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Agricultural College of Utah Cyanotypes,, 1892-1997

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Turpin, George M. (George Melvin), 1882-1943
Title
Agricultural College of Utah Cyanotypes,
Dates
1892-1997 (inclusive)
Quantity
10 boxes, (7.5 linear ft.)
Collection Number
USU_P0014
Summary
The Agricultural College of Utah cyanotypes collection consists of 2,608 cyanotypes dating from 1896 to 1916. These images document the Agricultural College of Utah (now Utah State University) and show students, faculty, class-room scenes, buildings and grounds, events, experiment stations, athletics, student projects, agriculture, and scenes from around Logan. Because of preservation concerns they were removed from their original USU Agricultural Extension Service scrapbooks. The photographs were taken for documentation and publicity purposes. Many are found in the Experiment Station bulletins, A.C.U. catalogs, and other publications. Many of the photographs were taken by George M. Turpin, A.C.U. professor from 1909 to 1913. Who took the remainder of the images is unknown.
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

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

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

George Melvin Turpin was born in 1882 in West Jordan, Utah. He began to attend the Agricultural College of Utah in 1902. In 1906 he was appointed Assistant Station Chemist and one year later he became the Assistant Poultryman. He finished his degree in 1909 and was a lecturer in Poultry and worked for the ACU Extension Office until 1913. He left the ACU to teach at Iowa State University. He returned, however, to Utah and worked for the Utah hatcheries. At some point he also taught at East and West Jordan High Schools in Salt Lake City. At the time of his death in 1943 he was employed by the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company.

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Content Description

The ACU Cyanotypes Collection consists of 2,608 cyanotypes (a paper based, bluish colored print) dating from 1896 to 1916. These images document the Agricultural College of Utah (now Utah State University) and show students, faculty, class-room scenes, buildings and grounds, events, experiment stations, athletics, student projects, agriculture, and scenes from around Logan. Because of preservation concerns they were removed from their original USU Agricultural Extension Service scrapbooks. The photographs were taken for documentation and publicity purposes. Many are found in the Experiment Station bulletins, the ACU Catalogs, and other publications. Many of the photographs were taken by George M. Turpin, an professor of Poultry Husbandry from 1909 to 1913. Who took the remainder of the images is unknown.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright

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

Permission to publish material from the Agricultural College of Utah Cyanotypes must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Alternative Forms Available

View selected digitized images from the ACU Cyanotypes photograph collection.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: P0014; Agricultural College of Utah Cyanotypes; Photograph Collections. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:P0014, USUSC.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Topical. Numbers in Parenthesis refer to the original negative number

Processing Note

Processed in March of 2002 and revised in December of 2002

Acquisition Information

Originally in possession of Utah Agricultural Extension Office

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List

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Personal Names

  • Turpin, George M. (George Melvin), 1882-1943
  • Turpin, George M. (George Melvin), 1882-1943

Corporate Names

  • Utah State University -- Sports -- Photographs.
  • Agricultural College of Utah -- Photographs.
  • Utah Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Utah Agricultural Experiment Station -- Photographs.
  • Utah State University -- Buildings -- Photographs.
  • Utah State University -- Football -- Photographs.
  • Utah State University -- History -- Photographs.
  • Utah State University -- Libraries -- Photographs.
  • Utah State University -- Students -- Portraits.
  • Utah State University -- Track and field -- Photographs.
  • Utah State University. Old Main -- Photographs.

Geographical Names

  • Student activities -- Utah -- Logan -- Photographs.
  • Agricultural colleges -- Utah -- Logan -- Photographs.
  • Agricultural extension work -- Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- Photographs.
  • Agriculture -- Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- Photographs.
  • Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- History -- Photographs.
  • Classrooms -- Utah -- Logan -- Photographs.
  • College buildings -- Utah -- Logan -- Photographs.
  • College students -- Utah -- Logan -- Portraits.
  • Farm life -- Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) -- Photographs.
  • Laboratories -- Utah -- Logan -- Photographs.
  • Logan (Utah) -- History -- Photographs.

Finding aid/Register created by Tonia Lewis and revised by Ryan Lee
2008

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