President Franklin S. Harris Papers

President Franklin S. Harris Papers, 1912-1960, predominant 1944-1950

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Harris, Franklin Stewart, 1884-1960
Title: President Franklin S. Harris Papers
Dates: 1912-1960, predominant 1944-1950 (inclusive)
19121960
Quantity: 30.75 linear feet, (65 boxes)
Collection Number: UUS_3.1/7
Summary: This collection document the activities of Franklin S. Harris as the seventh Utah State University president and include correspondence and office files related to the function of the University between 1945-1950.
Repository: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions: No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Franklin Stewart Harris was born on August 29, 1884 in Benjamin, Utah. He spent his childhood years in Colonia Juarez, Mexico but later moved back to states to complete degrees from Brigham Young University, where he later served as University President from 1921-1945, and Cornell University.

Harris became the seventh President of Utah Agricultural College, now known as Utah State University (USU), in 1945 and immediately increased the college foreign involvement. Harris was able to build many relationships abroad through his international travel with several foreign countries including Greece, Syria, and Iran.

In 1950, Harris resigned to accept an appointment from President Harry S. Truman as a Technical Advisor to the Ambassador on Point IV activities in Iran. You can learn more about USU's relationship with Iran at USU and Point Four in Iran Online Exhibit . Harris stayed active in foreign affairs, where he acted as a " good will" ambassador for USU. Many international students received training at USU as a result of his efforts.

Harris died in April 1960.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection document the activities of Franklin S. Harris as the seventh Utah State University president. The President Franklin S. Harris papers contains correspondence with various people and organizations related to the function of the university including the Board of Trustees, University departments and staff, and state and federal personnel and agencies. Also present in this collection, are papers related to Harris' Inauguration, Graduation and Commencement, and personal papers.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

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

Permission to publish material from the President Franklin S. Harris Papers must be obtained from the University Archivist and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: President Franklin S. Harris Papers USU_3.1/7,. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_3.1/7, USUSCA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The arrangement of this collection reflects and intellectual order of Harris's activities as USU president. The physical order and numbering of items and boxes are second to the intellectual arrangement presented in the collection.

This collection is arranged into seven series and some sub series.

I. Alphabetical correspondence and Office Files

II. Board of Trustees

III. Budget: Includes correspondence from Purchasing Agent Eric Johnson and Secretary Russell E. Berntson concerning payroll and other budgetary concerns.

IV. Department and Faculty: Includes various faculty and departments and the Extension services, Housing, and Administrative office.

V. Events: Includes Harris's Inauguration and Graduation and Commencement.

VI. Outside Organizations: Includes Federal and State Agencies and personnel and some foreign affairs.

VII. Personal Papers

Related Materials

Iran Point 4 Agricultural Project collection, UUS_22.4

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

I. Alphabetical Correspondence and Office files, 1945-1950Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box
1		A-F	1945 July - December
	Folder
2	1-6	G-M	1945 July - December
3		N-Z	1945 July - December
4		A-D	1946
5		E-I	1946
6		K-R	1946
7		Sa-Z	1946
8		A-J	1947 January-June
9		K-R	1947 January-June
10		Sa-Z	1947 January-June
11		A-I	1947 July-December
12		J-S	1947 July-December
13		T-Z	1947 July-December
14		A-G	1948 January-June
15		H-R	1948 January-June
16		Sa-Z	1948 January-June
	Folder
17	1a-7	A-G	1948 July-December
18		Ha-P	1948 July-December
19		Q-Z	1948 July-December
20		A-D	1949
21		E-L	1949
22		K-P	1949
23		Q-Z	1949
	Folder
60	1-19	Ho-W	1949
24		A-I	1950
25		J-R Includes military science, Ben B. Blair, Air ROTC, and E. L. Romney	1945-1950
26		S-Z	1950
57		A-I	1950-1951
58		J-S Includes Stenography department	1950-1951
59		T-Z	1950-1951
51		Publicity Includes Gifts, grants, assorted files	1947-1949

II. Board of Trustees, 1945-1950Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
30	Meeting minutes, board items, and assorted files	1945-1950

III. Budget, 1945-1950Return to Top

Includes correspondence from Purchasing Agent Eric Johnson and Secretary Russell E. Berntson concerning payroll and other budgetary concerns

