Grantsville (Utah) -- History
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
North Willow Irrigation Company records
Handwritten and typewritten cash account ledgers, minutes of meetings, reports, correspondence, and other financial and administrative records document the work and policies of the North Willow Irrigation Company from 1890-1961.
Oral history interview with J. J. Keeler
Includes memories of his grandfather, J. Marinus Jensen, who was a professor in the English Department at Brigham Young University, 1910-1945. Includes information on Jensen's personal and professional life.
J. Allen Parkinson biographies
Typewritten biographies of residents of Grantsville, Utah and other areas of Tooele County, Utah. The materials were created by students in James Allen Parkinson's civics class, primarily during the 1950s. Also contains documents and photographs about or written by residents of Grantsville, likely collected by Parkinson. All materials are photocopies. Dated 1933 to 1962.
James Allen Parkinson scrapbook
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings of biographies of various residents of Grantsville, Utah, one of which is dated 1936. Also included is a brief, handwritten history of Grantsville describing history up to 1956, and a program for the dedication of the post office in Grantsville in 1962 at which James Parkinson gave the benediction. Collection dated approximately 1936 to 1962.
Record of school district number one
Handwritten minutes taken at the meatings of the board of trustees of the Grantsville City School District. The notes were taken by various clerks. The board discussed various issues relating to education in Grantsville, Utah.
John E. Smith correspondence
Typewritten of official and personal correspondence. The personal correspondence relates to Smith's interest in the Mormon Church. The official correspondence relates to Smith's attempts to get child-abuse legislation passed in the Utah State Legislature.
Don L. Walker letter
Letter dated 15 Jan. 1976 and addressed to LeGrand Baker, archivist at Brigham Young University. Walker writes about his ancestors, John Beauchamp Waler and Elizabeth Ann Walker. Don tells about John and Elizabeth's conversion to the Mormon Church, their migration to Utah, their settlement in Grantsville, Utah, John's death, and Elizabeth's move to Taylor, Arizona.
Wellington Paul Wilson letters
Handwritten letters and two poems. Wilson writes to his son, Joseph Ellis Wilson (1858-1930), and relates family matters and local happenings. He also speculates on Mormon theology. These items were written in Grantsville and in Panguitch, Utah. Most of them were sent to Joseph in Logan, Utah.