Branch Normal School Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: Ph-02

Staff Only

Scope and Content

This collection consists of photographs related to the Branch Normal School, located in Cedar City, Utah.

Dates

Creation: 1897 - 1913

Use

Unrestricted access. Digitial surrogates are available online. Physical omages are free to use onsite during business hours.

Use

The Branch Normal School Photograph 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.

Institutional History

The Branch Normal School (BNS) was established in 1897 in Cedar City, Utah. Originally built as a training school of educators, the Branch Normal School was designed as an extension school for the University of Utah. It then grew from a small rural training school to the only State Sponsored school in Southern Utah. BNS continued to grow. Within the first fifteen years the student body had grown substantially and in 1913, BNS changed from a Normal School, to a Branch Agricultural College (BAC).

Extent

3.33 Linear Feet : 8 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection is organized into fifteen series, each based on the subject/event contained within the photo. The following series are:

I. Athletics (AC) II. Agriculture (AG) III. Building Exteriors (BE) IV. Building Interiors (BI) V. Campus Views (CV VI. Chapel (CH) VII. Classroom Groups (CG) VIII. Drama (DR) IX. Faculty (FA) X. Founders (FF) XI. Library (LI) XII. Music (MU) XIII. Proseliting/Recruitment (PR) XIV. Sports (SP) XV. Student Groups (SG)

Each photo has been assigned a number pertaining to it's series. They will be identified on the folder level descriptions.

Accession Information

This artifical collection was created before 2010 by Special Collections Staff. As manuscript collections were donated, photographs relating to BNS were removed and put into this collection. Where possible, items will are intellectually through the corresponding manuscript collections.

Related Materials

For related materials see: AR70: Branch Normal School Collection

Processing Information

This collection was officially processed by Special Collections Staff in 2025 as part of a Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board grant.

Items were removed from vertical file cabinets and placed in archivally save boxes. Previous arrangement schema and filenaming conventions were retained.