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Park City (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

A biography of Alexander Williams

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336403]
Identifier: MSS 459
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1950

George Brown papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230342161]
Identifier: MSS 796
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1878-1962

Wilma Eldridge geography report

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311505]
Identifier: MSS SC 1384
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: approximately 1930

Robert Gorlinski papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 998
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1845-1957

Harriet P. Goodell Howard letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309491]
Identifier: MSS SC 1169
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1854-1896

New Park Mining Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1947
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1906-1957

Park City (Utah) cemetery records

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312537]
Identifier: MSS SC 1422
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten record of the burials that took place in the Park City Cemetery during the years 1928 and 1929.

Dates: 1928-1929

Hyrum Fisher Smith papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232550092]
Identifier: MSS 2362
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1883-1923

Elon Elizabeth Box Taylor papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332170]
Identifier: MSS SC 3202
Scope and Contents Typed transcipt of an interivew conducted by D'On Empey Moore, Taylor's granddaugther. Taylor talks about the places she lived and about many family members. She also gives some information about her husband, Tom Taylor, who worked as a mine superintendent for the Gilsonite Mining Company. Also in the collection is a typescript of an interview of George Taylor (Elon Taylor's brother-in-law). George also gives much information on family members. Also with the collection are two...
Dates: 1960-1978