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Bound manuscripts collection, 1839-1950
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives
- Title
- Bound manuscripts collection
- Dates
- 1839-1950 (inclusive)18391950
- Quantity
- 143 bound manuscripts, (40 linear ft.)
- Collection Number
- UUS_COLL MSS 238
- Summary
- This collection consists of over one-hundred bound manuscripts which cover a wide array of historical topics.
- Repository
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to public research.
- Languages
- English.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection consists of over one hundred bound manuscripts which cover a wide array of historical topics. Some examples of the material in this collection include: Hyrum, Utah, Justice of the Peace Docket, 1888-1897 (Bd Ms 2), Logan Cooperative Mercantile Institution, Minutes of the Board of Directors, 1869-1871 (Bd Ms 8), Eccles Lumber Company Ledger, 1887-1888 (Bd Ms 30), James J. Chandler diary, 1882-1910 (Bd Ms 74), Ariah C. Brower Letters (Bd Ms 71), and the diary of Amelia T. Cannon, 1892 (Bd Ms 113).
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Permission to publish material from the Jack and Charmian London correspondence and papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Description | Dates |
|---|---|
| Bd Ms 1: Deseret Currency Association. Journal
Records of Deseret Currency and private LDS money transactions, Salt Lake City.
|
1858-1869 |
| Bd Ms 2: Hyrum, Utah. Justice of the Peace. Docket
Boxed MS. Court records of misdemeanor arrests and convictions.
|
1888-1897 |
| Bd Ms 3: Thatcher and Sons. Journal
Day-book of transactions of Thatcher Mill
|
1879 January 1 - 1888 July 31 |
| Bd Ms 4: The Family Record and Genealogy of Edward Taylor. Genealogies and bibliographical sketches, largely from England and Salt Lake City | undated |
| Bd Ms 5: Brangham, William, 1839-1923. Scrapbook
clippings, broadsides, holograph notes
|
1890-1920 |
| Bd Ms 6: Franklin, Idaho. Tithing Office. Ledger
General tithing accounts for each head of family in town. Summary of returns from General Tithing Office in Salt Lake City
|
1864-1866 |
| Bd Ms 7: Street, John S. Notarial Acknowledgements
Ledger of notarized documents from Park City and Summit County. Deals largely with mining claims and deeds. Also contains miscellaneous notes, including treatment for diphtheria
|
1879-1884 |
| Bd Ms 8: Logan Cooperative Mercantile Institution. Minutes of the Board of Directors
MS leaves not numbered
|
1869-1871 |
| Bd Ms 9: Thatcher Orchestra. Minutes
Minutes of members of orchestra for Thatcher Opera House
|
1904-1906 |
| Bd Ms 10: Utah. State Capitol Commission. Minutes
Minutes of board charged with design and oversight of construction of State Capitol. Copy belonged to John Henry Smith
|
1909-1916 |
| Bd Ms 11: Sumpter Valley Railroad Company. Stock Register | 1891-1910 |
| Bd Ms 12: Nauvoo Legion. Invitation of Grand Military Pic Nic Ball
Logan, Utah. Invitation to Geo. W. Thatcher & Ladies. Lists names of committees of organization
|
1870 April 15 |
| Bd Ms 13: Everton, Marion. History of the Building of the Logan Temple. Serialized history of the Logan Temple compiled by Joseph Hall, Samuel Roskelley, and Everton. Serialized 1933 to 1937 in Herald Journal | undated |
| Bd Ms 14: Provo Bench Irrigation District. Minutes of the Board of Directors
Contains name index.
|
1865-1914 |
| Bd Ms 15: Walters, Daniel Leigh, 1843-1917. History | undated |
| Bd Ms 16: Logan City Light and Power. Single volume financial ledger of Logan City Light and Electric Plant
Records consist of disbursements from 1908-1910, and deposit records from 1909-1913
|
1908-1913 |
| Bd Ms 17: Mendon Co-Op.
Minutes of meetings of share holders and board of directors. Later turned into a scrapbook with newspaper clippings on pages 184-206 and 2-11.
|
1869 March 10 - 1891 January 26 |
| Bd Ms 18: Peoples Mercantile Company, Richmond, Utah. Creamery ledger | 1897-1898 |
| Bd Ms 19: Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company. Letter book, Preston, Idaho Office | 1906 October 13 - 1907 December 13 |
| Bd Ms 20: Knowles, Samson. Journal (missionary)
Southern English mission
|
1901 August 22 - 1902 December 25 |
| Bd Ms 21: Clarkston, Utah. Poundkeeper's Record
Broken record of estrays in precinct
|
1901-1940 |
| Bd Ms 22: Shaw, Charles C. Justice's Court Minutes, Hyrum, Utah | 1889-1918 |
| Bd Ms 23: Goodwin, Charles Clifford, 1840-1927. Minutes, U.S. Commissioner's Court, Logan, Utah
Minutes of the Commissioner's Court
|
1886-1889 |
| Bd Ms 24: Deseret Dramatic Association. Ledger | 1855-1867 |
| Bd Ms 25: Oregon Lumber Company (Ogden, Utah) Stock ledger.
