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Weber State University�SPECIAL COLLECTION�LIBRARY

  • A depository of valuable genealogy resources of Northern Utah

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What is Special Collections?

  • Special collections are library materials that are handled separately from regular library collections because of age, scarcity, market value, subject matter, condition, or physical format.

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  • Special collections contain more than rare books, manuscripts, and archives. It also includes maps, games, original works of art, realia (non book objects, such as furniture, weaponry, or locks of hair), textiles, audiovisual materials, and digital materials, many of which are acquired in tandem with books, archives, and manuscripts as part of a dedicated collection.

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Special Collections at Stewart Library

  • Started in 1971 after a book donation from Judge James Albert Howell

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Mission

  • The Special Collections department of the Stewart Library focuses on collecting materials that document Ogden, Weber and Davis Counties specifically and Northern Utah generally.

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  • Such materials include printed works, photographs, maps, ephemera, personal papers and organizational records. The department also acquires materials which help understand the history of Utah and those forces that have contributed to its development.

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Books

  • Several named book collections
    • Wheelwright- Mormon related works
    • Howell- Great Works
    • Andra- 19th and 20th Century poets
    • Shafter- Children’s books
    • Western- dime novels

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Special Collections

  • Yearbooks
    • Ogden High 1897-2013
    • Ben Lomond 1954-2001
    • Weber High 1928-1970
    • Junior Highs
      • Central
      • Wahlquist
      • Mount Ogden
      • Lewis

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Polk Directories

  • City Directories 1903-2017
    • Lists address and occupation
    • Tells when someone dies or moves out of town

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Local History

  • Histories of local cities and counties
  • Ward and church histories
  • Family/Personal biographies

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Manuscripts

Materials written by hand such as journals, letters, invoices and even grocery lists

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Manuscripts

  • Over 470 collections
  • Collection registers online: archivesspace.weber.edu

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1917 Almira Rich Diary

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Political Collections

  • Elizabeth Vance
  • Olene Walker

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Family Collections

  • Kerr Family
  • Dee Family

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Businesses

Hinckley Dodge

Becker Brewery

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Women’s Clubs

Junior League of Ogden

Polio Emergency Volunteers

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Women’s Clubs

Child Culture Club

Daughters of Utah Pioneers

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World War I Service Cards

  • Includes information like: name, residence, branch of service, date of entrance and discharge, remarks such as wounded or KIA

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Dee Marriage Register

  • Marriages performed in Weber County from October 13, 1883 to August 28, 1890

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Ogden City Cemetery

  • 1905-1907

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Weber County Records

  • Marriage License Records 1933-1959

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Newly Acquired Collections

  • History on Uintah City
  • Tillotson Family
  • Daughters of Utah Pioneers
  • Ladies Literary Club of Ogden
  • Harris-Hite Family
  • Ogden Standard Examiner Photo Morgue
  • Red Cross of Northern Utah

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Photograph Collections

Over 200 collections

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Chamber of Commerce Collection

Ogden and Weber County from 1890s to 1970s

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Weber County Assessor’s photographs

Buildings by street, 1920s and 1970s

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Charles Maccarthy Collection

Collection of glass plate negatives of a local amateur photographer

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Oral Histories

  • Collect people’s life stories and memories about a certain event or time.

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Prisoners of War

2007 Project

15 interviews with people who worked with the POWs, guards, and 3 widows

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Dee School of Nursing

About 50 interviews

From graduating classes of 1932-1955

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St. Benedict’s School of Nursing

50 interviews in 2010

From 1946-1968

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Business at the Crossroads

Conducted interviews about the downtown Ogden area after World War II.

Collected 52 interviews

Large event in April 2014 combined with photographs taken by photography students

Hotel Ogden, 179 25th

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Immigrants at the Crossroads

Project documenting the immigration of Japanese, Chinese, Greek, Dutch and Italians to Ogden.

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WWII in Northern Utah

Project documenting the impact of WWII in Northern Utah. Examining both the home front and war front.

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Digital Collections

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Digital Collections

  • Six different digital collections
    • Ogden Community
    • Dee Family
    • David Eccles
    • Utah Construction
    • Weber State University
    • World Wars and Weber County

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    • Web site: http://dc.weber.edu/

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Contact Us

  • Sarah Singh, Associate Curator of Special Collections
    • 801-626-6540
    • ssingh@weber.edu
    • Website http://library.weber.edu/asc/speccoll/default.cfm
    • Find us on Facebook: Stewart Library Special Collections
  • Hours:
    • Monday-Friday 9:00-5:30, Saturday: By Appointment Only
    • Open to the public

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Special Collection�Presentation

Sarah Singh,

Associate Curator of Special Collections,

will present a 45 minutes class at the

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Ogden Family History Conference

September 9, 2017

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in the Special Collections Library.

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