Overview of the Collection
UUS_P0572
Ronald Jensen photograph collection
1900-1986
Jensen, Ronald V.
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
2.25 linear feet
Ronald Jensen was born in Huntsville, Utah. In 1916 he enlisted in the Marine Corps and served until the end of World War I. In 1929 he became the head of the banking department of a California cotton company. Soon after his retirement in 1970, he bought the Grant Hill Farm in Cache Valley and donated it to Utah State University in order that it become the Ronald V. Jensen Historical Living Farm and the Man and His Bread Museum. The Historical Living Farm was later renamed the American West Heritage Center.
Material in English
Processed in July of 2014
This material was donated to USU Special Collections and Archives by Lee Caron in 2005.
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Initial Citation:
USU_P0572; Ronald Jensen photograph collection;
Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University
Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_P0572,
USUSCA.
Biographical Note
Ronald V. Jensen was born on March 18, 1895 in Huntsville, Utah. In 1915 he enrolled in Utah Agricultural College, now Utah State University; however, he only remained there for a year before enlisting in the Marine Corps. Following the end of World War I, Jensen was employed by a series of agricultural companies and the Bank of Italy before Anderson, Clayton, and Company, a California cotton company, hired him in 1929. There, he became the head of the banking department, working in agricultural processing and finance until his retirement in 1970. Following retirement, Jensen bought the Grant Hill Farm and donated it to Utah State University in order that it could become the Ronald V. Jensen Historical Living Farm and the Man and His Bread Museum. The Historical Living Farm was later renamed the American West Heritage Center.
This collection contains images from the life of Ronald Jensen including photographs from his school years, his time in the military, and later years. Also within this collection are many photos of the Ronald V. Jensen Living Historical Farm.
This collection is arranged into four main groups. The first is composed of general Jensen Family photos. This includes pictures of Jensen as a child as well as images of his family farm and college years. The next section contains photographs of the Ronald V. Jensen Living Historical Farm. The next grouping is composed of Ronald Jensen's scrapbook with materials spanning from the 1900s to the 1920s, including many images of his time in the military. Finally an oversized box holds many early portraits from Jensen's life.
For more information about the Jensen Historical Farm see: MSS 236- Jensen Historical Farm Research Collection.
For more information about the life of Ronald Jensen see: MSS 512- Ronald Jensen Collection
Student Life
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Jensen, Ronald V.--Photographs.
Ronald V. Jensen Living Historical Farm--Photographs.
Utah State University.
Historic farms--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Photographs.
Agricultural museums--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Photographs.
Jensen Family Photos
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1
1
1:01:01
"Elizabeth Bronsen Jensen 1970-1951" R.V. Jensen's Mother
c.1890s
1
1
1:01:02
"Peter M. Jensen 1968-1950" R.V. Jensen's Father
c.1890s
1
1
1:01:03
"Ronald V. Jensen and friend on hike while attending Utah State Agricultural College"
c.1915
1
1
1:01:04 through 1:01:09
Unidentified Family Portraits
c.1910s-1920s
1
1
1:01:10
"Ronald V. Jensen, This picture was taken in a railway car" Baby Picture
1890s
1
1
1:01:11
"R.V. Jensen w/white collar" Group Portrait of the Children
c.1900s
1
1
1:01:12
W & W Livestock Co. 15 Mile Ranch
c.1920
1
1
1:01:13 through 1:01:19
Unidentified Photos of Family on Farm
c.1920
1
1
1:01:20
Four men canoeing in a river
c.1910s
1
1
1:01:21
Three men posing
c.1910s
1
1
1:01:22
Stern men on standing on a field
c.1920s
1
1
1:01:23 through 1:01:26
Photos from Utah Agricultural College and Pi Zeta Pi Years
c.1915
1
1
1:01:27
Residential Street
c.1920s
1
2
1:02:01
"Ronald V. Jensen , field man with Wyoming Sugar Co."
