Record Details
Oliver Larsen Peterson Diaries (1895-1951), Box 2
USU Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Oliver Larsen Peterson Diaries (1895-1951), Box 2 |
| Description | This is Box 2 of a 6-box collection of diaries written over the course of 56 years (1895-1951) by a farmer in Petersboro, Utah. Box 2 covers the period 1905-1910 and is organized into 8 folders: Folder 1: Vol. 10, 1905 (bound vol. 7.75 x 12.25 inches) Folder 2: Vol. 11, 1906 (bound vol. 8 x 12.75 inches) Folder 3: Vol. 12, 1907 (bound vol. 7.75 x 12.75 inches) Folder 4: Vol. 13, 1908 (bound vol. 8.25 x 12.75 inches) Folder 5: Vol. 13, loose papers (8.5 x 11 inches) Folder 6: Vol. 14-A, 1909... Oliver Larsen Peterson was born in Logan, Utah in 1879 to Mary and Peter Peterson. Oliver, or O. L. as he was known, and his twin brother Edward were the first two of seven children. Shortly after birth of the twins, the family moved from Logan to their dry farm in Petersboro, Utah. Established by their father between 1875 and 1878, this was a large dry farm and cattle ranch located on the west side of Cache Valley directly north of Mendon, Utah. Here O. L., an astute observer as his diaries... |
| Creator | Peterson, Oliver Larsen, 1879-1955 |
| Coverage | Petersboro, Cache County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5779635/ ; Cache Valley, Cache County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5772316/ ; Cache County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5772317/ ; Franklin County, Idaho, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5593547/ ; 1900-1909; 1910-1919; 20th century; |
| Subject | Peterson family--History--Diaries; Peterson, Oliver Larsen, 1879-1955--Diaries; Farmers--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Diaries; Agriculture--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History; Agricultural machinery--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History; Dry farming--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History; Family farms--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History; Livestock--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History; Threshing--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History; Natural history--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History; Tramps--Utah--Petersboro--History; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Climate--History |
| Format | Diaries; Manuscripts image/jpeg; |
| Source | Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Historical Photoboards Collection. Oliver L. Peterson diaries, 1895-1951. COLL MSS 101, Box 1, 3-6 |
| Relation | Oliver L. Peterson diaries, 1895-1951. COLL MSS 101. Utah State University, Special Collections and Archives, Logan, Utah. http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv49771 Oliver L. Peterson diaries, 1895-1951. COLL MSS 101, Box 1, 3-6 Bear River Watershed Historical Bibliography / compiled by Utah State University Library, Special Collections and Archives, 2005 |
| Publisher | Digitized by: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library |
| Type | Text; |
| Rights | Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Libraries manuscripts curator, phone (435) 797-0891. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives |
| Date | 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910 |
| Identifier | http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Bear/id/13562 |
