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Logan Boy Scout Troop 5 photograph album, 1915-1925

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Boy Scouts of America. Troop 5 (Logan, Utah)
Title
Logan Boy Scout Troop 5 photograph album
Dates
1915-1925 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 box, (1 linear ft. )
Collection Number
UUS_P0364
Summary
Photo album with 264 black & white photographs dating from 1915 to 1925 of the Logan Scout Troop 5 participating in various activities including camping, hiking, fishing, boating. Most of the images were taken in Logan Canyon, the Bear River Range, and Bear Lake although also included are trips to Salt Lake City, the Bingham Mine, and Yellowstone National Park. The photographs were taken during the time that George R. Hill was the scoutmaster for the troop.
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

Open to public research.

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

Dr. George R. Hill, Jr. (1884-1971) was born in Ogden, Utah and raised in Springville, Utah. He received a B.S. degree from BYU in 1907, a B.S.A. from Utah State Agricultural College in 1908, and a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1912. He was the director of the School of Agriculture at Utah State University and would later serve as the General Superintendent of the Deseret Sunday School Union from 1949-1966.

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Content Description

Consists of a photo album with 264 images dating from 1915 to 1925 of the Logan Scout Troop 5 participating in various activities including camping, hiking, fishing, boating. Most of the images were taken in Logan Canyon, the Bear River Range, and Bear Lake although also included are trips to Salt Lake City, the Bingham Mine, and Yellowstone National Park. The photographs were taken during the time that George R. Hill was the scoutmaster for the troop.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

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 Logan Boy Scout Troop 5 photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Logan Boy Scout Troop 5 photograph album, 1915-1925. (P0364). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized numerical by sheet number.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Carolyn Hill Allen.

Processing Note

Register completed by Travis Mecham, December 2007 .

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List

  • Photo Album, 1915-1925

    Container: Box 1

    • Description: 1:01-1:08: Sheet 1: Pictures of Scout Troop in front of George R. Hill's house and on a hike
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 2:01-2:07: Sheet 2: Pictures of Scout Troop in Yellowstone, traveling to Yellowstone in their "Scout Rambler,"
      Dates: 1920
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 3:01-3:07: Sheet 3: Yellowstone trip, geysers, camping
      Dates: 1920
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 4:01-4:07: Sheet 4: Cattle round-up along stream; Scouts riding in horse-drawn wagon, mountains
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 5:01-5:08: Sheet 5: Scouts riding in horse-drawn sleigh in Logan Canyon
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 6:01-6:06: Sheet 6: Yellowstone trip, a mechanic's shop called Ellis and Curtis Garage, geysers
      Dates: 1920
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 7:01-7:06: Sheet 7: Yellowstone trip, a mechanic's shop called Ellis and Curtis Garage, falls, geysers
      Dates: 1920
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 8:01-8:06: Sheet 8: Yellowstone trip, a bear, geysers, a mechanic's shop called Ellis and Curtis Garage
      Dates: 1920
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 9:01-9:06: Sheet 9: Yellowstone trip, fishing, Idaho Falls, the truck that Scouts used

      Photo 9:01 shows an unidentified person feeding a bear on its hind legs.

      Dates: 1920
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 10:01-10:04: Sheet 10: Logan Canyon
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 11:01-11:06: Sheet 11: Scouts boarding train

      Photo 11:01 shows the Deseret News bi-plane parked in a field, camping.

