Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Cache Valley Historical Society Papers
UUS_COLL MSS 43
11 boxes
6 linear feet
1951-1962, 1983-2019
This collection contains the minutes and papers of the Cache Valley Historical Society, 1951-1962, 1983-2019.
Collection materials are in English.
Open to public research.
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Permission to publish material from the Cache Valley Historical Society Papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Initially processed by Kandice Newren in December, 2008.
The original materials in this collection were donated to USU Special Collections in batches between the years of 1976 and 1981 by the Cache Valley Historical Society, represented by S. George Ellsworth. The most recent batches of materials were donated between 2003 and 2005 by Marie Christensen, in 2008 by Daniel Davis and Kent Christensen, and in 2024 by Scott Bushman and Jennifer Duncan.
Cache Valley Historical Society Papers, 1951-1962, 1983-2019. (COLL MSS 43) Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.
The Cache Valley Historical Society (CHVS) was founded October 24, 1951 in Logan, Utah as the first local chapter of the Utah State Historical Society. The founding of CVHS was largely spearheaded by Dr. Joel E. Ricks, a Utah State University (USU) history professor, and during initially had fifty-two members. The first major project by the society was to compile the history of Cache Valley to commemorate the one-hundredth anniversary of its settlement. In 1956 the society produced "A History of a Valley" which received praise and an award of merit from the Association for State and Local History.
Between the 1950s and 1970s the society worked in conjunction with the USU History Department, and professors such as J. Duncan Brite, S. George Ellsworth, and Leonard J. Arrington sought to collect and preserve historic materials related to the study of local and state history. These efforts also played a role in establishing USU Special Collections and Archives.
Today the Cache Valley Historical Society meets monthly for lectures, field trips, and other projects that deal with local history.
This collection contains the working papers and records of the Cache Valley Historical Society and spans the period of 1951 to 1962, and 1983 to 2019. These papers consist of Society meeting minutes, correspondence, meeting programs, newspaper clippings, copies of papers presented to the society, by-laws and constitutions, and other similar papers.
Prior to donation these papers were bound by the Society and arranged chronologically and topically, and the collection has been arranged in reflection of this organization.
In the newspaper clippings located in the 1983-2006 material are articles about the society meetings, society members, and events that occurred in Cache Valley and Utah. There are several newspaper clippings on the Utah Centennial in 1996.
Additional materials donated in 2023-2024 consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, and reports, but also include member directories and scholarship applications.
This collection is arranged by chronologically and topically.
J. Duncan Brite Papers Coll Mss 5
LeGrande R. Humphreys Papers Coll Mss 36
The Joel E. Ricks Cache Valley CollectionColl Mss 46
Coll Mss 114: Joel E. Ricks Papers
Herschel Bullen, Jr. Papers Coll Mss 178
S. George Ellsworth PapersColl Mss 228
The Leonard J. Arrington Papers LJAHA 1
Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History
Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Biography
Logan (Utah)--History
Frontier and pioneer life--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)
Mormon Church--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History
Mormon pioneers--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Biography
Clubs and Societies
I. Papers and Proceedings
1951-2019
Membership Roster
1951
1
1
Minute Book
1951-1953
1
2
Papers and Proceedings: volumes I and II
1951-1952
1
3
- Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Officers Roster
- Secretary's Minutes
- Circular, "Topics for Study and Research"
- Papers
- Arrington, Leonard J. "The Rise and Fall of the Loan Mercantile Institution, 1869-1872."
- Arrington, Leonard J. "The Rise and Fall of the Loan Mercantile Institution, 1869-1872."
- Correspondence
- Roster of Members 73-87 (volume II)
- Preface page
- Constitution and By-Laws
- Officers Roster
- Programs
- Papers
- Campbell, Eugene E. "California Backgrounds of Three Cache Valley Settlers."
- Ellsworth, S. George "Cache County - 1860: Pioneer Society."
- Tingey, Willis A. "Early Land Surveys and Land Allotments in Cache Valley."
- Reports of Officers
- Correspondence (1952-1953)
Papers and Proceedings: volume III
1953-1954
1
4
- Table of Contents:
- Constitution and By-laws
- Officers Roster
- Programs
- Secretary's Minutes
- Officers' Reports
- Papers
- Arrington, Leonard J. "The Logan Tithing Office and Its Operation." "The Mormon Tithing House: A Frontier Business."
- Budge, S.M. "Early History of Medicine in Utah and Cache Valley."
- Hovey, M.R. "Cache Valley Before the Settlements."
- Humphreys, Thomas H. "The History of Irrigation in Cache Valley."
- Larkin, Melvin A. "Interesting Incidents in the History of the Logan Temple."
- Peterson, William "History of Roads and Freighting in Cache Valley."
- Program Notes:"Reminiscences of Cache Valley Oldtimers.", "...Cache Valley Dairy Industry."
- Rasmussen, Gunnar "Providence and Her People."
- Correspondence
- Rosters
Inventory of papers presented at Cache Valley Historical Society meetings, collections, books, etc.
1951-1956
1
1
(7 items, 8 pieces)
Constitution adopted
1953 January 8
1
2
(3 items)
Minutes of meetings
1953-1954
1
3
Papers and Proceeding, volume IV
1954-1955
2
1
- Table of Contents:
- Constitution and By-laws
- Officers Roster
- Programs
- Secretary's Minutes
- Officer's Reports
- Correspondence
- Papers
- Allen, Alvin "Pioneer Life in Hyrum"
- Campbell, Eugene E. "L.D.S. Church Leadership in Cache Valley"
- Larson David "History of Logan Water Works"
- Pike, Marybel "Cache Valley's West Side"
- Rich, Jesse "The Judiciary of Cache County"
- Rosters
Papers and Proceedings: volume V
1955-1956
2
2
- Table of Contents:
- Constitution and By-laws
- Frederick Jackson Turner and Cache Valley
- Officers' Roster
- Programs
- Secretary's Minutes
- Officers' Reports
- Essay, "Cache Valley's Triumph over Adversity: A Comprehensive Study of the Cache Valley Economy during the Great Depression." Patricia K. Hurren.
