Utah State University student activity photographs
Scope and Contents
The Utah State University Student Activity Photograph collection consists of 398 photographs, depicting a wide variety of student activities on the university campus and in the city of Logan, Utah. Most of the photographs were taken in and around the Student Union (later named the Taggart Student Center). Photographs include various student-sponsored dances (including student committees and advertisements), talent contests and other student musical and theatrical performances, homecoming activities, art exhibits, international student displays, winter carnival, and publicity photos of various professional acts who performed on campus. The publicity photographs represent a wide range of talent of the era, including recording artist and Broadway actor Josh White, Jr., folk singers Bob Gibson and Ruan Mackinnon, comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory, jazz pianist Vince Guaradi, and modern dance artist Barry Lynn.
Nearly all the people in the student photos are unidentified. The publicity photos for professional artists are all grouped together, representing the entire period. Care should be taken not to violate copyright with these images. There are a number of duplicates scattered throughout the collection.
Dates
- Creation: 1960-1970
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1962-1966
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Restrictions
Open to public research.
Copyright
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Permission to publish material from the Utah State University student activity photographs must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Extent
2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
Abstract
398 black and white photographs, depicting a wide variety of student activities on the university campus and in the city of Logan, Utah. Most of the photographs were taken in and around the Student Union (later named the Taggart Student Center). Photographs include various student-sponsored dances (including student committees and advertisements), talent contests and other student musical and theatrical performances, homecoming activities, art exhibits, international student displays, winter carnival, and publicity photos of various professional acts who performed on campus. The publicity photographs represent a wide range of talent of the era, including recording artist and Broadway actor Josh White, Jr., folk singers Bob Gibson and Ruan Mackinnon, comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory, jazz pianist Vince Guaradi, and modern dance artist Barry Lynn.
Arrangement
The collection is roughly chronological, though the year a particular photograph was taken can only be inferred by dates given in advertisements in a few of the photographs associated with that particular event. For example, several photographs of a dance with Christmas decorations evident in the photograph are filed (presumably in original order) with a photograph of the advertisement for that dance. Those dates range from 1962 to 1966, based on dates evident in several photographs. Other photographs, such as talent show winners and international student displays, are grouped by like activities and few clues are provided as to the date they were taken.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The donor and manuscript collections files and the accessions database in the Utah State University Archive do not contain donor information regarding this collection. It is likely that the collection was delivered as a single unit directly to the archive from the student activities office in the Taggart Student Center.
Processing Information
Register completed by Col. Jeffery Bateman, December 2004
Topical
- Art--Logan--Utah--Exhibitions.
- College musicals--Logan--Utah--Photographs.
- Concerts--Logan--Utah--Photographs.
- Dance parties--Logan--Utah--Photographs.
- Parades--Logan--Utah--Photographs.
- School contests--Logan--Utah--Photographs.
- Student Life
- Student activities--Utah--Logan--Photographs.
- Student unions--Utah--Logan--Photographs.
- Title
- Guide to the Utah State University student activity photographs, 1960-1970
- Author
- Finding aid created by Col. Jeffery Bateman, December 2004
- Date
- ©2008
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding guide is in English in Latin script.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Revision Statements
- May 31, 2008: Template information was updated to reflect Utah Manuscript Association best practices.
- 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
scweb@usu.edu