Utah State University Department of Agriculture Publicity photographs, 1890-2000
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Utah State University
- Title
- Utah State University Department of Agriculture Publicity photographs
- Dates
- 1890-2000 (inclusive)18902000
- Quantity
- 1.75 linear feet, (4 boxes)
- Collection Number
- UUS_P0715
- Summary
- Images used in publications or presentations to publicize the USU Agriculture department and Utah Extension Programs. The photos are of irrigation, agriculture, water reclamation, outdoor recreation, scenic views, agricultural research.
- Repository
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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
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No restrictions on access, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
- Languages
- English
Content Description
This collection contains images used in publications or presentations to publicize the USU Agriculture department and Utah Extension Programs. The images mostly come from USU photographers such as Nelson Wadsworth and Raymond W. Miller, as well as state and federal agencies such as the Soil Conservation Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Forest Service, and the Utah Tourist and Publicity Council. The photos are of irrigation, agriculture, water reclamation, outdoor recreation, scenic views, agricultural research. Most lack a title, date, or photographer credit, and many have separated from papers with associated captions. The bulk of the collection is in black and white photographs, but also included are negatives, slides, transparencies, and some printed material.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Utah State University Department of Agriculture Publicity photographs must be obtained from the Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Section Head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: Utah State University Department of Agriculture Publicity photographs USU_P0715. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_P0715, USUSCA.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
These materials have been rehoused in acid free folders, but the original folder titles and general arrangement were retained. Folders have been arranged in alphabetical order by title/subject.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Description: Aerial farm photos
Nephi experiment station, Rex Nielson
Dates: 1953-1958Container: Box 1, Folder 1 -
Description: Buildings
Old Main, greenhouse, "Outhouse Ridge," campus buildings, Farmers' Roundup tents, barns, cadets, aerial of campus, building construction, vet clinic building, square dancing on the quad, includes some negatives
Dates: approximately 1900-1950Container: Box 1, Folder 2 -
Description: Compton Files
Dusting crew, thatched roof house, farm house, farm equipment, orchard
Dates: approximately 1890-1910Container: Box 1, Folder 3 -
Description: Entymology, Dr. Knowlton
Insects, moth control in the home, swimsuit models with pesticide sprayers, commercial sprayers, includes some slides, negatives
Dates: 1930's to 1960'sContainer: Box 1, Folder 4 -
Description: Experiment stations and Field Days
Hy Steffen, Panguitch, crops, white vans, Dairy Day, Evans farm, cereal crops, UAC buildings, legumes, alfalfa, laboratory, B.L. Richards, Otto Reithmann, Bryce Wadley, propagation chamber, construction of Ag. Sci. building, wagon-drawn tree sprayer
Dates: 1910 to 1960'sContainer: Box 1, Folder 5 -
Description: Experiment stations and Field Days
Farm tours, Aggie Ice Cream, poster sessions, audience members, candid shots, pole barn
Dates: 1980'sContainer: Box 1, Folder 6 -
Description: Farm implements and machinery
Horse drawn farm equipment, tractors, tank sprayers, Boise project, 2.4-D weed killer, Notus, Idaho, power dusters, New Holland brand, printing card punch, blacksmithing anvil, plow, Utah-Idaho Sugar Co., combines, Millard county, bi-plane, thresher, dry farming, comparison photo with 1910 tractor
Dates: 1930's to 1950'sContainer: Box 1, Folder 7 -
Description: Farm implements and machinery
New Holland haycruiser baler, grinder/mixer, loading auger, mower-conditioner, PTO, harvesters, tractors, airplanes, hay farming, Cache Valley, silage, disc harrow, Massey - Ferguson, land leveling, Carol Grundmann (photographer), family farms, windrower, self-propelled harvester, Bear River Valley co-op, International Harvester company, mower-conditioner, hay baler, New Holland Hayliner, speedrower, bale wagon rodeo, slow-moving vehicle emblem (SMV), tank spreader, forage harvester, snow blade, lawn tractor, utility loader, roll-over test, farm machinery maintenance, University of Alaska research station, Wayne Bouwens, John Deere tractors,
