UUS_21.xml Guide to the Jensen Historical Farm Records Jensen Historical Farm Records Finding Aid written by Heather Housley and Kelly Rovegno Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives 2022
Merrill-Cazier Library Utah State University 3000 Old Main Hill Logan, Utah 84322-3000 scweb@usu.edu https://archives.usu.edu/
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-07-18. Description is written in: English, Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Jensen Historical Farm Collection Ronald V. Jensen Living Historical Farm. UUS_21 13.5 linear feet 23 boxes: 20 .5 letter box 1 .25 letter box 2 oversized boxes 1959-2003 This collection consists of the records of the Ronald V. Jensen Historical Farm, located in Cache Valley, Utah, and relate to the financial and administrative details of running the farm and the associated Man and His Bread Museum. Items in this twenty-three box collection fall into three main categories: financial records, administrative files, and materials relating to the American West Heritage Foundation. English .

This collection consists of the records of the Ronald V. Jensen Historical Farm, located in Cache Valley, Utah, and relate to the financial and administrative details of running the farm and the associated Man and His Bread Museum. Also included are files regarding the graduate student program, grants that helped fund the farm/museum, correspondence, and promotional materials. The majority of the material dates from 1959 to 1993. This collection is largely textual materials with some photographs. Some personnel files contain sensitive information and are restricted. Miscellaneous items relating to the American West Heritage Center were added at a later date.

The Ronald V. Jensen Living Historical Farm, a program of Utah State University, was started in 1970 with a donation from USU agriculture alumnus, R.V. Jensen, who specified that his gift be used to establish a working farm museum that involved students in its operation. The museum was located on 120 acres near Wellsville in southern Cache Valley, Utah, at the former Franklin H. Wyatt farm. Buildings representative of Cache Valley's history were relocated to the site to recreate a historic family farm. (The original Frank Wyatt farmhouse still exists on the property but had been modernized and was not suitable for inclusion.) The collections of the Man and His Bread Museum, an indoor museum of agriculture-related artifacts founded on the USU campus in the late 1950's, were also relocated to the Jensen Historical Farm site.

In 1985 folklorist and outdoor museum specialist Jay Allan Anderson was hired to direct the Jensen Historical Farm museum and establish a master's degree program in Outdoor Museum Administration. Anderson changed the Farm's time period from a generic "pioneer farm" to the year 1917, a prosperous year for Cache Valley farmers and a date which the museum's artifact collections could support. During Anderson's tenure at the Farm (1985-1993), graduate students operated all aspects of the museum, from restoration of artifacts to animal husbandry to research to costumed interpretation. When Anderson left the Farm in 1993 the focus of the program began to shift so he transferred the research collection to USU Special Collections. The Jensen Historical Farm was eventually subsumed by the newly-formed American West Heritage Center.

The financial series in arranged in chronological order. The administrative files are arranged by subject in alphabetical order.

Access to some files is restricted. Not available through interlibrary loan.

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Jensen Historical Farm Records must be obtained from the University Archivist and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Initial Citation:Jensen Historical Farm Records USU_21 Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_21, USUSCA.

The Jensen Historical Farm Research collection, UUS_COLL MSS 236

Ronald V. Jensen Living Historical Farm Photographs, USU_P0356

For information on the history of the Jensen Historical Farm museum through the mid-1980's, see: The History of the Ronald V. Jensen Living Historical Farm and Man and His Bread Museum by Caroline E. Mohai (Merrill-Cazier library call number F 834 .L8 M63 1987).

