Dixie State University course catalogs and class schedules
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the printed course catalogs for Dixie State University from its beginning as St. George Stake Academy in 1912 to Dixie State College of Utah in 2012 and the digital course catalogs from 2007 to the most recent academic year. The first catalog in the collection is from the school year 1912-1913 and has an academic year calendar, the Church Board, Stake Academy Board, executive committee, and faculty. The first catalog provides general information for students, including, fees, expenses, student resources, student conduct rules, and a list of the students who are attending. The following catalogs include class schedules, program requirements, financial costs, the academic calendars, and lists of faculty. Some of the catalogs include the lists of the students, short histories, and Presidents’ welcome, such as the one found in the 1988-1989 catalog.
The books are printed, ranging from approximately 10 to 400 pages, and are all soft bound. The majority are stapled together, but thicker catalogs are paperbound with a glue binding. A few of the later ones are spiral bound or comb bound. The last print version of the course catalog is from the academic year of 2012-2013, after which the catalogs were available only through Dixie’s website. This collection includes digital versions, mostly pdfs, of the catalogs from 2004 to the present school year. There are several missing academic years, including, 1911, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1995, and 1996.
Dates
- Publication: 1912 - 2013
Creator
- Dixie State University. (Organization)
- St. George Stake Academy. (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. The name changed again to Dixie Normal College during 1916-1923. 1923-1972 the name changed to Dixie Junior College. In 1963, the campus moved to its current location at 225 South 700 East in Saint George. At the time of the move, the campus was on the edge of town. Dixie College was the name from 1972-2000 and then became Dixie State College of Utah from 2000-2013. In 2013, the name changed to Dixie State University and currently retains that moniker. The population of St. George was 1,769 in 1910 and 2,271 in 1920. In 1990, 28,502 was the population in St. George. In 2010, the population was 72,897. The first graduating class of St. George Stake Academy was 1913 and it was 13 students. In 2014, 1,630 students graduated with bachelors and associates degrees.
Full Extent
10.0 Linear Feet (8 brown cubic foot 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.
Abstract
The Dixie State University Catalogs are comprehensive guides to Dixie State academics between 1912 and 2017. These catalogs show the progression from a high school to a teaching school to a university over the years, the changes in the school’s name, and descriptions of the classes offered.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically by academic year.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Tracey O'Kelly, Special Collections Paraprofessional
- Date
- October, 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Utah Tech University Special Collections and Archives Repository
330 Holland Centennial Commons
225 South 700 East
Saint George 84770 United States
(435) 634-2087
specialcollections@utahtech.edu