In this letter to the editor of the Logan Herald Journal, her hometown newspaper, Laura Merrill writes from the Topaz Relocation Center, describing the small libraries she oversees as the Center's Librarian and what life is like inside Topaz. This...
Central Utah Relocation Center -- Libraries; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Central Utah Relocation Center; Merrill, Laura Liona Rees, 1876-1963 -- Correspondence; Letters to the editor -- Utah -- Topaz
Luis Espinoza talks about the political situation in Chile when his grandparents lived there, and the effect on his (politically involved) family, and their subsequent flight to the US. He also discusses his father's arrest in Chile. He then...
Hispanic Americans -- Interviews; Pluralism (Social sciences); Oral history; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Luis Espinoza -- Interviews
Robert Cruz talks about his childhood in California, growing up with parents of different religions, his decision to join the LDS Church, and the reasons behind his choice of career in the Forest Service. He explains some of the challenges he...
Hispanic Americans -- Interviews; Pluralism (Social sciences); Oral history; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Rob Cruz -- Interviews
Mr. Arián Baquero talks about the hard experiences he had to undergo in his native Colombia because of the Colombian guerrilla, his move to the United States, the serious accident he had as a child, and how he surmounted all these difficulties...
Hispanic Americans -- Interviews; Pluralism (Social sciences); Oral history; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Arian Baquero -- Interviews
Ena Murillo talks about the difficult life in El Salvador during the civil war, her studies and job as a nurse, her move to the United States and her warm feelings towards Cache Valley. She also talks about how she met her husband Rolando, her five...
Hispanic Americans -- Interviews; Pluralism (Social sciences); Oral history; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Ena Murillo -- Interviews
Mr. Leo Bravo, from Venezuela, talks about his life in Cache Valley, his family, and his jobs, particularly about his current job as family adviser for the Cache Valley Multi-Cultural Center and the experiences related with it.
Hispanic Americans -- Interviews; Pluralism (Social sciences); Oral history; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Leo Bravo -- Interviews
This background paper prepared "for information of the staff of the War Relocation Authority " is marked "Restricted" and "Not for Publication." It begins with a description of Japanese migration to the U.S. and characteristics of the Japanese...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans
This report examines how property owned by West Coast Japanese Americans in 1942 was handled when they were forced to go to relocation centers. Table of Contents: Legal Provisions for Controlling the Assets of Enemy Nationals in Time of War;...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Property; Farm ownership
In 1980, the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians was established to review the facts and circumstances surrounding the relocation of American citizens and permanent resident aliens during World War II and "recommend...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; United States. War Relocation Authority; Detention of persons -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Civil rights
Of the nine final reports written by the War Relocation Authority, this one differs in attempting to give a comprehensive view of the WRA program in its entirety rather than focusing on some particular facet of the program as did the other reports....
United States. War Relocation Authority; Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
This report examines the phases of the WRA program in relation to legal issues. It is broken into 3 sections: I. The constitutionality of evacuation and detention; II. Legal considerations in the development of center management policies; III....
Written and illustrated by residents of Topaz, this 55 page collection of stories and articles recounts the experiences and feelings of the Japanese Americans forced to leave cherished homes, jobs, possessions, and pets for the dusty, stark...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans -- Attitudes
Report examines the development and function of community government within the relocation centers. It describes early debates on how centers should be governed, problems caused by differences in attitudes and values held by alien Japanese (Issei)...
Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Report describes how the War Relocation Authority was established, organized, and managed. It covers in detail the logistics of setting up, staffing, supplying, and then closing the centers. One section covers the agency's records management of...
Report describes the Emergency Refugee Shelter at Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York where 1,000 refugees of various European nationalities were brought to the United States from Italy by order of President Roosevelt in 1944; they were to be returned...
Fort Ontario State Historic Site (Oswego, N.Y.); World War, 1939-1945--Refugees
Report describes the War Relocation Program from its inception in 1942 to closure of relocation centers and resettlement of evacuees in 1945. It covers why and how the War Relocation Authority was created, the meeting with state governors in Salt...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; United States. War Relocation Authority
Describes Japanese migration to the U.S. before World War II, characteristics of the Japanese-American people who settled on the West Coast, the myths and prejudices surrounding them, and how they were treated following the bombing of Pearl...
Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans -- Attitudes; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
1910 Cadillac with acetylene headlights and kerosene parking lights. Four men in white dress shirts and ties are riding inside. Location is somewhere in Utah, probably 1910-1920. Photograph taken by W. L. Peterson. One black and white...
Annual report of the Cache County Farm Bureau, November 30, 1917, by R.L. Wrigley. June 1, 1917 to November 30, 1917. Annual reports narrate the agricultural extension work carried out in Cache County, including reports on irrigation, weed...
Agricultural extension work--Publications--Utah--Cache County
Intermittent issues of the Millard County Farm Bureau News, March 1917-March 1918. Also includes the Millard County Farm Bureau News Bulletin, dated September 9, 1920.;
Intermittent issues of the Weber County Farm Bureau News, February 1917- November 1917. Also includes Weber County Farm Bureau Weekly News Bulletin, March 1919- August 1921.;
Mr. Garth Baxter talks about his career in the Forest Service, then later as ranching on his family’s land. He discusses his family history in the Cache Valley, as well as his family history in ranching. Mrs. Maydene Baxter talks about her...
Baxter, Garth--Interviews; Baxter, Maydene--Interviews; Cattle ranching; United States. Forest Service; Teton National Forest (Wyo.); Humboldt National Forest (Nev.); Bridger National Forest (Wyo.); Challis National Forest (Idaho); Range...
Steve and Robin Boies talk about their ranching upbringing, the ownership and history of their ranch, and raising a family in Elko County. They also talk about their collaborative land management group, their philosophy on land management, and the...
Boies, Steve--Interviews; Boies, Robin--Interviews; Ranching; Range management; Hay; Alfalfa; Cattle ranching; Ranching--Water-supply; Water in agriculture;
Husband Jay Carter and wife Holly talk about raising their family on their ranch in Park Valley and the unique education they received; discussed grazing rights, branding, moving cattle to summer range, watershares, draft horses, breaking horses;...
Susan Glaser Church talks about growing up on a ranch, leaving the area and then coming back to her family ranch once she was grown, married and had her own family. She talks about ranching today in Nevada with her family in a family corporation....
Church, Susan Glaser--Interviews; Cattle ranching; Ranching; Pasture, Right of; Beef cattle—Cow-calf system; Farm equipment;
Mrs. Dalley talks about her life growing up on a ranch in Nevada. She speaks about the different duties and chores they all had to contribute, life with 12 siblings, housing the teacher for the area and more details of ranch life in the early...
Mr. Ellison talks about his experiences ranching on the Ellison family ranch as a young boy during the summer. He talks about his family history, the history of the Ellison Ranching Company, and his past and current roles in the ranching company as...
Mr. Pete Holmgren speaks about being a rancher, growing up on a ranch, and raising his own family on his ranch. He touches on how ranching has changed from his boyhood, and now watching his grandchildren grow-up on the ranch. He talks a little...
Holmgren, Pete--Interviews; Holmgren, Linda--Interviews; Cattle ranching; Pasture, Right of; Hay--Harvesting--Equipment and supplies; Ranch managers; Beef cattle--Cow-calf system; Haying equipment; Range management;
Patricia Sawin interview by Kaitlin Fogarty. The interview was conducted on April 9th, 2011. Included are personally chosen photos and also links to two articles which are very relevant in relation to content in the interview. Included in the...
Sandy Magaña interview by Cristal Sanchez, April 28, 2011. Included in the Oral Histories: Scholars of Feminism collection compiled by the AFS Women's Section Oral History Project. This interview and accompanying photographs are available at...
Social service; Schizophrenia; Autism; Psychology; Human behavior; Magaña, Sandy;
Sharon talks about her family history in ranching and her adult and married life as a ranching wife. She talks about managing a ranch with her husband, raising their family on a ranch and the differences in raising beef and buffalo. Interviewed by...
Miller, Sharon--Interviews; Cattle ranching; Range management; Ranching; Ranchers; Bison farming; Hay--Harvesting--Equipment and supplies; Pasture, Right of; Pasture animals; Cattle--Predators of--Control;
Norma Cantu interview. Included in the Oral Histories: Scholars of Feminism collection compiled by the AFS Women's Section Oral History Project. This interview is available at the Minds@UW respository at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Pat Turner interview by Rebecca Keyel, December 15, 2011, included in the Oral Histories: Scholars of Feminism collection compiled by the AFS Women's Section Oral History Project. This interview is available at the Minds@UW respository at the...
