UUS_mss071.xml Guide to the Crookston family papers 1857-1976 Crookston family papers 1857-1976 Finding aid created by Special Collections and Archives. Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008 Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives ©2008
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-02-07. Finding guide is in English in Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). September 3, 2008. Template information was updated to reflect Utah Manuscript Association best practices. 2009 Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Crookston family papers UUS_COLL MSS 71 9 boxes 4.5 linear feet 1857-1976 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). Collection materials are in English.

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

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.

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).

Arranged in numeric sequence according to box and folder.

 North Logan (Utah)--History. Sheriffs--Utah--Cache County--Archives. Mormons--Utah--Cache County--Archives. Soldiers--Diaries. World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, American. Real estate development--California--San Joaquin Valley. Correspondence Nicholas Welch Crookston undated Letters to miscellaneous undated (3 items) 1 1 Henrietta Rice Crookston (?) 1917 May 28 Lucille Crookston Peterson 1921 September 7 Lucille Crookston Peterson 1924 March 20 Letters to Alice Melvina Rice Crookston undated (4 items) 1 2 Letter 1905 August 20 Letter 1917 March 15 Letter 1918 March 4 Letter 1917 October 7 Letters to Nicholas Oscar Crookston undated (10 items) 1 3 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 Letters from miscellaneous undated (35 items) 1 4-5 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 1917 October 1

(Envelope date)

 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 1917 December 21

(Envelope date)

 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 undated Letters to Nicholas Welch Crookston undated (21 items) 1 6 Letter 1917 March 28 Letter 1917 April 8 Letter 1917 May 13 Letter 1917 May 18

(Envelope date)

 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 1917 September 26

(Envelope date)

 Letter 1917 September 28 Letter 1917 October 6 Letter 1917 October 9 Letter 1917 October 13 Letter 1917 October 15 Letter 1857 - 1920 Letters from miscellaneous undated (39 items ) 1 7-9 Clara Rice Benson 1897 October Clara Rice Benson 1897 December

(Feb. 18, 1898 -Date on envelope)

 Laurn Edgar Crookston 1917 October 12 Edna Hilda Crookston 1917 November 6

(Envelope date)

 Lucille Crookston Peterson 1917 November 6

Nov. 23, 1917 -Date on envelope)

 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 1917 December 24

(Envelope date)

 Edna Hilda Crookston 1918 January 2 Mary Ann Crookston Farmer 1918 January 17

(envelope date)

 Alice Crookston Rust 1918 January 23 Margaret T. Allen 1918 January 28

(envelope date)

 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 undated Letters to miscellaneous undated (4 items) 1 10 Spencer Cleveland Crookston 1917 December 11 Laurn Edgar Crookston 1918 April 24 Laurn Edgar Crookston 1918 April 25 Edna Hilda Crookston 1918 October 18 Letters to Nicholas Welch Crookston undated (16 items) 1 11 Letter 1917 February 4

(year estimated)

 Letter 1917 May 22

(year estimated)

 Letter 1917 May 31 Letter 1917 August 26 Letter 1917 November 4 Letter 1917 December 2 Letter 1917 December 9 Letter 1918 January 23

(photos attached)

 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 Letters to Alice Melvina Rice Crookston undated (23 items) 1 12 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 1918 November 6

(Envelope date) (envelope dated Nov. 4, 1918)

 Letter 1918 November 26

(Envelope date)

