The Crookston collection spans four generations, beginning with Robert Crookston and ending with Burns Ballantyne Crookston, his great-grandson. The majority of the collection consists of the records of Nicholas Welch Crookston, including correspondence (1917-1927); personal papers (1886-1932); scrapbooks, diaries and memoranda (1857-1930); an autobiography concerning his activities as Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Bishop of the Greenville Ward; Crookston family genealogy; and papers concerning a business deal with the Boston Land Company and Frederick Steigmeyer in Huron, Calif. (1917-1918) to develop the desert in the San Joaquin Valley.
Also includes Alice Melvina Rice Crookston correspondence (1897-1918) and personal papers (1892-1925); Nicholas Oscar Crookston correspondence (1917-1927), personal papers, and diaries (1905-1919), including one recording his daily activities as a soldier in WWI (1918); Spencer Cleveland Crookston correspondence (1917-1918); Newell James Crookston writings (1890-1976) including his autobiography and North Logan community history;
Burns Ballantyne Crookton writings (1960-1976); and
Robert Crookston autobiography (ca. 1910).
Nicholas Welch Crookston was a sheriff of Cache County from 1883-1890 and 1908-1913, and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Bishop of Greenville ward (North Logan) from 1891 to 1911.
Nicholas Welch Crookston
Fd. 1 Letters to miscellaneous: (3 items)
Fd. 2 Letters to Alice Melvina Rice Crookston: (4 items)
Fd. 3 Letters to Nicholas Oscar Crookston: (10 items)
Fd. 4,5 Letters from miscellaneous: (35 items)
Alice Melvina Rice Crookston
Fd. 6 Letters to Nicholas Welch Crookston: (21 items)
Fd. 7,8,9 Letters from miscellaneous: (39 items )
Nicholas Oscar Crookston
Fd.10 Letters to miscellaneous: (4 items)
Fd. 11 Letters to Nicholas Welch Crookston (16 items)
Fd. 12 Letters to Alice Melvina Rice Crookston: (23 items)
Fd. 13 Letters from miscellaneous: (4 items)
Spencer Cleveland Crookston
Fd. 14 Letters to miscellaneous: (2 items)
Fd. 15 Letters to miscellaneous: (2 items)
Boston Land Company
Fd. 16 Letters to Frederick Steigmeyer from N.W.C.: (5 items)
Fd. 17 Letters from Frederick Steigmeyer to N.W.C.: (21 items)
Box # 2 NICHOLAS WELCH CROOKSTON - PERSONAL PAPERS
Fd. 1 The autobiography of Nicholas Welch Crookston --compiled by Lucille C. Peterson
Fd. 2 Writings on family history
Fd. 3 The hanging of Charley Benson --compiled by Lucille C. Peterson
Fd. 4 The attempt to burn the Presbyterian Church
Fd. 5 Meeting House Accounts - Greenville Ward 1903-104
Fd. 6 Tithing list - 1904, Greenville Ward Misc. disbursements and memoranda, 1910
Fd 7 Presiding Bishop's office to N.W.C. as Bishop of Greenville Ward
Fd. 8 Legal papers of Greenville Ward; Directives from ist presidency
Fd. 9 Attendance data and leadership positions, Greenvillle Ward, 1904-07
Fd. 10 Bishop accounts, etc. for construction of Greenville Ward meeting-house, 1904-06
Fd 11 Receiptsand invoices, reconstruction of Greenville Ward meeting-house
Fd. 12 Receipts for contributions to build Greenville Ward meeting-house, 1904-06
Fd. 13 Land records and grazing permits
Fd. 14 Personal memorabilia and membership cards
Fd. 15 Receipts, N.W.C. -personal, 1888-1931
Fd 16 Personal financial records, 1902-24
Fd 17 Receipts, N.W.C. - tithing and church, 1892-30
Fd. 18 Receipts, Crookston family- tithing, 1901-14
Fd 19 Temple Ordinance work, 1903-1904
Fd. 20 Crookston family geneaology includes autobiography of Robert Crookston
Fd. 21 Fish and game commissioner
Fd. 22 Miscellaneous sheriff's papers Telegrams, orders, correspondence, seized papers
Fd 23 Commissions as sheriff
Fd. 24 J.J. Fry vs John C. Greaves and T.W. R. Nelson
Fd. 25 John Nelson vs John C. Greaves and T.W.R. Nelson
Fd. 26 Scowcroft vs Isabella Peacock
Fd. 27 Burial of Louisa Delmar Robinson, Oct. 10, 1886
Fd. 28 Flower cards from N.W.C. Funeral, June 7, 1932
Fd. 29 Probate of estate, N.W.C.
Fd. 26 Scowcroft vs Isabella Peacock
Fd. 27 Burial of Louisa Delmar Robinson, Oct. 10, 1886
Fd. 28 Flower cards from N.W.C. Funeral, June 7, 1932
Fd. 29 Probate of estate, N.W.C.
BOX #3: SCRAPBOOK AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS OF N.W.C.
