Clyde T. Hardy photograph collection
Scope and Contents
The Clyde T. Hardy photograph collection consists of 158 photos which were taken and gathered by Dr. Hardy when he was head of the Geology Department at USU. Its contents include many aerial photos of Northern Utah and Southern Idaho, natural disasters such as earthquakes and volcanoes, and geologic formations. Other images included are of Bryce, Yosemite, and Glacier National Parks taken in the early half of the 20th Century and photographs from Dr. J. Stewart Williams, who preceded Dr. Hardy in the Geology Department. Also included are a 1958 reel of "Super 8" motion picture film from the U.S. Department of Agriculture about volcanoes, and a 16mm reel of the Mauna Loa eruption of 1950.
Dates
- Creation: 1906-1958
Language of Materials
Material in English
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Clyde T. Hardy photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Biographical Note
Clyde T. Hardy was born in Freemont, Ohio on April 23, 1921. He taught geology at Utah State University in Logan, Utah, from 1950 until his retirement in 1986. He served as Geology Department head from 1967 to 1982. He died October 13, 1998 in Logan, Utah.
Dr. J. Stewart Williams was the first Head of the Geology Department and later the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies at Utah State University.
Extent
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
Abstract
This collection consists of 158 photos which were taken and gathered by the head of the Geology Department, Dr. Clyde T. Hardy. Its contents include many aerial photos of Northern Utah and Southern Idaho, natural disasters such as earthquakes and volcanoes, and geologic formations. Other images included are of Bryce, Yosemite, and Glacier National Parks taken in the early half of the 20th Century and photographs from Dr. J. Stewart Williams, the first Geology Department Head and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The photos were given to Special Collections and Archives by the USU Geology Department. The photos were originally taken and collected by Dr. Clyde T. Hardy and Dr. J. Stewart Williams.
Processing Information
Processed in March of 2010
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Bear Lake Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- Aerial views
- Bear Lake Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- Photographs
- Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- Aerial views
- Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- Photographs
- Delta (Utah) -- Aerial views
- Glacier National Park (Mont.) -- Photographs
- Mauna Loa (Hawaii Island, Hawaii) -- Eruption, 1950
- Northern Utah -- Aerial views
- Parícutin (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Southern Idaho -- Aerial views
- Utah -- Photographs
Topical
- Colleges and Universities
- Earthquake damage -- Montana -- Hebgen Lake
- Landscape photography -- Utah
- National parks and reserves -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs
- Parks -- West (U.S.) -- Aerial views
- Parks -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs.
- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 -- Photographs
- Stone-cutting -- Photographs
- Volcanic fields -- Idaho -- Photographs
- Volcanic fields -- Utah -- Photographs
- Title
- Guide to the Clyde T. Hardy photograph collection, 1906-1958
- Author
- Chad L. Nielsen and Matthew J. Moss
- Date
- ©2010
- 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 aid encoded in English
Revision Statements
- 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