Crookston family papers - Archives West

Crookston family papers, 1857-1976

Overview of the Collection

Title: Crookston family papers
Dates: 1857-1976 (inclusive)
18571976
Quantity: 9 boxes, (4.5 linear feet)
Collection Number: UUS_COLL MSS 71
Summary: The Crookston collection spans four generations, beginning with Robert Crookston and ending with Burns Ballantyne Crookston, his great-grandson. The majority of the collection consists of the records of Nicholas Welch Crookston, including correspondence (1917-1927); personal papers (1886-1932); scrapbooks, diaries, and memoranda (1857-1930); an autobiography concerning his activities as Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bishop of the Greenville Ward; Crookston family genealogy; and papers concerning a business deal with the Boston Land Company and Frederick Steigmeyer (1917-1918) to develop the desert in the San Joaquin Valley. Also includes Alice Melvina Rice Crookston correspondence (1897-1918) and personal papers (1892-1925); Nicholas Oscar Crookston correspondence (1917-1927), personal papers, and diaries (1905-1919), including one recording his daily activities as a soldier in WWI (1918); Spencer Cleveland Crookston correspondence (1917-1918); Newell James Crookston writings (1890-1976), including his autobiography and North Logan community history; Burns Ballantyne Crookston writings (1960-1976); and Robert Crookston autobiography (ca. 1910).
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: Open to public research.
Languages: English.
Sponsor: Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Robert Crookston was born on September 21, 1821, in Anstruther, Fifeshire, Scotland. After converting to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Robert moved to the United States where he married Anne Welch on June 20, 1847, in Winter Quarters, Nebraska. The couple had twelve children, including Nicholas Welch Crookston, their seventh child, born October 22, 1857, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Nicholas married Alice Melvina Rice on November 8, 1883, in Salt Lake City, before moving north to Cache Valley. There he served as sheriff of Cache County from 1883 to 1890 and 1908 to 1913, and bishop of the Greenville (North Logan) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ward from 1891 to 1911. Nicholas died in North Logan on June 7, 1932. Nicholas' seventh child, Robert Burns Crookston, was born in Logan on February 4, 1892. Before his death on September 23, 1965, Robert and his wife, Glenda Marie Ballantyne, gave birth to Burns Ballantyne Crookston on December 6, 1922. This collection spans these four generations, beginning with Robert Crookston's birth in 1821 to Burns Crookston's death on April 28, 1975.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Crookston collection spans four generations, beginning with Robert Crookston and ending with Burns Ballantyne Crookston, his great-grandson. The majority of the collection consists of the records of Nicholas Welch Crookston, including correspondence (1917-1927); personal papers (1886-1932); scrapbooks, diaries, and memoranda (1857-1930); an autobiography concerning his activities as Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bishop of the Greenville Ward; Crookston family genealogy; and papers concerning a business deal with the Boston Land Company and Frederick Steigmeyer in Huron, California, (1917-1918) to develop the desert in the San Joaquin Valley.

Also includes Alice Melvina Rice Crookston correspondence (1897-1918) and personal papers (1892-1925); Nicholas Oscar Crookston correspondence (1917-1927), personal papers, and diaries (1905-1919), including one recording his daily activities as a soldier in WWI (1918); Spencer Cleveland Crookston correspondence (1917-1918); Newell James Crookston writings (1890-1976), including his autobiography and North Logan community history; Burns Ballantyne Crookston writings (1960-1976); and Robert Crookston autobiography (ca. 1910).

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 Crookston family papers must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archvies manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.