Jensen, Ronald V. Ronald V. Jensen Living Historical Farm. Cache County (Utah)--History--Sources Cache County (Utah)--Social life and customs--Sources. Agriculture Agriculture, Cooperative--Utah--History. Historic farms--Utah--Cache County. Agricultural museums--Utah--Cache County. Open-air museums--Utah--Cache County. Agricultural museums--Utah--Cache County. Museum techniques--Utah--Cache County. Museum archives--Utah--Cache County. Anthropology Financial Records Budget Worksheets 1970-1971 1 01 Budget Worksheets 1971-1972 1 02 Budget Worksheets 1972-1973 1 03 Budget Worksheets 1973-1974 1 04 Budget Worksheets 1974-1975 1 05 Budget Worksheets 1975-1976 1 06 Budget Worksheets 1976-1977 1 07 Month-End Reports 1976-1977 1 08 Audit Report 1977 1 09 Requisitions 1974 January-1974 November 1 10 Requisitions 1974 November-1977 July 1 11 Requisitions 1971 October-1978 August 1 12 Invoices 1978 2 01 Gifts and Donations 1978 2 02 Correspondence 1978 2 03 Equipment Inventory 1978 2 04 Payroll Time Sheets and Employee Information 1978 2 05 Request for Quotations 1978 2 06 Purchasing Invoices 1978 2 07 Purchase Orders 1978 2 08 Work Orders 1978 2 09 Month-End Reports 1977-1978 2 10 Month-End Reports 1977-1978 2 11 Budget Worksheets 1977-1978 2 12 Month-End Reports 1978-1979 2 13 Month-End Reports 1978-1979 2 14 Requisitions 1977 July-1979 August 2 15 Invoices 1979 3 01 Correspondence 1979 3 02 Equipment Inventory 1979 3 03 Payroll Time Sheets and Employee Information 1979 3 04 Purchasing Invoices 1979 3 05 Purchase Orders 1979 3 06 Work Orders 1979 3 07 Month-End Reports 1979-1980 3 08 Month-End Reports 1979-1980 3 09 Budget Worksheets 1979-1980 3 10 Requisitions 1979 April-1980 October 3 11 Invoices 1980 3 12 Correspondence 1980 3 13 Equipment Inventory 1980 3 14 Payroll Time Sheets and Employee Information 1980 3 15 Purchasing Invoices 1980 3 16 Purchase Orders 1980 3 17 Work Orders 1980 3 18 Month-End Reports 1980-1981 4 01 Month-End Reports 1980-1981 4 02 Budget Worksheets 1980-1981 4 03 Correspondence 1981 4 04 Equipment Inventory 1981 4 05 Payroll Time Sheets and Employee Information 1981 4 06 Purchasing Invoices 1981 4 07 Purchase Orders 1981 4 08 Request for Quotations 1981 4 09 Work Orders 1981 4 10 Budget Worksheets 1981-1982 4 11 Deposits 1982 4 12 Request for Quotations 1982 4 13 Month-End Reports 1981-1982 4 14 Month-End Reports 1981-1982 4 15 Invoices and Statements 1981-1982 4 16 Purchasing Invoices 1981-1982 4 17 Requisitions and Purchase Orders 1981-1982 4 18 Fire Inspection 1982 5 01 Month-End Reports 1982-1983 5 02 Month-End Reports 1982-1983 5 03 Invoices and Statements 1982-1983 5 04 Purchase Orders and Invoices 1982-1983 5 05 Requisitions and Purchase Orders 1982-1983 5 06 Travel Authorizations 1982-1983 5 07 Month-End Reports 1983-1984 5 08 Month-End Reports 1983-1984 5 09 Invoices and Statements 1983-1984 5 10 Purchasing Invoices 1983-1984 5 11 Requisitions and Order Forms 1983-1984 5 12 Correspondence 1984 6 01 Visitor Totals 1984 6 02 Month-End Reports 1984-1985 6 03 Month-End Reports 1984-1985 6 04 Purchase Invoices 1984-1985 6 05 Requisitions and Purchase Orders 1984-1985 6 06 Check Requests 1984-1985 6 07 Telephone Services 1984-1985 6 08 Audit Report 1985 6 09 Month-End Reports 1985-1986 6 10 Requisitions and Purchase Orders 1985-1986 6 11 Month-End Reports 1985-1986 7 01 Month-End Reports 1985-1986 7 02 Invoices and Statements 