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Provo River (Utah)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur V. Watkins papers on Provo River and Deer Creek reclamation, 1934-1958

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 5 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence from 1936 to 1950 and 1952 to 1958 and government reports from 1936 to 1949 about the Provo River in Utah. Also included are statements from 1953 by the Utah Power & Light Co., news clippings from 1937 to 1956, reports and proposals from 1934 to 1953, and information from 1937 to 1963 about the Deer Creek Project in Utah.

Dates: Other: 1934-1958

Life history of Edith Lewis Hepworth

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329630]
Identifier: MSS SC 3093
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The item is an autobiography of Edith Lewis Hepworth. She was born in Provo, Utah, on 4 September 1874. She later moved to San Juan County, Utah, where she observed Apache and Cherokee Indians, and she describes the activities of the Indians. She writes mostly about her early life. She married Thornton Hepworth in 1901 and had seven children. Her husband died in 1926.

Dates: 1934

Study of the lower Provo River

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329598]
Identifier: MSS SC 2965
Scope and Contents

Study of the land, geographical resources, wildlife, vegetation, commercial zoning, residential zoning, traffic circulation, flood control, state resources, federal resources, parks, recreation, home utilities, office utilities, water, and history of Provo, Utah, for the purpose of making preliminary recommendations concerning land use and development. The committee was chaired by Leona Holbrook.

Dates: 1974

Tradition Runs Through It records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 6506
Scope and Contents

Contains biographical information, release forms, logs, notes, and other materials gathered by the Tradition Runs Through It fieldschool. Materials date from 2004.

Dates: 2004