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Businessmen -- Utah -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Adam S. Bennion papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1
Scope and Contents

Speeches, meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and miscellaneous items. The materials relate to Bennion's personal, educational, business, and religious activities. The largest amount of the materials relate to his speeches. The bulk of correspondence is between other apostles and general authorities of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1909-1958

David O. Calder papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 53
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed certificates, correspondence, and legal documents. The materials relate to education in Utah, to Zion's Savings Bank and Trust Co., and to ZCMI. Some of the correspondence is between Calder and his son, David G. Calder, and deal with family matters.

Dates: 1852-1884

H. B. Clawson certificate

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230333988]
Identifier: MSS 1167
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed certificate dated December 15, 1875. The item states that a "gas goveneur" was effective in saving gas and in mainting pressure.

Dates: 1875

Albert L. Elggren papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230219351]
Identifier: MSS 1944
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography, correspondence, and reports. Much of the correspondence are with apostles in the Mormon Church and Utah civic leaders.

Dates: 1924-1980

Richard Arthur Gardiner autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312180]
Identifier: MSS SC 1520
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a bound and typed autobiography by Richard Arthur Gardiner. He talks about his early life, courtship and marriage, business career, civic contributions, wife's death, and retirement.

Dates: 1979; 1979

Jesse Knight financial papers

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230331958]
Identifier: MSS SC 3240
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.

Dates: 1891-1945

James H. Lingston contract

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321900]
Identifier: MSS SC 2351
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed contract dated 12 Feb. 1878. Livingston and five others sign a contract relating to mineral holdings in the "west mountains" of Utah.

Dates: 1878

Miller Inspiration oral history interviews on Larry H. Miller

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8925
Scope and Contents Collection contains 28 oral history interviews on DVD with friends, family members, and business associates of Larry H. Miller, interviewed by either Brett Hullinger, curriculum developer of Miller Inspiration, Jack Sanford, producer and creative manager of Miller Inspiration, or Bryan Miller, president of Miller Inspiration and son of Larry H. Miller. The interviews center on the interviewee's relationship with and memories of Larry H. Miller. Filmed and produced by Chris Garcia in the...
Dates: 2014-2015

In memoriam : Charles W. Nibley

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287660]
Identifier: Vault MSS 228
Scope and Contents

Handwritten "resolutions of respect" presented at the death of Charles W. Nibley, a Mormon Church leader and businessman. The tributes are from many Utah and Idaho businesses.

Dates: 1932

Joseph William Summerhays diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1323
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries and one typescript page of a diary entry from Joseph William Summerhays. Summerhays relates his activities while visiting Latter-day Saint historic landmarks while on a business trip to the Midwest and Eastern United States. Materials dated August 1884 to September 1885.

Dates: 1884-1885