Preferred Citation

Crookston family papers, 1857-1976. (COLL MSS 71). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives department.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arranged in numeric sequence according to box and folder.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Dean F. Peterson.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Nicholas Welch Crookston , undatedReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Letters to miscellaneous	undated
		Henrietta Rice Crookston (?)	1917 May 28
		Lucille Crookston Peterson	1921 September 7
		Lucille Crookston Peterson	1924 March 20
1	2	Letters to Alice Melvina Rice Crookston	undated
		Letter	1905 August 20
		Letter	1917 March 15
		Letter	1918 March 4
		Letter	1917 October 7
1	3	Letters to Nicholas Oscar Crookston	undated
		Letter	1917 February 2
		Letter	1917 September 11
		Letter	1917 September 16
		Letter	1926 September 6
		Letter	1926 September 10
		Letter	1927 April 11
		Letter	1927 April 11
		Letter	1927 April 16
		Letter	1927 April 28
		Letter	1927 May 28
1	4-5	Letters from miscellaneous	undated
		George L. Graehl	1897 May 1
		Ralph Smith	1905 May 6
		Lucille Crookston Peterson	1917 March 23
		Rob (?)	1917 April 14
		Mary Crookston Farmer	1917 June 10
		Mary Crookston Farmer	1917 June 28
		Mary Crookston Farmer	1917 August 19
		Newell James Crookston	1917 September 11
		Laurn Edgar Crookston	1917 September 17
		Jean Crookston Caine (Envelope date)	1917 October 1
		Anna Anderson	1917 October 10
		Spencer Cleveland Crookston	1917 October 15
		Alice Crookston Rust	1917 November 11
		Alice Rust (Jr.)	1917 November
		Harry Hicks	1917 November 17
		Anna Anderson	1917 November 20
		Lottie Crookston (?)	1917 December 2
		Robert Burns Crookston	1917 December 16
		Glenna Marie Ballantyne Crookston	1917 December 20
		Charles F. Martineau (Envelope date)	1917 December 21
		Eva Rosetta Rice Martineau	1917 December 21
		Peter C. Larsen	1917 December 22
		Robert Burns Crookston	1917 December 30
		J.C. Walters	1918 January 3
		John H. Kemp	1918 January 16
		Eva Rosetta Rice Martineau	1918 January 16
		Charles F. Martineau	1918 January 16
		Margaret Larson	1918 January 28
		Newell James Crookston	1918 February 4
		Ethel Smith Crookston	1918 February 5
		Alice Crookston Rust	1918 May 14
		Laurn Edgar Crookston	1918 August 13
		Laurn Edgar Crookston	1918 November 17
		Edna Hilda Crookston Terry	1926 September 15
		Edna Hilda Crookston Terry	1927 April 18

Alice Melvina Rice Crookston , undatedReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	6	Letters to Nicholas Welch Crookston	undated
		Letter	1917 March 28
		Letter	1917 April 8
		Letter	1917 May 13
		Letter (Envelope date)	1917 May 18
		Letter	1917 June 15
		Letter	1917 June 28
		Letter	1917 August 13
		Letter	1917 August 19
		Letter	1917 August 21
		Letter	1917 August 21
		Letter	1917 August 30
		Letter	1917 September 2
		Letter	1917 September 8
		Letter	1917 September 14
		Letter (Envelope date)	1917 September 26
		Letter	1917 September 28
		Letter	1917 October 6
		Letter	1917 October 9
		Letter	1917 October 13
		Letter	1917 October 15
		Letter	1857 - 1920
1	7-9	Letters from miscellaneous	undated
		Clara Rice Benson	1897 October
		Clara Rice Benson (Feb. 18, 1898 -Date on envelope)	1897 December
		Laurn Edgar Crookston	1917 October 12
		Edna Hilda Crookston (Envelope date)	1917 November 6
		Lucille Crookston Peterson Nov. 23, 1917 -Date on envelope)	1917 November 6
		Newell James Crookston	1917 November 6
		Jean Crookston Caine & Laurn Edgar Crookston	1917 November 12
		Ethel Smith Crookston	1917 November 13
		Edna Hilda Crookston	1917 November 14
		Laura Merrill	1917 November 18
		Eva Rosetta Rice Martineau	1917 December 4
		Alice Crookston Rust	1917 December 4
		Anna L. Nelson	1917 December 5
		Jean Crookston Caine	1917 December 7
		Edna Hilda Crookston	1917 December 12
		Lucille Crookston Peterson	1917 December 18
		Glenna Marie Ballantyne Crookston -	1917 December 20
		Laurn Edgar Crookston (Envelope date)	1917 December 24
		Edna Hilda Crookston	1918 January 2
		Mary Ann Crookston Farmer (envelope date)	1918 January 17
		Alice Crookston Rust	1918 January 23
		Margaret T. Allen (envelope date)	1918 January 28
		Sara Ann Rice Benson	1918 January 31
		Jean Crookston Caine	1918 February 3
		Robert Burns Crookston	1918 February 3
		Edna Hilda Crookston	1918 February 4
		Ellen J. Allen	1918 February 4
		Mary Ann Crookston Farmer	1918 February 5
		Newell James Crookston	1918 February 21
		Edna Hilda Crookston	1918 March 26
		Margaret Caine & Jean Crookston Caine	1918 May
		Alice Rust (Jr.)	1918 May 5
		Alice Rust (Jr.)	1918 May 5
		Jean Crookston	1918 May 19
		Edna Hilda Crookston	1918 May 21
		Edna Hilda Crookston	1918 May 29
		Laurn Edgar Crookston	1918 November 23

