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Archive Catalog

The Hyrum City Museum manages several archival collections pertaining to the history of Hyrum and its citizens. Each collection has a separate finding guide to help patrons and researchers to access the materials. The museum’s collections, with links to the PDF collection guides, are listed bellow. If you have questions regarding the materials within the collections, or need help finding a resource, please email the museum curator, Courtney Cochley at ccochley@hyrumcity.com or call us during visiting hours at (435) 245-0208. The museum’s archival reading room is open by appointment.

Finding aids can be found here: http://hyrumcitymuseum.org/museum-archives/archive-catalog/

A summary of our archival collections is below.

The Hyrum City Museum Archive Collections:

The Gerald Byington Photograph Collection includes photographs of various people taken at photo studios throughout northern Utah, including Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Logan, Utah between 1900 and 1970.

The Lucille Byington Collection contains materials relating to Lucille’s mother, Mildred Unsworth Chambers, between 1920 and 1979. 

The Del Ray Campbell Photograph Collection consists of a photographs of the Sky View High School and South Cache High School football teams collected in the 1960s. 

The Family Histories of Hyrum Collection is a growing collection of manuscripts containing short family histories from family members in Hyrum. 

The Higher Education Pamphlet Collection includes class catalogs, reports from college presidents, bulletins, and yearbooks from Utah institutions. 

The Hyrum City Museum Miscellaneous Photograph Collection contains several matted photographs of various people and places in Hyrum from the late 19th century and early 20th century. Among this are pictures of notable Hyrum residents, sports teams, early automobiles, and several group photographs. 

The Ladies Magazine Collection includes several women’s magazines, such as Woman’s Home Companion; McCall’s; Modern Priscilla; Good House Keeping; and Better Homes and Gardens, all published between the years 1926 and 1997. 

The Miscellaneous LDS Church Periodicals Collection consists of various periodicals published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from the 1920s and 1950s. 

The South Cache Courier Collection includes several copies of the South Cache Courier from 1915 to 1949. 

The South Cache High School Yearbook Collection consists of several student publications from South Cache High School between 1915 and 1948. 

The Hyrum City Museum Miscellaneous Music Collection includes published and handwritten sheet music, musical booklets, and sheet music from magazine publications between 1904 and 1952. 

The Ted Kindred Archival Collection consists of photographs, letters, journals, and other written materials relating to the history of Hyrum and its settlers, as well as those of the greater Cache Valley and Utah areas. This collection is of particular interest to anyone doing family history in Hyrum, or anyone interested in the social, religious, geographical, economic, and business history of the area.