Guide to the Joseph Arch Geddes papers,
1914-1968

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  Overview of the Collection
   
  Biographical Note
   
  Content Description
   
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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Overview of the Collection

Creator: Geddes, Joseph A. (Joseph Arch), b. 1884
Title: Joseph Arch Geddes papers
Dates: 1914-1968 ( inclusive )
1932-1968) ( bulk )
Quantity: 10 boxes (5 linear ft.)
Collection Number: USU_COLL MSS 075
Summary: Chiefly correspondence and writings concerning Geddes' interests in the cooperative movement in Utah. Also includes material related to Geddes' other activities and interests, including social work activities, other writings, memorabilia, and personal correspondence including that between Geddes and LDS Church leaders. Collection includes official records of the Utah Cooperative Association and the Cache Valley Cooperative.
Repository: Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives
Manuscript Collection

Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-3000
Phone: 435 797-1663
Fax: 435 797-2880
Email: scweb@usu.edu

Languages: Collection materials are in English. 
Sponsor: Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Biographical Note

Joseph A. Geddes was influential in the cooperative movement in Utah and rural sociology. This collection of Dr. Geddes' papers consists of most of his original correspondence with people in these several endeavors.

Content Description

Chiefly correspondence and writings concerning Geddes' interests in the cooperative movement in Utah. Also includes material related to Geddes' other activities and interests, including social work activities, other writings, memorabilia, and personal correspondence including that between Geddes and LDS Church leaders. Collection includes official records of the Utah Cooperative Association, as well as those of the Cache Valley Cooperative.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :  Restrictions

Open to public research.

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 Joseph Arch Geddes papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation :  

Joseph Arch Geddes papers, 1914-1968. (COLL MSS 75). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information :  

Gift of Joseph Geddes; 1968 and 1972.

Related Materials :  

Joseph Arch Geddes photograph collectionP0112

Detailed Description of the Collection

COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT
Container(s)
Description
Dates
A. STATE SELF-HELP COOPERATIVE BOARD 1936-1941
Box
Folder
1 1 "A" thru "B" Misc., Correspondence
1 2 "C" Misc., Correspondence
1 3 Cameron Jr., Benj., Correspondence
1 4 "D" thru "G" Misc., Correspondence (No Corresp. under "E")
1 5 "H" thru "L" Misc., Correspondence (No Corresp. under "I")
1 6 Lambourne, S. K., Correspondence 1936-1937
1 7 Lambourne, S. K., Correspondence 1938
1 8 Lambourne, S. K., Correspondence 1939-1940
1 9 "M" thru "R" Misc., Correspondence (No Corresp. under "O" )
1 10 Rall, Udo, (Director, Division of Self-Help Cooperatives) Correspondence
1 11 "S" Misc., Correspondence
1 12 State Farm Bureau, Correspondence
1 13 Stewart, Justin C., Correspondence
1 14 Stringham, Benjamin B., Correspondence
1 15 "T" Misc., Correspondence
1 16 Utah, Office of Attorney General, Correspondence
1 17 Utah, State Legislature, Correspondence
1 18 "W" Misc., Correspondence (No Corresp. under "U")
1 19 Walton, Daniel A., Correspondence
1 20 Willis, Iva O. Correspondence
1 21 "Y" thru "Z" Misc., Correspondence (No Corresp. under "X")
2 1 Utah State Legislature, Miscellaneous
2 2 Miscellaneous Data - Utah Cooperative Assoc.
2 3 Financial Audits
2 4 Works Progress Administration - Materials Committee
2 5 General Data (I.)
2 6 General Data (II.)
2 7 General Data (III.)
B. COOPERATIVE LEAGUE OF THE U.S.A. 1948-1961
Box
Folder
2 8 Miscellaneous Correspondence
2 9 Voorhis, Jerry, Correspondence 1948-1952
2 10 Voorhis, Jerry, Correspondence 1952-1966
2 11 Cooperative Pattern Study
2 12 Four Year Plan
C. UTAH COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
Box
Folder
2 13 Miscellaneous Correspondence
2 14 Robins,W.B. Correspondence
(See April 17, 1953 letter to Thorpe B. Issacson concerning Cemetery Bulletin 350)
3 1 History and minutes of Co-op Service
3 2 Articles of Incorporation and Agreements
3 3 Miscellaneous Annual Reports
3 4 Retirement and Four-Year Plans;
Audit Report 1947 December 31
Report of Examination 1948 December 3l
Report of Audit 1949 September 30
Report on Audit 1957 September 30
Utah Co-op News 1936 October 28 - 1939 November
3 5 Utah Co-op News, Miscellaneous 1940-1955
Bear River Valley Co-op, misc. Financial Audits: 1947-1958
4 CACHE VALLEY CO-OPERATIVE
Report of Examination Nov. 24, 1959
Cache Valley Cooperative Records, Part 1
Cache Valley Cooperative Records, Part 2
4 1 Miscellaneous Correspondence
4 2 Historical Information and Minutes

