Biography

The Union Pacific Railroad Company was established in 1862. It later merged with the Kansas Pacific Railway Company and the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company to form the Union Pacific Railway Company.

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

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William Wollerton Riter letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230333871]

Identifier: MSS 1156

Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated September 12, 1876, and addressed to George Reynolds. The item was written in Echo, Utah. Riter instructs Reynolds to request information of Union Pacific Railroad Company directors to see if sufficient transportation would be furnished during the fall and winter.

Dates: 1876 September 12

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

State of Idaho et al. v. Oregon Short Line Railroad, et al.

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324425]

Identifier: MSS SC 2521

Scope and Contents

Western American business and labor history (20th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.II, 2007).

Dates: 1985

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

The 1000 Mile Tree, Weber Canon

 Digital Record

Identifier: MSS_1608_p66_b6_f3_862a

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

The 1000 Mile Tree, Weber Canon, approximately 1866-1929

 Item — Box 8: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621934], Folder: 3

Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 862

Dates: Other: approximately 1866-1929

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Henry Jackson papers / William Henry Jackson photographs and art

The Great Eastern, Echo Canyon

 Digital Record

Identifier: MSS_1608_p66_b1_f2_10a

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

The Great Eastern, Echo Canyon, approximately 1871

 Item — Box 3: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621884], Folder: 2

Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 10

Scope and Contents note

Photograph by William Henry Jackson of railroad tracks to the right of a tall bluff, moderately faded.

Dates: Other: approximately 1871

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Henry Jackson papers / William Henry Jackson photographs and art

Union Pacific

 Digital Record

Identifier: MSS_1608_p66_b5_f8_783a

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Union Pacific, 1941

 Item — Box 7: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621926], Folder: 8

Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 783

Dates: Other: 1941

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Henry Jackson papers / William Henry Jackson photographs and art

Union Pacific Railroad Company Utah and Wyoming surveys

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197227645808]

Identifier: MSS 4181

Scope and Contents

Utah and Wyoming surveys, 1865-1868 contains five land surveys used by the Union Pacific Railroad. Two surveys relate to Echo and Weber Canyons in Utah; three surveys relate to Camp Walbach and Crow Creek in Wyoming.

Dates: 1865-1868

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Utah Parks Company records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232488749]

Identifier: MSS 533

Scope and Contents

The film contains typescripts, handwritten entries on printed forms, printed materials, photographs, correspondence, legal agreements, contracts, leases, brochures, newspaper clippings, board minutes, financial statements, and reports covering the company's history and operations. Five of the eight reels of microfilm are copies of the other three.

Dates: 1921-1975

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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Additional filters:

Type

Collection 14

Archival Object 4

Digital Record 4

 

Subject

Photographs 7

Albumen prints 6

Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce 5

Letters 5

Canyons -- Utah -- Photographs 4

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Railroads 4

Railroads -- Utah -- History 4

Stereographs 3

1000 Mile Tree (Weber Canyon, Utah) -- Photographs 2

Canyons -- Utah -- Pictorial works 2

Cliffs -- Utah -- Photographs 2

Echo Canyon (Utah) -- Photographs 2

Great Eastern (Summit County, Utah) -- Photographs 2

Land surveys 2

Railroads -- Utah -- History -- Photographs 2

Railroads -- Utah -- Track -- Photographs 2

Railroads -- Utah -- Track -- Pictorial works 2

Social Life and Customs 2

Watercolors (Paintings) 2

Weber Canyon (Utah) -- Photographs 2

Weber Canyon (Utah) -- Pictorial works 2

Agreements 1

Agriculture and Natural Resources 1

Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah) -- History 1

Business 1

Business records 1

Cedar Breaks National Monument (Utah) -- History 1

Church Government 1

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1

City and Town Life 1

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1

Coal -- Utah -- History -- Sources 1

Contracts 1

Correspondence 1

Crow Creek (Wyo. and Colo.) 1

Crow Creek (Wyo. and Idaho) 1

Diaries 1

Echo (Utah) 1

Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.) -- History 1

Home and Family 1

Immigration and American Expansion 1

Kelton (Utah) -- History -- Sources 1

Latter Day Saint churches -- Presidents 1

Latter Day Saint families 1

Latter Day Saints -- Correspondence 1

Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Kelton -- History -- Sources 1

Laws 1

Leases 1

Material Types 1

Mines and Mineral Resources 1

Minutes (Records) 1

Mormons -- Emigration and immigration 1

National parks and reserves -- Arizona -- History 1

National parks and reserves -- Utah -- History 1

Negatives 1

Newspapers 1

Pacific railroads -- Explorations and surveys 1

Photographic prints 1

Promontory (Utah) -- Photographs 1

Railroads -- Design and construction 1

Railroads -- Idaho -- History 1

Railroads -- United States 1

Railroads -- United States -- History 1

Railroads -- United States -- Photographs 1

Railroads -- Utah 1

Railroads -- Utah -- Echo Canyon 1

Railroads -- Utah -- Kelton -- History -- Sources 1

Railroads -- Utah -- Weber Canyon 1

Reports 1

Salt Lake City (Utah) 1

Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History 1

Transcripts 1

Weber Canyon (Utah) 1

Zion National Park (Utah) -- History 1

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