Dixie State University yearbooks

Collection

Identifier: UA-009

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains two series. The printed yearbooks of Dixie State University from 1913-2000 and the 2001 video yearbook comprise the first series. The second series contains the advertisements and contracts that went into printing the yearbooks between 1983 and 1995.

The published yearbooks evolved along with the school. The first yearbooks are small, but often contain quotes from individual students and faculty. Since the student body was very small when Dixie Academy first started, the student body collectively prepared the first several yearbooks. The later years focus more on groups and events, as not all students were photographed for the yearbooks. These yearbooks cover 1913 to 2001 with a few years missing that were published as a paper commencement issue.

In the years 1917-1938, the yearbooks alternated between hardback and paper commencement publication possibly as a cost savings during the depression. The 1926 and 1930 yearbooks are published as a hardback and paper issue. The paper editions titled "Dixie Owl Commencement" include the years 1917 and 1922. The paper editions titled "Dixie News Commencement" include the years 1922, 1926, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1936 and 1937. They are published as The Dixie Owl Commencement and The Dixie News Commencement and took place of the yearbooks. They are currently stored in the Dixie Owl Collection and Dixie News Collection. They are cross listed for ease of access.

In general the yearbooks cover the history and growth of the school from its beginnings as the Dixie Stake Academy to its evolution as the Dixie State College of Utah. The students, clubs, events, sports teams, and sports clubs are represented in the yearbooks.

The high school and college shared the same yearbook until 1964 when the two schools began printing separate yearbooks.

The second series in the collection contains advertising and printing contracts for 1983 to 1995.

Dates

Creation: 1913 - 2001

Creator

Dixie State University. (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open and freely available to researchers during Special Collections hours or by appointment. Researchers must complete an Application for Use and show a photo ID prior to accessing materials.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright held by Utah Tech University Library Special Collections and Archives. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives.

Biographical / Historical

Dixie State University was established in 1911 as St. George Stake Academy with the original campus on the northwest corner of Main Street and 100 South in Saint George, Utah. The original building for the campus remains, and is currently the St. George Children’s Museum. The name for the institution changed two years after its creation to Dixie Academy in 1913 and kept this name until 1916. Members of the first several classes’ student body prepared the yearbooks together since their numbers were so small. As the student body grew, a committee was assigned and then a class was instituted to prepare the yearbook. The school’s name changed again to Dixie Normal College during 1916-1923. 1923-1972 the name changed to Dixie Junior College. Dixie College was the name from 1972-2000. Enthusiasm for the yearbooks steadily decreased and it was difficult to get a majority of the students photographed once the student body became too large, so the last print yearbook was published for the school year 1999-2000 with a video yearbook prepared for the class of 2000-2001 (“Dixie yearbook withers away.” Deseret News, 20 Feb. 2001). The school’s name changed again to Dixie State College of Utah from 2000-2013, and then changed to Dixie State University.

Extent

21 Linear Feet (38 gray letter document cases, 1 gray half letter document case, and 4 gray small oversized boxes.)

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Creative Commons license.

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection contains of the yearbooks for Dixie State University, starting with the first graduating class of 1913 and ending in 2001. The 1930-1938 yearbooks alternated between hardback and paper issues possibly as a cost saving during the depression.

Arrangement

The Yearbooks series is arranged in chronological order. There are a few years missing that are assumed to never have been published. The second series contains advertising contracts and publication contracts arranged in chronological order.