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Dee Smith Photograph Collection, 1908-1983

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Carlisle, Howard M.
Title
Dee Smith Photograph Collection
Dates
1908-1983 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 box, (.25 linear foot)
Collection Number
UUS_P0438
Summary
The photographs in this collection were used in Howard M. Carlisle's book The Dee Smith Story: Fulfilling a Dream.
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

Dee Glen Smith was born September 30, 1925 in Brigham City, Utah the son of Ren and Seret Smith. He worked for his father, who owned a small grocery story, throughout his youth. In 1943 he graduated from Box Elder High School and joined the US Army. During a leave of absence, Smith married his high school sweetheart, Ida Woodyatt in May 1944. They had three boys Richie, Jeff and Fred. After a honorable discharge as a corporal from the Army, Smith returned to help his father run his grocery store, quickly catching on to the daily store activity and soon taking over many responsibilities from his father. Smith joined with a partner and expanded his business, Smith's Grocery, into Ogden, Roy, and Layton, Utah. After his father passed away, Smith took over as president and began to expand buying smaller grocery stores in Nevada, New Mexico, and Arizona consolidating them into a profitable venture. Dee Glen Smith died June 30, 1984 in Salt Lake City, Utah, leaving behind a billion dollar business that included 128 stores and 6,500 employees.

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Content Description

The photographs in this collection were used in Howard Carlisle's book, The Dee Smith Story: Fulfilling a Dream. They were removed from COLL MSS 273, the Dee Glen Smith Oral Histories (1980-1992), to form an independent collection and retained their original order according to the book chapter in which they appeared. Photograph titles are taken from descriptions listed in the book.

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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 Dee Smith Photograph Collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: USU_P0438; Dee Smith Photograph Collection; Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_P0438, USUSCA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The photographs are arranged in folders according to the chapter in which they were used.

Processing Note

Processed in August of 2011

Acquisition Information

The materials in this collection were donated by Howard M. Carlisle in 2002 as part of COLL MSS 273 The Dee Glen Smith Oral Histories, (1980-1992) for his book on Dee Glen Smith.

Related Materials

The Dee Glen Smith Oral Histories, (1980-1992) COLL MSS 273

Carlisle, Howard. The Dee Smith Story: Fulfilling a Dream (HD 9321.95 .S64 C37 1992)

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • >Smith's Food & Drug Centers--Nevada--Photographs
  • Brigham City Mercantile and Manufacturing Company (Brigham City, Utah)--Photographs
  • Grocery trade--Utah--Brigham City--Photographs
  • Grocery trade--Utah--Brigham City--Photographs
  • Smith's Food & Drug Centers--Employees--Photographs.
  • Smith's Food & Drug Centers--New Mexico--Photographs
  • Smith's Food & Drug Centers--Utah--Photographs

Personal Names

  • Smith, Dee Glen, 1925-1984--Awards--Photographs
  • Smith, Dee Glen, 1925-1984--Photographs
  • Smith, Fred, 1946- --Photographs
  • Smith, Ida Woodyatt--Photographs
  • Smith, Jeffrey, 1950- --Photographs
  • Smith, Lorenzo J., 1884-1958--Photographs
  • Smith, Richard D., 1954- --Photographs
  • Smith, Seretha Iverson--Photographs

Family Names

  • Smith, Dee Glen, 1925-1984--Family--Photographs
  • Smith, Ida Woodyatt--Family--Photographs

Geographical Names

  • Brigham City (Utah)--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Negatives (photographic)
  • Slides

Finding aid/Register created by Sara Skindelien
2011

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