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Legal instruments

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 601 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur V. Watkins reclamation papers, 1902-1972

 Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5
Scope and Contents note

Contains papers regarding various reclamation issues in the Western United States that were handled by Watkins while working with the Bureau of Reclamation during the 1950s and 1960s. Some of the significant topics in these files are public works, water rights, watershed, Utah reclamation, the Colorado River Storage Project, natural resources, flood control, public lands, engineering, Hells Canyon, and reclamation book materials.

Dates: Other: 1902-1972
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers

Arthur V. Watkins report on the Provo Reservoir, 1914

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Contains findings of facts and conclusions of law concerning Provo Reservoir Company vs. Provo City case of 1914.

Dates: Other: 1914
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins reclamation papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Utah reclamation

Brent Ashworth collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS SC 1086
Scope and Contents

Assortment of photocopies of manuscripts related to the early Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Illinois and Utah, including financial and legal documents, letters, notes, and other documents. Materials dated 1830-1956, with the bulk dated from 1837 to 1892.

Dates: 1830-1956; Majority of material found within 1837-1892
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Assessments and licenses, 1910

 File — Box 3: [Barcode: 31197231207009], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 278
Dates: 1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Knight Investment Company records / Taxes

Assignment of Octavia Ancarana and Ercole Sfondrati, 1591?

 Item — Folder 2.1: [Barcode: 31197235217723]
Identifier: Vault MSS 523 Item 1
Dates: 1591?
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sfondrati family papers
Image of Assignment of Octavia Ancarana and Ercole Sfondrati
Image of Assignment of Octavia Ancarana an...

Assorted documents, undated

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1509 Series 6
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: From Lucille Pratt's report: Most of the documents in this register are dated within the 19th century, with a substantial portion from the 17th and 18th centuries, and a small portion from the 20th century. The documents pertain to the area now known as the state of New Mexico of the United States of America. Many of the documents were created when this area was part of the Presidencia of Nueva Galicia under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, as a part of the overseas empire of the European...
Dates: Other: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection on New Mexican territorial history
Image of Atti avanit la Curia Eccles.a di Madrid tra il Sr. D. Ercole Sfondrati, Conte della Riviera, Caval.o dell'Ordine di Santiago e il Conte della Niebla D. Gaspar Alfonso Perez de Guzman el Bueno ...
Image of Atti avanit la Curia Eccles.a di ...

Almon W. Babbitt legal documents

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244078]
Identifier: MSS SC 625
Scope and Contents

Holographs. The collection includes legal documents concerning various cases in which Babbitt represented clients in the Hancock County, Illinois, courts.

Dates: 1844-1846
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Battle of Powder River map, 1876 March 17

 Item — Oversize 10: Series 9 [Barcode: 31197232509767], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 782 Series 9
Scope and Contents

Map of the Battle of Powder River . . . March 17th, 1876 / drawn by Anson Mills. 1 map ; 34 x 43 cm. Pencil annotations. Blueprint.

Dates: 1876 March 17
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Robert Spurrier Ellison papers / Oversize

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