1920s
1
2
1:02:02 through 1:02:03
"The Picture Shop, Casper Wyoming"
undated
1
2
1:02:04 through 1:02:05
Unidentified House
undated
1
2
1:02:06
"Bucks Co., Pa"
1952 December
1
2
1:02:07
"Mark 9, Matthew 1.5, Andy 7"
undated
1
2
1:02:08 through 1:02:09
"Waiting for guests" Doria Jensen
1975 December
1
2
1:02:10
Ronald and Doria Jensen
c.1960
1
2
1:02:11
"R.V. Jensen"
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1
2
1:02:12
"1st Mrs. Jensen?"
undated
1
2
1:02:13
Unidentified family with chickens
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1
2
1:02:14 through 1:02:16
Ronald Jensen with Unidentified Man
undated
1
2
1:02:17
Unidentified man standing outside on a snowy day
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1
2
1:02:18
"An unusual spring day in Logan, Utah"
undated
1
2
1:02:19
"the only house left on the USU campus"
1972 June
1
2
1:02:20
"An unusual spring day in Logan, Utah"
undated
1
2
1:02:21
"An unusual spring day in Logan, Utah"
undated
1
2
1:02:22
Farm in the winter
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1
2
1:02:23 through 1:02:25
Pictures of the Wellsville Mountains
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1
2
1:02:26
Doria Jensen on a Farm
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1
2
1:02:27
"Sitting on deck looking at the garden"
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1
2
1:02:28 through 1:02:30
Pictures of farming
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1
2
1:02:31
Portrait of Ronald Jensen
undated
1
2
1:02:32
Ronald and Doria Jensen Marriage Photo
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1
2
1:02:33
"Ronald V. Jensen at brother's funeral in Huntsville Utah"
undated
1
2
1:02:34 through 1:02:35
Doria Jensen and Ronald V. Jensen
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1
2
1:02:36 through 1:02:39
"Ronald V. Jensen in Office of Anderson and Clayton Co. in Los Angeles"
1971 April 8
Ronald V. Jensen Living Historical Farm
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1
3
1:03:01 through 1:03:02
Aerial View of the Farm
c.1970
1
3
1:03:03 through 1:03:06
Ronald V. Jensen Living Historical Farm Sign
c.1970
1
3
1:03:07
Old Sturbridge Village Postcard
1970 September 18
1
3
1:03:08
"Stage coach we restored at farm, at festival parade, Logan"
1975 July 21
1
3
1:03:09
"Festival Parade, R.V. Jensen Farm"
1975 July 21
1
3
1:03:10
"Festival at the West Parade, Logan, UT"
1975 July 21
1
3
1:03:11
"Russell Croft and Svend Johansen at Hay Cutting Demonstration, Open House"
1975 July 27
1
3
1:03:12
"Case Steam Tractor at our Open House"
1975 July 27
1
3
1:03:13
"Plowing with 'Sis' and 'Rowdy' at Open House, steam tractor in background"
1975 July 27
1
3
1:03:14
"Ronald V. Jensen Living Historical Farm"
1986
1
3
1:03:15
"Farm Manager, Larry Miller shears a sheep. Graduate Student Jimm Simon turns the crank that operates shears"
1986 May
1
3
1:03:16
"Farm Manager, Larry Miller harrows field"
1986 April
1
3
1:03:17
"Taking Grain into Logan (on the highway) to be weighed"
1986 August
1
3
1:03:18
"Farm Manager, Larry Miller, cutting hay"
1986
1
3
1:03:19
"A student cutting barley"
1986 August
1
3
1:03:20
"A volunteer after bathing her baby"
1986
1
3
1:03:21
"A student's son helping with threshing"
1986 August
1
3
1:03:22
"3 students bringing hay into the barn"
1986
1
3
1:03:23
"Two students, Reece Summers and Jimm Simon with the steam engine at threshing"
1986
1
3
1:03:24
"Winter on the Farm"
c.1980s
1
3
1:03:25
"Emmett Devine": Manager of the Farm and Museum
c.1970
1
3
1:03:26 through 1:03:28
Pictures of the Farm
c.1970s
1
3
1:03:29
"Daryl on the 'Big Engine', Emmett with his Shovel"
c.1970s
1
3
1:03:30
"Daryl, Emmet, and a 'Farm Boy' working with horse and treadmill"
c.1970s
Ronald V. Jensen Scrapbook
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Scrapbook Sheet 1
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1
4
1:04:01
Portrait of Unidentified Man
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1
4
1:04:02
Ronald Jensen and a friend on a hike
