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Oliver Larsen Peterson Diaries (1895-1951), Box 6

Oliver Larsen Peterson Diaries, (1895-1951)

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Title	Oliver Larsen Peterson Diaries (1895-1951), Box 6
Description	This is Box 6 of a 6-box collection of diaries written over the course of 56 years (1895-1951) by a farmer in Petersboro, Utah. Box 6 covers the period 1947-1951 and is organized into 5 folders: Folder 1: Vol. 33, 1947 (bound vol. 9 x 6 inches) Folder 2: Vol. 34, 1948 (bound vol. 9 x 6 inches) Folder 3: Vol. 35, 1949 (bound vol. 9 x 6 inches) Folder 4: Vol. 36, 1950 (bound vol. 9 x 6 inches) Folder 5: Vol. 37, 1951 (bound vol. 9 x 6 inches) Page numbers correspond with diary day numbers and blank pages were not scanned.
Abstract	Oliver Larsen Peterson was born in Logan, Utah in 1879 to Mary and Peter Peterson. Oliver, or O. L. as he was known, and his twin brother Edward were the first two of seven children. Shortly after birth of the twins, the family moved from Logan to their dry farm in Petersboro, Utah. Established by their father between 1875 and 1878, this was a large dry farm and cattle ranch located on the west side of Cache Valley directly north of Mendon, Utah. Here O. L., an astute observer as his diaries attest, spent his life as a rancher and farmer. On October 2, 1913 O. L. married Navieve Haws of Logan and they later had eight children. O. L. Peterson died April 7, 1955. O. L. kept a daily diary from 1895-1951. Due to Peterson's discerning eye for detail, his journal entries are voluminous. The diaries comprehensively describe the changes in a turn-of-the-century dry farming operation in Cache Valley. Peterson not only throughly described the daily farm routine, but also the seasonal occurrences of plowing, planting, harvesting, and winter livestock care. He concluded each year's entries with an inventory of equipment, livestock, and the amount of feed stored for winter. For example, in the 1903 volume (Box 1, Folder 10) he listed all of the farm machinery along with purchase dates and costs. The same volume also inventories the livestock, going as far as stating the names and weights of the horses. Box 1 Folder 1 contains a ‘daybook', which spans the period of 1895 to 1915 and presents an overview of Peterson's thoughts and labor. In addition to describing farm operations, Peterson mentioned important social and political events, but without any comment about his feelings toward those events. He recorded weather conditions, natural occurrences such as earthquakes, and local flora and fauna. As well, he described the physical geography of the Petersboro-Benson area both before and after the building of the Cutler Dam, noting the dam's effects on area drainage.
Author	Peterson, Oliver Larsen, 1879-1955
Original Date	1947-1951
Location	Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) Petersboro (Utah) Cache County (Utah) Utah United States
Subject (LCSH)	Peterson family--History--Diaries Peterson, Oliver Larsen, 1879-1955--Diaries Farmers--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Diaries Agriculture--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History Agricultural machinery--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History Dry farming--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History Family farms--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History Livestock--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History Threshing--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History Natural history--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History Tramps--Utah--Petersboro--History Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Climate--History
Time Periods	1940-1949 1950-1959 20th century
Material type (Local)	Diaries Manuscripts
Source	Box 6 of Oliver L. Peterson diaries, 1895-1951. COLL MSS 101. Utah State University, Special Collections and Archives, Logan, Utah.
Taken from	Oliver L. Peterson diaries, 1895-1951. COLL MSS 101. Utah State University, Special Collections and Archives, Logan, Utah.
Collection Inventory	http://uda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv49771
USU Call Number	COLL MSS 101
Related item	Oliver L. Peterson diaries, 1895-1951. COLL MSS 101, Boxes 1-5
Cited by	Bear River Watershed Historical Bibliography / compiled by Utah State University Library, Special Collections and Archives, 2005
Digital Publisher	Digitized by: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Date.Digital	2008-03
Type	Text
Format	image/jpeg
Conversion Specifications	Scanned by Utah State University Library using Epson Expression 10000 scanner, 8-bit RGB, at 400 dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIFF (400 dpi); display file is JPEG (300 dpi) to allow some zoom, while still minimizing file space. If pdf does not display correctly, try switching to a different browser.
Rights	Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Libraries manuscripts curator, phone (435) 797-0891.
Holding Institution	Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives
Contributing Institution	Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Search Date	1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951
Date created	2012-11-05

Title	Oliver Larsen Peterson Diaries, (1895-1951)
Holding Institution	Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives
Transcript	Digital image £ Utah State Uimeisitv Merrill Caziei Libiarv. Allnghts ieser\ed.
Identifier	coll101bx6fd1001_Front Cover.jpg
Date created	2008-05-28

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