Arthur K. Hafen Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection includes twenty-seven historical photographs from St. George and Washington County and two items written by Hafen. His other publications are accessible from the catalog of the SUU library.
Dates
- Creation: 1895-1961
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted access.
Use:
The Arthur K. Hafen Collection is the physical property of the Gerald R. Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the library for information regarding specific use of this collection.
Biographical / Historical
Arthur Knight Hafen was born January 14, 1888, in Santa Clara, Washington County, Utah, to John and Lenora Knight Hafen.
He completed three years of the Normal course and was graduated from the Branch Normal School (BNS) in Cedar City, Utah in 1907. He attended Brigham Young University in 1907-08 to obtain his four-year Normal certificate, and later received his A. B. degree in 1912 and his M.A. degree in 1926 from there. He married Orilla Woods on September 11, 1912 in St. George.
He was a teacher for over 40 years and spent most of them at Dixie College where he headed the English and Modern Languages Department and was director of the Division of Humanities. He was a correspondent for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City and author of several publications on the history of St. George and biographical sketches of the community's pioneers. His publications include Dixie Folklore and Pioneer Memories, Devoted Empire Builders (Pioneers of St. George), Beneath Vermillion Cliffs (Historic St. George), and A Biographical Sketch of John G. Hafen. He served as historian for the Dixie Mission Chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers. He died on November 15, 1971
Full Extent
.2 Linear Feet : 1 box
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Collection is arranged in the following series: I. Photographs II. Publications.
Processing Information
This finding aid was created by the Special Collections Staff, Gerald R. Sherratt Library. If print, oversize or other materials have been removed to be stored separately it will be noted.
This collection was reprocessed by Special Collections Staff in 2024.
- Title
- Arthur K. Hafen Collection
- Author
- Special Collections Staff
- Date
- 2024
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives Repository