- Essay, "A Short History of the Utah-Idaho Central. Railroad," P.E. Sorensen
- Correspondence
- Papers
- Mulder, William "The Scandinavian Migration to Utah: An Overview" (Supplementing this paper were three papers by Emma Anderson Liljenquist; "The Story of My Life," "Pioneer Observance of the Sabbath Day, Hyrum, Utah," and "Memories of the Gustave Anderson family." Also included; "A History of Gustave Anderson," by Andrew Jenson.
- Sonne, Alma "Economic Development of Cache Valley"
- Rosters 288-311
- >Inventory of Archives
- Minutes of Meetings
Minutes of Meetings
1954-1956
2
1-2
Unbound Correspondence and Miscellaneous
1955-1956
2
3
Papers and Proceedings: volume VI
1956-1957
3
1
- Table of Contents:
- Constitution and By-laws
- Officers Roster
- Programs
- Secretary's Minutes
- President's Report
- Financial Report
- National Award Press Release
- Correspondence
- Document: "Higher Education of Women and Co-education of the Sexes," Sarah W. Eddy. Read at dedication of the Agricultural College of Utah, 1890.
- Press Releases and Society Newsletter
- Rosters
Papers and Proceedings: volume VII
1957-1958
3
2
- Table of Contents:
- Constitution and By-laws
- Officers' Roster
- Programs
- Secretary's Minutes
- Correspondence
- Papers: Bullen, Herschel "The History of Richmond."
- Cooley, Dr. Everett L. "The Nauvoo Legion: Utah's Militia."
- Creer, Leland H. "Mormon Theo-Democracy and the State of Deseret."
- Hayward, Ira N. "Review of Vardis Fisher's
- Novel on Lewis and Clark Expedition."
- Newspaper Publicity and Newsletter
- Rosters
Papers and Proceedings: volume VIII
1959-1960
3
3
- Table of Contents:
- Constitution and By-laws pages
- Officers' Roster
- Programs
- Secretary's Minutes
- Correspondence
- Roster
- Officers' Roster
- Programs
- Secretary's Minutes
- Correspondence
- Newspaper publicity and Newsletters
- Rosters
- Papers: Brite, J. Duncan "Chartres City and Cathedral"
- Hayward, Ira N. "Joseph C. Rich and Thomas Sleight: Pioneers in Cache and Bear Lake Valleys"
- Hillyard, W. Hazen, "History of Smithfield."
- Jameson, Jessee "The Corinne Railroad Museum and the Golden Spike."
- Lyon, Dr. T. Edgar "Orson Pratt: Pioneer, Philosopher, Scientist and Educator"
- Ricks, Dr. Joel E. "The Early History of Logan"
- Sturges, Dr. Philip C. "The Problems of Publishing History in Utah"
- Papers
- Brooks, Juanita "Pioneer Diaries as a Source of History"
- Cazier, Stanford "William Henry Hooper: Pioneer, Merchant, Statesman."
- Humphreys, L.R. "The Pony Express"
- Larson, Gustave "The Struggle for Land in Early Utah"
- Murray, Evan "The History of Organized Labor in Utah and the West."
- Murray, Evan "The History of Organized Labor in Utah and the West"
- Poll, Dr. Richard "The Attempt of the Federal Government to Eradicate Polygamy in Utah"
- Wells, Dr. Merle "Anti-Mormonism in Southern Idaho"
Membership Information
1983-1996
6
1
Meeting minutes and correspondence
1983 April - 1994 May
6
2-13
Papers and Proceedings
1994 June - 2000 May
7
1
Meeting minutes and correspondence
1994 June - 2000 May
7
2-7
Meeting minutes and correspondence
2000 June - 2002 December
8
1-3
CVHS Constitutional Revisions
2003
8
4
Meeting minutes and correspondence
2003 January - 2005 December
8
5-8
CVHS Membership and Dues records, papers, historical information
1997-2005
8
9
"Cache Valley Historical Society Presents..." cassette tapes (3)
2005
8
10
Meeting minutes and correspondence
April 2005 - August 2006
8
11
Meeting minutes and correspondence
2006 July - 2008 July
9
1-4
Extra News Clippings
1987-2003
9
5
Meeting minutes and correspondence
2008 August - 2010 July
9
6-7
Meeting minutes, correspondence, reports
2009-2018
11
1-8
Directory, thumb drive
2018-2019
11
9
News articles, meeting notices
2014-2018
11
10
II. Memorabilia
1959-1960
4
Wooden ruler used by Dr. John R. Park while he taught at Draper, Utah. It was passed on to his successor, John Z. Stewart, who in turn gave it to his son, Dr. I.P. Stewart, of Logan. The latter made it a gift to the Society in 1956.
A gavel made from the door of Amelia's Palace in Salt Lake City, donated by I.P. Stewart in 1956.
III. Miscellaneous and Scrapbooks
1947-1962
5
Twenty issues of the Hyrum News and two Society scrapbooks from 1947 and 1952-1962.
IV. Financial Records
1987-1999
Cache Valley Historical Society Money Receipts Ledger
1987-1999
10
1
Small Box Folder Accounts
Undated
10
2
Zions Bank Records
1987-1995
10
3-11
Checking Account Register
1995-1996
10
12
Zions Bank Records
1996-1998
10
13-15