UUS_P0390.xml Guide to the Eldon J. Gardner photograph collection1925-1980 Gardner, Eldon J. photograph collection Finding aid/Register created by Daniel Davis Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library Utah State University 3000 Old Main Hill Logan, UT 84322-3000 Phone: 435 797-8248 Fax: 435 797-2880 Email: scweb@usu.edu
©2011 Encoded in oXygen XML editor by Daniel Davis, 2011 October 21 Finding aid encoded in English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). 2009 Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines. Overview of the Collection UUS_P0390 Eldon J. Gardner Photograph Collection 1925-1980 Gardner, Eldon J.(Eldon John), 1909-1989. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Photograph Collection
Merrill-Cazier Library Utah State University 3000 Old Main Hill Logan, UT 84322-3000 Phone: 435 797-8248 Fax: 435 797-2880 Email: scweb@usu.edu
2 boxes 1.25 linear feet The Eldon J. Gardner photograph collection consists mostly of images and documents of a USU trip to Iran in the 1950s, including photographs of farming and irrigation techniques, plants, and machinery. Also includes art-work, career information, and photographs of George Knowlton. Material in English

Processed in October of 2011

Donated by the USU Biology Department.

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 Eldon J. Gardner photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Initial Citation: USU_P0390; Eldon J. Gardner Photograph Collection; Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_P0390, USUSCA.

 Biographical Note

Eldon J. Gardner was Utah State University's first cancer geneticist. Gardner was born and raised in Logan and he earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from USU. Gardner then moved to California, where he studied under distinguished German geneticist Richard Goldschmidt and received his doctorate in zoology from the University of California in 1939. After spending seven years working as a teacher and geneticist in California, Gardner returned to Utah where he began cooperative research into various genetic traits in Utah families. He developed expertise in the study of cancer in Mormon families. In 1949, Gardner Started working at USU, where he dedicated his life to developing programs in genetics and biology. He served many roles at USU including teaching, mentoring graduate students, and serving as the first dean of the College of Science. Gardner was one of the first geneticists to apply his research to the field of medicine. Gardner’s innovative research and its application to the field of medicine helped to begin a movement to understand the genetic basis of disease and to move the healthcare field toward individualized patient care. He was an authority on the study of the genetics of cancer in humans and produced over 300 publications.

The Eldon J. Gardner photograph collection consists mostly of images and documents of irrigation, farming equipment and machinery, and a USU trip to Iran in the 1950s. Also includes art-work, career information, and photographs of George Knowlton.

See also the Dr. George F. Knowlton photograph collection, P0115.

 Gardner, Eldon J. Knowlton, George F. -- Photographs Knowlton, George F. Goldman, Edwin Franko, 1878-1956 -- Portraits Goldman, Edwin Franko, 1878-1956 -- Autographs Clark, Elmer -- Portraits Hill, Kenneth W. -- Portraits Knowlton, George F. -- Family -- Photographs United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Insect and Rodent Control Unit -- Portraits Utah State University -- Faculty -- Photographs Utah State University -- Students -- Photographs Agriculture -- Research -- Photographs Agriculture -- Utah -- Research -- Photographs Agriculture -- Utah -- Photographs Threshing machines -- Photographs Agricultural machinery -- Photographs Agricultural pests -- Control -- Photographs Agriculture -- Iran -- International cooperation -- Photographs Entomologists -- Photographs Biologists -- Photographs Insects -- Drawings Insects -- Photographs Negatives (photographic) 1 1 1-01-01 through 1-01-14 Man working on thresher. More description on back of photos. Also includes negatives for most of the prints 1925-1980 1 2 1-02-01 through 1-02-15 Iranian agricultural students at agricultural college at Sari, Iran. Includes irrigation ditches, plowing fields, and group photos in fields 1953 1 3 1-03-01 through 1-03-05 Farm machinery including plows 1955 1 4 Documents pertaining to photographs, probably in folders 1 and 3 1953-1955 1 5 1-05-01 through 1-05-06 Knowlton family photographs. 1925-1980

Also contains photocopies of family personal photos and biographical sketches of George Knowlton and Ira Hawley (Knowlton's advisor)

