Manuscript Collections

The daybooks of Christiansen are a daily log of his activities as an assistant forest ranger in the Uinta Forest. There are fifteen books in total covering a six-year period from 1915 to 1921. Each book accounts for one to two months of work. Some of the subject matters that are mentioned in the books are timber sales, grazing leases, road building, fighting forest fires, and reseeding projects. Christiansen spent a great deal of his time in the field, primarily working out of the Salt Creek Ranger Station; many of the entries were noted from the Salt Creek area. Of particular interest are the commentaries concerning Forest Service philosophy and of Christiansen's philosophy of conservation.

This collection includes 234 boxes of working papers and nearly 1,000 architectural drawings spanning the period 1892-2005. Most deal with projects in Utah and southern Idaho, but some cover projects in other Western states, particularly California. The drawings are arranged into series that reflect the original filing system used by Architectural Design West PC. Drawings are labeled with numbers 1000-5000 and 7000-9000 and are also listed alphabetically within these number ranges. The firm's working files are organized by the type of project (e.g., churches, commercial, schools, public buildings, universities, etc.) and are cross-referenced to the associated drawings. The working files include a variety of documents ranging from construction permits to sub-contractor agreements to paint and carpet samples.

The papers of Austin E. and Alta S. Fife cover primarily the personal lives and correspondence of this prolific husband and wife research team who were the founders of the Fife Folklore Collection at Utah State University.

This collection consists of sixty-eight boxes containing documents relating to the Becker Brewing and Malting Company (BBMC), its successor companies, and members of the Becker family. The collection documents economic activity nationwide, especially throughout the American West.

This collection consists of over one-hundred bound manuscripts which cover a wide array of historical topics.

The collection contains the papers from the George H. Champ and Frederick P. Champ families. These papers include Frederick P. Champ's college correspondence, material from St. John's Episcopal Church of Logan, and financial and personal records from Frances, Frederick, George, Winton, and Mary Champ.

Documents, records, correspondence, articles, memoirs, and research gathered by Maria S. Ellsworth while researching her biography of Ida F. Hunt Udall, called Mormon Odyssey : The story of Ida Hunt Udall, Plural Wife. Includes Ida F. Hunt Udall's journal, birthday book, and ledger, and correspondence, memoirs, etc. of David K. and Ida F. Hunt Udall, with some research and files on Pearl Udall, Rudger Clawson, Joseph Nelson, and Stewart Udall.

This collection contains the World War II correspondence of Edward A. Ferguson spanning the period of 1943 to 1946. This correspondence consists of approximately 300 letters of outgoing correspondence and 6 letters of incoming correspondence. Includes descriptions of kamikaze attacks.

This digital collection features pieces from the larger Frances Winton Champ Music Collection housed in the Merrill-Cazier Library’s Special Collections and Archives.

This collection contains 1,068 architectural drawings of Fred W. Hodgson from 1920 to roughly 1929. They include various buildings such as schools, churches, jails and private homes.

Family and business correspondence, business records, and investment reports. Much of business correspondence concerns the Utah Mortgage Loan Corp.; significant personal correspondents include the Champ family, George D. Preston and family, J. Wylie Brown, and several politicians in the western U.S. Also includes materials from Champ's many organizational memberships, including the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Mortgage Bankers Association of America, Logan Chamber of Commerce, Logan Rotary Club, and the Cache Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

The Gary Milton Smith Collection consists of papers collected and/or written by him. The papers cover roughly the time period between 1965 and 1988. The Smith papers included newspaper clippings, articles, letters to and from various organization or government offices, and transcripts for documentary films in which Smith took part. The music and lyrics for his songs are also among Smith's papers. There are résumés and financial records from both Smith's personal and business (Windsinger Enterprise) life. Manuals and employee information from his work in the National Forest Service and the military are also included in these papers. The collection also contains cassette tapes with recorded interviews, radio programs, telephone conversation, etc. The Smith collection is notable for the documentation on environment issues from Smith's life such as Kaiparowits, the Salmon River Wilderness Area, and the Escalante Wilderness Area. There is also documentation on wildlife access for disabled persons. Smith's papers also provide information on life in Cache Valley, especially on religious issues. His papers include general religious information from the area, as well as religious freedom issues and religious discrimination cases.

Records of the St. Christopher's Mission to the Navajo in Bluff, Utah (1940s-1960s); Liebler's personal papers, including correspondence, writings, and subject files; newspaper clippings concerning Liebler's work; newsletters of St. Christopher's Mission to the Navajo and the Hat Rock Valley Retreat Center (1966-1985); 166 reel to reel tapes of Liebler's radio talks, religious services, and his other works; four 16mm films (silent, ca. 1949, color) about St. Christopher's and Navajo life and customs; Liebler's 1917 diary; and "Brother Juniper's Tales of Navajo land," an account of daily life at the mission with some details of Navajo beliefs, by Charles Hillyer Armour Ford (Brother Juniper).

Correspondence, class notes, lecture notes, drafts of his book, Ancient Israel , autobiography, diaries, journals from a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) to northern states. Much of the later material in the collection consists of Snell's defense of his book against Church conservatives and of his attempts to avoid excommunication proceedings for his holding the belief that Blacks should be allowed to hold priesthood in the Church. Also includes writings of John W. Fitzgerald concerning this topic.

Letters, diaries, and miscellaneous papers belonging to the family of Helen Mar Whitney.

The collection contains materials pertaining to the life of H.C. Jackson including financial records like account books, receipts, and invoices. It also contains correspondence, photographs, ecclesiatical materials, and drawings done by Mr. Jackson. Of note are meeting minutes and other records from the Paradise Ward, some of which are found mixed in with the financial information in the account books. While the majority of the materials are from the Henry Clark Jackson family, there are also materials from the Griffith and Obray families who are related to the donor, Lydia Mae Kendrick.