BYU Library - Special Collections

Scope and Contents Tax papers (1904-1947), company correspondence (1909-1947), financial records including incoming statements and bank statements (1914-1929), financial papers for individual companies (1907-1953), mining bulletins (1926-1928), and over 200 maps and plans. The materials relate to the operations of the company and to the corporations in which it invested. Most of these companies were involved either in mining or in railroads.

Scope and Contents Photocopies of microfilm copies of printed and handwritten materials. The collection consists of financial records relating to Knight's business activities. They include checks, lists of boards of dirctors for various companies, and receipts. The bulk of the materials date from the 1890s to the 1920s.

Scope and Contents Photocopy of a typewritten prayer given by Jesse William Knight at the funeral of Lars Echart Eggertson in which he asks the Lord to comfort, console, and bless the bereaved.

Scope and Contents Collection includes a variety of business records of the Knight Investment Company, including: articles of incorporation, state certificates, patents, abstracts, deeds, receipts, bonds, wills, certificates, affidavits, company reports, surveys, letters, oaths, shipment orders, pool agreements, proxy agreements, letters of administration, leases, blueprints, tax forms, and other legal documents. Items document the business of the company between 1883 and 1964.