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 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 91 Collections and/or Records:

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

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239282608]
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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation of the Utah Idaho Central Railroad Company

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233244968]
Identifier: MSS SC 497
Scope and Contents

Printed documents with ms. notations. The 1918 amendment changes the name from Ogden, Logan & Idaho Railroad Company to Utah Idaho Central Railroad Company and the 1923 document amends Article IX concerning the Board of Directors. Both documents were filed by the Weber County, Utah Clerk.

Dates: 1918-1923
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

American Short Line Railroad Association correspondence

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321322]
Identifier: MSS SC 2292
Scope and Contents

Typewritten correspondence. The items relate to circular letters and to the operation of the association.

Dates: 1922
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Bamberger Railroad Company records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 275
Scope and Contents

General correspondence, financial records, surveys, and other papers relating to electrification, equipment, operation, and maintenance of the railroad line; legal papers and agreements dealing with rights of way; Bamberger family papers (1905-1919); and ledgers dealing with family interests in Utah and Nevada mines. The collections include maps relating to various railroad lines in Utah, California, and Nevada.

Dates: 1882-1953
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

S. W. Beck letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045110]
Identifier: MSS 1030
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter dated June 7, 1879 and addressed to G. H. Bowen. The item was written in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Beck writes about railroad construction in Colorado.

Dates: 1879 June 7
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Abraham Bell letter

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233293577]
Identifier: Vault MSS 625
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter addressed to Mr. Walker and dated August 10, 1900. It concerns the expected arrival of Bell's family in New York enroute to England. It also states that Bell accepts Walker's offer to leave Bell's son Archie in Walker's care during the abscence of their family. Bell also writes about the market for "mobiles."

Dates: 1900 August 10
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Wallace F. Bennett papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 20
Scope and Contents Collection contains correspondence, speeches, bills, legislative resolutions, press releases, and financial records that document Wallace F. Bennett's activities during his time as a senator between 1948 and 1974 in Utah and Washington D.C. The central topic of these materials (which were mostly created during Bennett's later terms in the US Senate) is the Cold War, including how to promote peaceful coexistence between the Soviet Union and America. They also reveal the immense changes that...
Dates: 1948-1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

D R G and W Railway Company bills

 Collection — Oversize 1: [Barcode: 31197233244083]
Identifier: MSS 294
Scope and Contents

Way bills, freight bills, and general bills of lading at Bingham Station in Utah. The items were issued in 1895, 1896, and 1902.

Dates: 1895-1902
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Eva Charlotta Anderson Bjork diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489101]
Identifier: MSS 888
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten diary in six pages. Eva Bjork writes about migrating from Sweden to Utah in 1884. Also included is a biography of Eva's husband, William Bjork. William migrated from Sweden to Utah in 1868. He worked for the railroad and lived in several places in Utah. He finally settled in Provo, Utah. The author of the item is unknown and the date of its composition is uncertain.

Dates: approximately 1884-1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Charles W. Hardy correspondence, 1874-1914

 Series
Identifier: MSS 997 Series 1
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The collection consists of the following, arranged in order listed: Correspondence, diaries, financial records, legal documents, irrigation and canal documents, pipeline descriptions, railroad advertisements, building receipts, legal documents, cross section notes, estimates of grading, survey notes, level notes, transit notes and alignment notes from the following railroads: Denver and Rio Grande Western, Emigration Canyon, Salt Lake and Eastern, Salt Lake and Fort Douglas, Salt Lake and...
Dates: Other: 1874-1914
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles W. Hardy papers

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