Bruce Anderson photograph collection, 1954-1979

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Anderson, Bruce.
Title
Bruce Anderson photograph collection
Dates
1954-1979 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 box, (0.5 linear feet)
Collection Number
UUS_P0571
Summary
This collection consists of images on photographs and slides related to the work and travels of Bruce Anderson, an irrigation engineer who worked to develop foreign agriculture, especially in Iran.
Repository
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

Bruce Anderson was a professor of irrigation engineering at Utah State University, who also worked as the USU International Programs Director in 1972. Anderson was interested in the transfer of knowledge and technology from developed countries to developing ones. Anderson was heavily involved in was the Consortium for International Development (CID), an organization that promoted international development through research, education, and training. The CID operated from Utah State University and Bruce Anderson was its Executive Director. He took part in various studies, workshops, and projects related to the development of more effective agricultural practices in foreign countries.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection consists of 389 photographs and slides from Bruce Anderson's travels. This includes a series of photographs of a highway relocation in Iran in the mid 1950s. Also included are photographs from Iranian irrigation projects showing the the process of digging irrigation ditches. Finally, there is a collection of slides containing images from Subsaharan Africa. Some of these are related to farming but many are of Anderson's travels showing local culture, people, and wildlife.

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 Bruce Anderson photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: USU_P0571; Bruce Anderson photograph collection; Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_P0571, USUSCA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collection is divided into two sections: photographs and slides.