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ACADEMIC INVOLVEMENT AT U.S.A.C.
Container(s)
Description
Dates
A. THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF SOCIAL WORK
Box
Folder
5 1 "A" thru "H" Misc., Correspondence
5 2 Hathway, Marion, Correspondence (Secretary-A.A.S.S.W.)
5 3 "J" thru "S" Misc., Correspondence
5 4 Spencer, Susan, Correspondence (Exec. Sec.-A.A.S.S.W.)
5 5 "T" thru "W" Misc., Correspondence
5 6 Miscellaneous Data
B. GRADUATE DIVISION OF SOCIAL WORK
Box
Folder
5 7 Graduate Work Committee - Misc. Correspondence and Data
5 8 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1942
5 9 Statement of Position and Courses Taught
5 10 Projects through the Agricultural Experiment Station 1943-1956
5 11 Social Work Faculty -Misc. Correspondence
5 12 U.S.A.C. Faculty- Misc. Correspondence
5 13 Library Book Correspondence and Requests
5 14 Pi Gamma Ma
5 15 Accreditation Data 1948
5 16 Miscellaneous Departmental Information
5 17 Junior College Courses in Sociology (A Survey)
SOCIAL WORK RELATED ACTIVITIES
Box
Folder
6 1 "A" thru "B" Misc. Correspondence
6 2 "C" thru "G" Misc., Correspondence (No Correspondence under "D" or "F")
6 3 Hathway, Marion, Correspondence ( Secretary of the American Association of Schools of Social Work)
6 4 "H" thru "N" Misc., Correspondence (no Correspondence under "I" or "L")
6 5 Peterson E.G., Correspondence
6 6 "P" thru "R" Misc.,
6 7 "S" thru "Y" Misc., (No correspondence. under "V", "X", or "Z")
6 8 Social Service Field Work
6 9 Social Welfare - Miscellaneous
6 10 Social Work-Assorted Syllabi and information
6 11 State Conference of Social Work-Correspondence
6 12 State Conference of Social Work-Correspondence
6 13 State Conference of Social Work-Miscellaneous
6 14 Regional Conference of Social Work-Ogden 1940
6 15 National Conference of Social Work-Seattle 1938
6 16 National Conference of Social Work-Assorted Bulletins
6 17 Utah Congress of Social Workers- Misc. Data
6 18 Merit System Council-Employment Security
6 19 State Department of Public Welfare-Correspondence and Resolutions