Dates: 1950's to 1990'sContainer: Box 1, Folder 8 -
Description: Farm structures
Barns, poultry houses, graineries, silos, Quonset Rigid Frame 28, multi-use buildings, John Leak, salt station, Rex Nielson (photographer), mills, steel trap, hydrologic sensor, waterwheel, scale,
Dates: approximately 1930-1970Container: Box 1, Folder 9 -
Description: Farmers
Unidentified
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 10 -
Description: Forest Service
Lookout tower, Lincoln National Forest Sleepy Grass Picnicground, cabins, Christmas tree disposal, George Hart, forest hydrology, reducing water use with chemical sprays, chainsaw, mini-skidder, graduate students, pinyon pine hybrid swarm, Tooele county
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 11 -
Description: Forestry
Timberharvesting, mountain lake
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 12 -
Description: Highways
Buildings, cities, horse-drawn carriages, Lewiston Drug, stationwagon with car top box, bridges, Beck's Springs overpass (North Salt Lake City), Interstate Highway 15, Oneida St., farm buildings,
Dates: 1890's to 1970'sContainer: Box 1, Folder 13 -
Description: Home on the Range
Riding on horseback, Lyle McNeal, roping cattle, Preston Corporation, sheepherder's camp, Sawtooth Mountains, Kesko Farm herefords, Mantle Ranch, cattle at water, sand-filled irrigation ditch, some photos from the Utah State Historical Society
Dates: 1920's to 1980'sContainer: Box 1, Folder 14 -
Description: Home Economics
Food science classes, preserves, spices, children eating, dinner table, canning devices, Wilson Brothers, potato storage, cheese making, bread loaf comparisons, roasted chicken, potato chips, packaged dried fruit, produce section at grocery store, stewed plums, desserts, stews, fresh fruit, cabbage salad, sewing classes, yarn and fabric,Cache Valley Dairy Cheese Plant, lactic culture, milk and cheese products, Garth Hansen
Dates: 1890-1980Container: Box 1, Folder 15 -
Description: Homes
Exterior house shots, interior rooms, weaving loom, power lines
Dates: 1930's to 1970'sContainer: Box 1, Folder 16 -
Description: Industry
Industrial sites, Texas Gulf Sulfur Potash Mine at Kane Creek, pollution and crops, mine and mill waste, Launder precipitation plant, industrial processes, copper precipitate settling basins, leaching farm, distribution pond, scrap iron charging equipment, make-up water reservoir, flyash micro phototgraph, spherical glass particulates, Utah Power and Light coal-burning Huntingdon Plant
Dates: 1962-1965Container: Box 2, Folder 1 -
Description: Irrigation
Irrigation pumps and valves, Nephi field station, native plants, ditch construction, Yakima project, weed removal, water hemlock, Sunnyside canal, gravity flow, irrigation system structures, Paiute Reservoir, moveable sprinkler pipe
Dates: 1947-1969Container: Box 2, Folder 2 -
Description: Irrigation
Irrigation reservoir, Palisades project, Collbran project (Colorado), Logan City concrete reservoir before and after lining with plastic, concrete stilling basin, Wanship dam, seaming polyethylene, vinyl film, reservoir construction and lining, open-storage rain trap, water storage, drawings of irrigation methods, gated tubing, membrane lining, L-metergate, Cutler dam, Deer Creek reservoir,
Dates: 1940's to 1960'sContainer: Box 2, Folder 3 -
Description: Irrigation - ditches
Yakima project, William Farmer, Frank Webster, ditchbank, Provo River stilling pool and chute, ditchbank plants, Wind and Water Flume Study, hydraulics, Fluid Dynamics and Diffusion Laboratory, meteorological wind tunnel, ion engine vacuum tank, Dean Gillman, Bear River estuary, contour border, flood control,wooden flumes, children taking water samples
Dates: 1960'sContainer: Box 2, Folder 4 -
Description: Laboratory
Students, historic lab equipment, petri dishes with E. coli, dairy scientists, bovine oocyte, test tubes, Unknown Growth Factor (UGF), experimental substitutes for hay, Al Rivers, vet science, nematodes from ruminants, weather gauge, microscopic views
Dates: 1890's to 1970'sContainer: Box 2, Folder 5 -
Description: Land use
Pollution, logging, charcoal production and briquetting plant near Cedar City, rural subdivisions in Southern Utah, housing in Park City, UT
Dates: 1973Container: Box 2, Folder 6 -
Description: Milk truck
Two views of a milk tanker
Dates: circa 1980Container: Box 2, Folder 7 -
Description: Mining
photographs and negatives of a man posing at a mine ("Don the Miner")
Dates: 1983Container: Box 2, Folder 8 -
Description: Native American
Arrowheads, woven rug
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 9 -
Description: Old Guys [college professors?]