African Americans--Folklore; Urban folklore--United States; Quilting--United States--History; African American quiltmakers; African American quilts;
Mrs. MarJean Summers discusses growing up in Cache Valley, marrying, and raising a family in Cache Valley. She talks about raising her children on a ranch. Mr. Bryan Summers (one of MarJean’s sons) talks about growing up on a ranch and ranching...
Brothers, Jay and Blaine Tanner, speak about growing up on a ranch in Grouse Creek, Utah; buying their grandfather’s ranch property, and ranching together, with their brother Brent, as adults. Interviewed by Randy Williams on November 8, 2010 at...
This report begins by examining how the relationship between Japanese Americans living on the West Coast in 1942 with other residents led to their being singled out for evacuation and placement in relocation centers after the bombing of Pearl...
Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
This report examines the postwar adjustment of relocated Japanese Americans during the 18 months following the closure of the Japanese American relocation centers in 1945. Begun in July 1946, the study was "to analyze the effects of the evacuation...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans
The first interview covers Thad Box’s early years in Texas and his education. The interview was a demonstration of interview techniques by Elaine Thatcher to members of the Land Use Management Oral History Project members, including Brad Cole,...
Box, Thadis W.--Interviews; Box, Thadis W.--Family; Utah State University--Faculty--Interviews; Agricultural education--Texas; Logan Canyon (Utah); Recreation--Utah--Logan Canyon; Mormons--Social conditions; Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife...
Environmental Conditions Inventory and Quality Rating, a working paper, March 1977. This first volume in a four-volume report summarizes environmental conditions of the Bear River Watershed in Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming. Work on this project was...
Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Environmental conditions; Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Environmental conditions
Recreation Working Paper for Bear River Cooperative Study Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, March 1978. This paper describes outdoor recreation activities associated with or influenced by USDA programs in the Bear River Basin such as picnicking, swimming,...
Outdoor recreation--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)
Summarizes about 22 reports prepared as the result of the cooperative study of the Bear River Basin in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming in the mid-1970s. Describes the Bear River Basin and some of its problems in areas such as economics, recreation,...
Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Statistics; Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Maps; Land use--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Water-supply--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Environmental conditions--Statistics;...
Environmental Conditions Inventory Appendices, a working paper, March 1977. This appendices volume provides tables and descriptions of statistical environmental data and quality ratings discussed in the other three volumes of the Environmental...
Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Environmental conditions; Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Environmental conditions
Economic Base Appendix Working Paper for the Bear River Basin Type IV Study Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, December 1976. This report is a reference on the population, income, employment, and agricultural base for economics in the Bear River Basin. It...
Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Economic conditions--Statistics; Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Population--Statistics; Agriculture--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Statistics
Working Paper: Existing and Potential Lakes and Reservoirs, Bear River Basin, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, February 1976. Made for the Bear River Basin Type IV Study, this report describes existing and potential reservoir sites in the Bear River Basin....
Lakes--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Reservoirs--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)
Land Resource Data Working Paper Bear River Basin, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming for the Bear River Basin Cooperative Study, November 1976. Paper describes land use and ownership of the Bear River Basin's 4.8 million acres. Illustrated by black and white...
Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Land use -- Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Landowners -- Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)
Memories of Early Days in Cache County. Personal Reminiscences Of Its First Settlers-- Forgotten Scenes And Incidents Recalled By Words Of Those Who Took Part In Them by Joel Ricks. Typescript of articles printed in The Journal from January 5 -...
Logan (Utah)--History; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Biography; Logan (Utah)--Biography; Utah--History;
Irrigation Conveyance Systems, Working Paper for Bear River Basin Type IV Study, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, April 1976. This report is an inventory of irrigation conveyance systems in the Bear River Basin. High altitude photographs were used for base...
Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Irrigation -- Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Bear River (Utah-Idaho) -- Aerial views; Irrigation -- Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho) -- Aerial views
Aerial view of Bear River Canyon, Utah, 1950s. Cutler Dam in distance. Bear River Canal and East side canal show on either side of Bear River. One black and white photograph (4.5 x 6.75 inches) mounted on board. (Negative Available).