Processing Note

Processed in July of 2014

Related Materials

For more information about Bruce Anderson and his work on irrigation engineering and foreign development, see COLL MSS 424.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Bruce Anderson Iran Photography - Highway Relocation Project, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
1:01:01: "Fill over long culvert at Station 26"
1954 September
1 1
1:01:02: "Culvert at Station 16 showing masonry construction"
1955 September
1 1
1:01:03: "Wagon drill drilling, road relocation, station 24"
1954 October
1 1
1:01:04: "General view of MKI American personnel living area."
1954 October
1 1
1:01:05: "View from Station 40 showing cut at Station 41 and tunnel portal at Station44 and 52"
1954 October
1 1
1:01:06: "Road Relocation. Jack Hammering Trail"
1954 October
1 1
1:01:07: "Excavation for permanent bridge, highway relocation at Station 6"
1954 October
1 1
1:01:08: "Outlet for Culvert at Station 8 and 50. Retaining wall below station 36"
1954 October
1 1
1:01:09: "Relocation of Karadj-Chalom Highway, excavating for bridge"
1954 October
1 1
1:01:10: "Karadj Project, view from housing area"
1954 October 31
1 1
1:01:11: "Brick masonry wall and entry to MKI American personnel housing area"
1954 October
1 1
1:01:12: "View from main camp, water tank showing road relocation construction from station 35 through end at station 41"
1954 October 31
1 1
1:01:13: "Karadj Dam Site Facing Dam Stream"
1954 October
1 1
1:01:14: "Karadj River Canyon Facing Upstream Towards Campsite"
1954 October
1 1
1:01:15: "Intake to culvert at Station 36 and 60"
1954 October
1 1
1:01:16: "View from station 37 road relocation construction station 13 to 20 and 50"
1954 October
1 1
1:01:17: "Pioneering trail for road relocation Station 41 to 42"
1954 October 31
1 1
1:01:18: "Karadj Project, Family housing Units"
1954 October 31
1 1
1:01:19: View of Camp
1954 November
1 1
1:01:20: Mountain
1954 November
1 1
1:01:21: Mountain
1954 November
1 1
1:01:22: "View Upstream showing later camp, road relocation"
1954 November
1 1
1:01:23: "View from Station 20 road relocation construction at Station 13 to 18"
1954 November
1 1
1:01:24: "Pioneering road out of rock face at station 43"
1954 November
1 1
1:01:25: "View from Station 15 and 50 facing west "
1954 December
1 2
1:02:01: "View from highway showing switchback construction station 7 to 17"
1954 November
1 2
1:02:02: "Pioneering road at about station 43"
1954 November
1 2
1:02:03: "Permanent Bridge , Karadj Chalom highway relocation, Station 6, Placing Concrete"
1954 November 11
1 2
1:02:04: "Permanent Bridge, highway relocation, placing concrete"
1954 November 30
1 2
1:02:05: "Pioneering road at Station 43 and 70"
1954 November 30
1 2
1:02:06: "View from main camp water tank showing construction at Station 41 and 50 toward tunnel portal at station 44 and 52"
1954 November 30
1 2
1:02:07: "Diamond cove drill, exploration foundation of Karadj"
1954 November 30
1 2
1:02:08: "View from station 20 and 50, construction of switchbacks between station 7 and 17"
1954 November 30
1 2