c.1915
1
4
1:04:03
Ronald Jensen in Weber Academy athletics uniform
c.1915
1
4
1:04:04
Ronald Jensen in Weber Academy athletics uniform
c.1915
1
4
1:04:05
Missionary Release Letter
1915 November 9
1
4
2 Weber Academy Medals
c.1915
Scrapbook Sheet 2
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1
5
1:05:01
YMCA Hotel Receipt
c.1920s
1
5
1:05:02
Portrait of an unidentified young man
c.1920s
1
5
1:05:03
Seventh Annual Theta Ball Program
1921
1
5
1:05:04
Postcard
c.1920s
1
5
1:05:06
Unidentified House
c.1920s
1
5
1:05:07
Pi Zeta Pi Letter
1916
1
5
Utah Agricultural College Medal
c.1920s
Scrapbook Sheet 3
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1
6
1:06:01
Jensen and two unidentified men
c.1915
1
6
1:06:02 through 1:06:06
Ronald Jensen in Uniform
c.1915
1
6
1:06:07
Two children fighting
c.1910s
1
6
Medal "Presented to Red Jensen for Heroic Treatment of Females"
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Scrapbook Sheet 4
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1
7
1:07:01
Outdoor Group Picture
c.1915
1
7
1:07:02
"Ultra Fashionable Tailors" Business Card
c.1915
1
7
1:07:03
"Tubby
c.1915
1
7
1:07:04
Ronald Jensen
c.1915
1
7
1:07:05
"Brita Wild"
c.1915
1
7
1:07:06
Fourth Annual Theta Ball Program
1916
1
7
1:07:07
Letter to Ronald Jensen
1917 April 4
1
7
1:07:08
Ronald Jensen in Military Uniform
1910s
1
7
1:07:09
Ronald Jensen Posing with unidentified man
1910s
1
7
World War I Medal
1910s
Scrapbook Sheet 5
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1
8
1:08:01
Military group photo
c.1916
1
8
1:08:02
Ronald Jensen Posing in Military Uniform
c.1916
1
8
1:08:03
High School group photo
c.1915
1
8
1:08:04
The Raleigh Haberdasher, clothing price list
c.1916
1
8
1:08:05
Ronald Jensen at the beach
c.1916
1
8
1:08:06
Ronald Jensen portrait
c.1915
1
8
1:08:07
Two men standing in front of a log cabin
c.1910s
1
8
1:08:08 through 1:08:13
Pictures from Jensen's military training and travel
c.1916
1
8
1:08:14
"Miss Ellen Scowcroft request the pleasure of your company, dancing"
c.1915
1
8
"To Hell With U, All Hail Commercial Club Ball"
c.1915
1
8
US Marine Corps. Medal
c.1916
1
8
"Chicago and Northwestern Railroad" Train Timetable
1919 June 1
Scrapbook Sheet 6
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1
9
1:09:01
Family group photo
c.1910s
1
9
1:09:02
Ronald Jensen posing with friend in a park
c.1910s
1
9
1:09:03
Jensen posing in front of a sugar company building
c.1920s
1
9
1:09:04
Jensen with two men posing in football gear
c.1910s
1
9
1:09:05
Two men in a field
c.1920s
1
9
1:09:06
Three men posing in front of a cabin
c.1910s
1
9
1:09:07
USS Leviathan Troop Billet
c.1916
1
9
1:09:08
Ronald Jensen posing with men in army
c.1916
1
9
1:09:09
Group photo on snowy street in Europe
c.1916
1
9
"Seventh Annual Sugar Tramps Ball"
1924 January 1
Scrapbook Sheet 7
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1
10
1:10:01
Stern men on standing on a field
c.1920s
1
10
1:10:02
Men posing in front of train tracks
c.1910s
1
10
1:10:03
Ronald Jensen in a field with unidentified man
c.1910s
1
10
1:10:04
Ronald Jensen Posing in Military Uniform
c.1916
1
10
1:10:05
Ronald Jensen posing with woman
c.1910s
1
10
1:10:06
Woman in hat leaning on a rubbish bin
c.1910s
1
10
1:10:07
Man sitting in the woods
c.1910s
1
10
1:10:08
Two men standing by a car
c.1910s
1
10
1:10:09
Ronald Jensen with unidentified man on a train track
c.1910s
1
10
1:10:10
Jensen and unidentified men standing on a field
c.1910s
1
10
Envelope from E.R. Pierson to Ronald Jensen
1919 May 16
1
10
Newspaper Clipping "22 Wars Still Raging"
c.1919
1
10
Broken off piece of a sign
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Scrapbook Sheet 8
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1
11
1:11:01
"Best Wishes, Rae"
1918
1
11
1:11:02
"Je vous aime"
1915
1
11
1:11:03
Group photo of men in uniforms
c.1916
1
11
1:11:04
Two men in military camp petting a dog
c.1916
1
11
1:11:05
A note to Mrs. David Eccles
c.1910s
1
11
1:11:06
"Popular Songs of the A.E.F."
