Oak City Co-operative store account book
Scope and Contents
Shows grocery and other purchases made by Oak City residents from 1889-1894. Loose sheets of paper, previously in the account book, are included in the collection including: list of delinquent taxes, May 1985; poem by Ellis R. Shipp; torn note from Caroline G. Dutoon[ ], 1987; Deseret News article about prohibition; return forms[ ]; "How Farmers Can Make Money" newspaper clipping; a written page about Sunday school and its superintendents, Brother Roper, Brother John W. Dutson, and Brother Joseph A. Lyman; a list of coordinates; a recipe for molasses candy; note about power and right of people to establish government; two Oak Creek Irrigation Company notes, 1892 and 1896.
Dates
- 1889-1897
Creator
- Oak City Co-operative Store (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Oak City Co-operative store account book must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical note
A photocopied page found in the collection gives the following information about Oak City, 1879-1880: Oak City, thirty-five miles north of Fillmore, is supported by farmers, stock raisers and fruit growers. Co-operative Store, P. Anderson Lyman F. &. E. lumber mill Overson, C. blacksmith Partridge S. lumber mill Roper, Henry, postmaster (From Utah Directory and Gazetteer 1879-1880. James E. Talmage Collection.)
Extent
2 folders (0.09 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
These items were donated to Special Collections in 1989.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; 1989.
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Anderson family -- Sources
- Anderson, A. C. (Ansel Cochran), 1933- -- Sources
- Anderson, Arnold -- Sources
- Anderson, Joseph -- Sources
- Anderson, Peter -- Sources
- Beckstrand family -- Sources
- Business enterprises -- Oak City (Utah) -- History
- Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce
- Christiansen, Anthony -- Sources
- Clubs and Societies
- Couch, Eliza -- Sources
- Dutson family -- Sources
- Dutson, John William, 1828-1887 -- Sources
- Economics and Banking
- Finlinson family -- Sources
- Jacobs family -- Sources
- Leamington, Guy Crosby -- Sources
- Leamington, John Cardon -- Sources
- Lyman family -- Sources
- Oak City (Utah) -- History
- Oak City Co-operative Store
- Overson family -- Sources
- Partridge family -- Sources
- Retail trade
- Roper, Henry, 1822-1906 -- Sources
- Shipp, Ellis Reynolds, 1847-1939 -- Sources
- Social Life and Customs
- Stout family -- Sources
- Talbot family -- Sources
- Utah -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
- Title
- Register of Oak City Co-operative store account book
- Author
- Benjamin Sipes
- Date
- 2011 June 20
- 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.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States