Collection largely comprised of materials on the history of Presbyterian, Methodist, Episcopal, and Congregationalist Churches in Cache County, Utah, and Franklin County, Idaho, and the mission schools established by these denominations in Cache Valley. Data on the Protestant movement of the 1870's to 1890's directed toward conversion of the Mormons in Utah and southeastern Idaho, short histories done on various private and public schools and on various congregations in the two counties, and the minutes of the Cache Valley Centennial Commission, 1955 - 1956, are also included.
Some of the materials in the collection are reproductions and include: typescript notes, transcriptions from books, periodicals, manuscript collections and personal interviews. The handwritten correspondence to Dr. Brite is concerned with the schools and churches in Cache Valley.
Also included in this collection are personal files of Dr. Brite. They include notes from classes he attended as a student, papers written as a student, materials used in classes he taught, outlines for lectures he gave, scholarly papers he wrote, and a manuscript for an unpublished work he wrote entitled "Scientific and Technological Forces in Modern World History". These are organized topically and then alphabetically. The collection also includes information he collected about the University of Miami, the Utah Academy, and newspapers he saved about the major events of World War II.
Biographical Sketch:
J. Duncan Brite was born March 4, 1901. He graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1922 and went on to be a fellow and research assistant at the University of Chicago where he earned a Master’s degree in American history and a Doctorate in European history. He taught at Kansas State College, Ohio State University, Penn State University, and Oxford University, among others. Brite was a professor of history at Utah State University from 1933 until his retirement in 1971. He was head of the Utah State History Department from 1964-1966. He won various awards and honors and was active in many different groups, including the Cache Valley Historical Society and the American Historical Association. He moved to California in 1982, where he died on July 8, 1985 at the age of 84.
Index:
Box 1: Cache Valley Historical Society History Of A Valley Committee Bibliography Cards For Cache Schools And Churches
Fd 1: Letter from A. J. Simmonds to Dr. BriteJuly 7, 1970
Fd 2: Cache Valley Historical Society, 1961
Fd 3: Cache Valley Historical Society, 1962
Fd 4: Cache Valley Historical Society, 1963
Fd 5: Cache Valley Historical Society, 1964
Fd 6: Cache Valley Historical Society, 1965
Fd 7: Cache Valley Historical Society, 1966
Fd 8: Cache Valley Historical Society, 1967
Fd 9: Cache Valley Historical Society, 1968
Fd 10: Cache Valley Historical Society, 1969
Fd 11: Cache Valley Historical Society, 1970
Fd 12: Cache Valley Historical Society, 1971
Fd 13: Cache Valley Historical Society:Constitution and by-laws
Fd 14: Cache Valley Historical Society: Materials dealing with writing History of a Valley
Fd 15: Utah State Historical Society
Fd 16: Cache Valley Centennial Commission Letterhead and envelopes
Fd 17: Bibliography cards for Cache schools and churches
Box 2: Drafts And Corrected Galley Proofs Chapters Twelve And Thirteen Of History Of A Valley
Fd 1: History of a Valley: notes and first drafts, chapters twelve and thirteen
Fd 2: History of a Valley: galley proofs, chapter twelve: non-Mormon schools and churches
Fd 3: History of a Valley: final draft, chapter twelve: non-Mormon schoolsand churches
Fd 4: History of a Valley: final draft, chapter twelve: non-Mormon schools and churches
Fd 5: History of a Valley: rough draft, chapter thirteen: public schools
Fd 6: History of a Valley: final draft, chapter thirteen: public schools
Fd 7: History of a Valley: final draft, chapter thirteen: public schools
Fd 8: History of a Valley: galley proofs, chapter thirteen: public schools
Box 3: Correspondence And Notes: Protestant And Catholic Schools And Churches In Cache Valley
Fd 1: Methodist
Fd 2: Methodist Church: Notes and manuscripts
Fd 3: Addresses and correspondence
Fd 4: Baptist
Fd 5: Catholic
Fd 6: Christian Science
Fd 7: Congregational
Fd 8: Presbyterian (1)
Fd 9: Presbyterian (2)
Fd 10: Seventh-day Adventist Church
Fd 11: Unitarian Church
Fd 12: Franklin Riter
Fd 13: Public schools
Fd 14: Miscellaneous
Fd 15: Congregational Church: notes and manuscripts
Fd 16: Catholic Church: notes and manuscripts
Fd 17: Episcopal
Fd 18: General Protestant churches
Fd 19: "Trenton", by C. G. Wood
Fd 20: Franklin, Idaho: notes and manuscripts
Fd 21: Oxford, Idaho: notes and manuscripts
Fd 22: Various sects
Box 4: Presbyterian Schools And Churches In Cache Valley See also: Correspondence concerning Presbyterians in Box III
Fd 1: History of the Presbyterian churches and schools in Cache Valley
Fd 2: Logan Presbyterian, 1878 - 1926
Fd 3: Logan Presbyterian, 1926
Fd 4: Logan Presbyterian: drafts
Fd 5: Presbyterians in Cache Valley exclusive of Logan
Fd 6: Interviews and Transcriptions
Fd 7: Transcriptions of Documents: Presbyterian
Fd 8: Miscellaneous notes: Utah and Logan Presbyterian Churches (includes work at Corinne)
Fd 9: Presbyterian colleges and academies
Fd 10: Logan (New Jersey) academy
Fd 11: Presbyterian mission schools (1)
Fd 12: Presbyterian mission schools (2)
Fd 13: Presbyterian mission schools (3)
Box 5: Correspondence And Notes: Public Schools In Cache Valley Including Some Newspaper Transcriptions Dealing With Protestant Schools
Fd 1: Public schools: Cache County (1)
Fd 2: Public schools: Cache County (2)
Fd 3: Public schools: Cache County (3)
Fd 4: Public schools: Cache County (4)
Fd 5: Public schools: Cache County, rough drafts
Fd 6: Public schools: Cache County, annual reports and notes
Fd 7: Public schools: Logan City
Fd 8: Public schools: miscellaneous, Includes Cache Valley and Utah
Fd 9: Public schools: Franklin County, Idaho
Fd 10: L. D. S. Church: Brigham Young College, Oneida Academy seminaries and institutions
Box 6: Lecture Notes and Papers as a Student
Fd 1: Lecture Notes: Constitutional History of the United States 1830-1924.