1985-1986 7 03 Purchasing Invoices 1985-1986 7 04 Budget Records 1985-1986 7 05 Travel Authorizations 1985-1986 7 06 Check Requests 1985-1986 7 07 Correspondence 1985-1986 7 08 Wall Calendars 1985-1986 7 09 Miscellaneous Forms and Receipts 1978-1982 7 10 Miscellaneous Farm Materials, including some photographs 1945-1980 7 11 Invoice Statements 1986 7 12 Purchasing Invoices 1986 7 13 Requisitions and Purchase Orders 1986 7 14 Audit Report 1986 7 15 Budget Records Behind the Scenes 1989-1990 8 01 Budget Records Development 1989-1990 8 02 Budget Records Folk Arts Match 1989-1990 8 03 Budget Records Folk Arts Program 1989-1990 8 04 Budget Records Man and His Bread Museum 1989-1990 8 05 Budget Records General Operating 1989-1990 8 06 Budget Records UEH Match 1989-1990 8 07 Budget Records Miscellaneous 1988-1991 8 08 Administrative Files Artifacts and Donations, Lists of and Resources on 1964-1990 9 01 Brochures 1963-2000 9 02 Budget, Memoranda 1989-1993 9 03 Buildings, Architectural Drawings, Various Farm Buildings 1972 9 04 Buildings, "The Log House," by J. Leslie Peterson 1986 March 9 05 Buildings, Oxen Barn 2000 9 06 Buildings, "Specifications for Pre-Fabricated Metal Building and Related Work for Man and His Bread Museum" 1970 9 07 Comparative Data, Conner Prairie 1974 January 9 08 Comparative Data, Iowa State University 1972-1973 9 09 Comparative Data, Landis Valley 1968-2000 9 10 Comparative Data, Miscellaneous 1959-1981 9 11 Comparative Data, Old World, Wisconsin 1973-1976 9 12 Comparative Data, Sangamon State University 1972-1974 9 13 Correspondence, Anderson, Jay, Director of Jensen Farm and USU President Stanford Cazier 1986-1990 9 14 Correspondence, Anderson, Jay and Dean Robert Hoover 1984-1991 9 15 Correspondence, Anderson, Jay and F. Ross Peterson 1987-1989 9 16 Correspondence, Anderson, Jay, miscellaneous, Incoming and Outgoing 1986-1991 9 17 Correspondence, Bennett, W.H., Dean of the College of Agriculture, Incoming and Outgoing 1959-1962 9 18 Correspondence, Cazier, Stanford, USU President, Incoming and Outgoing 1981-1987 9 19 Correspondence, Chase, Daryl, USU President, and W.H. Bennett 1958-1962 10 01 Correspondence, Chase, Daryl and Carl Hugh Jones, Museum Head 1963-1965 10 02 Correspondence, Chase, Daryl, miscellaneous, Incoming and Outgoing 1958-1970 10 03 Correspondence, Devine, Emmett, Manager of Jensen Farm, Incoming and Outgoing 1971-1974 10 04 Correspondence, Hoover, Robert, Dean of the College of HASS, Incoming and Outgoing 1985-1991 10 05 Correspondence, Johansen, Svend, Incoming and Outgoing 1982-1984 10 06 Correspondence, Jones, Carl Hugh, Incoming and Outgoing 1963-1965 10 07 Correspondence, Lye, William, Dean of the College of HASS (until 1983), Vice President for University Relations and Development, Incoming and Outgoing 1981-1990 10 08 Correspondence, Miscellaneous 1959-1994 10 09 Correspondence, Peterson, Charles, Incoming 1970-1974 10 10 Correspondence, Peterson, Charles, Outgoing 1971-1974 10 11 Correspondence, Russon, Rob, Assistant Director (until 1975), Director/Curator, Incoming 1973-1979 10 12 Correspondence, Russon, Rob, Outgoing 1974-1978 10 13 Correspondence, Taggart, Glen L., USU President, Incoming and Outgoing 1971-1978 10 14 Curriculum, Correspondence and Ideas 1994 10 15 Dean Hoover's files (memoranda) 1989-1990 10 16 Description, History and Purpose of Jensen Farm 1970-1991 11 01 Description, HASS