USU Student Union photograph collection

USU Student Union photograph collection, 1946-1986

Overview of the Collection

Creator: USU Student Union, 1946-1986
Title: USU Student Union photograph collection
Dates: 1946-1986 (inclusive)
19461986
Quantity: 1 Box, (0.5 linear ft.)
Collection Number: UUS_P0367
Summary: 380 black and white photographic images, including portraits of previous Student Union administrators and images of students in the TUB and Student Union
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

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Until the 1950s, campus lacked a formal building for use by the student body. The Family Life Building, with a cafeteria and outdoor eating area, served as a social gathering place for the students. Other structures, such as the TUB (Temporary Union Building), were used from 1946 to 1952 while the Student Union Building was planned and built. On May 2, 1953, the first wing of the building was dedicated and opened for student use, with the second wing being completed nearly ten years later in December of 1964. From the 1950s to the 1970s, the building was referred to as the Union Center. Around 1980, the name of the building was changed to the Taggart Student Center after Glen L. Taggart, 11th President of the University. For continuity's sake, the building will be referred to as the "Student Union Building." Evan Stevensen oversaw the design and construction of the center.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection consists of 380 images including portraits of previous Student Union administrators such as: Glenn Blaser, Ralph Richards, Jay Andersen, Evan Stevensen, Gary Chambers, Jack Nixon, Kerr Rolfe, and Helmut A. Hoch. Also included are images of students in the TUB and Student Union bowling alley, billiard room, playing ping pong, in the cafeteria and snack bar, and activities in the ballroom. The images were probably used for publicizing student activities available in the Student Union. The photos are taped to black construction paper on both sides. Some photos are cracked, slightly torn or yellowed.

The bulk of this collection contains the two years of Union Building construction, mainly 1963-1964. Most of the students in the images are not identified.

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 USU Student Union Photograph Collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photo Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Permission to publish material from the Laura R. Merrill photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: P0367; USU Student Union Photograph Collection; Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:P0367, USUSC.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Numbered Sequence according to Box, Folder, and Item

Processing Note

Processed in December of 2007

Acquisition Information

Received by donation

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Union Building, 1946-1986Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 1

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		1:01:01: Union Building south side construction	1946-1986
		1:01:02: Union Building ground completed	1946-1986
		1:01:03: Union Building patio	1946-1986
		1:01:04: Union Building and Old Main at night	1946-1986
		1:01:05: Union Building patio	1946-1986
		1:01:06: Union Building south side	1946-1986
		1:01:07-08: Student Body on grass south of Union Building	1946-1986
		1:01:09: Union Building	1946-1986
		1:01:10: Union Building night	1946-1986
		1:01:11: Union Building with symbol	1946-1986

Temporary Union Building, 1946-1986Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 2

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		1:02:01: Two couples at banquet	1946-1986
		1:02:02: People self serving at buffet	1946-1986
		1:02:03: Close up of people eating	1946-1986
		1:02:04-05: Two tables at banquet	1946-1986
		1:02:06: People working and eating	1946-1986
		1:02:07: Tables in cafeteria	1946-1986
		1:02:08: Man working at table	1946-1986
		1:02:09: Two ladies talk after eating	1946-1986
		1:02:10: Man with crutches and man with book	1946-1986
		1:02:11: Man in kitchen	1946-1986
		1:02:12: Empty cafeteria	1946-1986
		1:02:13-15: Busy cafeteria	1946-1986
		1:02:16: Man with clipboard	1946-1986
		1:02:17: Two men and a woman with large pot	1946-1986
		1:02:18-20: Busy cafeteria	1946-1986
		1:02:21: Cook with spatula	1946-1986
		1:02:22: Server with signs in background "portion control"	1946-1986
		1:02:23: Big banquet	1946-1986
		1:02:24: Serving meal	1946-1986
		1:02:25: Men at buffet line	1946-1986
		1:02:26: Cafeteria tables and serving area	1946-1986
		1:02:27: Getting drinks	1946-1986
		1:02:28: Empty cafeteria	1946-1986
		1:02:29: Students in cafeteria	1946-1986
		1:02:30: Two ladies getting drinks	1946-1986
		1:02:31: Ladies self serving at buffet	1946-1986
		1:02:32: Two ladies getting drinks	1946-1986
		1:02:33: Man having a drink Christmas time	1946-1986
		1:02:34: Cafeteria	1946-1986
		1:02:35: Two women making shish kabobs	1946-1986
		1:02:36: Two servers	1946-1986
		1:02:37: Woman putting dishes away	1946-1986
		1:02:38: Two men doing homework	1946-1986
		1:02:39: Six people pose for photo	1946-1986
		1:02:40: Man moving glasses	1946-1986
		1:02:41: Students socializing	1946-1986

