Show s Special Collections for local historians Treasure-trov- e One of the best resources historians have it fingertips is the Special Collections section in the Merrill Library at Utah State University It contains an expansive collection of local regional and even national historical reference books journals and records It is a university research facility by design but its shelves (and its catalogue system) are also open to public perusal free of charge Scholars come feraa all over die nation to lode at the Jack London collection one of the prizes of Special Collections but more people come to sldm the pages of oral history transcripts and the little known stories of regional significance and charm Hie collection of local history is vast: from old maps and diaries of trappers to irrigation company records and rwm oCnfiW rmo wg rami raranwriMH jowimi m VI CnWyt 01 piKHOQfipnS ranch-journals of early ing practices “There has been an emphasis on day-to-d- ay n SpiClil wOMCQOM the collection of local history” uys Bob Parson university archivist at Special Collections “Virtually anything on Cache Valley history from Oxford to Avon can be found” There are early LDS Church records an extensive collection of Thtctif family nateriili th ledgers of Brigham Young mountain man journals climate records Mitt JflMMflflneil family hiite ties journals rad letters One of die strengths of the department is the large collection of photos The photographs offer among other things a strong pictorial history of the development of agriculture and irrigation in Utah The photos extend beyond Cache Valley and even beyond Utah but it is largely a regional collection The collection also includes many photos of the towns of Cache Vhlley including shots of Journalism In Cache Valley See SKOAL on page 57 A HERITAGE OF OVER 100 YEARS 1879 Slogan Jltnbtr 1882 The Utah Journal 1889 LOGAN JOURNAL 1891 LOGAN NATION 1895 ©je Jlogan Republican 1925 CACHE VALLEY HERALD 1928 CACHE VALLEY DAILY HERALD 1931 vHeraldTnnmal -- igeS6 r-- v: |