Provo Lake Resort Company records
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains meeting minutes, account books, stock certificates, promissory notes, and other financial records.
Dates
- 1890-1900
Creator
- Provo Lake Resort Company (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 Provo Lake Resort Company record must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the Special Collections Board of Curators.
Organizational History
The Provo Lake Resort Company was incorporated in February 1891 when land and facilities that had previously been owned by the Garden City Bathing Resort were purchased. The original directors were William Probert, Isaac Fordonski, Joseph F. Thompson, Charles A. Allen, and Peter Stubbs, with Fordonski acting as superintendent. The resort was located on Utah Lake, just south of the mouth of the Provo River, and provided various recreational activities including boating, bathing, and a saloon.
From the Board of Directors minutes it is clear that the company was plagued with financial problems and was not profitable during the 1890s. Although it is unclear when the Provo Lake Resort Company ceased operations, recreation at Utah Lake declined in the early 1900s due to a drought that lowered the water level.
Extent
4 folders (0.25 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains the records of Provo Lake Resort Company.
Arrangement note
The Records of the Provo Lake Resort Company, 1890-1900, consist of two archival series: 1. Provo Lake Resort Company records, 1891-1900; and 2. Provo Lake Resort Company miscellaneous documents, 1890.
Other Finding Aids note
A more detailed finding aid is available in print in the repository.
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS3895.xml
Custodial History note
Donated.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donated.
Appraisal note
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
Processing Information note
Processed; Lindsay Larson, 19th Century Manuscripts Processor; 2007.
- Account books
- Bachman, Benajmin, 1836-1895
- Business enterprises -- Utah -- Provo
- Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce
- Economics and Banking
- Provo (Utah) -- History -- 19th century
- Provo Lake Resort Company -- Archives
- Provo Lake Resort Company
- Resort development
- Resorts -- Utah -- Provo
- Stock certificates
- Title
- Register of Provo Lake Resort Company records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Benjamin Sipes
- Date
- 2011 June 13
- 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
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States