Union Building, 1946-1986Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 3

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		1:03:01-02: Sunburst Lounge	1946-1986
		1:03:03: Chair set up	1946-1986
		1:03:04: Skyroom	1946-1986
		1:03:05: Seating area	1946-1986
		1:03:06: Kitchen counter and cabinets	1946-1986
		1:03:07: Students in bookstore	1946-1986
		1:03:08: Tuxedo rental	1946-1986
		1:03:09: Secretary	1946-1986
		1:03:10: Grace Lemke portrait - Program counselor	1946-1986
		1:03:11: Two ladies sorting accessories	1946-1986
		1:03:12: Room 119 Student Union	1946-1986
		1:03:13: Jeanette Hogan and Marilyn Dardy	1946-1986
		1:03:14: Two ladies sorting accessories	1946-1986
		1:03:15: Woman at counter	1946-1986
		1:03:16: Helmut A Hoch portrait	1946-1986
		1:03:17-18: Helmut A Hoch with tools	1946-1986
		1:03:19: Evan Stevensen at desk	1946-1986
		1:03:20: "SUB fountain" - Evan Stevensen, Jack Nixon, unidentified others	1946-1986
		1:03:21-22 : Jack Nixon portrait	1946-1986
		1:03:23-24: Kerr Rolfe portrait	1946-1986
		1:03:25: Kerr Rolfe on stairs	1946-1986
		1:03:26: Jack Nixon with Union Building blueprints	1946-1986
		1:03:27: Student at door	1946-1986
		1:03:28: Evan Stevenson Director of Union portrait	1946-1986
		1:03:29: Evan Stevenson with two students on Union Building stairs	1946-1986
		1:03:30: Two women in office	1946-1986
		1:03:31-32: Evan Stevenson with two men and three women at table. "Starlight" program	1946-1986
		1:03:33-36: Barber shop	1946-1986
		1:03:37: Man at index of USU Alumni Assoc	1946-1986

Roman Banquet , 1946-1986Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 4

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		1:04:01: Belly dancer	1946-1986
		1:04:02-03: Man posing	1946-1986
		1:04:04-46: Roman Banquet	1946-1986
		1:04:47: Woman dancing	1946-1986
		1:04:48-51: Roman Banquet	1946-1986

Union Building Games, 1946-1986Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 5

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		1:05:01: "Dames No 39"	1946-1986
		1:05:02: Bowling ball and pins	1946-1986
		1:05:03: Pool tables	1946-1986
		1:05:04: Man and woman playing game	1946-1986
		1:05:05: Four women with bowling award	1946-1986
		1:05:06: Archery team with trophy	1946-1986
		1:05:07: Four men playing chess	1946-1986
		1:05:08: Four men playing pool	1946-1986
		1:05:09: Man bowls	1946-1986
		1:05:10: Pool game in mirror	1946-1986
		1:05:11: Chess game	1946-1986
		1:05:12: Woman bowling	1946-1986
		1:05:13: Bowling score sheet	1946-1986
		1:05:14: Unidentified person bowling	1946-1986
		1:05:15: Pins falling	1946-1986
		1:05:16: Woman playing pool	1946-1986
		1:05:17: Woman bowling	1946-1986
		1:05:18: Bowling	1946-1986
		1:05:19: Pool game	1946-1986
		1:05:20: Woman bowling	1946-1986
		1:05:21: Room 326 registration desk	1946-1986
		1:05:22: Billiard room	1946-1986
		1:05:23: Ping pong game	1946-1986
		1:05:24: Two men playing game	1946-1986
		1:05:25: Chess game	1946-1986
		1:05:26: Students with trophies	1946-1986
		1:05:27: Bowling room	1946-1986
		1:05:28: Students in social hall	1946-1986
		1:05:29: Three men with bowling ball	1946-1986
		1:05:30: Woman with turkey	1946-1986
		1:05:31: Awards presented	1946-1986
		1:05:32: Two men with turkeys	1946-1986
		1:05:33: Chess game	1946-1986
		1:05:34: Students accepting turkeys	1946-1986
		1:05:35: Awards presented	1946-1986
		1:05:36: Two kids at foosball table	1946-1986
		1:05:37: Man awarded turkey	1946-1986
		1:05:38: Eight people accepting award	1946-1986
		1:05:39: Man bowls	1946-1986
		1:05:40: Two men playing pool	1946-1986
		1:05:41: Ten people at table	1946-1986
		1:05:42: Bowling alley	1946-1986
		1:05:43: Weber State, University of Wyoming bowling teams	1946-1986

