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Joseph Arch Geddes papers, 1914-1968
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Geddes, Joseph A. (Joseph Arch), b. 1884
- Title
- Joseph Arch Geddes papers
- Dates
- 1914-1968 (inclusive)19141968
1932-1968) (bulk)19321968 - Quantity
- 10 boxes, (5 linear ft.)
- Collection Number
- UUS_COLL MSS 075
- Summary
- Chiefly correspondence and writings concerning Geddes' interests in the cooperative movement in Utah. Also includes material related to Geddes' other activities and interests, including social work activities, other writings, memorabilia, and personal correspondence including that between Geddes and LDS Church leaders. Collection includes official records of the Utah Cooperative Association and the Cache Valley Cooperative.
- 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
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Restrictions
Open to public research.
- Languages
- English.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Joseph A. Geddes was influential in the cooperative movement in Utah and rural sociology. This collection of Dr. Geddes' papers consists of most of his original correspondence with people in these several endeavors.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Chiefly correspondence and writings concerning Geddes' interests in the cooperative movement in Utah. Also includes material related to Geddes' other activities and interests, including social work activities, other writings, memorabilia, and personal correspondence including that between Geddes and LDS Church leaders. Collection includes official records of the Utah Cooperative Association, as well as those of the Cache Valley Cooperative.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Permission to publish material from the Joseph Arch Geddes papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
Joseph Arch Geddes papers, 1914-1968. (COLL MSS 75). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Gift of Joseph Geddes; 1968 and 1972.
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Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT, undatedReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
A. STATE SELF-HELP COOPERATIVE BOARD |
1936-1941 | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | "A" thru "B" Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 1 | 2 | "C" Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 1 | 3 | Cameron Jr., Benj., Correspondence |
undated |
| 1 | 4 | "D" thru "G" Misc., Correspondence (No Corresp. under "E") |
undated |
| 1 | 5 | "H" thru "L" Misc., Correspondence (No Corresp. under "I") |
undated |
| 1 | 6 | Lambourne, S. K., Correspondence |
1936-1937 |
| 1 | 7 | Lambourne, S. K., Correspondence |
1938 |
| 1 | 8 | Lambourne, S. K., Correspondence |
1939-1940 |
| 1 | 9 | "M" thru "R" Misc., Correspondence (No Corresp. under "O" ) |
undated |
| 1 | 10 | Rall, Udo, (Director, Division of Self-Help Cooperatives) Correspondence |
undated |
| 1 | 11 | "S" Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 1 | 12 | State Farm Bureau, Correspondence |
undated |
| 1 | 13 | Stewart, Justin C., Correspondence |
undated |
| 1 | 14 | Stringham, Benjamin B., Correspondence |
undated |
| 1 | 15 | "T" Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 1 | 16 | Utah, Office of Attorney General, Correspondence |
undated |
| 1 | 17 | Utah, State Legislature, Correspondence |
undated |
| 1 | 18 | "W" Misc., Correspondence (No Corresp. under "U") |
undated |
| 1 | 19 | Walton, Daniel A., Correspondence |
undated |
| 1 | 20 | Willis, Iva O. Correspondence |
undated |
| 1 | 21 | "Y" thru "Z" Misc., Correspondence (No Corresp. under "X") |
undated |
| 2 | 1 | Utah State Legislature, Miscellaneous |
undated |