Bear River Canyon (Utah)--Pictorial works; Irrigation canals and flumes--Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Pictorial works; Dams--Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Pictorial works
Aerial view of Bear River Canyon, 1950s. Cutler Dam at center of photo; Union Pacific Railroad tunnel is at right. One black and white photograph (4.5 x 6.75 inches) mounted on board.
Bear River Canyon (Utah)--Pictorial works; Cutler Dam (Utah)--Pictorial works; Railroad tunnels--Utah--Bear River Canyon--Pictorial works; Dams--Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Pictorial works
Aerial view of Cutler Dam and Bear River canal system in Bear River Canyon, 1950s. View looking east. One black and white photograph (4.5 x 6.75 inches) mounted on board. (Negative Available).
Cutler Dam (Utah)--Pictorial works; Irrigation canals and flumes--Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Pictorial works; Dams--Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Pictorial works
Aerial view of Hyrum, Utah, 1940s. Distant view looking east of Hyrum Dam, Hyrum and bottoms of Little Bear River. One black and white photograph (4.5 x 6.5 inches) mounted on board. (Negative Available).
Hyrum (Utah)--History--Pictorial works; Hyrum Reservoir (Utah)--History--Pictorial works; Dams--Utah--Hyrum--Pictorial works
Agricultural equipment in Petersboro, Utah, July 1910. Big 4 gas tractor is on the left. To the right of a sign announcing "Petersboro Spur" is a flat car carrying the latest model case metal body separator thresher with power feeder and blower...
Threshing machines--History--Pictorial works; Tractors--History--Pictorial works
Air boat driven by Cecil Williams skims across the water at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. These air boats run well across shallow waters and mud flats. With an aluminum hull, the boat shown here is powered by a 4-cylinder airplane motor...
Boats and boating--Utah--Pictorial works; Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--History--Pictorial works; Salt marshes--Utah--Pictorial works
Alexander Dam site in Idaho, summer, 1922-23, showing base of partially constructed hydro plant. George H. Warren Gift. One black and white photograph (4 x 6.25 inches) mounted on board. (Negative available).
Alexander Dam (Idaho)--History--Pictorial works; Dams--Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Pictorial works; Dams--Idaho--Alexander--Pictorial works; Hydroelectric power plants--Idaho--Alexander--Pictorial works
The Nibley Family photograph collection consists of images of C.W. Nibley and his family during the late 1800s and early 1900s. There are also some photos of the Hatch family (from the Joseph Hatch and Florence Nibley line), and two VHS tapes...
This report dated May 1982 identifies water resource development opportunities on the Bear River below Cutler Dam in Box Elder County. Data provided supplements that of previous reports and covers various alternative reservoir storage projects and...
Water resources development -- Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)
This proposed Rehabilitation and Betterment Program for the Hyrum Project describes the history and current condition of the Hyrum Project facilities, parts of which were over 50 years old in 1989. This report seeks to (1) describe the need for...
Water resources development -- Utah -- Cache County; Hyrum Project (U.S.); Hyrum Reservoir (Utah); Irrigation projects -- Utah -- Cache County; Dams -- Utah -- Cache County
This report addresses all aspects of community forestry in regard to 18 states in the Western United States (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa (northwestern), Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon (eastern), South Dakota, Texas (western),...
Urban forestry -- West (U.S.) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Trees, Care of -- West (U.S.) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Trees in cities -- West (U.S.) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Investigates the chemical, physical, and bacteriological quality of the Lower Bear River and its tributaries based on fieldwork done November and December 1955. Provides background data from two earlier reports from 1952 and 1955. Includes map...
Water quality management--Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Factory and trade waste--Research--Idaho--Franklin County; Factory and trade waste--Research--Utah--Cache County; Pollution--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Water--Pollution--Bear River...
Colorado and Utah Rockies begins with an "appreciation of Colorado and Utah" written by Edwin L. Sabin and entitled "America's Playground for Americans" describing the beauties of the Rocky Mountains. Published in 1919 by the U.S. Railroad...
Rocky Mountains -- Description and travel; Utah -- Description and travel; Colorado -- Description and travel
Yearbook for Utah State University. Published from 1909-1971 with single issues in 1978 and 1981.
Utah State University--History; Utah State University; Utah State Agricultural College; Agricultural College of Utah; Universities and colleges--Utah; Education, Higher--Utah; USU--Student life; USU--Student publications; USU--Faculty and staff;...
