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Lyman S. Willardson photograph collection, 1931-1994

Overview of the Collection

Title
Lyman S. Willardson photograph collection
Dates
1931-1994 (inclusive)
Quantity
15 boxes, (8.5 linear feet)
Collection Number
UUS_P0419
Summary
Contains slides, prints, and negative images of Lyman S. Willardson's irrigation research he conducted locally, nationally and internationally.
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

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

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Lyman Sessions Willardson was born in Ephraim, Utah on May 10, 1927 to Lyman Young Willardson and Alice Sessions. He attended Snow Junior College graduating in 1948 with an Associate of Science degree in engineering. On October 8, 1948 he married Vivian Berrey in Evanston Wyoming and together they had six children. Lyman obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering with a speciality in irrigation from Utah State Agricultural College in 1950. After graduation, Lyman worked for the U.S. Soil Conservation Service in Logan while working towards a master's degree. In 1952 he moved with his family to the Dominican Republic to accept a position as an irrigation engineer with the United Fruit Company. He joined the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Puerto Rico where he conducted irrigation and drainage research from 1954 to 1957. He returned to Logan, Utah as a research irrigation engineer with Utah State University. In 1965 he attended Ohio State University completing a Ph.D. in agricultural research. He then moved to Imperial Valley in California where he continued to work in irrigation and drainage engineering research for the Agricultural Research Service in the USDA. In 1974 Willardson returned to Logan becoming a professor of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering at Utah State University. He officially retired in 1994 but continued to teach and conduct research until the spring of 2005. He passed away on October 5, 2005.

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Content Description

The Lyman S. Willardson photograph collection consists of 13,798 slides, prints, and negatives. These images document his research in agriculture and irrigation as well as his travels. Included are irrigation projects and water experiments throughout the United States including Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, California, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Ohio, Indiana, North Dakota, Idaho and Washington, and overseas in Egypt. Also included are images of presentations, charts and graphs, lab equipment and machinery, and laboratory experiments.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

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

Permission to publish material from the Lyman S. Willardson photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: P0419; Lyman S. Willardson Photograph Collection;Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_P0419, USUSCA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The Lyman S. Willardson photograph collection is arranged by slides, prints and negatives. A number of slides were already numbered so those have been retained, however, some slides were missing from the collection so there are skips in the numbering system. In some cases, the prints and negatives were found together and were then processed to reflect this but the majority of boxes 14 and 15 consist of negatives whose prints were not matched.

Processing Note

Processed in January of 2013

Acquisition Information

Materials were acquired in 2003 and 2005.

Related Materials

The Papers of Lyman S. Willardson14.4/2:45b

Bibliography

Source:
Lyman Sessions Willardson obituary
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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Agriculture -- Research -- United States -- Photographs
  • Agriculture -- Research -- United States -- Slides
  • Agriculture -- Slides.
  • Irrigation -- Equipment and supplies -- Photographs
  • Irrigation -- Equipment and supplies -- Slides.
  • Irrigation -- Research -- United States -- Photographs
  • Irrigation -- Research -- United States -- Slides
  • Irrigation -- Research -- Utah -- Photographs
  • Irrigation -- Research -- Utah -- Slides
  • Irrigation canals and flumes -- Research -- Slides
  • Irrigation efficiency -- Research -- Slides
  • Irrigation engineering -- Research -- Slides
  • Irrigation farming -- Slides
  • Irrigation farming -- Photographs

Personal Names

  • Willardson, Lyman S. -- Career in Irrigation Engineering -- Photographs
  • Willardson, Lyman S. -- Career in Irrigation Engineering -- Slides

Form or Genre Terms

  • Contact sheets
  • Negatives (photographic)
  • Glass negatives

Finding aid/Register created by Sara Skindelien
2013

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