Portraits of John A. Widstoe, Kenneth Wilford Hill, Elmer Darwin Ball, Rudger Harper Walker, David Wynne Thorne, Phillip Vincent Cardon, William Peterson, Jeremiah Wilson Sanborn, Josiah H. Paul, other individuals unidentified. Dates of service range from 1890 to 1974.
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 10 -
Description: Pasture
Cows in field, fences, grassland, cows in corral
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 11 -
Description: People
Clipart-style illustrations of people engaged in various activities
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 2, Folder 12 -
Description: People
Candid photos of various people with Dr. Hansen, an insect collection, irrigation valves, students at a ditchbank, various lab scenes, couple in hallway
Dates: 1960's to 1980'sContainer: Box 2, Folder 13 -
Description: People (personnel)
Portraits or photographs of Jim Thomas, Devon Bailey, Stanford Cazier, LeGrand Elles, Kevin Jackson, Dale Barnard, George Emert, Dr. Bohart, Associate Dean Allred, Dean Plowman, Ken Hill, R. Sidwell, Noelle Cockett, Clair Accor, Parker Pratt, Rex F. Nielson, Paul Grimshaw, Dean Middlebrooks, Dr. Thorne, Elmer Clark, Jim Wood, Elwood Mickelson, Clark Ballard, R. J. Evans, R. H. Walker, Dee Broadbent, Royce Bringhurst, Bruce Beard, Boyd Archibald, Louis Madsen, Bartell Jensen, Jack Keller, Eugene Staples, Ernest Briskey, Nyle C. Brady, John L. Fischer, and other unidentified individuals
Dates: 1900-2000Container: Box 3, Folder 1 -
Description: People (personnel)
Portraits or photographs of Pat Shea, Allan Adams, James N. Seiber, Christine M. Bruhn, James Thomas, various other unidentified individuals
Dates: 1950's to 1990'sContainer: Box 3, Folder 2 -
Description: Range Lands
Weeds, grasses, rangeland research, lichen stand
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 3 -
Description: Range Management
Cattle in pasture, Bowns and West, sheep and cattle grazing studies, native grasses, sheet erosion of summer fallow field, drill furrows, reseeding, propane tanks, survey crew, aspen stand, fertilized vs. unfertilized crested wheatgrass, pinyon pine, Blacksmith Fork, tree stumps, shrub seed production, Fairview Canyon, oldman wormwood, depleted ranges, sagebrush study, grazing, microbial activity, sap collection tools, sap and syrup density, plowed sod, wildlife department, land development, overgrazing
Dates: 1940's to 1960'sContainer: Box 3, Folder 4 -
Description: Range Management
wood fences, juniper and pinyon pine trees, Saddle Horse Canyon offroad vehicle zone, tractors/chains used to clear land, Johns Valley, Lostcreek reseeding above Richfield, Tab Hollow fire, Copper Mountain, production grass cover, dirt road through forest, salt tolerant progeny, cattleguard, land type, seasoned split oak fireplace wood, rangeland watersheds, chainsaw with plunge bar, hydraulic wood splitter, 1st Dam, rain gauge
Dates: 1940's to 1960'sContainer: Box 3, Folder 5 -
Description: Recreation
Fishing, ski class on Old Main hill, Delicate Arch, family campsite, forestry camp, Logan Canyon, surveying, site of 3rd Dam pre-construction, sledding, Alvin Reiner (photographer), ice hockey, mountain lake, canoeing, snowmobiling, sailboats, motorboats (at Pineview Reservoir?), river rafting, cycling, Mike Dalton (photographer), hikers, horseback riders, pack train, cross-country skiers, waterskiier, Outward Bound course, barrel-supported boat dock/ramp, Ski Whiz snowmobiles
Dates: 1920's to 1970'sContainer: Box 3, Folder 6 -
Description: Researchers, faculty, students appearing in Utah Science
