Dixie State University news clippings and press releases

This collection documents the activities, events, and happenings pertaining to Dixie State University from 1938-2015 in the form of press releases, collected newspaper clippings, photographs, and negatives. The collection also includes an old horoscope, some handwritten notes concerning which newspapers the press releases are to be sent, preliminary press releases with marked corrections, records of financial expenses related to press releases, and magazines/brochures containing articles or advertisements pertaining to Dixie State College or Dixie State University.

Some of the significant topics presented in these clippings and press releases are; sports events and standings, forensics, D-week, homecoming, commencement and graduation, financial and material donors, becoming a smoke-free campus, the restriction of Greek names for clubs, students who received honors upon graduation, acquiring new degrees, the hiring of faculty, alumni spotlights, change in college/university administration, quantification of Dixie State student population growth, student and faculty workshops, music department and concerts, theatre department and theatre productions, study abroad opportunities, purchase of land for Dixie expansion, collaborative programs between Dixie and other colleges/universities, the building of the Hansen Stadium and the Holland building, and information regarding the process of Dixie State becoming a four-year institution. Materials are divided into five series. The first three series are largely textual (news clippings, press releases, and four-year information). The press release series includes years from 1951-1992. Included with the press releases are handwritten notes concerning the press releases and preliminary press releases marked with corrections. The news clippings series includes years from 1938-2015. Included are local magazines and brochures mentioning DSU or contain DSU advertisements. Dixie’s four-year information series includes years from 1951-2002, mostly textual information. Scattered throughout the series are photographs. The fourth series solely consists of photographs and negatives, organized by alphabetical order due to the large numbers of undated material – some are unlabeled as well. The fifth series is categorized as miscellaneous content, organized by alphabetical order. The series includes an undated page of horoscopes, inventory from 1977, and a professional staff salary comparison from September 1988.

Many years in the series have very few associated documents or none at all. Many of the documents are undated throughout the collection, and special care was taken to keep every undated document as close as possible to the documents with which they were found.