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Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution

 Organization

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

David O. Calder papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 53
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed certificates, correspondence, and legal documents. The materials relate to education in Utah, to Zion's Savings Bank and Trust Co., and to ZCMI. Some of the correspondence is between Calder and his son, David G. Calder, and deal with family matters.

Dates: 1852-1884

Theodore McKean letter to Brigham Young

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287462]
Identifier: Vault MSS 197
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 12 April 1875, and addressed to Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church. McKean writes to Young to decline the nomination of "Supt." of the ZCMI department store.

Dates: 1875 April 12

Hamilton Gray Park papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1436
Scope and Contents

Collection contains diaries from 1898 to 1909 concerning activities in Salt Lake City, Utah; a ticket to the School of the Prophets; missionary notes; correspondence; notebooks; business and legal documents; articles of incorporations of the Latter-day Saint Church Salt Lake City 13th Ward; and printed matter.

Dates: 1869-1910

Robert Pixton letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233286902]
Identifier: Vault MSS 165
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated November 8, 1876, and addressed to Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Pixton writes concerning the sale of land near the ZCMI department store for right of way.

Dates: 1875 November 8

Arthur Stayner letter

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233283651]
Identifier: Vault MSS 90
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 7 Oct. 1873, and addressed to Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Stayner writes to Young stating that another wagon should be sold in the ZCMI department stores.

Dates: 1873 October 7

Thomas L. Kane correspondence and other material on Mormon business ventures, 1870-1877

 Sub-Series — Box 17: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232550795]
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 3 Sub-Series 12
Scope and Contents

Contains letters, articles of incorporation, and other materials relating to Mormon businesses in Utah. Includes information on the Canaan Cooperative Stock Company, the United Order, the Utah Western Railway Company, and the Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI). Materials date from between 1870 and 1877.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1870-1877