Fd.1: Scrapbook of N.W.C., 1906-1930
Fd. 2: Assorted newspaper clippings, 1906-1930
Box # 4 DIARIES AND MEMORANDA OF N.W. CROOKSTON
1. Personal history, 1857-1912
2. Memoranda, Jan. 7, 1885-June 20, 1885
3. Memoranda, 1888-0ct. 1889
4. Memoranda, 1892; March 4, 1894- Feb. 21, 1895
5. Memoranda, Feb. 22, 1895- Jan. 1, 1896
6. Memoranda, 1896-1897
7. Memoranda, July 25, 1897- Aug. 1898
8. Memoranda, July 10, 1903- 1906
9. Memoranda, 1905
10. Memoranda, 1906
11. Daybook, 1906
12 Diary, 1912
13. Diary, 1913
14. Memoranda, 1914 - Aug. 1915
15. Diary, 1916
16. Diary, 1917 (Boston Land Company - Huron, CA.)
17. Daybook, Jan. 1, 1918- July 6, 1918
18. Financial accounts, 1925-29
19. Diary, 1929
20. Diary, 1930
Box # 5 ALICE MELVINA RICE CROOKSTON - PERSONAL PAPERS
Fd. 1 Receipts, A.R.C. - miscellaneous,1892-20
Fd. 2 A.R.C. - miscellaneous personal papers
Fd. 3 Probate of Oscar North Rice estate
Fd. 4 Flower cards from A.R.C. Funeral, Feb. 7, 1925
Fd. 5 Probate of A.R.C. estate
BOX #6: NICHOLAS OSCAR CROOKSTON -- PERSONAL PAPERS & DIARIES
Bk. 1 Diary, Jan. 27, 1901 - Oct. 14, 1905
Bk. 2 Diary, 1918 (Daily activities as soldier-WWI)
Bk. 3 Memorandum, 1917- 1918
Bk. 4 Memorandum, 1927
Fd. 1 N.O.C. as Sergeant, U.S. Army - Passenger & Equipment lists
Fd.2 Membership and identification cards
Fd.3 Discharge and appreciation papers, 1919
Box # 7 NEWELL JAMES CROOKSTON - WRITINGS
- Autobiographical sketches and writings of Newell James Crookston - 1 copy
- Old Ephraim, by Newell James Crookston (Located in stacks: 979.2524 C882)
- Oral history: Farm life in North Logan, (1890-1976)
Fd. 1 Notes on Nicholas W. Crookston, by N.J.C.
Fd. 2 Oral history transcription: From life in North Logan, 1890-1976
Fd. 3 Incidents & Events in the lives of the citizens of North Logan - 2 copies
Fd. 4 This is my. life, by N.J.C., 1890-1976 - 2 copies
Box # 8 BURNS BALLANTYNE CROOKSTON - PERSONAL PAPERS
Fd. 1 Burns B. Crookston memorial
Fd. 2 Biographical information
Fd. 3 Correspondence: April 1965; April 1976
Fd. 4 Evaluation the pre-school orientation program, April 1960, Academic performance of
fraternity pledges, June 1960
Fd. 5 Developing physical facilities for student personnel services, April 4, 1961; Face in the
crowd, 1961
Fd. 5 Selectivity as a factor in Fraternity Scholastic Achievement December 1961; National vs.
Local Autonomy: problems for administration, 1964
Fd. 7 A study of attitudes concerning university relationships with students, Oct. 1966
Fd. 8 Implications of drug usage for higher education, July 1968
Fd.9 Coping with campus disruption, June 1969
Fd.10 An organizational model for student development, Oct. 1970; third party mediation in
campus disputes, Dec. 1970
Fd. 11 Professionalism and professional style in student personnel work, Nov. 1971; A
developmental view of academic advising as teaching, Jan. 1972
Fd.12 Education for human development, Jan. 1973
Fd.13 The higher callings of democracy: An essay on changing American values, Jan. 1973; the
nomendature dilemma: titles of senior student officers at NASPA Institutions, 1973
Fd. 14 Administration of student affairs at community colleges as compared with
urban--commuter institutions, Feb. 1974
Fd. 15 Student development and involvement in governance March 1974- 2 copies
Fd. 16 A study of student affairs: the principal student affairs officer, the functions, the
organization at American colleges and universities 1967-1972, April 1974
Fd. 17 Human development and the democratic community, Nov. 1974
Fd. 18 The intentional democratic community: an early appraisal, Mar. 1975; Milieu
management: an emerging key role of the principal student affairs officer, April 1975
Fd. 19 Student personnel--all hail and farewell!, Feb. 1975; the student franchise: economy as an
ally of student development, Feb. 1975
Box # 9 ROBERT CROOKSTON, 1821-1916, AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Fd.1 Autobiography of Robert Crookston (typed copy)
Fd.2 Autobiography of Robert Crookston (Photocopy of original)
Fd. 3 Autobiography of Robert Crookston (original document)