Stock ledger from the Oregon Lumber Company. The Company was headquartered in Ogden, Utah and David Eccles was the principal owner.
|
1904-1922 |
| Bd Ms 26: Oregon Lumber Company (Ogden, Utah) Stock journal
Contains a listing of those owning stock in the Oregon Lumber Company
|
1922-1933 |
| Bd Ms 27: Anderson and Sons Company (Logan, Utah) Journal
Day journal of the lumber companies operation
|
1904-1906 |
| Bd Ms 28: Anderson Lumber Company. Journal
The journal contains accounts from the Trenton, Wellsville, United Order, and Anderson Company branches. Holograph ledger
|
1909-1910 |
| Bd Ms 29: Anderson Lumber Company Yard journal
This volume contains the yard records of : Logan, Wellsville, Trenton, Downey, Bancroft, Preston, Dayton, Main St. Grace, Smithfield, Lewiston, Idaho Falls, Blackfoot. Holograph ledger.
|
1919 |
| Bd Ms 30: Eccles Lumber Company Ledger.
Journal D of the Eccles Lumber Company. The last two pages contain receipts from the Hood River Oregon Lumber Company.
|
1887-1888 |
| Bd Ms 31: Eccles Lumber Company. Articles of incorporation and annual reports.
Handwritten record of the incorporation of the company and a record of annual stockholder meetings. Also contains some financial data. Holograph ledger.
|
1889- 1907 |
| Bd Ms 32: Oluff Peterson. Missionary Diary. 22 pgs.
|
1902 June 7 - 1906 August 17 |
| Bd Ms 33: District Courts of Utah Ledger, for Carbon, Duchesne, Emery Grand, Millard, Salt Lake, Sanpete, Utah, and Wayne Counties. | 1910 January - 1920 June |
| Bd Ms 34: U.S. Post office Dept. Mendon, Utah. Cash book of the domestic money order office at Mendon, Utah.
Mathew A. Forster, Postmaster Ledger.
|
1911 April 1 - 1915 January 31 |
| Bd Ms 35: U.S. Post office Dept. Mendon, Utah. Official postmaster's account and record book. 4th class.
Mathew A. Forster
|
1913 January 1 - 1915 December 31 |
| Bd Ms 36: Thatcher Mill and Elevator Appraisal Co. Appraisal completed by the General Appraisal Company.
Includes photocopy of pictures of the mill as well as a blue print and map of the mill. Letters tipped in.
|
1921 March 16 |
| Bd Ms 37: Ketchum Coal Company. | 1915 December 18 - 1917 July 14 |
| Bd Ms 38: Logan Third Precinct Voter Registration Record Ledger | 1900-1902 |
| Bd Ms 39: Ane Marie Jensen's Record of Temple Ordinances Performed | 1908-1926 |
| Bd Ms 40: Estate Settlement Ledger of William F. Rigby, Jr. | 1907-1910 |
| Bd Ms 41: John Matthews Account Ledger, of King, Utah (now known as Benson) | 1915-1932 |
| Bd Ms 42: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mound Fort ward. Ward fast offering record
Fast offerings for 1908 tipped in
|
1905-1907 |
| Bd Ms 43: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mound Fort ward. [Mound Fort ward, accounts and records]
Contains: Tithing depot charity account, poor fund and fast offering, ward receipts and disbursements, Weber Stake Academy, janitor.
|
1892-1894 |
| Bd Ms 44: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mound Fort ward. [Mound Fort ward, non-tithing donations]
Contents: donations for Salt Lake Temple, 1882-1883; donations to the poor,1883-1885; general ward fund; defense fund; Incorporation fund; election fund.
|
1812-1885 |
| Bd Ms 45: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mound Fort ward. Mound Fort ward tithing account
Also contains ward expenses, 1905-1908; collections for Ogden tabernacle and new organ, 1906; Weber Stake Academy, 1907-1908; janitorial expenses,1905-1908.
|
1900-1904 |
| Bd Ms 46: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Tithing records | 1886-1898 |
| Bd Ms 47: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Donations | 1899-1900 |
| Bd Ms 48: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mound Fort ward. Mound Fort ward records
Contents: fast offerings, poor fund, ward purposes, janitor, tithing, Tabernacle fund, hall repair, Pioneer monument fund.
|
1895-1904 |
| Bd Ms 49: Ledger for orchard and insurance companies.
