Exhibits (7 total)
Featured
Exploring the West in the Golden Age of Photography
“Exploring the West in the Golden Age of Photography” discusses American Western photography from roughly 1860 to 1880 and encourages educators to utilize these amazing primary sources for ins...
The Usambara Project: Landscapes of Continuity and Change in the West Usambara Mountains, c. 1910
"The Usambara Project: Landscapes of Continuity and Change in the West Usambara Mountains, c. 1910" exhibit forms part of the Usambara Landscape History Project, which aims to document the history o...
Other Featured of Note
There are no future exhibits planned at this time
USU Exhibits
Concatenation
Concatenation: Work by Faculty and Alumni from the Department of Art + Design was the first exhibition on display in the newly renovated Tippetts & Eccles Galleries. The purpose of this exhibit was to showcase the diversity of disciplines ...
Memento Mori: The Art of Death and Mourning
Memento mori, “remember that you will die,” expresses the inevitability of death. No matter how good of a life you lead, nor how famous or rich you become, death always awaits. With the dawn of Christianity in the West, the symbol of deat...
Regreening of Cache Valley
Cache Valley was settled by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) pioneers in the early 1860s. When they arrived in the area, they found rich soil, clear running streams, wild game, and abundant lumber and gr...
Extension, Enterprise, and Education: The Legacy of Co-operatives and Cooperation in Utah
Co-operatives (alternately written as cooperatives) are voluntary associations jointly owned and operated for the benefit of those using their services. While the cooperative movement was a worldwide phenomenon in the 1800s, it was particularly str...
Graveyard of Dreams: The Story of Aurora and Rhyolite
The following exhibit tells the story of Aurora and Rhyolite, both gold and silver mining towns that became ghost towns in Nevada. This exhibit uses images from the Death Valley region photographs, 1905–1925 found in the Utah State University Mer...
Student Exhibits
ENGL 4360, Spring 2017: Studies in Film
Welcome to Childhood, Identity, and Coming of Age in Film! This exhibition was created by students in Dr. Mattie Burkert's spring 2017 Studies in Film course at Utah State University.
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Credits:
Maddie A...
ENGL 4750/6750, Summer 2015: Voices: Eritrean Refugees in Cache Valley, Utah
Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley
In May 2015, Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives, Folklore Program, and The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress with help from the Eritrean community hosted a Field ...
ENGL 6330, Spring 2018: Haunted by History: The Deep Eighteenth Century
What is the “deep eighteenth century?” It’s a term coined by theater historian Joseph Roach to describe how our twenty-first-century world remains shaped by events, ideas, and forces set in motion three centuries ago. It’s also an invitatio...
ENGL 6750, Summer 2015: Voices: Burmese Muslims in Cache Valley, Utah
Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley
In May 2015, Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives, Folklore Program, and The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress with help from the Burmese Muslim community...
ENGL 6750, Summer 2015: Voices: Karen Refugees in Cache Valley, Utah
In May 2015, Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives, Folklore Program, and The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress with help from the Karen community hosted a Field School for Cultural Documen...
ENGL 6750, Summer 2017: Jackson Hole Dude Ranching Tradition: Triangle X Ranch
Jackson Hole Dude Ranching Tradition: Triangle X
Credits:
Kylie Schroeder, Curator
Randy Williams, Content contributor and editor, exhibit editor
Lisa Gabbert, Content contributor and editor
Andrea Graham, Content contributor
Alison Gardner, ...
Every Step a Novel
"We appreciate we’re part of this community. And the same thing, you know the pilgrims who came to this country, who escaped religious persecution, or wanted to have something better for their lives, that’s the same thing that we wanted. And, w...
HIST 3250, Fall 2017: History of Renaissance Europe
Renaissance in Europe saw a rapid increase in the study of the human body, natural sciences and astronomy. This exhibit looks at primary sources from the period of the Renaissance and afterward showing how that period looked back to ancient sources...
HIST 3250, Spring 2015: The Renaissance in Europe
In the 2015 spring semester, students in the History of Renaissance Europe class (HIST 3250) undertook a non-traditional research project to use archival materials to create their own digital exhibits. These exhibits showcase unique Renaissance-era...
HIST 3770, Spring 2016: Nuclear West
The Cold War marked a time of concern for, and intense focus on, America’s relationship to nuclear topics. This exhibit, curated by the students of the Spring 2016 History 3770 class, and overseen by Dr. Victoria Grieve, focuses on issues rel...
HIST 3770, Spring 2017: Post World War II Domesticity
In the decades after World War II, Americans focused on their homes and families as never before. Marriage and birth rates -- across race and class lines -- rose to a 20th century high. Everything from popular culture, leisure activities, marital a...
HIST 3770, Spring 2018: Social Movements of Postwar America
Often summed up with reference to “the Sixties,” the social movements of postwar America usually began much earlier, and many persist today. By taking a more local look at national movements like feminism, civil rights, and the battle over publ...
HIST 6020, Spring 2020: Claiming Spaces
In 1890, fourteen-year-old Vendla Berntson became the first student and first woman to register for classes at the newly created Agricultural College of Utah (later Utah State University).[1] In the 1890s, few women enrolled in college. It wa...
HONR Think Tank, Spring 2016: Food in Cache Valley
These exhibits were created by students in a three-part Honors “Think Tank” offering that explored the themes of agriculture, food, and land through science and social sciences. Students enrolled in one of three sections—Engineeri...
In Search of America: One Barbershop at a Time
This exhibit shows the highlights of a personal odyssey exploring Main Street Barbershops across America. It also confirms the concept that the Main Street Barbershop is an important mainstay, a perpetual community connecting point, a desired...
SPAN 3040, Fall 2015: Adventures in Spanish Poetry and Grammar
In Fall 2015, Joshua Thoms offered an Advanced Spanish Grammar course which required a research project. The goals of the group project were for students to: familiarize themselves with a Spanish literary genre; analyze text(s); interview an author...