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Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 551 Collections and/or Records:

Sanpete Valley Railway contractor's diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338078]
Identifier: MSS 926
Scope and Contents

Company accounts and contractor's handwritten diary. The author of the item is unknown. The contractor writes about routine matters including the inspection of ties, estimates on the cost of materials, hiring workers, and grading of the railway.

Dates: 1880-1881
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sanpete Valley Railway contractor's diary

The discovery and development of the Tintic Mining District

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230242213]
Identifier: MSS SC 532
Scope and Contents

Typescript. Tells briefly of mining in Utah and of her father, Stephen B. Moore.

Dates: 1961
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The discovery and development of the Tintic Mining District

John DeGrey Dixon ledgers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2174
Scope and Contents

Accounts of his financial dealings with various individuals, institutions, and enterprises.

Dates: 1887-1922
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John DeGrey Dixon ledgers

David C. Dodge ledger

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227605430]
Identifier: MSS 4075
Scope and Contents

Ledger provides an account of the miles of railway line laid by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad between 1881 and 1882 for a line between Denver and Alamosa, Colorado.

Dates: 1882
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / David C. Dodge ledger

Grenville Mellen Dodge invoice of stores

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309574]
Identifier: MSS SC 1160
Scope and Contents

Printed and signed invoice of stores used in the building of the Union Pacific Railroad.

Dates: 1869
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Grenville Mellen Dodge invoice of stores

Mitchell A. Dodge papers on the Menominee Indian Tribe

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1538
Scope and Contents Consists of correspondence, government documents, legal files and documents, notes, newspaper clippings, and other records documenting the activities of Dodge as a representative of the Menominee Tribe in their dealings with the United States government, between approximately 1945 and 1980. Deals especially with the issue of their termination as a recognized tribe in the 1960s and their restoration in the 1970s, as well as the legal case Menominee Indian Tribe v. United States that went to...
Dates: 1929-1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mitchell A. Dodge papers on the Menominee Indian Tribe

Emery Wesley Donahoo papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2169
Scope and Contents Papers reflect Donahoo's undercover work for the Long Beach (California) Police Department to monitor activities of unions that were believed to have communist ties. Mostly contains typed minutes to meetings of an organization variously named the Long Beach Unemployment Council, Public Works and Unemployed Union, Workers Alliance Unemployed Union, and Workers Alliance of California. Minutes are not in chronological sequence, and are interspersed with fliers, circular letters, and a small...
Dates: 1935-1937
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Emery Wesley Donahoo papers

Isaac Dunford account book

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230343342]
Identifier: MSS 152
Scope and Contents

Handwritten account book kept from 1859 to 1861 while Dunford was living in St. Louis. Also included is an account book for the years 1866 to 1877 relating to Dunford's weaving business in Bloomington.

Dates: 1859-1877
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Isaac Dunford account book

Early Utah account books, 1850-1881

 Series
Identifier: MSS 3147 Series 1
Scope and Contents note Samuel Richards Utah Territorial Tax Book, 1850-1857. Including: A brown, hard-cover book (16 x 9.5 cm) used by Samuel Richards to record territorial and county taxes paid in Utah Territory during the years 1850-1857. Includes some tax information for such prominent Church figures as Heber C. Kimball, W. W. Phelps, Abraham O. Smoot, and others.Samuel Richard Jewkes Sawmill Account Book—Emery County, Utah— 1879-1881. Including: One tan, leather-bound book (19 x 12 cm) used by...
Dates: Other: 1850-1881
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 3147, Early Utah collection

Early Utah business items, 1854-1908

 Series
Identifier: MSS 3147 Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Contract between Sidney A. Knowlton and O. B. Huntington— 6 February 1854. Letter—Hawkeye Steel Barb Fence Company to Springville Cooperative Institution— 11 May 1887. Letter recommending a certain building site for the Price, Utah courthouse. Bids for building the Utah State Prison— October 1907 and 15 February 1908.

Dates: Other: 1854-1908
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 3147, Early Utah collection

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