Conference attendees at the concluding luncheon of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge's Botulism Conference April 4, 1940. Consisted mainly of refuge managers and agency officials. Black & white photograph, 3 x 4 inches.
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--Officials and employees--Pictorial works; Wildlife managers--Pictorial works; Avian botulism--Congresses--Pictorial works;
Front shot of an automobile, probably the same 1910 Cadillac depicted in A3771, with passengers. Photograph taken by W. L. Peterson. One black and white photograph (6.5 x 10 inches) mounted on board.
Bear River investigations in Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, a summary of the status report, June 1970. Summarizes findings by the Bureau of Reclamation of its investigations of the Bear River Basin. Identifies potential reclamation development projects for...
Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Water resource development--Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Water resource development--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho);
June 1943 issue of Trek, a quarterly literary magazine produced by the residents of the Topaz Relocation Center. This issue was edited by Toku Okubo and Nobuo Kitagaki with Mine Okubo as art editor and Alfred Sawahata as contributing artist. ...
Central Utah Relocation Center -- Periodicals; Central Utah Relocation Center; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans
Bear River investigations in Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Status report, June 1970. Provides detailed findings from the Bureau of Reclamation's investigations on the Bear River Basin. Describes the Bear River Basin, including climate, land and water...
Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Water resource development--Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Water resource development--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho);
Bear River Bridge at Hampton's Crossing near Collinston, Utah, about 1869. Bear River Canyon is in the background. From Grenville M. Dodge, How We Built the Union Pacific Railroad (Denver, 1965) p. 156. Negative available. Black and white...
Bear River Canyon, Alexander, Idaho. 1922. Work on Alexander hydro plant in distance. George H. Warren Collection. One black and white photograph (4 x 6.25 inches) mounted on board. (Negative Available)
Alexander Dam (Idaho)--History--Pictorial works; Dams--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Pictorial Works; Dams--Idaho--Alexander--Pictorial works; Hydroelectric power plants--Idaho--Alexander--Pictorial works; Dams--Bear River...
Bear River Canyon, 1890. View from east (Cache) end of Canyon, looking west. Photo by C.R. Savage. Gift of Nelson Wadsworth, 1985. One black and white photograph (5.75 x 9.25 inches) mounted on board. (Negative Available).
Bear River Narrows. 1890s. Diversion Dam to put water in Hammond Canal system. Site later flooded by Cutler Dam. One black and white photograph (4.5 x 6.5 inches) mounted on board. (Negative Available).
Dams--Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Pictorial works; Cutler Reservoir (Utah)--History--Pictorial works;
Bear wagon with three bears caged inside and pulled by horses as part of the Ringling Brothers Circus Parade, Center Street, Logan, Utah, August 7, 1907, 11:45 am. Photograph taken by W. L. Peterson. One black and white photograph (6.5 x 9.75...
Describes the history and extent of the irrigation project of the Bear Lake and River Water Works and Irrigation Company as of 1889. Cities and towns served by the irrigation system included Ogden, Brigham City, Corrinne, Bear River City,...
Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho); Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Irrigation--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Irrigation--History; Water resources development--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)
Flooded lot along Blacksmith Fork River. Gift of the Herald Journal. One black and white photograph (4.75 x 6.75 inches) mounted on board. (Negative available).
Flood damage--Utah--Blacksmith Fork River--Pictorial works
Interior view of the blacksmith shop on the Peter Peterson Ranch, March 14, 1908. Anvil, vent over fire, and tools are clearly visible. Photograph taken by W. L. Peterson. One black and white photograph (6.5 x 10 inches) mounted on board.
Blacksmithing--Equipment and supplies--Utah--Petersboro--History--Pictorial works; Peterson Ranch (Petersboro, Utah)--History--Pictorial works
Yearbook for Utah State University. Published from 1909-1971 with single issues in 1978 and 1981.
Utah State University--History; Utah State University; Utah State Agricultural College; Agricultural College of Utah; Universities and colleges--Utah; Education, Higher--Utah; USU--Student life; USU--Student publications; USU--Faculty and staff;...
Row boat on undisclosed river, carrying several passengers. A couple of the passengers in the front are women, one seated at the prow wearing a poke bonnet. Date of photograph is not known. Photograph taken by W. L. Peterson. One black and...
Boat on river with four passengers, passing underneath bridge. Photograph taken by W. L. Peterson. One black and white photograph (6.5 x 10 inches) mounted on board.