printout, early drafts 1988 11 02 Description, HASS printout, copy 1 1988 11 03 Description, HASS printout, copy 1 1988 11 04 Design Concept 1987 August 11 05 Disposition of the Land 1989 11 06 Events, Season Schedules 1985-1996 11 07 Events, Specific Descriptions 1963-1988 11 08 Expenditures/Work Orders 1970-1974 11 09 Festival of the American West 1979 11 10 Fifth Year Review, Correspondence and Memoranda 1989-1990 11 11 Fifth Year Review, Reports and Assessments 1990-1991 11 12 Funding, Miscellaneous 1975-1977 11 13 Funding, Proposals 1987-1992 11 14 Funding, Requests to Chamber of Commerce, Correspondence 1991-1992 11 15 Funding, Requests, Miscellaneous 1987-1992 11 16 General Information concerning the Jensen Farm 1971-1988 11 17 Graduate Program, Basic Orientation Information 1990-1992 12 01 Graduate Program, English Department Graduate Student Handbook 1992 12 02 Graduate Program, Graduation Requirements 1991 12 03 Graduate Program, Materials to assist Graduate Students 1991 12 04 Graduate Program, Orientation Packet 1986 12 05 Graduate Program, Orientation Packet 1987 12 06 Graduate Program, Orientation Packet 1988 12 07 Graduate Program, Orientation Packet 1989 12 08 Grants, Agency Information 1994 12 09 Grants, Applications, General 1987 12 10 Grants, Bridgerland Travel 1995 12 11 Grants, Eccles Foundation 1992 12 12 Grants, Financial Papers and Forms 1978-1980 12 13 Grants, Insitute of Museum Services (IMS), Applications 1991 12 14 Grants, IMS, Conservation and Survey Plan 1989 12 15 Grants, IMS, Educational Coordinator Request 1980 March 12 16 Grants, IMS, Final Report on Grant for Educational Coordinator, copy 1 1981 December 12 17 Grants, IMS, Final Report on Grant for Educational Coordinator, copy 2 1981 December 12 18 Grants, IMS, Financial Statements 1988 July 1-1989 June 30 12 19 Grants, IMS, General Operation Support Award 1987-1989 12 20 Grants, IMS, Miscellaneous 1988-1993 12 21 Grants, Miscellaneous 1995 13 01 Grants, National Endowment for the Arts 1987-1989 13 02 Grants, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Bicentennial Request, Correspondence 1974-1975 13 03 Grants, NEH, Bicentennial Request, Proposal 1974 July 18 13 04 Grants, NEH, Folk Arts Proposal 1987-1988 13 05 Grants, NEH, "Harvesting the Arid West," Implementation Grant Proposal 1977 13 06 Grants, NEH, "Harvesting the Arid West," Planning Grant Proposal, Master copy 1978 13 07 Grants, NEH, "Harvesting the Arid West," Planning Grant Proposal, copy 2 1978 13 08 Grants, NEH, Evaluation Report of "Harvesting the Arid West," copy 1 1980 13 09 Grants, NEH, Evaluation Report of "Harvesting the Arid West," copy 2 1980 13 10 Grants, National Gardening Association 1991 13 11 Grants, Rejected Grants 1989 13 12 Grants, Utah Arts Council (UAC), Folk Art Project 1991-1995 13 13 Grants, UAC, Guidebooks 1992 13 14 Grants, Utah Endowment for the Humanities (UEH), "Behind the Scenes" Project 1990-1991 13 15 Grants, UEH, "Moments in Time" Project 1987 13 16 Grants, UEH, "One Season of a Woman's Life" Project 1988 13 17 Grants, UEH, Threshing Receipts 1987 13 18 Grants, Utah Humanities Council (UHC), "Modernizing the Rural Utah Farm" Project 1990 14 01 Grants, UHC, "Behind the Scenes" Project 1994 14 02 "Hay Derrick," Jensen Farm's Newsletter 1986-1987 14 03 History of Agriculture, Articles and Resources on this topic 1968-1979 14 04 "The History of the Ronald