Physical materials include program information, promotional materials and media mentions. Includes media badges from various conferences attended by OPDD staff. Digital materials include Industrial Advisory Board Meetings, annual reports, student exhibits, and press releases.
Utah State University's (USU) Outdoor Product Design and Development (OPDD) program records document its creation, management, and development. Included in this collection are program files, promotional materials, publications featuring the program, and materials created by staff, students, and media.
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Utah State University's Outdoor Product Design and Development (OPDD) program was created by USU associate professor Lindsey Shirley in 2015. Created in response to the growth of the outdoor products industry and the rise in demand for technical design programs beneficial for the Utah community and economy, the program was the first of its kind in the nation.
In 2017, USU Special Collections and Archives (SCA) partnered with the College of Agriculture and Applied Science's OPDD program to develop a historical collection of books, catalogs, periodicals, photographs, and manuscripts documenting the history of outdoor gear. These materials, together with the strong environmental collections SCA has already built since the early 1970s, form the Outdoor Recreation Archive. To learn more about the Outdoor Recreation Archive, see
From 2015 to 2025, the Outdoor Product Design and Development program operated out of the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences until its closure in 2025. The program now operates out of the S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Agriculture and Natural Resources under the Department of Technology Design and Technical Education.
This collection is arranged into the following series:
I. Program Files
II. Magazines, Newspapers, and Assorted publications
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Utah State University Outdoor Product Design and Development program records must be obtained from the
Gerry and Ann Cunningham papers,
Randall Hamilton papers,
Murray Pletz papers,
Michael Hodgson and Therese Iknoian outdoor industry collection,
Bruce Johnson papers,
Includes Utah Outdoor Recreation Summit, Outdoor Retailer market and Show, and Functional Fabric Fair.
Outdoor publication about all there is to do out and about the Northern Utah area.