| 2 | 2 | Miscellaneous Data - Utah Cooperative Assoc. |
undated |
| 2 | 3 | Financial Audits |
undated |
| 2 | 4 | Works Progress Administration - Materials Committee |
undated |
| 2 | 5 | General Data (I.) |
undated |
| 2 | 6 | General Data (II.) |
undated |
| 2 | 7 | General Data (III.) |
undated |
B. COOPERATIVE LEAGUE OF THE U.S.A. |
1948-1961 | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 8 | Miscellaneous Correspondence |
undated |
| 2 | 9 | Voorhis, Jerry, Correspondence |
1948-1952 |
| 2 | 10 | Voorhis, Jerry, Correspondence |
1952-1966 |
| 2 | 11 | Cooperative Pattern Study |
undated |
| 2 | 12 | Four Year Plan |
undated |
C. UTAH COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION |
undated | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 13 | Miscellaneous Correspondence |
undated |
| 2 | 14 | Robins,W.B. Correspondence
(See April 17, 1953 letter to Thorpe B. Issacson concerning Cemetery Bulletin 350)
|
undated |
| 3 | 1 | History and minutes of Co-op Service |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | Articles of Incorporation and Agreements |
undated |
| 3 | 3 | Miscellaneous Annual Reports |
undated |
| 3 | 4 | Retirement and Four-Year Plans; |
undated |
Audit Report |
1947 December 31 | ||
Report of Examination |
1948 December 3l | ||
Report of Audit |
1949 September 30 | ||
Report on Audit |
1957 September 30 | ||
Utah Co-op News |
1936 October 28 - 1939 November | ||
| 3 | 5 | Utah Co-op News, Miscellaneous |
1940-1955 |
Bear River Valley Co-op, misc. Financial Audits: |
1947-1958 | ||
| 4 | CACHE VALLEY CO-OPERATIVE |
undated | |
Report of Examination |
November 24, 1959 | ||
Cache Valley Cooperative Records, Part 1 |
undated | ||
Cache Valley Cooperative Records, Part 2 |
undated | ||
| Folder | |||
| 4 | 1 | Miscellaneous Correspondence |
undated |
| 4 | 2 | Historical Information and Minutes |
undated |
ACADEMIC INVOLVEMENT AT U.S.A.C., undatedReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
A. THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF SOCIAL WORK |
undated | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 1 | "A" thru "H" Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 5 | 2 | Hathway, Marion, Correspondence (Secretary-A.A.S.S.W.) |
undated |
| 5 | 3 | "J" thru "S" Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 5 | 4 | Spencer, Susan, Correspondence (Exec. Sec.-A.A.S.S.W.) |
undated |
| 5 | 5 | "T" thru "W" Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 5 | 6 | Miscellaneous Data |
undated |
B. GRADUATE DIVISION OF SOCIAL WORK |
undated | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 7 | Graduate Work Committee - Misc. Correspondence and Data |
undated |
| 5 | 8 | Miscellaneous Correspondence |
1942 |
| 5 | 9 | Statement of Position and Courses Taught |
undated |
| 5 | 10 | Projects through the Agricultural Experiment Station |
1943-1956 |
| 5 | 11 | Social Work Faculty -Misc. Correspondence |
undated |
| 5 | 12 | U.S.A.C. Faculty- Misc. Correspondence |
undated |
| 5 | 13 | Library Book Correspondence and Requests |
undated |
| 5 | 14 | Pi Gamma Ma |
undated |
| 5 | 15 | Accreditation Data |
1948 |
| 5 | 16 | Miscellaneous Departmental Information |
undated |
| 5 | 17 | Junior College Courses in Sociology (A Survey) |
undated |
SOCIAL WORK RELATED ACTIVITIES |
undated | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 1 | "A" thru "B" Misc. Correspondence |
undated |
| 6 | 2 | "C" thru "G" Misc., Correspondence (No Correspondence under "D" or "F") |
undated |
| 6 | 3 | Hathway, Marion, Correspondence ( Secretary of the American Association of Schools of Social Work) |
undated |
| 6 | 4 | "H" thru "N" Misc., Correspondence (no Correspondence under "I" or "L") |
undated |
| 6 | 5 | Peterson E.G., Correspondence |
undated |
