EXHIBITS
The Island Market: Logan's Historic Corner Market: Credits
Credits
Steven Emile, General Manager of the Island Market, reached out to Utah State University’s History Department in 2021 in hopes of getting some help uncovering the history of the Island Market. Aside from a few photographs and a paper check dated 1927, not many physical sources were known about.
Rebecca Andersen, a lecturer at USU, decided helping the Island Market explore its past would be a valuable project for the students of her Public History class the next spring and built it into the coursework. During spring semester 2022, eight undergraduate students were briefed on the project with Steven Emile coming in and providing a few names of former owners that he knew through conversations around the Island and some other starting research points.
And with the support of the Island Market, the students began their search. Research across USU’s Special Collections and Archives, Digital History Collections, and even visits to the Cache County Recorder’s Office took place. This unique class experience allowed students to learn from professional archivists, researchers, and historians, and apply those skills directly to a collaborative research project for the Logan community. The class culminated with a collection of written narratives and presentations to Steven Emile and the Dean of the Merrill-Cazier Library. These narratives and presentations were adapted into the text for this exhibit.
Exhibit Credits:
- Sydney Lehenbauer (Curator, Lead Student Researcher, Metadata Coordinator): metadata, narrative text, landing page text, image selection, exhibit design
- Brittany Bertazon (Project Manager): stakeholder communication, metadata review, content uploading, landing page development, platform support, course instruction
- Shay Larsen (Graphic Designer): exhibit graphics
- Kellianne Gammill (Marketing Coordinator): marketing, news press release
- Preston Waddoups (Copy Editor, Writer): narrative text, landing page text, news press release, captions assistant, copy editing
- Rebecca Andersen (Faculty Exhibit Advisor – USU History Department): project initiator
- Becky Thoms (Faculty Exhibit Support – USU Libraries): project initiator
- Branson Roskelley (Digitization Coordinator): digitization
- Darcy Pumphrey (Digital Asset Librarian): filename management, research consultant
- Dan Davis (Photographs Curator, Instruction Coordinator): archives consultant
Public History Course Credits:
- Rebecca Andersen: Professor
- Whitney Day: Researcher (Settlement to 1900)
- Kalista Hill: Researcher (Settlement to 1900)
- Austin Almeido: Researcher (1900 to 1930)
- Sarah Moore: Researcher (1900 to 1930)
- Corbin Alt: Researcher (1930 to 1960)
- Sarah Mayers: Researcher (1930 to 1960)
- Rory Olsen: Researcher (1960 to the present)
- Sydney Lehenbauer: Researcher (1960 to the present)
Special thanks to Steven Emile, General Manager of the Island Market, for his boundless support and research efforts, and to Mark Lunt, Co-owner of the Island Market, for his research insights and overall help in the creation of this exhibit.