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President Glen L. Taggart Papers, 1940-1988, predominately 1950-1980

Overview of the Collection

Title
President Glen L. Taggart Papers
Dates
1940-1988, predominately 1950-1980 (inclusive)
Quantity
63 linear feet, (126 boxes. )
Collection Number
UUS_3.1/11
Summary
The President Glen L. Taggart papers document his time as the eleventh president of Utah State University (USU) and includes correspondence, office files, reports, awards, speeches, and other assorted files.
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

Access to some sub-series, boxes, and files are restricted due to GRAMA and FERPA laws. Not available through interlibrary loan.

Languages
English
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Content Description

The President Glen L. Taggart papers document his time as the eleventh president of Utah State University (USU). Included in this collection is correspondence, office files, reports, awards, speeches, and other assorted files. A significant portion of this collection is made up of Taggart's Presidential correspondence and office files and includes internal and external communications related to USU activities. Also included are files related to Taggarts involvement in international programs.

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Historical Note

Glen Laird Taggart was born on January 16, 1914 in Lewiston Utah, a small town north of Logan Utah, to James and Valeria Ann Laird Taggart. He received his education from USU and the University of Wisconsin. He was married in 1940, to Phyllis Paulsen.

Before becoming USU's eleventh president, Taggart served in various positions involved in international education and agricultural development. He was the Chief of the Technical Collaboration Division of the Department of Foreign Agricultural Service, then in 1956 he became the first Dean of International Studies Program at Michigan State University (MSU), and in 1964-1966 when he served as the President of the University of Nigeria.

Taggart was inaugurated as the eleventh president in 1968 and served in this position until 1979. Under Taggart's administration, USU implemented a decentralized budget that allowed departments to manage their own finances and seek external funding. Additionally, the faculty code, tenure, promotions, student protests, and the Extension Service all received attention from Taggart during his presidency.

After his time at USU, Taggart was involved with the Department of State in International Development until about 1982. Then until 1992 he was a senior program consultant for W.K. Kellogg foundation and helped establish the Agricultural College of the Humid Tropics (Escuela de Agricultural de la Region Tropical Humeda or EARTH) that opened in Costa Rica in the fall of 1990. Taggart also served as a Member of the Utah Board of Regents of Higher Ed.

Taggart passed on August 10, 1997 in Logan Utah.

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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 President Glen L. Taggart papers must be obtained from the University Archivist and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: President Glen L. Taggart papers USU_3.1/11. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_3.1/11, USUSCA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into three series and some sub-series.

I. Inauguration Files

II. Presidential Correspondence and Office Files: Mostly includes chronological and alphabetical correspondence sent and received from Taggart's office. Also included are four sub-series, Legal Files, Court Cases and Complaints, Correspondence Addendum, and subject files

III. Awards, Memorabilia and Ephemera

Box number 81 doesn't exsist.

Related Materials

Glen L. Taggart Professional and Personal papers, UUS_3.1/11-1

Papers of Glen Taggart while at Michigan State University, UUS_MSS 83

Glen Taggart photograph collection, UUS_P0426

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Colleges and Universities

Finding aid written by Abbie Chesley and Kelly Rovegno
2025

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