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Agriculture and Natural Resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 736 Collections and/or Records:

E. H. Parsons letter to C. K. Brewster

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233642534]
Identifier: MSS 8271
Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from E. H. Parsons, Salt Lake City, Utah ranch properties salesman and former U.S. Marshall in Utah, to C. K. Brewster. The purpose of the letter appears to be requesting purchase of items from Brewster and to share news with an apparent friend from Parsons' birthplace of Massachusetts. However, much of the letter also contains politically based statements regarding the Democratic presidential administration, the devaluation of silver, and endorsement of William McKinley,...
Dates: 1894 March 23
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / E. H. Parsons letter to C. K. Brewster

Peerless Coal Mining Co. records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 277
Scope and Contents

Minutes, legal certificates, stock certificates, correspondence, contracts, mine and accident reports, mine maps, mine cash reports, vouchers and checks of a small Utah coal company which operated primarily in Spring Canyon, Utah.

Dates: 1917-1956
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Peerless Coal Mining Co. records

Virgil V. Peterson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1945
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, newspapers, maps, charts, newsletters, brochures and financial accounts. The materials relate to land use and mineral resources in Utah, including the use of salt from the Great Salt Lake.

Dates: 1930-1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Virgil V. Peterson papers

Photograph of IXL Creamery

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233286258]
Identifier: MSS 7450
Scope and Contents

Contains a photograph of the IXL Creamery in Morgan, Utah, circa 1895. The creamery is in the background, surrounded by dairy wagons, horses, and families with children.

Dates: approximately 1895
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Photograph of IXL Creamery

Photographs of Barbara Stewart Anderson

 Sub-Series — Box 2: Series 2, Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS 6506 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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

Dates: 2004
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 6506, Tradition Runs Through It records / Tradition Runs Through It records on residents of Provo Canyon / Tradition Runs Through It records on Barbara Stewart Anderson

Photographs of Shaw & Powell Camping Company in Yellowstone National Park

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9063
Scope and Contents

Contains 62 black and white tourist photographs taken of various points in Gardiner, Montana, and Yellowstone National Park. These photographs were taken on a trip with the Shaw & Powell Camping Company, one of the major camping companies in Yellowstone National Park. Dated approximately 1915. Duplicate photographs of originals also included in the collection.

Dates: approximately 1915
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Photographs of Shaw & Powell Camping Company in Yellowstone National Park

Photographs of women working at the Bingham mine

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225546644]
Identifier: MSS 3809
Scope and Contents

Collection contains six photographs of women working the Bingham mine and the Kennecott Smelters in Bingham Canyon, Utah, during World War II. Also in the collection is a CD containing the same photographs.

Dates: 1944
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Photographs of women working at the Bingham mine

Photolog and photographs

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 6506 Series 2 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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

Dates: 2004
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 6506, Tradition Runs Through It records / Tradition Runs Through It records on residents of Provo Canyon / Tradition Runs Through It records on Bob Stewart

Pinyon Queen Mining Company ledgers, 1918-1937

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8355 Series 21
Scope and Contents

Contains the journal, general accounts, and stockholder ledgers of the Pinyon Queen Mining Company with references to the Tintic Standard Mining Company dating from 1918-1937.

Dates: 1918-1937
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8355, Collection of mining ledgers

Provo Canyon water development and Provo cemetery photographs

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197235222756]
Identifier: MSS 8454
Scope and Contents This collection contains six photographs of Provo Canyon showing water development on the Provo River and two photographs of the Provo cemetery. One photograph shows the wooden flume and penstock constructed to carry water to the Nunn hydroelectric power plant and later the Olmsted power plant both located in Provo Canyon. Another photograph shows a wooden and rock diversion dam on the Provo River. The two photographs of the cemetery show headstones but the writing on the stones is not...
Dates: approximately 1897-1912
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Provo Canyon water development and Provo cemetery photographs

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