Union Building Games, 1946-1986Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 6

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		1:06:01-03: Greek activity	1946-1986
		1:06:04: Three students at pool table	1946-1986
		1:06:05: Three students bowling	1946-1986
		1:06:06: Man bowling	1946-1986
		1:06:07: Chess tournament	1946-1986
		1:06:08: Pool match with onlookers in window	1946-1986
		1:06:09: Empty ping pong room	1946-1986
		1:06:10: Man and woman with turkeys	1946-1986
		1:06:11: Man and woman putting turkeys between bowling balls	1946-1986
		1:06:12: Cards	1946-1986
		1:06:13-15: Award ceremony	1946-1986
		1:06:14: Empty ping pong room	1946-1986
		1:06:15: Award ceremony	1946-1986
		1:06:16: Joy receiving bowling award	1946-1986
		1:06:17: Students playing game	1946-1986
		1:06:18: Woman bowling	1946-1986
		1:06:19: Man and woman at Turkey Bowl	1946-1986
		1:06:20: Two women and man of bowling team pose with ball and pins	1946-1986
		1:06:21: Two students receive bowling trophies	1946-1986
		1:06:22-29: Students play ping pong	1946-1986
		1:06:23: Students bowling	1946-1986
		1:06:24: Turkey bowl. Same as 1:05:33	1946-1986
		1:06:25: Man bowling. Same as 1:05:09	1946-1986
		1:06:27: Students playing pool	1946-1986
		1:06:28: Students playing pool with professor	1946-1986
		1:06:29: Students play ping pong	1946-1986
		1:06:30: Students fencing	1946-1986
		1:06:31: Bowling awarded. Same as 1:05:05	1946-1986
		1:06:32: Students playing game	1946-1986
		1:06:33: Students play pool	1946-1986
		1:06:34: Chess tournament	1946-1986
		1:06:35: Students fencing	1946-1986
		1:06:36: USU vs BYU bowling scoresheet	1946-1986
		1:06:37: Chess club awarded	1946-1986
		1:06:38: Awards presented to three students. Same as 1:05:30 and 1:05:34	1946-1986
		1:06:39: Trophy case	1946-1986
		1:06:40: Students playing pool	1946-1986
		1:06:41: Turkey Bowl	1946-1986
		1:06:42: Students playing pool	1946-1986
		1:06:43: Chess trophy presented. Same as 1:05:46	1946-1986
		1:06:44: Students playing checkers	1946-1986
		1:06:45: Man and woman holding trophy	1946-1986
		1:06:46: Woman with bowling ball	1946-1986
		1:06:47: Two men bowling	1946-1986
		1:06:48: Female team bowling	1946-1986
		1:06:49: Students at table. Same as 1:05:41	1946-1986
		1:06:50: Woman with bowling ball	1946-1986
		1:06:51: Woman presented with turkey at Turkey Bowl	1946-1986
		1:06:52: Woman with turkey at Turkey bowl. Same as 1:05:35	1946-1986
		1:06:53: Students bowling	1946-1986
		1:06:54: Two men awarded turkeys at turkey bowl	1946-1986
		1:06:55: Bowling trophy presented	1946-1986
		1:06:56-57: Woman with bowling ball	1946-1986
		1:06:58: Students playing bingo	1946-1986
		1:06:59: Woman awarded turkey at turkey bowl	1946-1986

Union Building with Architectural Drawings, 1946-1986Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 7

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		1:07:01: Union Building Construction	May 20, 1963
		1:07:02: Union Building Construction	May 16, 1963
		1:07:03: Union Building Construction	May 15, 1963
		1:07:04-05: Union Building Construction	November 25, 1963
		1:07:06: Union Building Construction	August 1, 1963
		1:07:07: Architectural drawing of Union Building	1946-1986
		1:07:08: Model of Union Building	1946-1986
		1:07:09: Union Building Construction	August 1, 1963
		1:07:10: Union Building Construction	September 18, 1963
		1:07:11: Union Building Construction	May 1964
		1:07:12-14: Union Building Construction	August 1, 1963
		1:07:15: Northwest view of Union Building	1946-1986
		1:07:16: Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:07:17: Union Building Construction	August 1, 1963
		1:07:18: Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:07:19: Union Building Construction	November 25, 1963
		1:07:20-24: Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:07:25: Union Building Construction	September 18, 1963
		1:07:26: Union Building Construction	May 16, 1963
		1:07:27: Newspaper press	1946-1986
		1:07:28-29: Union Building	1946-1986
		1:07:30: Empty ballroom	1946-1986
		1:07:31: Union Building South side	1946-1986
		1:07:32-34: Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:07:35-37: Evan Stevensen hanging up architectural drawings and blueprints	1946-1986
		1:07:38-41: Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:07:42: Union Building Construction	July 10, 1964
		1:07:43-44: Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:07:45-48: May 1964 Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:07:49: Union Building Construction	August 1, 1963
		1:07:50: Wood screen	1946-1986
		1:07:51: Union Building Construction	September 18, 1963
		1:07:52: Union Building Construction	May 1964
		1:07:53: Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:07:54: Union Building Construction	September 18, 1963
		1:07:55: Union Building Construction	August 18, 1963
		1:07:56: Union Building Construction	September 18, 1963
		1:07:57: View from construction site looking at Agricultural Science Building	1946-1986
		1:07:58: Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:07:59: Union Building Construction	June 22, 1963
		1:07:60: Union Building through trees	1946-1986
		1:07:61: Skyroom chairs	1946-1986
		1:07:62: Empty room	1946-1986
		1:07:63: Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:07:64: Union Building Construction with old cars in foreground	1946-1986
		1:07:65: Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:07:66: Union Building Southeast corner	1946-1986
		1:07:67: Union Building	1946-1986
		1:07:68: Evan Stevenson with others looking at architectural drawings	1946-1986
		1:07:69: Union Building Construction	1946-1986

