Brief Historical Comments on the Activities of the Dixie Educational Association & Endowments to Dixie College, 1961

This collection documents the Dixie Educational Association, a non-profit organization, and their efforts regarding Dixie Junior College and Dixie College in the various campus expansion projects they initiated and completed in the years 1939-1975.

The Dixie Educational Association Collection is arranged in three series.

The Correspondence Series contains correspondence between association committee members, legal counsel, and other entities in conducting association business from 1939 to 1975.

The Documents Series contains the legal documents including; the “Articles of Incorporation”, original and photocopy, dated 1946; Deeds, Titles, and Mortgages, dated 1948-1959; Death certificates dated 1949; an Agreement to Build dated 1953; "Brief Historical Comments on the Activites of the Dixie Educational Association & Endowments to Dixie Collge" approximately dated 1961; and “Resolution” with the City of St. George regarding college student dormitories dated 1966. They are arranged in chronological order.

The Meeting Minute Book Series contains an original ledger book documenting the meeting minutes 1946-1975 and photocopy of the meetings 1946-1965. They are arranged in chronological order. The meeting minutes document the names of the members on the committee and the various projects, and fundraisers they initiated and completed for Dixie Junior College and Dixie College. The Dixie Educational Association Committee started in 1933 with members: President B. Glen Smith, W. O. Bentley, W. W. McArthur, Orval Hafen and M. M. Bentley. Fundraising for the construction of the Dixiana Dormitory and Dixie College’s new campus were their most significant projects.