 Letter 1918 November 28 Letters from miscellaneous undated (4 items) 1 13 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 undated Letters to miscellaneous undated (2 items) 1 14 Alice Melvian Rice Crookston 1917 August 15 Draft Board of Cache County 1917 December 31 Letters to miscellaneous undated (2 items) 1 15 Laurn Edgar Crookston 1918 January 27 Edna Hilda Crookston 1918 February 4 Boston Land Company undated Letters to Frederick Steigmeyer from N.W.C. undated (5 items) 1 16 Letter 1917 June 26 Letter 1917 June 27 Letter 1917 July 9 Description of Project undated Letters from Frederick Steigmeyer to N.W.C. undated (21 items) 1 17 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 undated The autobiography of Nicholas Welch Crookston --compiled by Lucille C. Peterson undated 2 1 Writings on family history undated 2 2 The hanging of Charley Benson --compiled by Lucille C. Peterson undated 2 3 The attempt to burn the Presbyterian Church undated 2 4 Meeting House Accounts - Greenville Ward 1903-1904 2 5 Tithing list - 1904, Greenville Ward Misc. disbursements and memoranda 1910 2 6 Presiding Bishop's office to N.W.C. as Bishop of Greenville Ward undated 2 7 Legal papers of Greenville Ward; Directives from first presidency undated 2 8 Attendance data and leadership positions, Greenvillle Ward 1904-1907 2 9 Bishop accounts, etc. for construction of Greenville Ward meeting-house 1904-1906 2 10 Receiptsand invoices, reconstruction of Greenville Ward meeting-house undated 2 11 Receipts for contributions to build Greenville Ward meeting-house 1904-1906 2 12 Land records and grazing permits undated 2 13 Personal memorabilia and membership cards undated 2 14 Receipts, N.W.C. -personal 1888-1931 2 15 Personal financial records 1902-1924 2 16 Receipts, N.W.C. - tithing and church 1892-1930 2 17 Receipts, Crookston family- tithing 1901-1914 2 18 Temple Ordinance work 1903-1904 2 19 Crookston family geneaology includes autobiography of Robert Crookston undated 2 20 Fish and game commissioner undated 2 21 Miscellaneous sheriff's papers Telegrams, orders, correspondence, seized papers undated 2 22 Commissions as sheriff undated 2 23 J.J. Fry vs John C. Greaves and T.W. R. Nelson undated 2 24 John Nelson vs John C. Greaves and T.W.R. Nelson undated 2 25 Scowcroft vs Isabella Peacock undated 2 26 Burial of Louisa Delmar Robinson 1886 October 10 2 27 Flower cards from N.W.C. Funeral 1932 June 7 2 28 Probate of estate, N.W.C. undated 2 29 Scowcroft vs Isabella Peacock undated 2 26 Burial of Louisa Delmar Robinson 1886 October 10 2 27 Flower cards from N.W.C. Funeral 1932 June 7 2 28 Probate of estate, N.W.C. undated 2 29 SCRAPBOOK AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS OF N.W.C. undated Scrapbook of N.W.C. 1906-1930 3 1 Assorted newspaper clippings 1906-1930 3 2 DIARIES AND MEMORANDA OF N.W. CROOKSTON undated Personal history 1857-1912 4 1 Memoranda 1885 January 7 - June 20 4 2 Memoranda 1888 - 1889 0ctober 4 3 Memoranda 1892 - 1895 February 21 4 4 Memoranda 1895 February 22 - 1896 January 1 4 5 Memoranda 1896-1897 4 6 Memoranda 1897 July 25 - 1898 August 4 7 Memoranda 1903 July 10 - 1906 4 8 Memoranda 1905 4 9 Memoranda 1906 4 10 Daybook 1906 4 11 Diary 1912 4 12 Diary 1913 4 13 Memoranda 1914 - 1915 August 4 14 Diary 1916 4 15 Diary 1917 4 16

(Boston Land Company - Huron, CA.)

 Daybook 1918 January 1- July 6 4 17 Financial accounts 1925-1929 4 18 Diary 1929 4 19 Diary 1930 4 20 ALICE MELVINA RICE CROOKSTON - PERSONAL PAPERS undated Receipts, A.R.C. - miscellaneous 1892-1920 5 1 A.R.C. - miscellaneous personal papers undated 5 2 Probate of Oscar North Rice estate undated 5 3 Flower cards from A.R.C. Funeral 1925 February 7 5 4 Probate of A.R.C. estate undated 5 5 NICHOLAS OSCAR CROOKSTON -- PERSONAL PAPERS & DIARIES undated Diary Book 1 1901 January 27 - 1905 October 14 6 1 Diary Book 2 1918 6 2

(Daily activities as soldier-WWI)

 Memorandum Book 3 1917- 1918 6 3 Memorandum Book 4 1927 6 4 N.O.C. as Sergeant, U.S. Army - Passenger & Equipment lists undated 6 1 Membership and identification cards undated 6 2 Discharge and appreciation papers 1919 6 3 NEWELL JAMES CROOKSTON - WRITINGS undated Autobiographical sketches and writings of Newell James Crookston - 1 copy undated 7 Old Ephraim, by Newell James Crookston (Located in stacks: 979.2524 C882) undated 7 1 Oral history: Farm life in North Logan 1890-1976 7 1 Notes on Nicholas W. Crookston, by N.J.C undated 7 1 Oral history transcription: From life in North Logan 1890-1976 7 2 Incidents & Events in the lives of the citizens of North Logan undated 2 copies 7 3 This is my. life, by N.J.C. 1890-1976 2 copies 7 4 BURNS BALLANTYNE CROOKSTON - PERSONAL PAPERS undated Burns B. Crookston memorial undated 8 1 Biographical information undated 8 2 Correspondence 1965 April-1976 April 8 3 Evaluation the pre-school orientation program, Academic performance of fraternity pledges 1960 April-June 8 4 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 5 A study of attitudes concerning university relationships with students 1966 October 8 7 Implications of drug usage for higher education 1968 July 8 8 Coping with campus disruption 1969 June 8 9 An organizational model for student development, Oct. 1970; third party mediation in campus disputes 1970 December 8 10 Professionalism and professional style in student personnel work, Nov. 1971; A developmental view of academic advising as teaching 1972 January 8 11 Education for human development 1973 January 8 12 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 13 Administration of student affairs at community colleges as compared with urban--commuter institutions 1974 February 8 14 Student development and involvement in governance 1974 March 2 copies 8 15 A study of student affairs: the principal student affairs officer, the functions, the organization at American colleges and universities 1967-1972 1974 April 8 16 Human development and the democratic community 1974 November 8 17 The intentional democratic community: an early appraisal, Mar. 1975; Milieu management: an emerging key role of the principal student affairs officer 1975 April 8 18 Student personnel--all hail and farewell!, Feb. 1975; the student franchise: economy as an ally of student development 1975 February 8 19 ROBERT CROOKSTON, 1821-1916, AUTOBIOGRAPHY undated Autobiography of Robert Crookston undated (typed copy) 9 1 Autobiography of Robert Crookston undated (Photocopy of original) 9 2 Autobiography of Robert Crookston undated (original document) 9 3