Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
President H. Aldous Dixon papers
UUS_3.1/9
3.25 linear feet
5 boxes
1870-1990, bulk 1950-1955
President Henry Aldous Dixon papers document his time as the ninth President of Utah State University.
English
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Henry Aldous Dixon, known mostly as Aldous Dixon, was born in Provo, Utah in 1890 and married his wife Lucile Knowlden in 1915. He received degrees from Brigham Young University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Southern California. Dixon served as the president and teacher at the Weber Academy, an institution operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at various times throughout 1914-1937, and was the superintendent of Provo City schools around 1920-1932. However, after his father's death in 1924, he took over his family's banking business until 1932.
Dixon was the ninth President of the Utah Agricultural State College, now known as Utah State University (USU), between 1953-1954. In 1954 Dixon was drafted by the Utah Republican Party to run for the congressional seat vacated by Douglas Stringfellow. Dixon resigned the presidency in October of 1954 to campaign and ultimately win the congressional seat where he was one of the only congressmen to support the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960.
Although he only served for one year, Dixon is known for his commitment to community and teamwork and designating USU as a partner of the common welfare in his inaugural address.
The President H. Aldous Dixon papers mostly include correspondence, reports, and office files that document the university business between approximately between 1953-1954.
The arrangement of this collection reflects an intellectual order of Peterson's activities as President. The physical order and numbering of items are second to the intellectual ordering of this collection.
This collection is arranged into five series.
I. Assorted Correspondence and Office Files
II. Department and Faculty
III. Committees
IV. Inauguration
V. Personal Papers
Box 2 Folders 9 and 34 have been removed.
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Initial Citation: President H. Aldous Dixon Papers USU_3.1/9. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_3.1/9, USUSCA.
College and Universities
I. Assorted Correspondence and office files
1938-1955
Alumni association
1952 November 9
1
3
Includes a report from the Alumni board concerning a dispute with state officials
Board of Trustees correspondence and resolutions
1953-1954
1
6
Board of Trustees memos, reports and correspondence
1953-1954
1
7
Includes list of board of trustees and new clippings
President of Brigham Young University Ernest L. Wilkinson
1953 October 1
1
9
Concerns Wilkinson congratulating H. A. Dixon on being appointed to president
Campus directory
1953
1
13
Includes clubs, organizations, and department affiliations
Commencement
1954 April - May
1
14
Concerns the awarding of honorary degrees and includes Albert Sydne Raubenheimer's speech "The Prospect Before Us"
Commencement addresses
1938 March 8
1
15
It's assumed these materials were collected by H. A. Dixon. Includes Founder's Day program and assembly, "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" by Henry H. Blood, speeches by E. G. Peterson, John A. Widstoe, Harris of B.Y.U, President Quinney, Melvin J. Ballard, Fredrick P. Champ, and the speeches titled "The Role of the Scientist in Modern Life", "Our Opportunities", and "Travelers or Wanderes"
Fifty-ninth annual Utah State Agricultral College commencement program
1952 June
1
15a
Bulletins
1946-1950
1
16
College of Southern Utah
1954
1
20
Concerns budet, contract agreements, faculty and staff, and bonds
Girl's State textbook and guide
1954 June 13
2
4
Governor J. Bracken Lee
1950-1954
2
5
Includes salary buget and analysis of employees and student enrollment
High school relations
1951-1953
2
8
Includes enrollment reports, Deans' council, and committees
Iran
1954 June
2
11
Concerns Utah State Agricultural College staff visiting Iran
Leave of absence
1954
2
12
Invitation for celebration for David O. McKay, past president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-say Saints
1953 September 8
2
14
An invitation to a limited issue of the Improvement Era commemorating McKay's 80th birthday
"Conflict with Mediocrity" a speech delivered at the annual Phi Kappa Phi meeting
1954 May 27
2
16
It is assumed to be given or collected by H. A. Dixon
Student fee statistics
probably 1953-1954
2
21
Salary reports and proposals
1953-1954
2
22
Includes 17 western states colleges and universites
Snow College reports
1953-1955
2
25
Includes invitation to dedication of auditorium, budgets, scholarships, and building repairs
Student body president
1954
2
27
Includes student government organization and vending machine policies