Jim Thomas, Don Jensen, Kelly Kopp, Daryll Dewald, Kermit Hall, Deb Gustafson, Rod Brown, Sidwell, Boettinger, Gary Straquadine, Janet Anderson, Marie Walsh, Debra Spielmaker, Rob Gillies, Robert Newhall, Ron Boman, Lynette Harris, Tilak Dhiman, Mary Donahue, Lyle Hillyard, Dennis Avery, Rulon Albrechtsen, Dan Drost, Layne Coppock, Leona Hawks, William Scouten, Wayne Watkins, Steve McMaster, Don Snyder, Mark Healey, Marda Dillree, Bruce Miller, Joan McFadden, Ken Olsen, Ralph Whitesides, Mike Conover, Don Sisson, Robert Lamb, Fee Busby, Nabil Youssef, Kemp, Lynn James, Jerry Chatterton, Von Mendenhall,
Dates: 1980-2000Container: Box 3, Folder 7 -
Description: Researchers, faculty, students appearing in Utah Science
Noelle Cockett, Conly Hansen, Deloy Hendricks, Rebeka Andrus, Stan Parsons, Rodney Brown, Eleanor Jenson,
Dates: 1980-2000Container: Box 3, Folder 8 -
Description: Scenes
Landscapes, mountain ranges, Monument Valley, Abajo Mountains and Monticello, Goblin Valley State Park, Zion National Park, Dead Horse Point panorama, Swain's Creek, mountain lake, picnic tables, amphitheater, Fish Lake waterfall, trees with snow, river canyons, slot canyons, pinion cedar forest, snowshoe track, range sheep grazing in high country, Logan Canyon Highway?, Big Cottonwood Creek, Logan temple with Wellsvilles in background, Logan Canyon view of east bench, cornfield
Dates: 1930's to 1980'sContainer: Box 4, Folder 1 -
Description: Set-up photos
Staged photos with views of wristwatches, book covers, IFA receipts, gavel resting on sand pile, shovel and work boots, sponge
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Folder 2 -
Description: Soil Management
Soil conditions, "No-Till" sticker, Cache county soil test report and fertilization recommendation, microbial activity, Evan's farm, rain catchment apron, Utah's Salt Desert, salt infiltration in soils, soil cement, Garfield County irrigation problems, soil fertility, terraces, soil erosion, flooded field, Central Utah Project, reading tensiometers installed under trees, land type surveys
Dates: 1967-1996Container: Box 4, Folder 3 -
Description: Third world/subsistence farming
Single photo of man with horse-drawn plow
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Folder 4 -
Description: Train depot
Single photo of wagon and train at unidentified train depot
Dates: circa 1930?Container: Box 4, Folder 5 -
Description: Utah Botanical Center
Cement footings and greenhouse roof supports
Dates: 2001Container: Box 4, Folder 6 -
Description: Watershed Management
Girl at drinking fountain, water lab, Richard Stevens, black light identification of sagebrush, speckled snow mold, rain trap sign, installing Z-curb in steel water trap, culvert headgate
Dates: 1940's to 1960'sContainer: Box 4, Folder 7 -
Description: Weather - dust storms
Soil drifts on farmstead near Guymon, Oklahoma (G.L. Beene, photographer), dust storm approaching small western Kansas town
Dates: 1930's to 1950'sContainer: Box 4, Folder 8 -
Description: Weather - frost, snow
Snow and frost covered trees, snow drifts, frost on plants, haybales, frost crystals
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 4, Folder 9 -
Description: Other assorted slides, photos, transparencies, and negatives
Father and son feeding cows, boy on 3-wheeled ATV, cow judging, family waiting for a ride
Dates: 1950's to 1990'sContainer: Box 4, Folder 10
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Agriculture--Photographs.
- Agriculture--Research--United States--Photographs
- Agriculture--Utah
- Colleges and Universities
- Spraying and dusting in agriculture--Photographs.
- Utah Agricultural Experiment Station--Photographs.