Nicholas Oscar Crookston , undatedReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	10	Letters to miscellaneous	undated
		Spencer Cleveland Crookston	1917 December 11
		Laurn Edgar Crookston	1918 April 24
		Laurn Edgar Crookston	1918 April 25
		Edna Hilda Crookston	1918 October 18
1	11	Letters to Nicholas Welch Crookston	undated
		Letter (year estimated)	1917 February 4
		Letter (year estimated)	1917 May 22
		Letter	1917 May 31
		Letter	1917 August 26
		Letter	1917 November 4
		Letter	1917 December 2
		Letter	1917 December 9
		Letter (photos attached)	1918 January 23
		Letter	1918 March 20
		Letter	1918 April 28
		Letter	1918 May 5
		Letter	1918 June 13
		Letter	1918 June 16
		Letter	1918 July 6
		Letter	1918 August
		Letter	1918 October 26
1	12	Letters to Alice Melvina Rice Crookston	undated
		Letter	1918 January 15
		Letter	1918 January 28
		Letter	1918 February 10
		Letter	1918 March 11
		Letter	1918 March 26
		Letter	1918 April 7
		Letter	1918 May 24
		Letter	1918 June 26
		Letter	1918 July 16
		Letter	1918 August 10
		Letter	1918 August
		Letter	1918 August
		Letter	1918 September 3
		Letter	1918 September 10
		Letter	1918 September 16
		Letter	1918 September 18
		Letter	1918 September 22
		Letter	1918 October 5
		Letter	1918 October 18
		Letter	1918 October 24
		Letter (Envelope date) (envelope dated Nov. 4, 1918)	1918 November 6
		Letter (Envelope date)	1918 November 26
		Letter	1918 November 28
1	13	Letters from miscellaneous	undated
		Alice Melvina Rice Crookston	1917 July 7
		Alice Melvina Rice Crookston	1917 August 25
		Newell James Crookston	1920 September 23
		Edna Hilda Crookston Terry	1927 May 23

Spencer Cleveland Crookston , undatedReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	14	Letters to miscellaneous	undated
		Alice Melvian Rice Crookston	1917 August 15
		Draft Board of Cache County	1917 December 31
1	15	Letters to miscellaneous	undated
		Laurn Edgar Crookston	1918 January 27
		Edna Hilda Crookston	1918 February 4

Boston Land Company , undatedReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	16	Letters to Frederick Steigmeyer from N.W.C.	undated
		Letter	1917 June 26
		Letter	1917 June 27
		Letter	1917 July 9
		Description of Project	undated
1	17	Letters from Frederick Steigmeyer to N.W.C.	undated
		Letter	1917 May 3
		Letter	1917 May 12
		Letter	1917 May 14
		Letter	1917 June 2
		Letter	1917 June 5
		Letter	1917 June 22
		Letter	1917 June 30
		Letter	1917 July 10
		Letter	1917 September 28
		Letter	1917 October 15
		Letter	1917 October 15
		Letter	1917 November 12
		Letter	1917 December 5
		Letter	1917 December 7
		Letter	1918 January 2
		Letter	1918 January 30
		Letter	1918 February 18
		Letter	1918 July 3
		Letter	1918 December 28
		Letter	1919 September 30

