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Alfred Gordon Erickson photograph collection, 1940-1950
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Erickson, Alfred Gordon,1918-1988
- Title
- Alfred Gordon Erickson photograph collection
- Dates
- 1940-1950 (inclusive)19401950
- Quantity
- 1 Box, (.5 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_P0479
- Summary
- The Alfred Gordon Erickson photograph collection consists of 255 black and white prints and 24 Utah postcards. The prints were taken by Alfred Gordon Erickson between 1940 and 1950 and consist of images of Erickson with the Army in California, and during his time at Utah State University. Of particular interest are several views of the Jack London ranch and of his widow Charmian London.
- Repository
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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
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No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Alfred Gordon Erickson was born to Alfred Allen and Maggie Balls Erickson on September 9, 1918, in Smithfield, UT. His paternal grandfather, Alfred Erickson, was a Swedish immigrant who settled in Cache Valley. He enlisted in the Army Air Force on September 25, 1940, and served in the European Theater during World War II. He attended Utah State Agricultural College from 1946 to 1949 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education. Erickson was active in the Intercollegiate Knights, Lambda Delta Sigma, and Kappa Sigma Kappa during his time at USU. He married Berenice Seamons in the Logan Utah Temple on June 8, 1948, and they had five children: Marie, Ray Gordon, Ralph Lynn, Dale Bruce and Edwin Leon. He taught agriculture at high schools in Wyoming, Idaho and Utah, and died in Logan on October 23, 1988.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Alfred Gordon Erickson photograph collection consists of 255 black and white prints and 24 Utah postcards. The prints were taken by Alfred Gordon Erickson between 1940 and 1950 and consist of images of Erickson with the Army in California and during his time at Utah State University. Of particular interest are several views of the Jack London ranch and of his widow Charmian London.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Alfred Gordon Erickson Photograph Collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: USU_P0479; Alfred Gordon Erickson Photograph Collection; Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_P0479, USUSCA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
World War II Images, 1940-1945 Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | 1940 December 15 | |
1 | 1 | 1940 November 10 | |
1 | 1 | 1940 November 10 | |
1 | 1 | 1940 November 10 | |
1 | 1 | 1940 November 10 | |
1 | 1 | 1940 October 15 | |
1 | 1 | 1940 October 15 | |
1 | 1 | 1940 October 13 | |
1 | 1 | 1940 December 15 | |
1 | 1 | 1941 February 4 | |
1 | 1 | 1940 December 16 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1942 February 1 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1-01-031:
Golden Gate Bridge [Click to Access]
|
1940-1945 |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1-01-033:
Men playing a game [Click to Access]
|
1940-1945 |
1 | 1 | 1-01-034:
Military campsite [Click to Access]
|
1940-1945 |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1941 June 8 | |
1 | 1 | 1940 October 27 | |
1 | 1 | 1940 October 27 | |
1 | 1 | 1940 October 27 | |
1 | 1 | 1940 October 27 | |
1 | 1 | 1940 October 4 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940 November 10 | |
1 | 1 | 1940 November 10 | |
1 | 1 | 1940 October 27 | |
1 | 1 | 1940 October 27 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 1 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1940 June 20 | |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1-02-005:
Presidio Theatre [Click to Access]
|
1941 February 25 |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1-02-007:
Unknown building [Click to Access]
|
1940-1945 |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1-02-009:
Ships in a harbor [Click to Access]
|
1940-1945 |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1-02-012:
Ships by the shore [Click to Access]
|
1940-1945 |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1-02-014:
View of the ocean [Click to Access]
|
1940-1945 |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1941 February 25 | |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1941 February 25 | |
1 | 2 | 1941 February 24 | |
1 | 2 | 1-02-021:
View of a cemetery [Click to Access]
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1940-1945 |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1941 February 25 | |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1-02-026:
Large ship at sea [Click to Access]
|
1940-1945 |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1-02-028:
St. Francis yacht club [Click to Access]
|
1941 February 25 |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1-02-035:
Man in uniform [Click to Access]
|
1940-1945 |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 2 | 1-02-037:
[Click to Access]
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1940-1945 |
1 | 2 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1941 July 8 | |
1 | 3 | 1941 July 8 | |
1 | 3 | 1941 July 8 | |
1 | 3 | 1941 July 8 | |
1 | 3 | 1941 July 8 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1-03-011:
Men on sidewalk [Click to Access]
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1940-1945 |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1-03-014:
Unknown train station [Click to Access]
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1940-1945 |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1-03-016:
>Military tents [Click to Access]
|
1940-1945 |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1-03-018:
Man making a snowball [Click to Access]
|
1940-1945 |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1941 February 25 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1-03-039:
Men on a city street [Click to Access]
|
1940-1945 |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1-03-041:
Man sleeping on bunk[Click to Access]
|
