pipe towards span structure |
May 1941 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-27: Placing special connection unit at span crossing |
May 1941 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-28: Fill completed across the box culvert in the big draw, Fred Gentry on top |
September 1941 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-29: Excavation of trench completed across big draw |
July 1941 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-30: Panoramic view of Deer Creek Dam site and barrow pit areas, Provo River Project, Provo Canyon |
October 1939 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-31: Panoramic view of Deer Creek Dam just as work was being resumed |
Spring 1941 |
| 1 | 8 | 8-32: Panoramic view of the completed Deer Creek Dam |
1941 |
Deer Creek Dam Construction, 1939-1941Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 9
Black and white silver gelatin prints showing construction of the Deer Creek Dam in Provo, Utah, descriptions on verso
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 9 | 9-01: Engineering force on Salt Lake Aqueduct, top row (left to right): Lars Walker, Punk Shelton, Alex Wadley, Wayne McWhorter, Neil Murdock, bottom row: Tony Armstrong, Russell Borden |
1939-1951 |
| 1 | 9 | 9-02: Finishing bells on concrete pipe and placing forms |
November 1940 |
| 1 | 9 | 9-03: Placing steam house on pipe after stripping it |
1938-1942 |
| 1 | 9 | 9-04: View of completed Deer Creek Dam, all finished except for oiling of highway across crest |
September 1941 |
| 1 | 9 | 9-05: Deer Creek Dam showing front face after completion. Mt Timpanogos in background |
September 1941 |
| 1 | 9 | 9-06: View of Deer Creek Dam before work was continued in the Spring of 1941, Mt. Timpanogos in the background, note spillway on right |
Spring 1941 |
Personal Documents, 1930-2008Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 10
Personal documents including employment history, resume and obituary
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Engineering students--Travel--West (U.S.)--Photographs
- Military education--Utah--Fort Douglas--Photographs
- Postcards--Utah--Logan--Specimens
- Roads--Utah--Design and contruction--Photographs
- School field trips--California--Photographs
- School field trips--Oregon--Photographs
- School field trips--Washington--Photographs
- Soldiers--Utah--Fort Douglas--Photographs
Personal Names
- Allen, A. Douglas (Austin Douglas), 1914-2006--Photographs
Corporate Names
- Utah State Agricultural College--Aerial views
- Utah State Agricultural College--Buildings--Photographs
- Utah State Agricultural College--Students--Photographs
Geographical Names
- Deer Creek Dam (Wasatch County, Utah)--Design and construction--Photographs
- Logan (Utah)--Aerial views--Photographs
- Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Photographs
Finding aid/Register created by Lisa J. Meade
2011
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