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Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 552 Collections and/or Records:

A. J. A. R. reminiscence

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS_SC_1362

A. J. A. R. reminiscence

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311273]
Identifier: MSS SC 1362
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed manuscript describing the travels of the author by sea from Philadelphia to San Francisco in 1853. The account includes the author's experiences crossing Panama, traveling aboard the S. S. Lewis, and being shipwrecked and rescued twenty miles north of San Francisco.

Dates: approximately 1850

Account book of a store in Colorado

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 221
Scope and Contents

Handwritten record of financial transactions of a store probably somewhere in central Colorado. Some of the entries deal with persons living in Clear Creek County, Colorado.

Dates: 1845-1867

Account book of a store in Salt Lake City, Utah

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341593]
Identifier: MSS 495
Scope and Contents

Handwritten account book of a store in Salt Lake City, Utah, which sold general merchandise. The book lists transactions and the person purchasing items.

Dates: 1862

Account book of Georgetown, Colorado

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230342765]
Identifier: MSS 225
Scope and Contents

Handwritten entries in an account book. The accounts document financial transactions of a store in or near a town called Georgetown. This Georgetown is probably located in Colorado.

Dates: 1864-1865

Account of sales of Mrs. Howe

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319680]
Identifier: MSS SC 2125
Scope and Contents

Handwritten list of items purchased by a Mrs. Howe. She probably lived somewhere in the United States.

Dates: 1826

An act to incorporate the Bank of St. Mary's

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292066]
Identifier: Vault MSS 535
Scope and Contents

Handwritten act of the Georgia legislature to incorporate the Bank of St. Mary's. The item presents the terms of the establishing of the banking corporation. The manuscript is a "true copy of the original act" and was hand reproduced by J.W.A. Sanford, a secretary. Apparently, Sanford duplicated on the document the signatures of Joseph Day, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Robert M. Echols, President of the Senat; and by William Schley, Governor.

Dates: 1836

After thirty-one years, Capt. Hodges gives a unique banquet

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1410
Scope and Contents

A typed transcript of an article from the Salt Lake City, Utah Daily Tribune, titled "After Thirty-one Years, Capt. Hodges Gives a Unique Banquet," dated October 28, 1897. The article describes a banquet hosted by Capt. F. S. Hodges, a former Union Pacific railroad engineer, who is reuniting with Salt Lake City citizens who helped him build the railroad in Utah in 1866.

Dates: 1897 October 28

Alexander Hedquist materials, 1932-2009, bulk: 1932-1965

 Series — Box 2: Series 2; Series 3; Series 4; Series 5; Series 6 [Barcode: 31197239243600], Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 9109 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains flyers, reports, periodicals, speeches, newspaper clippings, photos, and biographical and genealogical information on Alexander Hedquist (including family group records on each of his three marriages). Materials produced during and related to his time as a pharmacist and banker/president of Farmers and Merchants Bank in Provo, Utah. Materials dated 1932-2009, bulk 1932-1965.

Dates: 1932-2009; Majority of material found within 1932-1965

Alexander Ross Holmes family papers and scrapbook, approximately 1891-1986

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3220 Series 7
Scope and Contents

Includes a life sketch of Harold Harper Holmes' mother, and other materials, such as legal documents, certificates, and correspondence relating to Harold Harper Holmes parents. There is also a scrapbook that belonged to Alexander Ross Holmes.

Dates: approximately 1891-1986