Intermountain Indian School; Bushnell Military Hospital; Navajo education; Indian boarding schools; Brigham City, Utah history
Navajo soldiers visit Intermountain Indian School
Navajo Student, Intermountain Indian School
Box Elder Museum of Art, History, and Nature (https://collections.boxeldermuseum.org/index.php/Detail/objects/9961)
Box Elder Museum of Art, History, and Nature
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Memorial sign for Bushnell Hospital and Intermountain Indian School
Intermountain Indian School
Box Elder Museum of Art, History, and Nature (https://collections.boxeldermuseum.org/index.php/Detail/objects/7684)
Students arrive at Intermountain Indian School
unknown
Box Elder Museum of Art, History, and Nature (https://collections.boxeldermuseum.org/index.php/Detail/objects/12120)
Students decorate their dorm room for Christmas. Three students, Sam Clyde, Danny Claw and Bret Greymountain, stand around a small tree that's placed between two bunks. Two unknown children, in winter outfits, are also there.
Box Elder Museum of Art, History, and Nature (https://collections.boxeldermuseum.org/index.php/Detail/objects/14129)
Two students stand at a counter with three adults behind it. Thomas Tommaney is the man on the far right.
Box Elder Museum of Art, History, and Nature (https://collections.boxeldermuseum.org/index.php/Detail/objects/4782)
Three women, possible students, standing outside at the Intermountain Inter-Tribal School. All are wearing traditional dress, (Left to right) Papago (pink), Navajo (dark pink and blue), Apache (yellow).
Box Elder Museum of Art, History, and Nature (https://collections.boxeldermuseum.org/index.php/Detail/objects/10060)
Anderson, Bernice Gibbs [1900-1981] (had as creator)
Box Elder Museum of Art, History, and Nature (https://collections.boxeldermuseum.org/index.php/Detail/objects/4243)
Intermountain Indian School Boy Scouts Camporee
Box Elder Museum of Art, History, and Nature (https://collections.boxeldermuseum.org/index.php/Detail/objects/14077)
A student aviation club works on model airplanes
Box Elder Museum of Art, History, and Nature (https://collections.boxeldermuseum.org/index.php/Detail/objects/9962)
Intermountain Indian School students work on a roof at the school
Unknown
Box Elder Museum of Art, History, and Nature (https://collections.boxeldermuseum.org/index.php/Detail/objects/9415)
Construction of a new vocational building at Intermountain Indian School
Box Elder Museum of Art, History, and Nature (https://collections.boxeldermuseum.org/index.php/Detail/objects/12067)
Nativity scene with Native American clothing and other native elements
Utah State University, Merrill Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Intermountain Indian School Photograph Collection, P0327 1:03:17
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Female Intermountain Indian School students playing basketball
Utah State University, Merrill Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Intermountain Indian School Photograph Collection, P0327 1:04:06 (http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/IndSchool/id/552)
Baker house; Stone house; Mendon; Utah
One of four views of the stone house called the "Baker" house in Mendon, Utah, which was abandoned when the Fifes took this picture.
Austen E. Fife and Alta Stevens Fife
Utah State University Special Collections & Archives, The Austin and Alta Fife Fieldwork Collection, 1939-1979 (FOLK 4, no. 3, Box 1, Slide 50107) http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Slides/id/2015
Utah State University
Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library
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Mendon, Utah
May Day; Mendon; Cache Valley; Music; Pianist
A pianist sits at the piano in the back of a pickup truck, ready to play music for dancers winding the maypole in Mendon, Utah in 1975.
Austin E. Fife and Alta Stevens Fife
Utah State University Special Collections & Archives, The Austin and Alta Fife Fieldwork Collection, 1939-1979 (FOLK 4, no. 3, Box 1, Slide 10907) http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Slides/id/2292
Group of men and women outside in Mendon, Utah
Clella Ladle; Earl Buist; Hazel Sorensen Buist; Mayble Jensen; Veida Sorensen; Joseph C. Sorensen; Mendon; Utah
Clella Ladle, Earl Buist, Hazel Sorensen Buist, Mayble Jensen, Veida Sorensen, and Joseph C. Sorensen standing outside in Mendon, Utah.
