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Utah State University

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Utah State University (1888- ) is a public research university in Logan, Utah.

Utah State University (USU) was founded in 1888 as Utah's agricultural college and focused on agriculture, domestic arts and mechanical arts. Now, however, the university offers programs in liberal arts, engineering, business, economics, and elementary and secondary education. USU is the largest public residential campus in Utah.

USU's main campus is located in Logan, Utah, with regional campuses in Brigham City, Tooele, and the Uintah Basin.

Citation:
Wikipedia, via WWW, 26 January 2015 (Utah State University (USU) was founded in 1888 as Utah's agricultural college and focused on agriculture, domestic arts and mechanical arts; now offers programs in liberal arts, engineering, business, economics, and elementary and secondary education; is the largest public residential campus in Utah; has a main campus located in Logan, Utah, with regional campuses in Brigham City, Tooele, and the Uintah Basin).

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Biography and family record of Cecil Grant Ash

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227650014]
Identifier: MSS SC 2930
Scope and Contents

Biography and family record of Cecil Grant Ash, 1990 where Ash recounts his experiences growing up in Lehi, Utah from the 1920s to the 1940s. He also discusses his POW experiences, including journal enteries and war poems written in the camps by U.S. soldiers

Dates: 1990

Will W. Bowman photographs and postcards

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 101
Scope and Contents

Collection includes photographs, postcards, and negatives taken and assembled by Will Bowman. Includes images of First Day covers, Ogden businessmen, trade cards, "Rocky Mt. Wonders", Utah State University football games, and other Utah events and people.

Dates: approximately 1920-1979

Life story of Agnes Howe Corbridge

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331479]
Identifier: MSS SC 3019
Scope and Contents Autobiography of Agnes Howe Corbridge contains memories of her childhood in Murray, Utah; church service; attendance at the University of Utah, 1934-1938; teaching at Preston High School (Idaho), 1938-1942; marriage; and travels. Autobiography of Ivan L. Corbridge contains memories of his childhood in Malad, Idaho; church service, including a Latter-day Saint Mission to Australia; service in the U.S. Air Force during World War II; attendance at Utah State University; and work as faculty at...
Dates: 1993

Willard Gardner biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315340]
Identifier: MSS SC 1785
Scope and Contents

One typewritten booklet. It contains a brief history of Willard Gardner. He has been referred to as the "father of modern soil physics." Willard got his Ph.D. in physics at the University of California at Berkeley and later on joined the Utah State University Physics Department where he worked on the theoretical and experimental interpretation of soil moisture phenomena.

Dates: 1978

Janet Jenson collection on Franklin Stewart Harris

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233266086]
Identifier: UA 1106
Scope and Contents Materials include information, papers, and artifacts gathered Janet Jenson in the course of writing a biography of her grandfather Franklin S. Harris. The materials include articles by or about Franklin S. Harris, Franklin S. Harris' testimony in the Confederated Bands of Ute Indians vs. the United States, some business records of Franklin S. Harris, newspaper clippings about Franklin S. Harris, correspondence of Franklin S. and Estelle S. Harris, certificates of Franklin S. and Estelle S....
Dates: 1847-2002

My life story

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2992
Scope and Contents Recalls his early life in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Twin Falls, Idaho; farming; attendance at Albion State Normal School, 1935-1937, Utah State University, 1946-1949, and Northern Colorado University, 1949-1951; teaching elementary school in Declo, Idaho, 1937-1942; service in U.S. Air Force during World War II; marriage; employment as academic dean and professor of education psychology at Peru State Teacher's College (Nebraska) 1951-1954; employment in counseling center and Department of...
Dates: 1983-1999

Recording of Navajo-American Culture symposium

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8699
Scope and Contents Contains six tapes with recordings of presentations given at a symposium entitled Navajo-American Culture - Anglo-American Culture: Interaction, Change, and Continuity. The symposium was sponsored by the Charles Redd Center of Brigham Young University, the Mountain West Center for Regional Studies at Utah State University, and the BYU History Department. Includes recordings of five presentations by faculty and students on the importance of maintaining Navajo culture when surrounded by the...
Dates: 1990

Utah State University report on Mormon education

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349448]
Identifier: MSS 4102
Abstract

Transcripts of LDS educator's discussions of LDS education issues, 1950.

Dates: 1950

Joseph Ellis Wilson correspondence

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2378
Scope and Contents

Handwritten correspondence. The items deal with business, family, and Mormon Church matters. They also relate to happenings in Logan, Utah.

Dates: 1883-1919

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