1940-1945 |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 3 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 4 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 4 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 4 | 1942 February 1 | |
1 | 4 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 4 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 4 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 4 | 1940 December 15 | |
1 | 4 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 4 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 4 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 4 | 1-04-011:
People sitting on wall [Click to Access]
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1940-1945 |
1 | 4 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 4 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 4 | 1942 February 1 | |
1 | 4 | 1942 February 1 | |
1 | 4 | 1942 February 1 | |
1 | 4 | 1942 February 1 | |
1 | 4 | 1942 February 1 | |
1 | 4 | 1942 February 1 | |
1 | 4 | 1942 February 1 | |
1 | 4 | 1942 February 1 | |
1 | 4 | 1-04-022:
Unknown man in uniform [Click to Access]
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1940-1945 |
1 | 4 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 4 | 1940 December 15 | |
1 | 4 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 4 | 1940 November 18 | |
1 | 4 | 1940 September 28 | |
1 | 4 | 1940 October 3 | |
1 | 4 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 4 | 1940 October 4 | |
1 | 4 | 1-04-031:
Men at sink washing up [Click to Access]
|
1940-1945 |
1 | 4 | 1940 November 10 | |
1 | 4 | 1940 November 10 | |
1 | 4 | 1940 November 10 | |
1 | 4 | 1940 November 10 | |
1 | 4 | 1940 October 15 | |
1 | 4 | 1941 September 18 | |
1 | 4 | 1941 November 18 | |
1 | 4 | 1940-1945 | |
1 | 4 | 1940-1945 |
Utah Postcards, 1940-1945Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 5 | 1-05-01: Salt Lake Temple |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-02: Section of Temple Block |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-03: Salt Lake Temple |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-04: Tabernacle at Temple Square |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-05: Salt Lake City from the air, including Temple, Tabernacle, Capitol and L.D.S. Hospital |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-06: Salt Lake Temple |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-07: Collins Gulch in Alta, UT |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-08: Tabernacle Choir and inside of Tabernacle |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-09: Salt Lake Temple in winter |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-10: Salt Lake Temple and Seagull Monument |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-11: Great Salt Lake Cut-off on the Great Salt Lake |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-12: Brighton, Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-13: Saltair Pavilion from the water, by the Great Salt Lake |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-14: Main Street at night in Salt Lake City, UT |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-15: Utah State Capitol at night, Salt Lake City, UT |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-16: Hotel Utah and Salt Lake Temple |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-17: Eagle Gate looking towards Capitol building, Salt Lake City, UT |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-18: Tabernacle in summer |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-19: Governor's Reception Room, Utah State Capitol, Salt Lake City, UT |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-20: Mormon Battalion monument, State Capitol Grounds, Salt Lake City, UT |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-21: Corridor and Main Stairways, Utah State Capitol, Salt Lake City, UT |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-22: Front of Utah State Capitol building, Salt Lake City, UT |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-23: View of Utah Copper Company's property, Bingham, UT |
1940-1945 |
1 | 5 | 1-05-24: Souvenir album of Salt Lake City, UT, featuring inside of Tabernacle, Temple Square, Temple, Hotel Utah, Seagull monument, Brigham Young monument, first house built in Utah, the Cathedral of the Madeleine, Capitol building and other sights |
1940-1945 |
USU College Life , 1945-1950Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1-06-003:
Crowd of students [Click to Access]
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1945-1950 |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1-06-014:
[Click to Access]
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1945-1950 |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1-06-022:
Four unknown men [Click to Access]
|
1945-1950 |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 6 | 1-06-034:
Picture of Old Main [Click to Access]
|
1945-1950 |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1-07-015:
Igloo on Quad [Click to Access]
|
1945-1950 |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1-07-017:
[Click to Access]
|
1945-1950 |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1-07-023:
Erickson in uniform [Click to Access]
|
1945-1950 |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1-07-027:
ROTC dance (1 of 2) [Click to Access]
|
1945-1950 |
1 | 7 | 1-07-028:
ROTC dance (2 of 2) [Click to Access]
|
1945-1950 |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1945-1950 | |
1 | 7 | 1-07-039:
Portrait of Erickson [Click to Access]
|
1945-1950 |
1 | 8 | 1941 January 1 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- World War, 1939-1945--United States--Photographs
- College students--Utah--Logan--Social life and customs--Photographs
- Commencement ceremonies--Utah--Logan--Photographs
- Postcards--Utah--Specimens
- Soldiers--California--Hamilton Air Force Base--Photographs
- Soldiers--California--Photographs
Personal Names
- Erickson, Alfred Gordon, 1918-1988--Photographs
Corporate Names
- United States--Army Air Forces--Military Life--Photographs
- Utah State Agricultural College--Students--Photographs
Family Names
- London, Charmian--Homes and haunts--Photographs
- London, Jack, 1876-1916--Homes and haunts--Photographs
Geographical Names
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--Photographs