V. Jensen Living History Farm and Man and His Bread Museum," Master's Thesis by Caroline E. Mohai (see also library call no. F 834 .L8 M63 1987 1987 14 05 Internal Audit 1979-1981 14 06 Internal Audit 1986 14 07 Interpretation Criteria 1989-1990 14 08 Interpretive Plan, includes photographs 1988 14 09 Investigations of Criminal Activities at the Jensen Farm 1987 14 10 Invitations 2000-2001 14 11 Master Plan, Draft Outlines 1972 14 12 Master Plan, Graduate Student Notes and Reports on the Master Plan 1985 14 13 Master Plan, Interpretive Master Plan, copy 1 1980 15 01 Master Plan, Interpretive Master Plan, copy 2 1980 15 02 Master Plan, Maps undated 15 03 Master Plan, Planning, Drafts 1972 15 04 Master Plan, Preliminary Plans 1972-1980 15 05 Master Plan, Research, Guidelines 1965-1989 15 06 Master Plan, Schematic Planning 1971-1973 15 07 Master Plan, copy 1 1973 15 08 Master Plan, copy 2 1973 15 09 Master Plan, copy 1 1974 15 10 Master Plan, copy 2 1974 15 11 Master Plan, rough draft 1985 15 12 Master Plan, Expenses 1986 15 13 Master Plan, Written Draft and Budget 1987 15 14 Master Plan 1988 15 15 Master Plan, as related to Fifth Year Review 1989-1990 16 01 Master Plan, New Building Proposal, Building Needs 1989-1990 16 02 Master Plan, New Building Proposal, Meetings with Dean Hoover 1989-1990 16 03 Master Plan, New Building Proposal, Plans and Estimates 1989-1990 16 04 Master Plan, New Building Proposal, Preliminary Notes and Meetings 1989-1990 16 05 Memoranda, Animal Inventories 1993-1994 16 06 Memoranda, Capital Improvement Request 1989 16 07 Memoranda, Fire Inspection 1983-1984 16 08 Memoranda, Maughan Property 1989 16 09 Memoranda, Miscellaneous 1963-1982 16 10 Memoranda, Miscellaneous 1983-1985 16 11 Memoranda, Miscellaneous 1986-1989 16 12 Memoranda, Miscellaneous 1990-1994 16 13 Memoranda, Possible Interest Groups 1990-1994 16 14 Memoranda, Recommendations 1994 16 15 Minutes, Museum Committee 1959-1964 16 16 Monthly Reports, Volume 1, numbers 1-5 1965 16 17 Notes of informal and formal meetings 1985-1990 16 18 Personnel, Anderson, Jay 1987 March 6 16 19 Personnel, Anderson, Jay, Sabbatical 1991 16 20 Personnel, Employee Leave Reports 1981-1983 16 21 Personnel, Hiring Checklist 1991-1993 16 22 Personnel, Job Descriptions 1977-1994 16 23 Personnel, Job Search, Program Administrator, Applicant Selection/Non-selection sheet 1993 17 01 Personnel, Job Search, Program Administrator, Candidate Correspondence 1993 17 02 Personnel, Job Search, Program Administrator, Candidate Memoranda 1993 17 03 Personnel, Job Search, Program Administrator, Candidate Qualification Checklists, copy 1 1993 17 04 Personnel, Job Search, Program Administrator, Candidate Qualification Checklists, copy 2 1993 17 05 Personnel, Johansen, Svend 1984-1988 17 06 Personnel, List of Faculty and Staff undated 17 07 Personnel, New Position Requests 1988-1990 17 08 Personnel, Peterson, Bart undated 17 09 Personnel, Policy Statement undated 17 10 Planning Committee, Miscellaneous Memoranda, Minutes, Notes 1974 17 11 Planning Guide, Domain of the Museum and Farm 1972-1992 17 12 Planning Guide, Preliminary Guide 1974 17 13 Plans for the Future of the Farm 1985-1994 17 14 Presentation to Utah Agricultural Advisory Board 1990 17 15 Programs to Events 1964-1990 17 16 Publications, "A Farm Life Sampler, 1890-1910" coloring book 1979 17 17 Publications, Miscellaneous 1971-1993 17 18 