William Wollerton Riter letters
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letters. Also included is an "Estimate of cost of Construction of one mile of narrow gauge railroad." Riter writes to the second president of the Mormon Church, Brigham Young, concerning the value of the coal reserves in Summit County, Utah, and the expenses of building a railroad in the area.
Dates
- 1875-1876
Creator
- Riter, William Wollerton, 1838-1922 (Person)
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 William Wollerton Riter letters must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical note
Mormon missionary and railroad official in Utah.
Extent
5 items (0.04 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Church Government
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- Coal mines and mining -- Utah -- Summit County -- History
- Latter Day Saint churches -- Presidents
- Latter Day Saints -- Correspondence
- Letters
- Railroads -- Utah -- Summit County -- History -- Sources
- Summit County (Utah) -- History
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877
- Title
- Register of William Wollerton Riter letters
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Benjamin Sipes
- Date
- 2011 March 11
- Description rules
- Appm
- 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