Union Building, 1946-1986Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 8

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		1:08:01: Union Building Construction	April 14, 1963
		1:08:02: Union Building Construction	May 18, 1963
		1:08:03: Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:08:04: Union Building Construction	May 16, 1963
		1:08:05-07: Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:08:08-10: Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:08:11: Union Building Construction	May 10, 1963
		1:08:12: Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:08:13: Union Building Construction	July 10, 1964
		1:08:14-15: Union Building Construction	May 1964
		1:08:16-17: Union Building Construction	July 10, 1964
		1:08:18: View from top of Union Building	1946-1986
		1:08:19: Evan Stevenson and others looking at Union Building model	1946-1986
		1:08:20-21: Stevenson, Jack Nixon and others with blueprints	1946-1986
		1:08:22: Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:08:23: Union Building southeast corner	1946-1986
		1:08:24: Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:08:25: Union Building southeast corner	1946-1986
		1:08:26-27: Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:08:28: Woman in bare kitchen	1946-1986
		1:08:29: Construction worker painting	1946-1986
		1:08:30: Finished wall cabinets	1946-1986
		1:08:31: Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:08:32: Finished Skyroom	1946-1986
		1:08:33: Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:08:34: Union Building southeast corner	1946-1986
		1:08:35-36: Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:08:37: Union Building Construction	February 1, 1964
		1:08:38: Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:08:39: Two students Southeast of Union Building	1946-1986
		1:08:40: Stevenson and five others on LIMA	1946-1986
		1:08:41-42: Union Building Construction	July 10, 1964
		1:08:43: Union Building Construction winter	1946-1986
		1:08:44: Finished ceiling	1946-1986
		1:08:45: Union Building Construction	1946-1986
		1:08:46: Finished room	1946-1986
		1:08:47: Union Building Construction	July 10, 1964
		1:08:48: View of Old Main through scaffolding	1946-1986
		1:08:49: Union Building Construction	July 10, 1964

Temporary Union Building, 1946-1986Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 9

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		1:09:01: "Buzzer Model in Commons." - Ruth Vicars Clayton	May 3, 1946
		1:09:02: "Temporary Union."	1950
		1:09:03-05: "TUB scene April." dance	1950
		1:09:06-07: "TUB scene April." 13 students pose	1950
		1:09:08: "TUB scene April." cafeteria	1950
		1:09:09: "Union Building."	January 1965
		1:09:10: "Union Building."	1967
		1:09:11-12: Completed Union Building	July 1963
		1:09:13: "Glenn Blaser" portrait	1946-1986
		1:09:14: "Ralph Richards" portrait	1946-1986
		1:09:15: "Jay Andersen" portrait	1946-1986
		1:09:16: Evan Stevenson (?)	1946-1986
		1:09:17: "Gary Chambers" portrait	1946-1986
		1:09:18: Cheerleaders	circa 1986
		1:09:19-20: Negatives of ribbon cutting Union Building	1946-1986

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Bowling -- Utah -- Logan -- Photographs.
College buildings -- Utah -- Design and construction -- Photographs.
Student activities -- Utah -- Logan -- Photographs.
Student unions -- Utah -- Logan -- Photographs.

Corporate Names

Utah State University
Utah State University -- Buildings -- Photographs.
Utah State University -- History -- Photographs.
Utah State University -- Students -- Photographs.
Utah State University. Glen L. Taggart Student Center -- Photographs.
Utah State University. Temporary Union Building -- Photographs.

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