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Banks and banking -- Utah -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Abraham H. Cannon letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230320183]
Identifier: MSS SC 2192
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter dated 16 July 1892. Cannon turns over the rights of his stock and booklets to Zions Savings Bank and Trust Co.

Dates: 1892

Herald R. Clark collection of bank records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 253
Scope and Contents

Contains minute books, ledgers, balance books, cash books, blotter books, stock certificate books, and letter press books. The materials document operations of the First National Bank of Provo, the Provo Commercial and Savings Bank, and the Ogden State Bank. Collection includes stock certificates for John Taylor, Reed Smoot, Erastus Snow, George Q. Cannon, A. O. Smoot, and others. Also includes notes and letters of Reed Smoot, Warren Dusenberry, and others. 131 v.

Dates: 1882-1935

Deseret Bank photographs, approximately 1953-1981

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3686 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs (circa 1953-1981) of the Bank of Pleasant Grove, Geneva State Bank, State Bank of Lehi, and Mountain View Bank during remodeling, construction, and ribbon cutting ceremonies, along with photographs of bank executives, employees, and the Strawberry Days parade in Pleasant Grove, Utah. Film negatives are also included in the series.

Dates: approximately 1953-1981

Deseret Bank records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3686
Scope and Contents Collection contains the ledgers, records, history, and photographs created by the Deseret Bancorporation located in Utah County, Utah, from 1871 to 1990. The Bank of Pleasant Grove, State Bank of Lehi, Mountain View Bank, and Geneva State Bank were under the holding name of Deseret Bancorporation, and all contributed to this collection. It includes a full history of the Bank of Pleasant Grove, the financial records, ledgers, correspondence, and stock certificates, and photographs of...
Dates: 1871-1990

Roseline Chandler Harmon letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233284956]
Identifier: Vault MSS 123
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated January 27, 1898, and addressed to the Utah National Bank. Harmon requests that a check of $512.40 be cashed.

Dates: 1898 January 27

Joseph F. Smith letter and affidavit

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2489
Scope and Contents Handwritten and signed letter dated 7 Oct. 1889. The item was addressed to Samuel Russel. Smith had asked Russell to take charge of the sawmill connected with the Hawaiian colony in Skull Valley, Utah and expresses regret that Russell turned him down. Smith said, "I had no special manifestations of the Spirit about it." Also included is a typewritten affidavit dated 6 June 1906 and signed by Smith stating that he "had been duly elected to the office of President and Director of the...
Dates: 1906 June 6; 1889 October 7

Joseph Robinson Walker papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1783
Scope and Contents

Account books, correspondence, newspaper clippings, a reminiscence of Walker's participation in the Walker War against the Ute Indians in 1853, certificates, legislative acts passed by the Utah Legislature, and minutes of meetings. The materials deal largely with the Walker banking, mining, and business interests in Utah. The correspondence are to and from family members and deal largely with family and business matters.

Dates: 1837-1901