| 6 | 6 | "P" thru "R" Misc., |
undated |
| 6 | 7 | "S" thru "Y" Misc., (No correspondence. under "V", "X", or "Z") |
undated |
| 6 | 8 | Social Service Field Work |
undated |
| 6 | 9 | Social Welfare - Miscellaneous |
undated |
| 6 | 10 | Social Work-Assorted Syllabi and information |
undated |
| 6 | 11 | State Conference of Social Work-Correspondence |
undated |
| 6 | 12 | State Conference of Social Work-Correspondence |
undated |
| 6 | 13 | State Conference of Social Work-Miscellaneous |
undated |
| 6 | 14 | Regional Conference of Social Work-Ogden |
1940 |
| 6 | 15 | National Conference of Social Work-Seattle |
1938 |
| 6 | 16 | National Conference of Social Work-Assorted Bulletins |
undated |
| 6 | 17 | Utah Congress of Social Workers- Misc. Data |
undated |
| 6 | 18 | Merit System Council-Employment Security |
undated |
| 6 | 19 | State Department of Public Welfare-Correspondence and Resolutions |
undated |
OTHER AREAS OF INVOLVEMENT, undatedReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
A. LIBRARIES |
undated | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 7 | 1 | Miscellaneous Library Notes |
undated |
| 7 | 2 | Miscellaneous Library Data |
undated |
| 7 | 3 | Salt Lake County Library-Annual Reports
(some years missing)
|
1939-1952 |
| 7 | 4 | Salt Lake County Library-Annual Reports
(some years missing)
|
1954-1964 |
| 7 | 5 | Carnegie Free Library of Ogden-Annual Reports
(some years missing)
|
1935-1944 |
| 7 | 6 | Cache Valley Library Improvement |
undated |
| 7 | 7 | box Elder Library Improvement |
undated |
| 7 | 8 | Utah State Library-Statistics |
undated |
| 7 | 9 | Bookmobile-Supportive Data |
undated |
B. NATIONAL CONGRESS OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS |
undated | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 7 | 10 | Correspondence |
undated |
C. LOGAN YOUTH COUNCIL |
undated | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 7 | 11 | Organizational Data |
1943 |
| 7 | 12 | Goals and Plans of Logan Youth Club |
undated |
| 7 | 13 | Ideas from Other Youth Clubs |
undated |
D. FAMILY WELFARE ISSUES |
undated | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 7 | 14 | National Conference on Family Relations-Correspondence |
undated |
| 7 | 15 | National Conference on Family Relations-Miscellaneous Data |
undated |
| 7 | 16 | Family Service Society and Misc. Data |
undated |
| 7 | 17 | Children's Service Society and Related Data |
undated |
| 7 | 18 | Sugar Beets and Child Labor |
undated |
E. ISSUES OF CONCERN |
undated | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 7 | 19 | Bulletin 350 Controversy (Cemetery Bulletin) |
undated |
| 7 | 20 | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Correspondence |
undated |
| 7 | 21 | Proposal for L.D.S. Missionaries |
undated |
| 7 | 22 | Autobiographical Sketch of J.A. Geddes' Attitude Toward L.D.S. Church |
undated |
PERSONAL DATA, undatedReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
A. PUBLICATIONS by J.A. GEDDES |
undated | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 8 | 1 | An Access Road An Analysis of the Concordia Club From Selected Points |
undated |
| 8 | 2 | Barriers to Economic Decline Cemeteries of box Elder and Summitt Counties |
undated |
| 8 | 3 | Changing Institutions of Davis County, 1940-1950 (Reprinted From Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters Volume 31 |
1954 |
| 8 | 4 | Community High-Road to Better Things (Senior manual, 1935-1936, Mutual Improvement Assoc., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) |
undated |
| 8 | 5 | Cooperative Way Utah's Dilemma Can Be Answered Through the Cooperatives (The Utah Co-operator, Volume 1, Number G and number 7,
|
December 1946 - January 1947 |
| 8 | 6 | 1941 Critique of Utah's Culture and Economy - A Selection of Essays |