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OTHER AREAS OF INVOLVEMENT
Container(s)
Description
Dates
A. LIBRARIES
Box
Folder
7 1 Miscellaneous Library Notes
7 2 Miscellaneous Library Data
7 3 Salt Lake County Library-Annual Reports
(some years missing)
 1939-1952
7 4 Salt Lake County Library-Annual Reports
(some years missing)
 1954-1964
7 5 Carnegie Free Library of Ogden-Annual Reports
(some years missing)
 1935-1944
7 6 Cache Valley Library Improvement
7 7 box Elder Library Improvement
7 8 Utah State Library-Statistics
7 9 Bookmobile-Supportive Data
B. NATIONAL CONGRESS OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS
Box
Folder
7 10 Correspondence
C. LOGAN YOUTH COUNCIL
Box
Folder
7 11 Organizational Data 1943
7 12 Goals and Plans of Logan Youth Club
7 13 Ideas from Other Youth Clubs
D. FAMILY WELFARE ISSUES
Box
Folder
7 14 National Conference on Family Relations-Correspondence
7 15 National Conference on Family Relations-Miscellaneous Data
7 16 Family Service Society and Misc. Data
7 17 Children's Service Society and Related Data
7 18 Sugar Beets and Child Labor
E. ISSUES OF CONCERN
Box
Folder
7 19 Bulletin 350 Controversy (Cemetery Bulletin)
7 20 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Correspondence
7 21 Proposal for L.D.S. Missionaries
7 22 Autobiographical Sketch of J.A. Geddes' Attitude Toward L.D.S. Church

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PERSONAL DATA
Container(s)
Description
Dates
A. PUBLICATIONS by J.A. GEDDES
Box
Folder
8 1 An Access Road An Analysis of the Concordia Club From Selected Points
8 2 Barriers to Economic Decline Cemeteries of box Elder and Summitt Counties
8 3 Changing Institutions of Davis County, 1940-1950 (Reprinted From Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters Volume 31 1954)
8 4 Community High-Road to Better Things (Senior manual, 1935-1936, Mutual Improvement Assoc., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)
8 5 Cooperative Way Utah's Dilemma Can Be Answered Through the Cooperatives (The Utah Co-operator, Volume 1, Number G and number 7, Dec. 1946 and Jan. 1947)
8 6 1941 Critique of Utah's Culture and Economy - A Selection of Essays
8 7 Crime as a Mormon Culture Problem
8 8 Diagnosis of the Kroll Core Educational Needs and The Utah Co-operative Assoc.
8 9 Farm Versus Village Living in Utah (Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin numbers 249 and 269)
8 10 A Generation That Forgot (2 copies) Government Control of Industry in Massachusetts to 1776
8 11 Group Integration as a Means of Extending U.C.A.'s Market The Importance of Standardization in County Welfare Work (The Relief Society Magazine, Vol. June, 1933)
8 12 Inspiration Institution Building in Utah, (Eighth Annual Faculty Research Lecture. Utah State Agricultural College April 29, 1949)
8 13 Institutional Effectiveness Intercommunity Consolidation For Better Cemetery Maintenance in Rural Utah
8 14 Libraries As Social Institutions (Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin no.393) Location of Utah's Natural Resources Long Range Planning For the Utah Cooperative Association
8 15 Manufacturing in Utah Migration: A Problem of Youth In Utah (Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin 323) Modification of the Early Utah Farm Village (In Yearbook of the association of Pacific Coast Geographers vol. 8. 1942)
8 16 Natural Resources of Utah The Non-growing Villages of Cache: A Point to Consider
8 17 Olga and the Arspor Club On the Problems and Channels of Communication
8 18 A People's Past can be Burden: A Fresh Look at An Old Problem (2 copies) A Plea For Balance in Culture Building
8 19 The Problem of Capital: Problems of Diagnosis and An Analysis of Treatment
8 20 The Relation of Parts in U.C.A.'s Growth Relationship As a Healing Art (Mental Health, Vol. 1 no. 4 Apr. 1 1934)
8 21 Retarding Economic Forces in Utah's Economy: a Brief Analysis
9 1 Self Help Cooperation in Utah
9 2 The Service Case Should the Rural Counties of Utah Employ a Trained Social Worker? Social Conditions in the Delta Area, Utah (Utah Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 288)
9 3 Social Forces Social Planning and Problems of Personal Adjustment (Mental Health, vol. 1, no. 2 Oct. 1938) Some First Things (Mental Health, vol. 10 no. 4 April 1943)
9 4 Some Trends in Rural Lore of Interest to Social Worker (The Relief Society Magazine, vol. 19, no. 1 Jan. 1932) Strengthening Group Dynamics
9 5 Supply Agency for Fanta Cooperatives-U.C.A. (The Utah Co-operator, vol. 1 no.1 May 1946)
9 6 U.C.A. and Crude Oil The United Order Answers (The Improvement Era, vol. 35 no. 12, Oct, 1935) The United Order: It's Motive Power
9 7 Utah Communities: Village Housing
9 8 Utah's Population and U.C.A.
9 9 Value Systems and Institutions of Utah (Reprinted from Utah Academy Proceedings, vol. S6, 1959) War Time Problems Water For Utah and the U.C.A.
9 10 What is Right With Utah (The Utah Co-operator, no. 1, nos. 3 & 4, 1946) What is Wrong With Utah (The Utah Co-operator, vol. 1 no. 5, 1946)
B. WRITINGS OF J.A. GEDDES
Box
Folder
9 11 Poem to Wife and Misc. Thoughts
C. ACCOMPLISHMENTS THROUGHOUT LIFE
Box
Folder
9 12 Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings
9 13 Biographical Data
D. HONORS
Box
Folder
9 14 Lillywhite Distinguished Service Award
E. PERSONAL REMEMBRANCES
Box
Folder
9 15 Memorabilia
9 16 Scrapbook
9 17 Oneida Academy Announcements 1918-1919
9 18 The Quiver, 1919 (Oneida Academy)
9 19 The Gayle Geddes Wark Family (Daughter?)

