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Water and Water Rights

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

Agricultural Park Irrigation Company account book

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232484474]
Identifier: MSS 441
Abstract

Handwritten account book recording transactions and labor between the company and its share holders from 1878 to 1879.

Dates: 1878-1879
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Agricultural Park Irrigation Company account book

Paul Parrish Ashworth autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230350693]
Identifier: MSS 6016
Abstract

Autobiography of Paul Parrish Ashworth a leader in the electrical industry of the western United States, 1953-1958.

Dates: 1953-1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Paul Parrish Ashworth autobiography

Joseph M. Bauman collection of photographs of Utah

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 327
Scope and Contents Collection contains 740 photographs, including 719 prints made by Brigham Young University of 594 negatives and 125 transparencies. The photographs were taken between approximately 1910 and 1929. They are photographs of places throughout Utah. Many are taken in the wilderness, especially in the mountains. There are also photographs of small towns and farms, and many of these are portraits of at least one person. There are also photographs of the interior and exterior of houses and some...
Dates: approximately 1910-1929
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph M. Bauman collection of photographs of Utah

Wallace F. Bennett papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 20
Scope and Contents Collection contains correspondence, speeches, bills, legislative resolutions, press releases, and financial records that document Wallace F. Bennett's activities during his time as a senator between 1948 and 1974 in Utah and Washington D.C. The central topic of these materials (which were mostly created during Bennett's later terms in the US Senate) is the Cold War, including how to promote peaceful coexistence between the Soviet Union and America. They also reveal the immense changes that...
Dates: 1948-1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wallace F. Bennett papers

Brief history of water rights in Settlement Canyon

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225524336]
Identifier: MSS 2981
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed history of issues relating to water rights in Settlement Canyon near Tooele, Utah.

Dates: 1973
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brief history of water rights in Settlement Canyon

Brigham Young University records on water rights

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231034940]
Identifier: UA 144
Scope and Contents

Collection includes correspondence, contracts, and deeds concerning water rights between Brigham Young University and Provo Reservoir Company in Provo, Utah between 1910 and 1916.

Dates: 1910-1916
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Brigham Young University records on water rights

Carter family papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230316652]
Identifier: MSS SC 2045
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letters, deeds, and miscellaneous items. The materials contain deeds to land in St. George, Utah as well as to water rights. Also included are various letters and genealogies relating to the Carter family.

Dates: 1876-1922
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Carter family papers

William Carter ledger

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233636817]
Identifier: MSS 8259
Scope and Contents Materials include a single ledger used by William Carter as president of the committee responsible for digging the Virgin Ditch in St. George, Utah, dating from 1864-1868. Includes minutes of meetings and an account ledger for labor and supplies used in building the ditch. Ledger was later used from 1888-1893 for meetings of a committee to build a duck pond, later called the St. George Fish Pond Company, for which Carter was president and which was on his property. The entries for the...
Dates: 1864-1893
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Carter ledger

Central Utah Water Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8923
Scope and Contents

Contains records from the Central Utah Water Company related to the Spring City and Cedar Creek Tunnel Irrigation Companies. Primarily includes handwritten ledgers of minutes and accounts, and water rights certificates. Dated approximately 1890-2004.

Dates: approximately 1890-2004
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Central Utah Water Company records

Henry N. Christiansen papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6887
Abstract

The Henry N. Christiansen papers contain maps and notes on projects that Henry N. Christiansen worked on.

Dates: 1975-1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Henry N. Christiansen papers

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