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Logan, Utah, street scene at the "Smith and Cummings & Co. Printers" building. About 25 Federal Avenue.
Two women holding dogs, dressed for a patriotic celebration in downtown Logan, Utah. View of Smith Cummings and Co. Printers. About 25 Federal Avenue.
A black and white photograph of Roy and Johana Harris seated at a grand piano at their home in Logan, Utah.
A black and white photograph of Johana Harris's hands poised to play on a piano.
A black and white photograph of the Musical Department Heads of USAC around a piano on USAC campus during the academic year 1948-1949. Johana Harris is seated at the piano while behind her stand N. Woodruff Christiansen, Walter Welti, and George…
A black and white photograph of the Harris's African American domestic, George Maxwell, with two of their children posed on an armchair in their living room.
A black and white photograph of Roy and Johana Harris recording their radio broadcast, Music with our Neighbors. Johana Harris is seated at the piano and Roy Harris is speaking into the KVNU microphone set up in the living room of their home in…
A black and white photograph of Johana Harris, seated in profile, behind a grand piano.
A black and white photograph of four string musicians (Joseph Gingold, James Barret, Milton Preeves, and Leonard Ross) visiting for the Summer Festival Series of 1949 seated in the living room of the home of Roy and Johana Harris in Logan, Utah.
A black and white photograph of Roy and Johana seated at the piano in their home in Logan, Utah. Behind them stand four string musicians (Joseph Gingold, James Barret, Milton Preeves, and Leonard Ross) who were visiting for the Summer Festival Series…
Page 69 of Logan, Utah's Musical Arts Guild minutes dated January 18, 1949. Identifies topic of the day as Lily Pons and Andre Kostelanets.
A letter from E.A. Jacobsen (Dean) to President Franklin S. Harris recommending Roy and Johana Harris to be hired as Composer in Residence and Artist in Residence, respectively.
An article from "TIME" about Roy Harris's approach to earning a living as a composer.
A letter from Roy Harris to Franklin S. Harris explaining the Time's Article "Composing for Cash" written by Marshall Sprague.
A letter from Roy Harris to Franklin S. Harris expressing his excitement to start working at USAC.
A letter from Johana Harris to Franklin S. Harris expressing concern over not being able to find "colored" friends for their domestic, Maxwell, in Logan, Utah.
A letter from Franklin S. Harris to Johana Harris, responding to her concern about finding "colored" friends for their domestic, Maxwell, in Logan, Utah.
A letter from Roy Harris and Johana Harris to Franklin S. Harris and Dean E.A. Jacobsen, detailing a plan to alter their work contracts for the following year.
A letter from Franklin S. Harris to Roy and Johana Harris, expressing gratitude for their work at USAC and sadness at their departure from the staff.
A letter from Robert Donner to Franklin S. Harris, inquiring after the nature of Roy and Johana's departure from the university and accusing Roy Harris of being a "Red" and having communist sympathies.
A letter from Franklin S. Harris to Robert Donner, stating that Roy Harris was not a communist sympathizer, but a "fine gentleman and outstanding musician."
An article from the Student Life Newspaper titled "Composer Schedules Radio Series Program." The article discribes the radio broadcast series "Music With Our Neighbors" run by Roy and Johana Harris from their home in Logan, Utah.
An article from the Student Life newspaper titled "Symphony Slates Concerts This Afternoon, Tonight". The article gives details for a concert by the Utah Symphony and Johana Harris to be given on February 10, 1949.
A newspaper article giving a short biography of Roy Harris as an American Composer as he started his tenure at USAC in Logan, Utah written by Marion Nielsen. The article was published on November 30, 1949 in the Herald Journal.
The photo accompanying the newspaper article giving a short biography of Roy Harris as an American Composer as he started his tenure at USAC in Logan, Utah written by Marion Nielsen. The article was published on November 30,1949.
A newspaper article giving a short biography of Johana Harris as a famous pianist as she started her tenure at USAC in Logan, Utah written by Marion Nielsen. The article was published on February 7, 1949 in the Herald Journal.