1918
1
11
1:11:07
Men in trenches
c.1910s
1
11
1:11:08
Men standing on the coast
c.1910s
Scrapbook Sheet 9
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1
12
1:12:01
Men standing in a field of flowers
c.1910s
1
12
1:12:02
Crowd of men in military uniforms
c.1910s
1
12
1:12:03
Military Training
c.1910s
1
12
1:12:04
Man posing in military uniform
c.1910s
1
12
1:12:05
Man posing in football uniform
c.1910s
1
12
1:12:06
Two men in military camp
c.1910s
1
12
1:12:07
"Weber Academy Dramatic Club presents, Brown of Harvard"
1915 March
Scrapbook Sheet 10
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1
13
1:13:01
"Yours till the bench breaks"
1915
1
13
1:13:02
Three men in military camp
c.1910s
1
13
1:13:03
Steam Ship in the distance
c.1910s
1
13
1:13:04
Soldiers sitting on ruins of a building
c.1910s
1
13
1:13:05
Unidentified building
c.1910s
1
13
1:13:06
Stern men on standing on a field
c.1910s
1
13
1:13:07
Military training, shooting
c.1916
1
13
1:13:08
"Croft"
1915
1
13
1:13:09
"127th GO. Moving Galley at San Juan Hill"
c.1916
1
13
1:13:10
Two soldiers posing behind bars
c.1916
1
13
1:13:11
Construction site
c.1910s
Scrapbook Sheet 11
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1
14
1:14:01
"Von Hinderburg and the Kaiser" Militayr Training
c.1916
1
14
1:14:02
Group photo
c.1910s
1
14
1:14:03
Havana, Cuba Postcard
c.1910s
1
14
1:14:04
Men climbing a pole
c.1910s
1
14
1:14:05
Men in dorm room at Utah Agricultural College
c.1915
1
14
1:14:06
Military Training
c.1916
1
14
1:14:07
Men practicing semaphore communication
c.1916
Scrapbook Sheet 12
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1
15
1:15:01
"After a 6:00 am game"
1915
1
15
1:15:02
Cuba Postcard
c.1910s
1
15
1:15:03
"Greetings!" Man Posing in military camp
c.1910s
1
15
2 Orchestra Concert Tickets
1919 June
1
15
"Damen-Toilette" Sign
c.1910s
Scrapbook Sheet 13
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1
16
1:16:01
Man on steps
c.1910s
1
16
1:16:02
Woman on grass
c.1910s
1
16
1:16:03
Group picture at dinner
c.1910s
1
16
Letter to Jensen from Pierson on poster, "Marine Trio"
c.1916
1
17
1:17:01
Scrapbook Cover Page
c.1910s
Portraits and Oversize Pictures
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2
1
2:01:01
Two Unidentified Children
c.1900s
2
2
2:02:01
Portrait of Unidentified Man
c.1900s
2
3
2:03:01
Portrait of Unidentified Woman
c.1910s
2
4
2:04:01
Group Portrait of Children
c.1900s
2
4
2:04:02
Weber Academy Dramatics
1915
2
4
2:04:03
Weber Academy Dramatics
1915
2
4
2:04:04
Weber Academy Dramatics
1915
2
4
2:04:05
Weber Academy Athletics Portrait
1915
2
5
2:05:01
Ronald and Doria Jensen Portrait
1971