Salem Irrigation and Canal Company records
Scope and Contents note
Collection includes articles of incorporation, company trust deeds, minutes of board meetings and resolutions, annual reports, legal documents, correspondence, tax records, receipts, and miscellaneous items relating to the function of the Salem Irrigation and Canal Company in Salem, Utah, between 1866 and 1979.
Dates
- 1866-1979
Creator
- Salem Irrigation and Canal Company (creator, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use note
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Salem Irrigation and Canal Company records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Administrative History
The Salem Irrigation and Canal Company (est. 1878) is an irrigation company in Utah.
In 1865 the citizens of Salem, Utah, decided to follow the example of the people of Spanish Fork who had earlier organized an irrigation company to take water out of the Spanish Fork River. They wanted to increase the agricultural capability of the area east of the existing Salem pond, which, due to the natural slope of the land, had been impossible to irrigate. Lyman Curtis and two of his brothers made a survey for the canal from the Spanish Fork River to the Payson hill in the fall of 1865. Preparatory work was done that fall, but the actual construction required the three years from 1866 through 1869. Water for irrigation was turned into the canal in the summer of 1869.
In 1878 the company incorporated under the name of "Salem Irrigation Canal Company" and issued 2208 shares of water stock. In 1954 there were 315 stockholders. Management of the company is the responsibility of the Board of Directors, with other subordinate officers as appointed by the board. The Salem Irrigation and Canal Company is currently located in Salem, Utah.
Extent
20 boxes (10 linear ft.)
4 oversize folders (1.2 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection contains a variety of documents including business records, financial, and legal documents detailing the activities of the Salem Irrigation and Canal Company in Salem, Utah from 1866 to 1979.
Arrangement note
Collection is arranged in four series: 1. Salem Irrigation and Canal Company minutes, 1866-1979. 2. Salem Irrigation and Canal Company legal documents, 1878-1957. 3. Salem Irrigation and Canal Company financial records, 1873-1978. 4. Salem Irrigation and Canal Company business records, 1907-1978.
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS1494.xml
Custodial History note
Donated by Morris Christensen in 1979.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donated; Morris Christensen; 1979.
Appraisal note
19th Century Mormon and Western Manuscripts.
Processing Information note
Processed; Hyrum L. Andrus, Kent Appleberry, Allen Anae and Stephen Starks; January 1983.
- Account books
- Agriculture
- Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Business records
- Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce
- Canals -- Utah -- Salem -- History
- Economics and Banking
- Irrigation -- Utah -- Salem -- History
- Legal instruments
- Minutes (Records)
- Politics, Government, and Law
- Public Works
- Salem (Utah) -- History
- Salem Irrigation and Canal Company -- History
- Title
- Register of the Salem Irrigation and Canal Company records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Hyrum L. Andrus, Kent Appleberry, Allen Anae and Stephen Starks
- Date
- 2003
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
- Sponsor
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Western Waters (WWDL) Grant, 2007-2010
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Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States