Fd 2: Lecture Notes: Constitutional History of the United States 1830-1924 (continued).
Fd 3: Lecture Notes: The End of the Middle Ages 1250-1500.
Fd 4: Lecture Notes: Europe and the Near East in the Middle Ages: The Crusades 300 AD – 1453 AD.
Fd 5: Lecture Notes: Medieval Institutions.
Fd 6: Lecture Notes: History 1453-1789.
Fd 7: Paper: The Catilinarian Conspiracy.
Fd 8: Paper: The Methodology of Montesquieu
Box 7: Materials from Classes Taught
Fd 1: 1956 Course Outlines.
Fd 2: Class Materials: Europe 1919-1933.
Fd 3: Class Materials: The French Revolution and Napoleon.
Fd 4: Class Materials: The French Revolution and Napoleon (cont.).
Fd 5: Class Materials: The French Revolution and Napoleon (cont.).
Box 8: Material from Classes Taught
Fd 1: Class Materials: Greece.
Fd 2: Class Materials: Greece (cont.).
Fd 3: Class Materials: Roman History.
Fd 4: Class Materials: The Late Roman Republic.
Fd 5: Class Materials: Quotation identification test and key.
Box 9: Material from Classes Taught, Lecture Outlines, Scholarly Papers
Fd 1: Class Materials: Learned Societies.
Fd 2: Class Materials: Learned Societies (cont.).
Fd 3: Lectures: History Outlines.
Fd 4: Lecture Outline: The Development of Communication and Trade 1250-1500.
Fd 5: Lecture Outline: Hellenic History and Civilization 3400 BC-146 AD.
Fd 6: Lecture Outlines: The Separation of Church and State; Contributions of History to Democratic Citizenship; Perspectives in History; The Emergence of the National State.
Fd 7: Papers: The Causes of Emigration from Hesse-Cassel and Other Rhineland States 1723-1823; The Restriction of Emigration by Hesse-Cassel and Other Rhineland States During the Eighteenth Century, 1713-1789; The “Palatine” Emigration to America in 1709 from Nassau-Dillenburg Lands; The Causes of Emigration from Hesse-Cassel and Other Rhineland States, 1723-1828; The Regulation and Attempted Control of Emigrants and the Emigration Stream by Hesse-Cassel, 1750-1820; Emigration from Nassau-Dillenburg to the United States, 1789-1806; The Emigration from the Grand Duchy of Baden to the United States in 1816-1817; The Backwash of Emigration to America: A Study of Emigrants Returning to the Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, in 1817 After Having Been Granted Permission to Emigrate to America.
Fd 8: Paper: The Near-Eastern Question, 1724-1970.
Fd 9: Paper: The Rise of Parliament in England and the Failure of Parliamentary Assemblies in France, Russia and Sweden, 1200-1700.
Fd 10: Paper Notes: Turkey (Islam) as a World Power.
Fd 11: Paper: What History Teaches an Historian.
Box 10: "Scientific and Technological Forces in Modern World History" Manuscript, Information on Miami University and the Utah Academy, Newspapers from the Major Events of World War II
Fd 1: Book Manuscript: Scientific and Technological Forces in Modern World History. Preface (ch.1), Introduction(ch.2), Table of Contents.
Fd 2: Book Manuscript: Chapter 3: Scientific and Technological Revolution to 1900.
Fd 3: Book Manuscript: Chapter 4: Science Since 1900.
Fd 4: Book Manuscript: Chapter 5: Geometrical Impact of Science and Technology.
Fd 5: Book Manuscript: Chapter 6: Economic Revolutions Reconsidered.
Fd 6: Book Manuscript: Chapter 7: The Transportation Revolution.
Fd 7: Book Manuscript: Chapter 8: Communication Revolution.
Fd 8: Book Manuscript: Chapter 9: The World Industrial Revolution in the 20th Century.
Fd 9: Book Manuscript: Chapter 10: Modern Capitalism and Modern Communism.
Fd 10: Book Manuscript: Chapter 11: Some Thoughts on Winning at Waterloo and Other Places.
Fd 11: Book Manuscript: Chapter 12: A World Without Boundaries?
Fd 12: Book Manuscript: Chapter 13: Interdependency: a World Without Borders?
Fd 13: Miami University Information
Fd 14: Utah Academy Information
Fd 15: Newspapers: World War II
For more information: 435/797-2663; Manuscript Librarian.
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