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
53	7	Budget Requests	1946-1947
53	6	Budget, Notes on Late Changes	1946-1947
17	1	Correspondence Concerns budget request and the salary schedule.	1948
32		Correspondence	1945-1948
33		Correspondence	1945-1950
31		Purchase orders	1945-1949
34		Purchase orders and financial statements	1949-1950

IV. Departments and faculty, 1944-1950Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box
42		Agricultural experiment station Includes R. H. Walker	1949
29		Athletics Includes Joe Whiteside, director, and E. L. Romney, coach	1948-1950
	Folder
36	9	B. L. Richards	1945
38	2	B. L. Richards	1946
40	3	Carlton F. Culmsee, dean of the school of arts and sciences	1948
37	7	Carlton F. Culmsee	1950
38	7	Carlton F. Culmsee	1946
39	3	Carlton F. Culmsee	1947
36	1-2	Carlton F. Culmsee	1945-1947
44	3	Circular Letters	1947
61	1-2a	Department reports and enrollment statistics	1944-1947
40	9	E. A. Jacobsen, dean school of education	1948
39	4	E. A. Jacobson	1947
36	7	E. A. Jacobson	1945
37	2	E. A. Jacobson	1950
38	3	E. A. Jacobson	1946
60	20	E. A. Jacobson	1949
38	9	Engineering	1946
38	5	Ethelyn O. Greaves, dean of home economics	1946
39	5	Ethelyn O. Greaves	1947
40	4	Ethelyn O. Greaves	1948
36	10	Ethelyn O. Greaves	1945
37	4	Etheyln O. Greaves	1950
44	6	Faculty Minutes	1945-1946
38	10	Forestry	1946
36	5	George D. Clyde, dean of engineering	1945
40	10	H. M. Wadsworth, buildings and grounds	1948
53	3	H. M. Wadsworth	1947-1950
40	1	J. C. Christiansen	1948
37	3	J. E. Christiansen, dean of engineering	1950
		J. E. Christiansen	1946
Box	Folder
39	2	J. E. Christiansen	1947
36	3	J. E. Christiansen	1947
38	4	King Hendricks, librarian	1946
39	9	King Hendricks	1947
40	5	King Hendricks	1948
36	8	King Hendricks	1945
37	1	King Hendricks	1950
41	2	L. G. Noble	1947
38	1	Lewis M. (L. M.) Turner, Dean of School of Forest, Range, and Wildlife Management	1946
39	8	L. M. Turner	1947
40	2	L. M. Turner	1948
45	4	L. M. Turner	1949
37	8	L. M. Turner	1950
36	6	L. M. Turner	1945
53	1-2	M. R. Merrill, summer school	1945-1949
44	1-3	Meeting minutes, correspondence, and circular letters	1946-1950
37	6	R. H. Walker	1950
40	7	R. H. Walker	1948
41	1	Resignations, leave of absence, and recommendation for faculty and staff	1947
61	4	Special report from the school of engineering and engineering experiment station	probably 1944-1950
39	1	T	1947
53	5	Una Vermillion, Cafeteria	1945
39	7	Utah State Department of Engineering	1947
40	6	Utah State Department of Engineering	1948
37	5	W. L. Wanlass, dean of school of commerce	1950
38	6	W. L. Wanlass	1946
40	8	W. L. Wanlass	1948
36	4	W. L. Wanlass	1945
39	6	W. L. Wanlass	1947
53	4	William J. Goodwin, maintenance	1945-1947
		a. Extension Service	1950
Box	Folder
43	1-2, 4	Carl Frischknecht	1950
43	3	L. G. Noble	1950
43	5	M. R. Merrill	1950
43	6	W. W. Owens	1950
		b. housing	1946-1948
Box	Folder
44	4	Committee on College Housing	1946
46	1	Campus housing Includes correspondence, regulations and assorted files	1946-1948
		c. Administrative office	1945-1950
Box	Folder
27	1	Ione S. Daniel	1950
27	2	B. L. Richards	1950
27	3	Daryl Chase	1950
27	4	William H. Hall	1950
27	5	Dean's Council	1950
27	6	Ione S. Bennion	1947
28	1	B. L. Richards	1947
28	2	R. J. Richards	1947
28	3	E. A. Jacobsen	1947
28	4	William H. Bell	1947
28	5	Dean's Council	1945-1947
28	6-7	Daryl Chase	1945-1947