Symposium on Mormon culture presented at the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters
1952 November 14
2
33
Includes "A Community Portrait" by Juanita Brooks, "Mormonism and Literature" by William Mulder, "Trends in Mormon Economic Policy" by Leonard J. Arrington, and "The Development of Mormon Ethics" by Gaylon L. Caldwell
Utah Conference on Higher Education event and report
1953
2
35
Utah Scientific Research Foundation articles of incorporation
1945
2
36
Veterans employment
1953-1954
2
27
Ogden Standard-Examiner newspaper
1953 December 11
2
38
Concerns Weber College
II. Department and Faculty
1950-1954
Administration
1953
1
1
Includes list of adminstration officers and letter from Guy E. Suavely
School of Agriculture
1953-1954
1
2
Includes correspondence with R. H. Walker and L. Mark Neuberger, agricultural communications project, agreement with Geneva Steel, and Federal Irrigation office
Athletic council code
1954 January 12
1
4
Duties and responsibilities of athletic departments
probably 1953-1954
1
5
University bookstore controversy and the manager Eric Johnson
1954
1
8
Buildings and grounds
1954 February - March
1
10
Concerns policy changes, postion changes, and an addition of a film library
Business manager D. A. Broadbent
1954
1
11-12
Includes budget, reports, student fees, college calendar, annual short course for canning crop growers and canner's field men, Ezra Taft Benson, Fredrick P. Champ, E. G. Peterson, and O. B. Jesness
School of Commerce
1954 April 21
1
17
Concerns Les Pocock's employment
Controller's office
1953-1954
1
19
Concerns budget matters
Special collection Hatch Room
1953
2
6
Concerns Hatch Room opening, members of the board of trustees, scholarship, and emertius faculty
Dean of Women applications
1954
1
21
Mae Welling, Dean of Women
1954
2
39
Concerns consolidation of scholarships on campus
School of Education recommendations of rank
1954
1
22
Employee files
1953-1954
1
23
Includes job appointments, notices of resignation, applications, and recommendations
School of engineering memos, position recommendations, and applications
1953-1954
1
24
Ira Hayward, English department
1954 April
1
25
Concerns a conflict over the religious views of USU staff
Evening school schedule, faculty members, and enrollment
1950-1954
1
26
Includes a meeting on foreign students
Faculty association appointments
1953 January 1
2
1
Finance commission
1954 Februrary 11
2
2
Forest, range, and wildflife management accreditation and future plans
1953 October 27
2
3
Off-campus instruction teaching schedules, salaries, and reports
1953-1954
2
15
Mostly concerns extra pay for instructors
Duties and qualifications of instructors
1953 August 7
2
17
Registrar's Office reports
1951-1954
2
19
Includes statistics, attendance, enrollment, and faculty code committee
ROTC program description
1953-1954
2
20
Includes newsclipping from Magazine of Salt Lake Tribune
Student personnel and guidance report and program
1954 June 3
2
28
Summer school
1953-1954
2
29
Includes conferences, events, officers of adminstration, and programs and lectures
Retirement program and the teacher's retirement system
1953 December 18
2
31
Faculty memos
1954
2
39
III. Committees
1953-1954
Committees
1953-1954
1
18
Includes dormitory committee, campus planning committee, coordinating committee, committee on credits and admission, graduation requirements, debating committee, housing committee, library committee, lyceum committee, faculty representatives, civic music membership week, credit rating committee, out-of-state travel committee, personnel and guidance committee, pre-medical, pre-dental, pre-veterinary, publication council, radio and T.V. policy committee, registration committee, teacher placement committee, graduation committee, and committee on test week evaluation
Health Committee reports and recommendations
1953-1954
2
7
Manion Committee
1953-1954
2
13
Includes discussion of H. A. Dixon's inaugural address
Professional relations and faculty welfare committee
1951-1955
2
18
Concerns membership, contracts and services, salaries, policies, and suggestions
Scholarship committee membership
probably 1953-1954
2
23
Space allocation committee memerships and reports
1953
2
24
Student affairs committee
1951-1953
2
26
Includes calendar, duties and responsibilities, membership, and reports
T. V. committee policies
1954 March 31
2
30
Traffic committee reports, minutes, and plans
1951-1952
2
32
VI. Inauguration
1953-1954
Acceptance speech
probably 1953-1954
2
10
It's assumed to be an acceptance speech given or collected by H. A. Dixon
Programs
1954 March 8
3
1
Congratulations cards
approximately 1954
4
Book of felicitations
approximately 1954
5
V. Personal Papers
approximately 1890 - 1992
Correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning the life and death of H. Aldous Dixon
approximately 1890 - 1992
3
2
Includes photos