Park City (Utah) -- History
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
A biography of Alexander Williams
Typewritten biography. The year of the composition of the item is unknown. Kimball writes that Williams was a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, migrated to Utah in 1847, had encounters with the Ute Indians, lived as a polygamist, and converted to the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
George Brown papers
Handwritten diary, receipts, and a typewritten autobiography. Brown writes in his diary about his life in Hoytsville, Summit County, Utah. He writes about weather conditions, meetings of the Mormon Church, and business in Park City, Utah, where he hauled coal. Also included is an autobiography of Viola N. Zumbrunnen Mabey, Brown's daughter. Maybey writes of her life in Summit County, Utah.
Wilma Eldridge geography report
Handwritten and bound research report submitted for a course entitled "Human Geography" at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. The item deals with the geography and history of Park City, Utah.
Robert Gorlinski papers
Diaries, field notes, correspondence, and maps. Gorlinski worked primarily in Utah and many of the materials relate to his activities in and around Park City, Utah. He was also associated with projects in other places in Utah and in sites in Nevada, California, and Idaho. The diaries cover the years 1909 to 1955 when Gorlinski was living in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Harriet P. Goodell Howard letters
Handwritten letters from Harriet P. Goodell Howard and other members of the Goodell family including M.W. Goodell. The letters discuss Goodell family matters and give insights into life in the mining camps.
New Park Mining Company records
Materials include business correspondence including budgets, expenses, mining assays, invoices, and bills of ladening as well as stockholders' records and certificates. Also contains correspondence, maps, surveys, and contracts regarding the dividends and mines of other mining companies in Utah. The majority of the material pertains to the New Park Mining Company. Dates 1906-1957.
Park City (Utah) cemetery records
Photocopy of a handwritten record of the burials that took place in the Park City Cemetery during the years 1928 and 1929.
Hyrum Fisher Smith papers
The contents of this collections relate to or belonged to Hyrum Fisher Smith. Included in the collection are a razor and its case, tithing receipts, tax notices, bills and invoices, daybooks and calendars, correspondence, and newspaper articles. The contents of the collection have been divided into categories, with each folder representing a different genre. Within each folder, the documents have been ordered chronologically.