Pioneer Day carnival, Mendon, Utah, 1974
Mendon; Pioneer Day; Auction; 1974
Children in Mendon, Utah playing during the Pioneer Day celebration 1974.
Utah State University Special Collections & Archives, The Austin and Alta Fife Fieldwork Collection, 1939-1979 (FOLK 4, no. 3, Box 1, Slide 10806) http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Slides/id/2272
Sorensen, Isaac; 1840-1922; Mormon pioneers--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Mendon; Utah History
Historical Record of Mendon, 1857-1919 by Isaac Sorensen. In this handwritten account, Sorensen chronicles events in Mendon, Utah, many of which he witnessed firsthand. Isaac Sorensen was born on February 24, 1840, in Sjaelland, Denmark. He became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after missionaries visited his father in 1854. The family relocated to Mill Creek, Utah, in 1857, and Sorensen soon moved to Cache Valley where he helped establish the community of Mendon. Sorensen remained a residentand community leader in Mendon until his death on November 7, 1922.
Issacs Sorensen (author)
Kay Sorensen; Mendon; Mr. Mayday
Thomas Kay Sorensen sitting on a couch. Backside of photograph says "Richard Watkins, Mendon." Information provided by Shirley Stauffer Darley.
Mendon,Utah
Mendon; Band
Photograph of Sweeten's Band in Mendon, Utah. Includes from left to right, front row: 1. Joseph H. Hancock, 2. Mormon D. Bird. Second row: 1. Ervin Gardner (possibly Alfred Irvin Gardner?), 2. William Isaac Sorensen, 3. George Hughes, 4. Gills Sweeten, 5. Mowry Baker. Back row: 1. Charles Baker, 2. Fred Sorensen, 3. Joseph Hancock, 4. Philip Sorensen, 5. Robert Sweeten, 6. John Westover, 7. Magnus Larsen, 8. John Simon Baker.
Mendon Theatrical Society play "New Fires"
Mendon Theatrical Society; New Fires; Mendon
"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 Ted], [unnamed], and Janet Larsen (first from right).
Steam threshing; L. K. Wood; Steam engine; Mendon
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.
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.
Farm equipment and boy on a horse in the Forster Yard, Mendon
Farm equipment; Forster Yard; Mendon;
Farm equipment and boy on a horse in the Forster Yard, Mendon, Utah, between 1890 and 1920
Threshing; Mendon; Matthew Forster; Parley Sorensen; A.W. Richards; Ephraim Shelton; Abraham Sorenson; Amos Hardman
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.
T. Kay and Maxine Sorensen family working on farm in Mendon
Farm; Mendon, Sorensen
Photograph of the T. Kay and Maxine Sorensen family working on a farm in Mendon, Utah
Threshing; Farm; Mendon; L.K. Wood; Claud Sorensen; Jess Walker
Farm Machine class, March 1944. Pictured is: (left to right) [unnamed], Claud Sorensen, Jess Walker, L.K. Wood, [unnamed], [unnamed], and [unnamed].
Antique threshing machine, Mendon, Utah (1 of 2)
Steam threshing machine; Fife; Antique; Mendon
Threshing machine from a private collection of antique machines in Mendon, Utah. Marian Fife Baldwin is standing next to the machine.
Fife, Austin E.; Fife, Alta Stevens
Utah State University Special Collections & Archives, The Austin and Alta Fife Fieldwork Collection, 1939-1979 (FOLK 4, no. 3, Box 6, Slide 230808) http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Slides/id/1023
Mendon, Utah; Cache Valley; Logan Canyon
A radio broadcast transcript about early medicines
Mendon; Medicine; Pioneer
A 1972 radio broadcast transcript by J. Arbon Christensen on the KVNU radio station in Logan telling about early pioneer medicines
J. Arbon Christensen
Utah State University Special Collections & Archives, J. Arbon Christensen radio transcripts (MSS 231, Box 2, Folder 32, Item 604)
Logan, Utah; KVNU radio station
Mendon; Land grant; 1872; Cache Valley
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" on Nov. 29, 1873 by G.L. Farrell, County Recorder, and in the Cache County Townsite Record on Dec. 18, 1874 by James A. Leishman, Probate Clerk for Cache County.