undated |
| 8 | 7 | Crime as a Mormon Culture Problem |
undated |
| 8 | 8 | Diagnosis of the Kroll Core Educational Needs and The Utah Co-operative Assoc. |
undated |
| 8 | 9 | Farm Versus Village Living in Utah (Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin numbers 249 and 269) |
undated |
| 8 | 10 | A Generation That Forgot (2 copies) Government Control of Industry in Massachusetts to 1776 |
undated |
| 8 | 11 | Group Integration as a Means of Extending U.C.A.'s Market The Importance of Standardization in County Welfare Work (The Relief Society
Magazine, Vol. |
June 1933 |
| 8 | 12 | Inspiration Institution Building in Utah, (Eighth Annual Faculty Research Lecture. Utah State Agricultural College |
April 29, 1949 |
| 8 | 13 | Institutional Effectiveness Intercommunity Consolidation For Better Cemetery Maintenance in Rural Utah |
undated |
| 8 | 14 | Libraries As Social Institutions (Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin no.393) Location of Utah's Natural Resources Long Range
Planning For the Utah Cooperative Association |
undated |
| 8 | 15 | Manufacturing in Utah Migration: A Problem of Youth In Utah (Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin 323) Modification of the Early
Utah Farm Village (In Yearbook of the association of Pacific Coast Geographers vol. 8. |
1942 |
| 8 | 16 | Natural Resources of Utah The Non-growing Villages of Cache: A Point to Consider |
undated |
| 8 | 17 | Olga and the Arspor Club On the Problems and Channels of Communication
|
undated |
| 8 | 18 | A People's Past can be Burden: A Fresh Look at An Old Problem (2 copies) A Plea For Balance in Culture Building |
undated |
| 8 | 19 | The Problem of Capital: Problems of Diagnosis and An Analysis of Treatment |
undated |
| 8 | 20 | The Relation of Parts in U.C.A.'s Growth Relationship As a Healing Art (Mental Health, Vol. 1 no. 4 Apr. 1 |
1934 |
| 8 | 21 | Retarding Economic Forces in Utah's Economy: a Brief Analysis
|
undated |
| 9 | 1 | Self Help Cooperation in Utah |
undated |
| 9 | 2 | The Service Case Should the Rural Counties of Utah Employ a Trained Social Worker? Social Conditions in the Delta Area, Utah (Utah
Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 288) |
undated |
| 9 | 3 | Social Forces Social Planning and Problems of Personal Adjustment (Mental Health, vol. 1, no. 2 Oct. 1938) Some First Things (Mental Health,
vol. 10 no. 4 |
April 1943 |
| 9 | 4 | Some Trends in Rural Lore of Interest to Social Worker (The Relief Society Magazine, vol. 19, no. 1 Jan. 1932) Strengthening Group Dynamics |
undated |
| 9 | 5 | Supply Agency for Fanta Cooperatives-U.C.A. (The Utah Co-operator, vol. 1 no.1 |
May 1946 |
| 9 | 6 | U.C.A. and Crude Oil The United Order Answers (The Improvement Era, vol. 35 no. 12, Oct, 1935) The United Order: It's Motive Power |
undated |
| 9 | 7 | Utah Communities: Village Housing |
undated |
| 9 | 8 | Utah's Population and U.C.A. |
undated |
| 9 | 9 | Value Systems and Institutions of Utah (Reprinted from Utah Academy Proceedings, vol. S6, 1959) War Time Problems Water For Utah and the
U.C.A. |
undated |
| 9 | 10 | What is Right With Utah (The Utah Co-operator, no. 1, nos. 3 & 4, 1946) What is Wrong With Utah (The Utah Co-operator, vol. 1 no. 5,
|
1946 |
B. WRITINGS OF J.A. GEDDES |
undated | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 9 | 11 | Poem to Wife and Misc. Thoughts |
undated |
C. ACCOMPLISHMENTS THROUGHOUT LIFE |
undated | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 9 | 12 | Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings |
undated |
| 9 | 13 | Biographical Data |
undated |
D. HONORS |
undated | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 9 | 14 | Lillywhite Distinguished Service Award |
undated |
E. PERSONAL REMEMBRANCES |