NICHOLAS WELCH CROOKSTON - PERSONAL PAPERS, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
2	1	The autobiography of Nicholas Welch Crookston --compiled by Lucille C. Peterson	undated
2	2	Writings on family history	undated
2	3	The hanging of Charley Benson --compiled by Lucille C. Peterson	undated
2	4	The attempt to burn the Presbyterian Church	undated
2	5	Meeting House Accounts - Greenville Ward	1903-1904
2	6	Tithing list - 1904, Greenville Ward Misc. disbursements and memoranda	1910
2	7	Presiding Bishop's office to N.W.C. as Bishop of Greenville Ward	undated
2	8	Legal papers of Greenville Ward; Directives from first presidency	undated
2	9	Attendance data and leadership positions, Greenvillle Ward	1904-1907
2	10	Bishop accounts, etc. for construction of Greenville Ward meeting-house	1904-1906
2	11	Receiptsand invoices, reconstruction of Greenville Ward meeting-house	undated
2	12	Receipts for contributions to build Greenville Ward meeting-house	1904-1906
2	13	Land records and grazing permits	undated
2	14	Personal memorabilia and membership cards	undated
2	15	Receipts, N.W.C. -personal	1888-1931
2	16	Personal financial records	1902-1924
2	17	Receipts, N.W.C. - tithing and church	1892-1930
2	18	Receipts, Crookston family- tithing	1901-1914
2	19	Temple Ordinance work	1903-1904
2	20	Crookston family geneaology includes autobiography of Robert Crookston	undated
2	21	Fish and game commissioner	undated
2	22	Miscellaneous sheriff's papers Telegrams, orders, correspondence, seized papers	undated
2	23	Commissions as sheriff	undated
2	24	J.J. Fry vs John C. Greaves and T.W. R. Nelson	undated
2	25	John Nelson vs John C. Greaves and T.W.R. Nelson	undated
2	26	Scowcroft vs Isabella Peacock	undated
2	27	Burial of Louisa Delmar Robinson	1886 October 10
2	28	Flower cards from N.W.C. Funeral	1932 June 7
2	29	Probate of estate, N.W.C.	undated
2	26	Scowcroft vs Isabella Peacock	undated
2	27	Burial of Louisa Delmar Robinson	1886 October 10
2	28	Flower cards from N.W.C. Funeral	1932 June 7
2	29	Probate of estate, N.W.C.	undated

SCRAPBOOK AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS OF N.W.C., undatedReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
3	1	Scrapbook of N.W.C.	1906-1930
3	2	Assorted newspaper clippings	1906-1930

DIARIES AND MEMORANDA OF N.W. CROOKSTON, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
4	1	Personal history	1857-1912
4	2	Memoranda	1885 January 7 - June 20
4	3	Memoranda	1888 - 1889 0ctober
4	4	Memoranda	1892 - 1895 February 21
4	5	Memoranda	1895 February 22 - 1896 January 1
4	6	Memoranda	1896-1897
4	7	Memoranda	1897 July 25 - 1898 August
4	8	Memoranda	1903 July 10 - 1906
4	9	Memoranda	1905
4	10	Memoranda	1906
4	11	Daybook	1906
4	12	Diary	1912
4	13	Diary	1913
4	14	Memoranda	1914 - 1915 August
4	15	Diary	1916
4	16	Diary (Boston Land Company - Huron, CA.)	1917
4	17	Daybook	1918 January 1- July 6
4	18	Financial accounts	1925-1929
4	19	Diary	1929
4	20	Diary	1930

ALICE MELVINA RICE CROOKSTON - PERSONAL PAPERS, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
5	1	Receipts, A.R.C. - miscellaneous	1892-1920
5	2	A.R.C. - miscellaneous personal papers	undated
5	3	Probate of Oscar North Rice estate	undated
5	4	Flower cards from A.R.C. Funeral	1925 February 7
5	5	Probate of A.R.C. estate	undated

NICHOLAS OSCAR CROOKSTON -- PERSONAL PAPERS & DIARIES, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	book
6	1	Book 1: Diary	1901 January 27 - 1905 October 14
6	2	Book 2: Diary (Daily activities as soldier-WWI)	1918
6	3	Book 3: Memorandum	1917- 1918
6	4	Book 4: Memorandum	1927
	Folder
6	1	N.O.C. as Sergeant, U.S. Army - Passenger & Equipment lists	undated
6	2	Membership and identification cards	undated
6	3	Discharge and appreciation papers	1919

NEWELL JAMES CROOKSTON - WRITINGS, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box
7		Autobiographical sketches and writings of Newell James Crookston - 1 copy	undated
	item
7	1	Old Ephraim, by Newell James Crookston (Located in stacks: 979.2524 C882)	undated
	cassettes
7	1	Oral history: Farm life in North Logan	1890-1976
	Folder
7	1	Notes on Nicholas W. Crookston, by N.J.C	undated
7	2	Oral history transcription: From life in North Logan	1890-1976
7	3	Incidents & Events in the lives of the citizens of North Logan	undated
7	4	This is my. life, by N.J.C.	1890-1976