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MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
Folder
10 1 "A" Misc., Correspondence
10 2 Abrams, Milton, Correspondence
10 3 "B" Misc., Correspondence
10 4 Bergenson, F.G., Correspondence
10 5 "C" Misc., Correspondence
10 6 Chase, Daryl, Correspondence
10 7 "D" Misc., Correspondence
10 8 Dixon, H. A., Correspondence (Letter of Oct. 9, 1953 - a commentary on B.Y.U. as a threat to Utah State Agricultural College)
10 9 "E" Misc. Correspondence
10 10 "F" Misc. Correspondence
10 11 "G" Misc. Correspondence
10 12 "H" Misc., Correspondence
10 13 Harris, Franklin S., Correspondence 1944-1947
10 14 Harris, Franklin S., Correspondence 1948-1950
10 15 "I" Misc., Correspondence (Including correspondence from Thorpe B. Issacson, presiding Bishop of L.D.S. Church)
10 16 "J" Misc. ,Correspondence
10 17 "K"' Misc., Correspondence
10 18 "L" Misc., Correspondence
10 19 Lillywhite, Alden, Correspondence
10 20 Lyman, Amy Brown, Correspondence
10 21 "M" Misc., Correspondence
10 22 Merril, Milton R., Correspondence
10 23 Moses, Carrie B., Correspondence
11 1 "N" Misc., Correspondence
11 2 Nelson, Lowry, Correspondence
11 3 "O" Misc., Correspondence
11 4 "P" Misc., Correspondence
11 5 Peterson, Elmer G., Correspondence
11 6 "R" Misc., Correspondence (no correspondence under "Q")
11 7 Rampton, Calvin L., Correspondence
11 8 Relief Society, Correspondence
11 9 Robins, W.B., Correspondence
11 10 Robinson, H. B., Correspondence
11 11 "S" Misc., Correspondence
11 12 Skeen, D.A. Correspondence
11 13 Sparks, D.C., Correspondence
11 14 "T" Misc., Correspondence
11 15 "U" Misc., Correspondence
11 16 "V" Misc., Correspondence
11 17 Vallentine, Mildred A., Correspondence and Data
11 18 "W" Misc., Correspondence
11 19 West Roy A., Correspondence
11 20 "Y" Misc., Correspondence (No Correspondence. under "X" or "Z")

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Subjects

    • Personal Names :
    • Geddes, Joseph A. (Joseph Arch), b. 1884.
    • Corporate Names :
    • Cache Valley Cooperative Association--Records and correspondence.
    • Council on Social Work Education
    • Utah Cooperative Association--Records and correspondence.
    • Utah State Self-Help Cooperative Board--Records and correspondence.
    • Utah State University--Faculty--Archives.
    • Subject Terms :
    • Agriculture, Cooperative--Utah.
    • Cooperative societies--Utah.
    • Mormons--Utah--Archives.

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