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H. Reuben Reynolds photograph collection, 1930-1980

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Reynolds, Harry Reuben, 1898-1974
Title
H. Reuben Reynolds photograph collection
Dates
1930-1980 (inclusive)
1930-1960 (bulk)
Quantity
11 boxes, (3.5 linear ft.)
Collection Number
UUS_P0004
Summary
Black and white and color negatives, transparencies, and prints, primarily of scenes from Utah State University (then Utah State Agricultural College), Cache Valley, and other locales. Some personal/family images are included.
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

Open to public research.

Languages
Collection materials are in English.
Sponsor
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
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Biographical Note

Harry Reuben Reynolds was born to Alex and Dora Reynolds on January 29, 1898. Reynolds grew up in Centerburg, Ohio and attended the Art Institute of Chicago graduating from the Art Education Division in 1923. That same year he joined the art staff at Utah State Agricultural College. He spent the next forty-seven years with the University teaching a variety of classes such as photography, history of art, painting, art education, jewelry, crafts, and design. Although Reynolds initial interest in art centered on painting and art crafts, during his first sabbatical year in 1930 he became interested in photography and purchased a small German camera. Gradually photography and experimentation with color photography became his main focus. He designed and constructed a puppet theater switchboard used to demonstrate lighting techniques, a slide projector for theatrical productions, and a new technique on stereo photomicrograph work. His second sabbatical year (1939-1940) was spent in travel to Chicago, Columbus, Washington D.C., New York, as well as completing two semesters of graduate study at the University of Iowa. His third sabbatical in 1961 was spent at the Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, California.

Reynolds service to the University extended beyond his teaching load. He was an advisor for the Buzzer student yearbook and he served as the first USU Art Gallery Curator (now the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art) in 1967. Reynolds also held a great interest in the theater. He was involved in student and Old Lyric Repertory Company productions and he directed and produced the "Look on the Land," an all-original musical, in 1956. Reynolds also tirelessly promoted art appreciation and education throughout Utah through exhibitions, lectures, and serving on numerous committees.

In 1931 Reynolds married Zina Catharine Harris of Spring Valley, Wyoming. Zina received a B.S. degree in education from Utah State University and became the first supervisor of the L.D.S. Hospital in Logan. In 1972 he and Zina were recognized by the USU Alumni Association for distinguished service. Professor Reynolds died on March 10, 1974 in Logan.

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Content Description

The H. Reuben Reynolds photograph collection consists of black and white and color negatives, transparencies, and prints. Many of these images document Utah State University campus buildings and activities from the 1930s through the late 1960s and many of which were published in the Buzzer yearbooks. Also included in the collection are images of Cache Valley; Southern Utah; Bear Lake; Mesa, Arizona; Santa Barbara, California; Park City, Utah; Salt Lake City; and examples of Reynold's pioneering use of photographic documentation for scientific and agricultural studies. Portraiture, still lifes, photographic color studies, art classes and workshops, personal photographs (many with the Stark family at Christmas), and various theater productions round out the remainder of the collection.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Permission to publish material from the Harry Reuben Reynolds photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Harry Reuben Reynolds photograph collection, 1930-1980. (P0004). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arrangement: Topical. Boxes 9-11 are later additions and are numbered by box instead of sub-series numbers.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Zina Reynolds.

Processing Note

Register completed by Tonia Lewis, June 2001.

Related Materials

Henry Reuben Reynolds papers COLL MS 106

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Detailed Description of the Collection