Publications, "Selected Living Historical Farms, Villages, and Agricultural Museums in the U.S. and Canada" 1976 17 19 Publicity, Newspaper Clippings and Articles 1964-1979 17 20 Publicity, Newspaper Clippings and Articles 1981-1989 17 21 Publicity, Newspaper Clippings and Articles 1990 18 01 Publicity, Newspaper Clippings and Articles 1991-1992 18 02 Publicity, Newspaper Clippings and Articles 18 03 Reeve Educational Outreach Program, Contract and University Agreement 1990-1991 18 04 Reeve Educational Outreach Program, Correspondence, Marge or Dutch Reeve, Incoming 1990 18 05 Reeve Educational Outreach Program, Correspondence, Marge or Dutch Reeve, Outgoing 1988-1990 18 06 Reeve Educational Outreach Program, Description and History 1990 May 18 07 Reeve Educational Outreach Program, Journal Request 1991 June 19 18 08 Reeve Educational Outreach Program, Memoranda 1990 18 09 Reeve Educational Outreach Program, Miscellaneous 1990 18 10 Reeve Educational Outreach Program, Recognition Ceremony 1990 June 1 18 11 "Report to Utah State University" by H.J. Swinney 1980 September 16 18 12 Research, Collected Materials and Resources undated 18 13 School Groups Program, Correspondence 1989 18 14 School Groups, Events Schedules 1994 18 15 School Groups, Funding 1989-1991 18 16 School Groups, Games and Programs undated 18 17 School Groups, Letters from Participating Children undated 18 18 School Groups, Suggested Pre- and Post-Visit Activities Kit undated 18 19 School Groups, Tours undated 18 20 Staff Farm Status Reports 1990 18 21 "Threshing Bee" Documentation and Correspondence (see Oversized Box 12 for movie reel) 1968 18 22 "The Utah History Farm of the 1880's: A Bicentennial Proposal" 1974 July 18 18 23 Utah State Board of Regents Review 1990 18 24 "Utah State University Museum" by H.J. Swinney, a report on his visit to the university to discuss the museum proposal, copy 1 1961 April 17 19 01 "Utah State University Museum" by H.J. Swinney, a report on his visit to the university to discuss the museum proposal, copy 2 1961 April 17 19 02 Volunteer Program 1982-1994 19 03 Water Contamination Issue, Correspondence 1989-1994 19 04 Water Contamination Issue, Memoranda 1991-1993 19 05 Water Contamination Issue, Surveys and Reports 1992 19 06 Weekly Updates, numbers 1-91, copy 1 1987 May - 1990 February 19 07 Weekly Updates, numbers 1-91, copy 2 1987 May - 1990 February 19 08 Weekly Updates, numbers 91-139, copy 1 1990 February - 1991 August 19 09 Weekly Updates, numbers 91-139, copy 2 1990 February - 1991 August 19 10 Weekly Updates, to the Dean 1987-1988 19 11 Man and His Bread Museum Preliminary Reports, Plans, Correspondence, and other materials 1971-1974 20 01 Man and His Bread Museum/ Jensen Farm photographs, newspaper clippings 1915-1971 20 02 "Pictures of the Past: A Guide to the Festival of the American West and Jensen Historical Farm" from the Herald Journal Item 1 1998 July 28 21 "Threshing Bee" Movie Reel Item 2 1968 September 21 Visitors Register Item 3 1962-1965 21 American West Heritage Foundation Long-range Strategic Plan for American West Heritage Center 2003 22 01 Western Heritage Proposal undated 22 02 HASS Proposal undated 22 03 Promotional Materials 1988-2001 22 04 Initial Planning Materials, Proposal, Certificates, and other material 1960-2003 22 05 American West Heritage Center Summary Item 1 1995 23 Conceptual Site Plan Item 2 undated 23