The photo accompanying a newspaper article giving a short biography of Johana Harris as a famous pianist as she started her tenure at USAC in Logan, Utah written by Marion Nielsen. The article was published on February 7, 1949.
A concert program for the fifth concert held in a series of ten concerts for the Summer Festival Series the year of 1949. The program includes works by Beethoven, Debussy, and Franck performed by Johana Harris and Leonard Rose and was performed in…
A concert program for the sixth concert held in a series of ten concerts for the Summer Festival Series the year of 1949. The program includes works by Haydn, Beethoven, and Debussy performed by Joseph Gingold, James Barret, Milton Preeves, and…
A concert program for the tenth concert held in a series of ten concerts for the Summer Festival Series the year of 1949. The program includes works by J.S. Bach, Paul Hindersmith, and Bela Bartok performed by Johana Harris and The String Sinfonia.
185 South 100 East, Logan, Utah. A concert program for a Benefit Concert held by Johana Harris to raise funds for the Logan Eleventh Ward building (a church building in the Logan, Utah Area). The program includes works by Bach, Beethoven, Schubert,…
A black and white photograph of the Harris's African American domestic, George Maxwell, with two of their children posed on an armchair in their living room and Johana Harris standing in the stairway.
A black and white photograph of Roy and Johana Harris recording their radio broadcast, Music with our Neighbors. Johana Harris is seated at the piano and Roy Harris is seated in a chair, watching as she plays.The radio set up was located in the…
A newspaper article highlighting the opening events of the Summer Festival Series held by USAC in Logan, Utah during the summer of 1949. The article was written by Marion Nielsen and published on June 6, 1949 in the Herald Journal.
A radio broadcast transcript from the 1970s by J. Arbon Christensen on the KVNU radio station in Logan telling the tale of Rosa Thurston (1 of 2)
A radio broadcast transcript from the 1970s by J. Arbon Christensen on the KVNU radio station in Logan telling the tale of Rosa Thurston. Circa 1970's. (2 of 2)
Newspaper article of an interview with T. K. Sorenson and his memories of Mendon and its May Day.
Newspaper clipping : "Looking Forward to the Past: Dedicated Residents Document Mendon's May Day History" by Jennifer Hatch, The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Monday, April 29, 1996 (pages 9-10).
Certificate no. 657 recording the patent of land granted to George W. Baker, as mayor and trustee of Mendon City. The certificate was issued on September 2, 1872 under U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant, and recorded in the Cache County Record Book "B"…
A 1972 radio broadcast transcript by J. Arbon Christensen on the KVNU radio station in Logan telling about early pioneer medicines
Threshing machine from a private collection of antique machines in Mendon, Utah. Marian Fife Baldwin is standing next to the machine.
Farm Machine class, March 1944. Pictured is: (left to right) [unnamed], Claud Sorensen, Jess Walker, L.K. Wood, [unnamed], [unnamed], and [unnamed].
Photograph of the T. Kay and Maxine Sorensen family working on a farm in Mendon, Utah
Threshing grain by horse, possibly in the Mendon Town Square. Left to right: Matthew Forster, Parley Sorensen, A.W. Richards, Ephraim Shelton, Abraham Sorenson, and Amos Hardman.
Farm equipment and boy on a horse in the Forster Yard, Mendon, Utah, between 1890 and 1920
L. K. (Lynn) Wood on half-scale Russel steam engine, located on First North between Highway 23 (First West) and Main Street in Mendon. Information gathered from Shirley Stauffer Darley and Rodney J. Sorensen.
Pulling match between the "Old Betsy" engine and another tractor. These machines were often used in threshing competitions. From left to right: Fred Taylor and Lynn Wood. Information gathered from Clyde Muir.
"New Fires" produced by Mendon Theatrical Society in the 1960s, revived by Richard Watkins in 1969. Featured is (left to right) Coy Anderson, Keith Sorensen, Debbie Bartlett, Lizzy Barrett (standing), Steve Hardman, [unnamed, possible first name is…