United States of America Patent Office
Looking Forward to the Past: Dedicated Residents Document Mendon's May Day History
May Day; Mendon; Cache Valley
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).
Jennifer Hatch (Reporter)
Utah State University Special Collections & Archives Folklore in the News Collection (FOLK 32, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 4)
The Herald Journal
Logan, Utah
Mendon; May Day; T. K. Sorenson
Newspaper article of an interview with T. K. Sorenson and his memories of Mendon and its May Day.
Barbara Stinson Lee (Reporter)
Utah State University Special Collections & Archives, Folklore in the News Collection (FOLK 32, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 1)
A radio broadcast transcript about Little Rosa Thurston (2 of 2)
Pioneer; Rosa Thurston; Mendon; A Stolen Child; Native American; Indian
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)
Utah State University Special Collections & Archives, J. Arbon Christensen radio transcripts (MSS 231, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 8)
KVNU
A radio broadcast transcript about Little 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 (1 of 2)
Utah State University Special Collections & Archives, J. Arbon Christensen radio transcripts (MSS 231, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 3)
Mendon; Measles
A sign from Mendon, Utah warning of measles in the household.
Mendon City
Richard Watkins/Mendon City, http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/Mendon/id/3529/rec/1
Utah State University -- History -- Pictorial works Utah State Agricultural College -- History -- Pictorial works College presidents -- Dwellings -- Utah -- Logan -- Pictorial works
Winter view of the President's house looking southeast from below the brow of Old Main Hill, ca. 1950s.
USU Historical Photo-board Collection, photo no. USU-A0203
Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
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Logan, Cache County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5777544/
Utah State University; USU; Utah State Agricultural College; USAC; Field House; George Nelson; History; Built Environment
An exterior photo of the George "Doc" Nelson Field House. The Field House was constructed during the Great Depression and named in honor of USU's longtime wrestling coach, George Nelson.
USU Photographic Services
Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library Special Collections and Archives, USU Photographic Services Collection, P0376, Box 7-3186-b
Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library
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Musical Visions of America Digital Exhibit Graphic
Shay Larsen
Summer Music Concerts have Auspicious Opening
USAC; Logan; Johana Harris; pianist; Roy Harris; American composer; newspaper article; Marion Nielsen; Summer Festival Series 1949
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.
Marion Nielsen (author)
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Logan Herald Journal, 6 June 1949, page 1 and 4
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KVNU; Logan; Utah; Roy Harris; Johana Harris; radio broadcast; Harris Home; Music with our Neighbors
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 living room of their home; 139 East 100 North Logan, Utah.
Utah State University Photographic Services
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, USU Photographic Services Collection, USU-P0376, box: 4, image: 1424c
George Maxwell with Johana, Shaun and Daniel Harris
Harris housekeeper; George Maxwell; Johana Harris; Shaun Harris; Daniel Harris; Roy Harris Home; Logan; Utah
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.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, USU Photographic Services Collection, USU-P0376, box: 4, image: 1404b
Intermountain Indian School Digital Exhibit Graphic
USAC; Logan; Johana Harris; pianist; concert program; benefit concert; 11th Ward Chapel
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, Chopin, and Roy Harris.
USAC
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Franklin S. Harris Papers, USU 3.1/7-2, bx 53, folder 2
The Tenth concert of the Summer Festival Series
USAC; Logan; Summer Festival Series; Johana Harris; pianist; Roy Harris; concert program
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.
The Sixth concert of the Summer Festival Series
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 Leonard Rose.
USAC; Logan; Summer Festival Series; Johana Harris; pianist; Roy Harris; concert program; 4th Ward Chapel
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 the Logan 4th Ward Chapel. 280 North 100 East, Logan, Utah.
USAC; Logan; Johana Harris; pianist; newspaper article; Marion Nielsen
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.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, College Journal, 10.2:27, box 14, folder 14
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.
USAC; Logan; Roy Harris; composer; american; Marion Nielsen; newspaper article; photo
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.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, College Journal, 10.2:27, box 14, folder 12
Roy Harris- A Famous Composer who has Grown out of the Substance of America
USAC; Logan; Roy Harris; composer; american; Marion Nielsen; newspaper article
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.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, College Journal, 10.2:27, box 14, folder 11