BURNS BALLANTYNE CROOKSTON - PERSONAL PAPERS, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
8	1	Burns B. Crookston memorial	undated
8	2	Biographical information	undated
8	3	Correspondence	1965 April-1976 April
8	4	Evaluation the pre-school orientation program, Academic performance of fraternity pledges	1960 April-June
8	5	Developing physical facilities for student personnel services; Face in the crowd	April 4, 1961
8	5	Selectivity as a factor in Fraternity Scholastic Achievement December 1961; National vs. Local Autonomy: problems for administration	1964
8	7	A study of attitudes concerning university relationships with students	1966 October
8	8	Implications of drug usage for higher education	1968 July
8	9	Coping with campus disruption	1969 June
8	10	An organizational model for student development, Oct. 1970; third party mediation in campus disputes	1970 December
8	11	Professionalism and professional style in student personnel work, Nov. 1971; A developmental view of academic advising as teaching	1972 January
8	12	Education for human development	1973 January
8	13	The higher callings of democracy: An essay on changing American values, Jan. 1973; the nomendature dilemma: titles of senior student officers at NASPA Institutions	1973
8	14	Administration of student affairs at community colleges as compared with urban--commuter institutions	1974 February
8	15	Student development and involvement in governance	1974 March
8	16	A study of student affairs: the principal student affairs officer, the functions, the organization at American colleges and universities 1967-1972	1974 April
8	17	Human development and the democratic community	1974 November
8	18	The intentional democratic community: an early appraisal, Mar. 1975; Milieu management: an emerging key role of the principal student affairs officer	1975 April
8	19	Student personnel--all hail and farewell!, Feb. 1975; the student franchise: economy as an ally of student development	1975 February

ROBERT CROOKSTON, 1821-1916, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
9	1	Autobiography of Robert Crookston	undated
9	2	Autobiography of Robert Crookston	undated
9	3	Autobiography of Robert Crookston	undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Geographical Names

North Logan (Utah)--History.

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

Crookston family papers, 1857-1976

Overview of the Collection

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Acquisition Information

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Nicholas Welch Crookston , undatedReturn to Top

Alice Melvina Rice Crookston , undatedReturn to Top

Nicholas Oscar Crookston , undatedReturn to Top

Spencer Cleveland Crookston , undatedReturn to Top

Boston Land Company , undatedReturn to Top

NICHOLAS WELCH CROOKSTON - PERSONAL PAPERS, undatedReturn to Top

SCRAPBOOK AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS OF N.W.C., undatedReturn to Top

DIARIES AND MEMORANDA OF N.W. CROOKSTON, undatedReturn to Top

ALICE MELVINA RICE CROOKSTON - PERSONAL PAPERS, undatedReturn to Top

NICHOLAS OSCAR CROOKSTON -- PERSONAL PAPERS & DIARIES, undatedReturn to Top

NEWELL JAMES CROOKSTON - WRITINGS, undatedReturn to Top

BURNS BALLANTYNE CROOKSTON - PERSONAL PAPERS, undatedReturn to Top

ROBERT CROOKSTON, 1821-1916, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, undatedReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Geographical Names

Finding aid created by Special Collections and Archives.
2008

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

Crookston family papers, 1857-1976

Overview of the Collection

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Acquisition Information

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Nicholas Welch Crookston , undatedReturn to Top

Alice Melvina Rice Crookston , undatedReturn to Top

Nicholas Oscar Crookston , undatedReturn to Top

Spencer Cleveland Crookston , undatedReturn to Top

Boston Land Company , undatedReturn to Top

NICHOLAS WELCH CROOKSTON - PERSONAL PAPERS, undatedReturn to Top

SCRAPBOOK AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS OF N.W.C., undatedReturn to Top

DIARIES AND MEMORANDA OF N.W. CROOKSTON, undatedReturn to Top

ALICE MELVINA RICE CROOKSTON - PERSONAL PAPERS, undatedReturn to Top

NICHOLAS OSCAR CROOKSTON -- PERSONAL PAPERS & DIARIES, undatedReturn to Top

NEWELL JAMES CROOKSTON - WRITINGS, undatedReturn to Top

BURNS BALLANTYNE CROOKSTON - PERSONAL PAPERS, undatedReturn to Top

ROBERT CROOKSTON, 1821-1916, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, undatedReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Geographical Names

Finding aid created by Special Collections and Archives.2008

Finding aid created by Special Collections and Archives.
2008