1:02:09: "General view of bridge site looking upstream"
1954 December 2
1 2
1:02:10: "Tunnel No.1 from North Portal Station 45 and 57"
1954 December
1 2
1:02:11: "Rock drilling, construction pioneering roadway at station 46"
1954 December
1 2
1:02:12: "Shooting rock for highway relocation at approximately station 44, tunnel 1 right"
1954 December
1 2
1:02:13: "Culvert at Station 16 being extended to provide for alignment change"
1954 December
1 2
1:02:14: "Road Construction. Station 44 to 52 across span to Tunnel No. 1"
1954 December
1 2
1:02:15: "Switchback Construction"
1954 December
1 2
1:02:16: "Center pier permanent bridge station 6"
1954 December
1 2
1:02:17: "View of road between stations 33 and 37"
c.1954
1 2
1:02:18: "Blasting rock for highway relocation construction. Karadj Chalom Highway
c.1954
1 2
1:02:19: Permanent Bridge Excavation
1954 December
1 2
1:02:20: "Permanent bridge excavation"
1954 December 3
1 2
1:02:21: "Road Construction. Station 7 to 17"
1954 December 25
1 2
1:02:22: "Road Construction. Station 10-20"
1954 December
1 2
1:02:23: "Pioneering road at opposite station 45 to 70 to tunnel portal"
1954 November
1 2
1:02:24: Bridge Construction
c.1954
1 2
1:02:25: "Placing right abutment footing"
1955 January 1
1 3
1:03:01: "Placing section at abutment permanent bridge station 6"
1955 January 9
1 3
1:03:02: "Placing first lift of footing above concrete backfall"
1955 January 1
1 3
1:03:03: "Placing footing of right abutement, permanent bridge station 6"
1955 January 1
1 3
1:03:04: View of Camp
c.1954
1 3
1:03:05: Highway construction
1955 February 2
1 3
1:03:06: View from inside of tunnel
1955 February 2
1 3
1:03:07: Portal Tunnel
1955 February 2
1 3
1:03:08: Men constructing highway
1955 February 2
1 3
1:03:09: Bridge Construction and Crane
1955 February 2
1 3
1:03:10: Bridge Construction
1955 February 2
1 3
1:03:11: Drill
1955 February 2
1 3
1:03:12: Side of a Mountain
c.1955
1 3
1:03:13: "View from Main Camp"
1955 February
1 3
1:03:14: Snowy Road
1955 February 2
1 3
1:03:15: Road under construction
1955 February 2
1 3
1:03:16: "Portal Tunnel No.2"
1955 February
1 3
1:03:17: "Shovel excavating in Talus looking oppposite station, Loading Talus material for fill"
1955 February
1 3
1:03:18: Dump Truck
c.1954
1 3
1:03:19: Bridge
c.1954
1 3
1:03:20: "Drill set up" on river
1954 October
1 3
1:03:21: Road under construction
c.1954
1 3
1:03:22: Abandoned village in the mountains
c.1954
1 3
1:03:23: Switchback dirt road
c.1954
1 3
1:03:24: Dirt road
c.1954
1 3
1:03:25: Dirt road with cars
c.1954
1 4
1:04:01: Map: Karaj Dam Site and Vicinity Location Plan
c.1954
1 4
1:04:02: Rocky Cliff Face
c.1954
1 4
1:04:03: Men and vehicle on bridge
c.1954
1 4
1:04:04: Office of Morrison-Knudsen International
c.1954
1 4
1:04:05: Vehicle in front of garage
c.1954
1 4
1:04:06: Men constructing road with shovels
c.1954
1 4
1:04:07: View from inside a portal tunnel
c.1954
1 4
1:04:08: View up a canyon
c.1954
1 4
1:04:09: First Aid Station
c.1954
1 5
1:05:01 through 1:05:17: Bruce Anderson Iran Photography- Irrigation Project, Construction Photos
undated