 1 6 1-06-01 through 1-06-03 Mormon Crickets crossing road, West Tintic District. 1937 June 28 1 6 1-06-04 through 1-06-07 Seagulls eating insects 1925-1980 1 6 1-06-08 through 1-06-09 Cricket Control (with turkeys), Juab County 1937 July 28 1 6 1-06-10 Man treating an ant hill 1925-1980 1 6 1-06-11 Mormon cricket eggs, in Juab County 1938 September 16 1 6 1-06-12 Wild Bee Pollination Investigations, Demonstration Hive, US Department of Agriculture. 1925-1980 1 6 1-06-13 Knowlton showing a farmer alfalfa weevil swept with an insect net in the farmer's field 1925-1980 1 6 1-06-14 through 1-06-15 Lygus bug injury after infestation, Ft. Duchesne 1931 1 6 1-06-16 Alfalfa blossoms with lady bug 1950 1 6 1-06-17 F.V. Lieberman dusting short blossoming alfalfa in the Delta area of Millard County, Utah 1950-1959 1 6 1-06-18 Man measuring corn 1925-1980 1 6 1-06-19 Knowlton and F.C. Harmston(?) in a field 1946 1 7 1-07-01 through 1-07-05 Dr. Elmer Clark, director of Experiment Station 1925-1980 1 7 1-07-06 through 1-07-12 Entomologists and biologists including W.P. Nye, Knowlton, E.R. Jaycox, G.E. Bohart, H.E. Dorst, R. Nielsen, D.W. Davis B.A. Haws, M.P. Jones, and Carl Frischknecht 1950-1959 1 7 1-07-13 School for insect control, Orlando laboratory, U.S. Bureau of Entomology 1944 October 3

Insect and Rodent Control Unit, Corps of Engineers. Left to Right: Lt. U.D. Reed, in charge, Insect and Rodent Control, O.C.E. Mr. D.B. Whelan, Entomologist, Headquarters, Seventh Service Command. Dr. H.H. Shepard, Assistant, Insect and Rodent Control O.C.E. Mr. S.S. Easter, Entomologist, Headquarters, Third Service Command. Dr. G.F. Knowlton, Entomologist, Headquarters, Ninth Service Command. Dr. E.M. Searls, Entomologist, Headquarters, Sixth Service Command. Lt. L.C. Truman, Entomologist, Headquarters, Eighth Service Command. Mr. J.M. LeCato, Entomologist, Headquarters, First Service Command. Mr. A.W. Morrill, Jr. Entomologist, Headquarters, Fourth Service Command.

 1 7 1-07-14 Logan, Utah, Beet Leafhopper Investigations, W.L. Thomas, M.J. Janes, J.R. Costley, and G.F. Knowlton, also the Bureau of Entomolgy Ford truck. 1932 1 7 1-07-15 through 1-07-20 Group photographs of entomologists (including the U.S. Legume Seed Research Staff) including: Knowlton, Donald W. Davis, Takeschi Miura, Merlin W. Allen, F.C. Harmston, Reed Roberts, Snow Sterling, Marilyn Lindley, John Carlson, W.P. Nye, Marion Pederson, Frank Todd, G.E. Bohart, C.J. Sorenson, E.R. Jaycox, H.E. Dorst, R.Nielsen, D.W. Davis, B.A. Haws, Frank Todd 1942-1967 1 7 1-07-21 Knowlton and Edwin W. Teale at Jardine Juniper sign, Logan Canyon 1954 1 7 1-07-22 Glenn Baird, Knowlton, and Niel Holbrook on the radio. 1952 1 7 1-07-23 Group of men in uniform, U.S. Air Force Replacement Depot, Kearns, Utah 1945 1 7 1-07-24 Photocopy of images, includes David. G. Hall, Knowlton, Maurice T. James, "Rex" R.H. Painter, Curtice W. Sabrosky 1938-1940 1 7 1-07-25 Photocopy of images, grasshopper studies in Utah farm lands, Henderson, Galbraith, W.H. Bell, Eldon Gardner. 1945 1 7 1-07-26 through 1-07-30 Ken Hill, negatives and prints. 1966 1 7 1-07-31 Group of young men on the USU campus 1945-1955 1 7 1-07-33 Entomology department at USAC, Gordon A. Hoffs, Earl J. Taylor, Knowlton 1947 1 8 1-08-01 through 1-08-09 Illustrations of insects (photographs and drawings) including USU art student Maxine Wood 1925-1980 1 9 1-09-01 Signed photo of Edwin Franko Goldman 1933 1 10 1-10 Duplicate Images 1925-1980 1 11 1-11 Misc. documents including guest registers and photo identifications. 1925-1980