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Ronald V. Jensen Living Historical Farm photographs, 1852-1992

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Anderson, Jay (Jay Allan)
Title
Ronald V. Jensen Living Historical Farm photographs
Dates
1852-1992 (inclusive)
Quantity
13 Boxes, (6.25 linear ft.)
Collection Number
UUS_P0356
Summary
4,922 photos, negatives, and slides capturing the extensive research done on other living museums from across North America as well as historical photos of Cache Valley. There are also numerous images of the Jensen Farm featuring staff and students interacting with visitors. Boxes 1-5 consists of color and black & white slides arranged alphabetically by topic. Boxes 6-9 are photographs, slides and negatives capturing activities on the Jensen Farm, Box 10 features 1950s photos of antique farm equipment and Boxes 11 and 12 contain research photos of other living museums. Box 13 contains 8x10 black and white photos of farm equipment. Box 9 also includes several miscellaneous photographs featuring historical costumes, period activities, historical scenes, buildings, and towns in Cache Valley.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions
Restrictions

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
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Historical Note

In 1970 former Utah State University president Daryl Chase envisioned a farm that would showcase agriculture "throughout the ages." His idea began to take fruition when former USU agriculture student Ronald V. Jensen purchased the 120 acre Grant Hill farm outside of Wellsville, Utah and donated the farm to be used as a living historical farm. Historical buildings from across Cache Valley were donated and relocated to the new farm and in some cases duplications were built based on local models. A collection of historical farm equipment displayed at the Man and His Bread Museum on campus was also relocated to the new historical farm to aid in educating the public on the progression of agriculture.

Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, the Jensen Farm underwent numerous personnel changes and financial difficulties that threatened to shut it down. In 1985 folklore professor Jay Anderson was hired as the director of the Farm, a position he held from 1985 to 1993. Dr. Anderson oversaw a newly created Master's degree program where he and graduate students collected historical information on such items as dress, foods, crops, livestock, etc. to make the farm more historically accurate. In the late 1990s the Festival of the American West, previously held on the USU campus, was relocated to the museum site. The American West Heritage Center, a non-profit entity, was created and USU stopped administering the program.

Sources: Alm Anderson, Jan. Bounty. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett, 1990. Mohai, Caroline E. The History of the Ronald V. Jensen Living Historical Farm and Man and His Bread Museum. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 1987. The Wm. Bruce Crane Historic Photograph Collection of Cache Valley 1890-1920, 1992. COLL MSS 236, Box 51, Folder 1.

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Content Description

This collection contains 4,942 photographs, negatives, and slides of the Jensen Farm including buildings, animals, staff, visitors, and activities. Also included are images from the extensive research done by staff and students on other living museums from across North America as well as historical photos of Cache Valley. Box 7 contains numerous images that were used by Jan Alm for she authored entitled Bounty. Box 10 features 1950s photos of antique farm equipment and Boxes 11 and 12 contain research photos of other living museums. Box 13 contains 8x10 black and white photos of farm equipment.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Ronald V. Jensen Living Historical Farm Photographs must be obtained from the Special Collections Photo Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Permission to publish material from the Ronald V. Jensen Living Historical Farm Photographs must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: P0356; Utah State University ROTC Photographs; Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:P0356, USUSC.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Topical

Processing Note

Processed in June of 2008.

Acquisition Information

Dr. Anderson transferred this collection to USU Special Collections for safekeeping due to the Farm's uncertain future in 1993.

Related Materials

Jensen Historical Farm Research CollectionCOLL MSS 236

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List

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Subject Terms

  • Agricultural museums -- United States -- Photographs.
  • Agriculture -- Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- History -- Photographs.
  • Barns -- Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- Photographs.
  • Farm equipment -- Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- Photographs.
  • Folk art -- Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- Photographs.
  • Historic farms -- Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- Photographs.
  • Historic farms -- Utah -- Wellsville -- Photographs.
  • Historical museums -- United States -- Photographs.

Personal Names

  • Anderson, Jay (Jay Allan) -- Photographs.
  • Chase, Daryl, 1901-1984 -- Photographs.
  • Utah State University -- Students -- Photographs.

Corporate Names

  • Ronald V. Jensen Living Historical Farm -- Photographs.
  • Brigham Young College (Logan, Utah) -- Photographs.
  • Ronald V. Jensen Living Historical Farm -- Employees -- Photographs.
  • Utah State University. Man and His Bread Museum -- Photographs.

Geographical Names

  • Wellsville (Utah) -- History -- Photographs.
  • Mink Creek (Idaho) -- History -- Photographs.

Finding aid/Register created by Sara Skindelien
2008

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