Bruce Anderson Travel Slides, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 6
1:06:01 through 1:06:02: Egypt, irrigation ditches and fields
1978
1 6
1:06:03 through 01:6:04: Niger, millet stacks
1977
1 6
1:06:05: "Spice Market." El Obeid, Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:06: Woman with five children. Kadugli, Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:07: "Tea Vendor." El Obeid, Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:08: "Gum Arabic." El Obeid, Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:09: "Dry Farms near Kadugli." Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:10: "Tea Vendor." El Obeid, Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:11: Aerial View of Field. El Obeid, Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:12: Building. Kadugli, Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:13: Building. Kadugli, Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:14: "Gardens on Nile." Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:15: "Market." El Obeid, Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:16: "Market." El Obeid, Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:17: "Vegetable Market." El Obeid, Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:18: Aerial View of City. El Obeid, Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:19: "Site for El Obeid Station." Sudan
1979
1 6
1:6:20: Aerial View of City. El Obeid, Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:21: "Livestock Market." Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:22: Cattle Herd. Omdurman, Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:23: Busy Street. Omdurman, Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:24: Busy Street. Omdurman, Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:25: Aerial View of City. El Obeid, Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:26: "Nile River." Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:27: "Nile Dike." Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:28: "Nile." Omdurman, Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:29: "White Nile." Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:30: Building. Khartoum, Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:31: Market. Omdurman, Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:32: "Bridge over White Nile." Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:33: "Two Nile Views." Khartoum, Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:34: Aerial View of City. Khartoum, Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:35: "Khartoum Suburbs." Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:36: "Khartoum Suburbs." Sudan
1979
1 6
1:06:37 through 1:06:65: Kenya, giraffes, ostriches, monkeys, buildings, and market
1979
1 6
1:06:66: "Branch Experiment Station." Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:67: "Millet in Stack." Bambey, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:68: "McDill and Dennis, Sorghum Plots." Bambey, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:69: "National School for Rural Training." Bambey, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:70: "Stacking Millet in Crib." Bambey, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:71: "Water Well." Bambey, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:72: "Club and Guest House." Bambey, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:73: "Ox Team." Bambey, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:74: "Cement Block Silos, Food Storage." Bambey, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:75: "Improved Sorghum." Bambey, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:76: "Dr. Allred Observing Workers." Bambey, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:77: "Moldboard Plow, Oxen Drawn." Bambey, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:78: "Field Plowed by Oxen." Bambey, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:79: "Hay Shelter." Bambey, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:80: "Sorghum Field." Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:81: "Applied Economics Practical School." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:82: "Gardener at Food Tech. Institute." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:83: "Lynn Davis- At Vet Sci Building." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:84: "Entertainment Group." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:85: "School of Applied Economics." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:86: "Institute of Food Technology." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:87: "At Veterinary Research Facility." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:88: "Applied Economics." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:89: "Drying Shed for Corn at Experimental Station." Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:90: "Food Technology. Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:91: "Veterinary Science Complex." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:92: "Office Complex." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:93: "Applied Economics." Dakar Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:94: "Institute of Food Technology." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:95: "Veterinary Science." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:96: "French Foreign Research Arm." Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:97: "Ferry Docking at Goree." Goree, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:98: "Wood Carving Woman at Museum." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:99: "Face Mask at Museum." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:100: "Writing on Tablets." Goree, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:101: "Mask at Museum." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:102: "Writing on Tablets." Goree, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:103: "Wooden Facemask at Museum." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:104: "Slave Auction." Goree, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:105: Building. Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:106: "Staff Living Section." Thies, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:107: "Huge Piles of Peanuts." Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:108: "Matthews, Baobao Tree, Nests." Thies, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:109: "Animals on Pasture at Experiment Station." Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:110: "Intercropping, Peanuts and Sorghum." Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:111: "New Laboratory Complex." Thies, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:112: "Herd of Cattle." Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:113: "Peanuts Piled Up." Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:114: "Simard and McDill, Classrooms." Thies, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:115: "Harvesting Peanuts." Bambey, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:116: "Engineering School Dormitories." Thies, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:117: "Staff Housing." Thies, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:118: "Beach Scene." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:119: "Mosque." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:120: "Embassy Office Building." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:121: "Presidential Palace." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:122: "Coastline." Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:123: "Main Mosque." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:124: "Presidential Palace." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:125: "Main Mosque." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:126: "Main Mosque." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:127: "Engore Hotel." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:128: "Mosque." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:129: "Inside Mosque." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:130: "At Engore Hotel on Atlantic." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:131: Mosque. Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:132: "Courtyard of Mosque." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:133: "Davis and Dance Group." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:134: "Beach, Ocean Scene." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:135: "Poolside." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:136: "Swimming Pool at Taranga Hotel." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:137: "Entertainment Group." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:138: "Entertainment Group at Taranga Hotel." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:139: "Lunch with McDills." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:140: "French Concorde Landing in Distance." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:141: "Entertainment Group." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:142: "Entertainment Group at Hotel." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:143: "Lynn and Doyle Writing Report." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:144: "French Concorde." Dakar Airport, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:145: "Lynn and Doyle Hard at Work." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:146: "French Concorde." Dakar Airport, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:147: "Entrance to Village." Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:148: "Wood Carvings." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:149: "Baobao Tree." Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:150: "African Village." Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:151: "Native People." Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:152: "Family in Oxen Drawn Cart." Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:153: "Baobao Tree." Near Thies, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:154: "Native Women, Baby, Flowers." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:155: "Village." Near Thies, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:156: "Natives Pounding Millet." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:157: "Fisherman's Wharf." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:158: "Village." Near Thies, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:159: "Curious Natives Come to Greet Us." Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:160: "Market Baskets." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:161: "Termite Mound." Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:162: "On Ferry to Goree." Goree, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:163: "240mm French Canon." Goree, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:164: "Slave Anklets." Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:165: "Slaves, End-to-End." Goree, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:166: "Allred and Davis on Ferry." Goree, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:167: "Slave Island." Goree, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:168: "Allred Holding Ankle Irons." Goree, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:169: "West Africa Slave Trade." Goree, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:170: "Youth on Ferry." Goree, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:171: "Ferry to Goree." Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:172: "Slave Quarters." Goree, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:173: "Slave Documents." Goree, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:174: "Dakar Skyline from Goree." Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:175: "Skyline from Atlantic." Goree, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:176: "Fortifications WWI." Goree, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:177: "Lynn and Doyle at Slave Loading Dock." Goree, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:178: "Slave Island." Goree, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:179: "Oil Tankers." Dakar, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:180: "Doyle Matthews." Goree, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:181: "Slave Quarters." Goree, Senegal
1976
1 6
1:06:182 through 1:248: Upper Volta/Burkina Faso, villages, people, camels, markets, fields
1976

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Agriculture--Photographs.
  • Agriculture--Pictorial works.
  • Farm Life--Iran--Photographs.
  • Farm Life--Iran--Pictorial works.

Geographical Names

  • Africa, Sub-Saharan--Photographs.
  • Iran--Photographs.