Caleb Tanner papers
Scope and Contents note
Collection includes correspondence, blueprints, surveys, reports, field notes, photographs, and other materials from 1886 to 1932 relating chiefly to the engineering and legal aspects of engineering in Utah in the areas of private irrigation and mining activities. Also included are records of several associations of water users in Utah.
Dates
- 1889-1930
Creator
- Tanner, Caleb, 1868-1960 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use note
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Caleb Tanner papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical/Historical note
Caleb Tanner was born September 3, 1868 in Provo, Utah and became an engineer. Tanner expanded his career as he also served as a professor of engineering at Brigham Young Academy from 1900 to 1904. He had two children, George and Ida, with his wife Esthma and he later passed away in Ogden, Utah on September 19, 1960.
Extent
8 boxes (4 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection includes correspondence, blueprints, surveys, reports, field notes, photographs, and other materials from 1886 to 1932 relating chiefly to the engineering and legal aspects of engineering in Utah in the areas of private irrigation and mining activities. Also included are records of several associations of water users in Utah.
Appraisal note
19th Century Mormon and Western Manuscripts.
Processing Information note
Processed; Melanie Nef; October 23, 2007.
- Title
- Register of the Caleb Tanner papers, 1889-1930
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Melanie Nef
- Date
- October 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
- Sponsor
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Western Waters (WWDL) Grant, 2007-2010
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States