Howard R. Driggs Collection
The Howard R. Driggs Collection includes manuscripts, research notes, correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia from his work with the American Pioneer Trails Association, Oregon Trail Memorial Association, historical and creative writings, personal and family records, and his profession as a teacher. The collection covers a time span from 1880 to 1965.
The Driggs Register has been divided into nine sub-groups:
- Teacher Education
- L.D.S. Religious Education
- Personal & Family Records
- Historical & Creative Writing
- American Pioneer Trails Association
- Oregon Trail Memorial Association
- Western History
- Western Trails
- Artifacts & Memorabilia
Howard R. Driggs Collection: Biography
Eighteen-ninety-seven was a significant year in the life of Howard R. Driggs. Following his graduation from the University of Utah he was married in the LDS Temple in Salt Lake City to Eva May Frampton, a fellow school teacher from his hometown of Pleasant Grove. They moved to Cedar City where he helped launch the Branch Normal School and served on its first faculty as an English instructor. 1897 thus began both their lifelong association with the institution and a lifelong friendship with the Bennion family.
During his distinguished career Dr. Driggs was both a Professor of English Education and historian of the American West. He was well known throughout the country as an author and speaker in both fields.
Howard R. Driggs Collection: Lectures

2019 Lecture
Brad R. Cook
Mormon and Muslim Commonality

2018 Lecture
Dr. Jennifer Keene
Americans at War: Experiencing World War One

2017 Lecture
Quintard Taylor
The Challenge of the Racial Frontier: Four Centuries of African-American History in the American West, 1600-2000

2016 Lecture
Ken Adelman
Leadership Lessons from the Master- Ronald Reagan

2015 Lecture
Joseph J. Ellis
Why Washington was the Greatest President

2014 Lecture
Robert F Bennett
Conflict Resolution and the New American West

2013 Lecture
Douglas Brinkley
Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America

2012 Lecture
Claudia Bushman
Lost, Stolen, or Strayed: The Unrecorded Life

2011 Lecture
Dayton Duncan
Preserving the Story of History

2010 Lecture
Dr. Daniel Walker Howe
The Communications Revolution in 19th-Century America and Its Consequences

2009 Lecture
Governor Michael O. Leavitt
Health Diplomacy: From the American People