undated | ||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 9 | 15 | Memorabilia |
undated |
| 9 | 16 | Scrapbook |
undated |
| 9 | 17 | Oneida Academy Announcements |
1918-1919 |
| 9 | 18 | The Quiver, 1919 (Oneida Academy) |
undated |
| 9 | 19 | The Gayle Geddes Wark Family (Daughter?) |
undated |
MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE, undatedReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 10 | 1 | "A" Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 10 | 2 | Abrams, Milton, Correspondence |
undated |
| 10 | 3 | "B" Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 10 | 4 | Bergenson, F.G., Correspondence |
undated |
| 10 | 5 | "C" Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 10 | 6 | Chase, Daryl, Correspondence |
undated |
| 10 | 7 | "D" Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 10 | 8 | Dixon, H. A., Correspondence (Letter of Oct. 9, 1953 - a commentary on B.Y.U. as a threat to Utah State Agricultural College) |
undated |
| 10 | 9 | "E" Misc. Correspondence |
undated |
| 10 | 10 | "F" Misc. Correspondence |
undated |
| 10 | 11 | "G" Misc. Correspondence |
undated |
| 10 | 12 | "H" Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 10 | 13 | Harris, Franklin S., Correspondence |
1944-1947 |
| 10 | 14 | Harris, Franklin S., Correspondence |
1948-1950 |
| 10 | 15 | "I" Misc., Correspondence (Including correspondence from Thorpe B. Issacson, presiding Bishop of L.D.S. Church) |
undated |
| 10 | 16 | "J" Misc. ,Correspondence |
undated |
| 10 | 17 | "K"' Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 10 | 18 | "L" Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 10 | 19 | Lillywhite, Alden, Correspondence |
undated |
| 10 | 20 | Lyman, Amy Brown, Correspondence |
undated |
| 10 | 21 | "M" Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 10 | 22 | Merril, Milton R., Correspondence |
undated |
| 10 | 23 | Moses, Carrie B., Correspondence |
undated |
| 11 | 1 | "N" Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 11 | 2 | Nelson, Lowry, Correspondence |
undated |
| 11 | 3 | "O" Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 11 | 4 | "P" Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 11 | 5 | Peterson, Elmer G., Correspondence |
undated |
| 11 | 6 | "R" Misc., Correspondence (no correspondence under "Q") |
undated |
| 11 | 7 | Rampton, Calvin L., Correspondence |
undated |
| 11 | 8 | Relief Society, Correspondence |
undated |
| 11 | 9 | Robins, W.B., Correspondence |
undated |
| 11 | 10 | Robinson, H. B., Correspondence |
undated |
| 11 | 11 | "S" Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 11 | 12 | Skeen, D.A. Correspondence |
undated |
| 11 | 13 | Sparks, D.C., Correspondence |
undated |
| 11 | 14 | "T" Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 11 | 15 | "U" Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 11 | 16 | "V" Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 11 | 17 | Vallentine, Mildred A., Correspondence and Data |
undated |
| 11 | 18 | "W" Misc., Correspondence |
undated |
| 11 | 19 | West Roy A., Correspondence |
undated |
| 11 | 20 | "Y" Misc., Correspondence (No Correspondence. under "X" or "Z") |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Agriculture, Cooperative--Utah.
- Cooperative societies--Utah.
- Mormons--Utah--Archives.
Personal Names
- Geddes, Joseph A. (Joseph Arch), b. 1884.
Corporate Names
- Cache Valley Cooperative Association--Records and correspondence.
- Council on Social Work Education
- Utah Cooperative Association--Records and correspondence.
- Utah State Self-Help Cooperative Board--Records and correspondence.
- Utah State University--Faculty--Archives.
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2008
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