      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 12:01-12:06: Sheet 12: Winter hiking in Logan Canyon, sleigh ride
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 13:01-13:07: Sheet 13: Scouts in Logan Canyon
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 14:01-14:06: Sheet 14: Yellowstone trip, fishing, geysers
      Dates: 1920
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 15:01-15:04: Sheet 15: Probably Logan Canyon. 15:01. Scouts who retrieved Old Ephraim's Head include Ezra Cardon, Alma Burgoyne, Harold Rosengreen, Lester Dunford, Fred Hodgson, Henry Daines, Herbert May, and Horace Bunce
      Dates: 1923
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 16:01-16:07: Sheet 16: Bears and Bison. Photo 16:05 shows an unidentified woman feeding a bear cub
      Dates: 1920
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 17:01-17:06: Sheet 17: Yellowstone trip, falls, river
      Dates: 1920.
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 18:01-18:06: Sheet 18: Yellowstone trip, petrified wood
      Dates: 1920
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 19:01-19:06: Sheet 19: Yellowstone trip, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, geysers, Yellowstone Lake, Old Faithful
      Dates: 1920
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 20:01-20:06: Sheet 20: Yellowstone trip, geysers, bears
      Dates: 1920
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 21:01-21:06: Sheet 21: Yellowstone trip, geysers, Old Faithful, falls
      Dates: 1920
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 22:01-22:06: Sheet 22: Yellowstone trip, Idaho Falls, a bear, geysers, train station (probably at West Yellowstone)
      Dates: 1920
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 23:01-23:06: Sheet 23: Yellowstone trip, geysers
      Dates: 1920
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 24:01-24:08: Sheet 24: Fishing and boating probably at Bear Lake
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 25:01-25:05: Sheet 25: Winter photos; photos of Scouts in a canyon
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 26:01-26:04: Sheet 26: Logan Canyon scenes
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 27:01-27:06: Sheet 27: Scouts killing Mormon Crickets; Scouts hiking in canyon
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 28:01-28:05: Sheet 28: Scouts in front of Logan Temple; photo 28:03 shows a group of Scouts practicing first aid on a dog, First Dam
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 29:01-29:02: Sheet 29: Winter landscape; group of Scouts at Cache Centennial Celebration
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 30:01-30:04: Sheet 30: Individual Scouts, Bingham Mine
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 31:01-31:04: Sheet 31: Scouts on a trip to Salt Lake City.
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 32:01-32:06: Sheet 32: Scouts on trip to Salt Lake City (the Capital building)
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 33:01-33:04: Sheet 33: Water diversion, fishing with a net, visit to Bingham mine
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 34:01-34:04: Sheet 34: Logan Canyon, Scouts working in a garden
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 35:01-35:04: Sheet 35: Scout Leader holding a bat, two Scouts holding snakes on the end of sticks, leader standing waist deep in snow, mountains
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 36:01-36:05: Sheet 36: Bear River Range
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 37:01-37:05: Sheet 37: Individual Scouts; Logan Canyon photos
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 38:01-38:05: Sheet 38: Service project; Scouts making a pyramid; feeding a calf
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 39:01-39:04: Sheet 39: Winter photos taken from mountain top
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 40:01-40:04: Sheet 40: Killing mice, logging, and cooking
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 41:01-41:07: Sheet 41: Swimming at Tony Grove and White Pine Lakes
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 42:01-42:06: Sheet 42: Boating and Logan Canyon
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 43:01-43:08: Sheet 43: Hiking in summer and winter, and boating at bear lake
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 44:01-44:05: Sheet 44: First dam, house, canal and unknown structure probably in Logan Canyon
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 45:01-45:04: Sheet 45: Logging facilities in canyon
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 46:01-46:05: Sheet 46: Scouts at home and camping.

      Photo 46:02 shows two clowns

      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 47:01-47:06: Sheet 47: Scouts at Jardine Juniper
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 48:01-48:06 : (loose photos). Sheet 48: Scouts on a service project
      Dates: undated
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925
    • Description: 49:01: Scouts at Jardine Juniper. Inscription on back says "Old Juniper-Cottonwood Ridge Logan Canyon Age 3000-3500 years old determined by annual ring count from increment borings by Geo. R. Hill Jr. Picture taken"
      Dates: 1923
      Location: Photo Album, 1915-1925

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Subject Terms

  • Bears--Yellowstone National Park--Photographs.
  • Boy Scouts--Utah--Logan--Photographs.
  • Outdoor recreation--Utah--Logan Canyon--History--Photographs.
  • Outdoor recreation--Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho)--History--Photographs.

Personal Names

  • Hill, George R. (George Richard), 1884-1971--Photographs.
  • Hill, George R. (George Richard), 1884-1971. (contributor)

Corporate Names

  • Boy Scouts of America. Troop 5 (Logan, Utah)--Photographs.

Geographical Names

  • Yellowstone National Park--History--Photographs.

Finding aid created by Travis Mecham, December 2007 .
2008

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