V. Events, 1945-1950Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
46	4-5	Invitations from other institutions	1945-1949
47		Invitations from other institutions	1945-1949
56		Programs and invitations	1944-1948
	Folder
45	1-2	Programs and invitations	probably 1944-1950
		a. Inauguration	1945-1950
Box	Folder
62	1-2	Programs and invitations Includes Franklin S. Harris resignation program.	1945-1950
62	3	Guest list	probably 1945
62	4	Inauguration committee correspondence	1945
62	5	"The challenge of the land-grant college" by C. B. Hutchinson, dean of the college of agriculture at the University of California Adress given at Inauguration	probably 1945
62	6-9	Correspondence Includes accepted and declined invitations and letters of gratitude	1945
62a		Accepted invitations	1945
	Folder
2	8	Franklin S. Harris's inaugural address	1945 November 16
		b. Graduation and commencement	1947-1950
Box	Folder
35	1-3	Programs, invitations and assorted files	1947-1950
45	3	Programs	1948

VI. Outside Organizations, 1945-1953Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
48	3-4	American Council of Education	1946-1947
49	3	American Council of Education	1947-1948
50	3	American Council of Education	1950
49	5-7	American Land-Grant Colleges	1947-1948
50	4-5	American Land-Grant Colleges	1950
48	5-7	Association of Land-Grant Colleges	1946-1947
60	24	Russell I. Thackrey, executive secretary of association of Land-grant colleges and universities	1949
48	2	Boy Scouts	1946-1947
49	4	Boy Scouts	1947-1948
50	2	Boy Scouts	1950
49	1	Centennial	1947
48	1	Utah Scientific Foundation	1946-1947
49	2	Utah Scientific Foundation	1947-1948
50	1	Utah Scientific Foundation	1946-1948
60	22	Utah science research foundation	1949
52	1	Rhodes Scholarship	1950
60	23	Rhodes Scholarship	1949
45	6	Logan chamber of commerce	1949
52	2	Fulbright Program	1950
52	3	Union Pacific Scholarship	1945-1947
		a. Federal Agencies	1946-1953
Box	Folder
44	5-6	Veterans Administration	1947-1950
45	5	Veterans Administration	1949
44	7	Food and agriculture organization of the United Nations	1947-1951
44	8	Civil Service	1947-1952
44	10	Navy V-5 Program	1947-1954
35	4	United States Department of Agriculture and Foreign Affairs	1950 February
61	3	Housing administrations and veteran services	1948
46	2-3	National Housing Agency Federal Public Housing Authority	1946-1948
44	9	Federal Housing Agency	1947-1953
		b. State Agencies	1945-1951
Box	Folder
55	4	Centennial	1945-1947
55	3	E. Allen Bateman, superintendent of public instruction	1945-1947
54	5	E. Allen Bateman	1949
55	2	Herbert B. Maw, governor	1945-1947
54	7	Herbert B. Maw	1948
54	4	J. Bracken Lee, Governor	1949
60	21	J. Bracken Lee	1949
55	1	Legislative Material	1947-1948
54	1-3	Legislature	1949-1951
54	8	Political Campaign	1948
54	6	Utah State Department of Engineering	1949
55	5	Utah State Department of Engineering	1946
		c. Foreign Affairs	1945-1947
Box	Folder
52	4	Persia and Students	1945-1947
52	5	Foreign Students	1945-1947
52	6	Foreign Students	1945-1947

VII. Personal Papers, 1912-1999Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
63	1	Extracted portion of the diary of Franklin S. Harris Reproduced by Brigham Young University archives from typescript diary.	1945-1949
63	2	Articles probably collected by Franklin S. Harris	1957-1965
64		Scrapbook	Approximately 1912-1960

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

College presidents--Utah--Logan--Archives.
Universities and colleges--Utah--Logan--Archives.

Personal Names

Harris, Franklin Stewart, 1884-1960--Archives.

Corporate Names

Snow College (Ephraim, Utah)--History.
Southern Utah University--History.
Utah State University--History--Sources.
Utah State University. Office of the President--Archives.

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