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Title	Oliver Larsen Peterson Diary, 1951
Creator	Peterson, Oliver Larsen, 1879-1955
Description	Diary of Oliver Larsen Peterson, covering 1951. 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 thoroughly 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.
SubjectLCSH	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
Genre	Diaries Manuscripts
Original Date	1951
Geographic locations	Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) Petersboro (Utah) Cache County (Utah) Utah United States
Time periods	1950-1959 20th century
Source	Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Oliver L. Peterson diaries, 1895-1951. COLL MSS 101, Box 6, Folder 5
Physical Collection Information	Oliver L. Peterson diaries, 1895-1951. COLL MSS 101.
Collection Inventory	http://uda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv49771
Call No.	COLL MSS 101, Box 6, Folder 5
Language	eng;
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.
Digital Collection	Cache Valley Diaries
Digital Publisher	Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Date.Digital	2012-11
conversionSpecifications	Scanned by Utah State University Library using EverSmart Jazz+ CreoScitex 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.
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Identifier	COLL MSS 101 Box 6 Folder 5
Search Date	1951
Checksum	2594741939
Colorspace	RGB
Image Height	3600
Image Width	2472
Scanning resolution	400

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