Combined single volume ledger includes records of pickers and products sold from an unknown orchard company from 1901-1911 and insurance policies sold by different insurance companies to Logan and other local Cache County businesses and individuals from 1899-1901.
|
undated |
| Bd Ms 50: West Side Telephone Company Stock Ledger | 1912-1918 |
| Bd Ms 51: Peoples' Telephone Company Stock Ledger
(two volumes)
|
1911-1930 |
| Bd Ms 52: Republican Party of Cache County. Minutes of the Republican central committee of Cache county. | 1892-1897 |
| Bd Ms 53: Logan, Hyde Park, and Smithfield Canal Company. Minutes
Contains articles of incorporation and by-laws.
|
1889-1904 |
| Bd Ms 54: Logan, Hyde Park, and Smithfield Canal Company. Stock ledger. | 1889-1919 |
| Bd Ms 55: Logan and Richmond Irrigation Company. Minutes
Contains by-laws and financial records. By-laws of the Logan and Northern Irrigation Company in envelope. (Envelope is missing.)
|
1878-1893 |
| Bd Ms 56: Logan and Richmond Irrigation District. Minute book
Contains by-laws. Letters and notices tipped in.
|
1891-1912 |
| Bd Ms 57: Record of Special Taxes. Utah District 2 Division. Deputy Collector A.A. Peterson. | undated |
| Bd Ms 58: Booth, John Edge, 1847- Day Book | 1897-1926 |
| Bd Ms 59: Booth, John Edge, 1847- Day Book | 1897-1926 |
| Bd Ms 60: Booth, John Edge, 1847- Day Book | 1897-1926 |
| Bd Ms 61: Booth, Alfred L. Checkbook, Booth and Brockbank, Attys., Provo, Utah | 1927-1928 |
| Bd Ms 62: Iowa and Utah Fruit Growing Association. Minutes and by-laws. Minutes
Loose papers tipped in
|
1891 June 3 - 1897 February 4 |
| Bd Ms 63: Webster School Register. Two volume school register of the Webster School in the 5th Ward of Logan, Utah, dating from
Kept by the school teacher, Armenia Parry.
|
1892 September-1894 April |
| Bd Ms 64: Provo Stateline Mining Co. Stockholders ledger.
USU Ms 41
|
1914 February 2 - 1920 January 10 |
| Bd Ms 65: Utah Lake Land, Water & Power Co. Minutes of board of directors
Loose papers tipped in
|
1907-1913 |
| Bd Ms 66: Utah Lake land, Water & Power Co. Account book | 1907-1909 |
| Bd Ms 67: Utah Lake Land, Water & Power Co. Day book July 1, 1912-January 1, 1917. Also contains day book, Booth & Brockbank | 1922-1941 |
| Bd Ms 68: Utah Lake Land, Water & Power Co. Vouchers and checkbooks | 1913-1914 |
| Bd Ms 69: Intermountain Land & Trust Co. Vouchers and checkbooks | 1913-1914 |
| Bd Ms 70: Intermountain Land & Trust Co. Vouchers and checkbooks | 1913-1914 |
| Bd Ms 71: Brower, Ariah C. Letters.
Fourteen letters from A. C. Brower to his wives in Richmond, Utah while Mr. Brower was on an LDS Mission in Wisconsin
|
1869 December 20 - 1970 March 25 |
| Bd Ms 72: Milliner or Tailor Account book. Somewhere near Logan.
Mrs. J.C. Baxter, DeLuz, CA on inside cover
|
1916-1923 |
| Bd Ms 73: Bert Eliason, Sr. Account ledger.
Loose clippings tipped in
|
1916-1952 |
| Bd Ms 74: James J. Chandler Journal | 1882 April 19 - 1910 January 24 |
| Bd Ms 75: River Heights Ward Record of Ward Funds
Includes record of individual donations, fast offering and welfare account, building and ground improvements, ward maintenance.
|
1941-1947 |
| Bd Ms 76: River Heights Ward Record of the Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association | 1931-1933 |
| Bd Ms 77: Record of the organization of the city of Smithfield under the charter of 1868 also of the city council meetings | 1868-1883 |
| Bd Ms 78: Record of Smithfield city council meetings | 1883 October 10 - 1893 August 9 |
| Bd Ms 79: Logan City Criminal Docket | 1883 February 12 - 1892 February 23 |
| Bd Ms 80: Revised Ordinances of Logan city | 1885-1899 |
| Bd Ms 81: Record of Resolutions of Logan city council | 1889-1906 |
| Bd Ms 82: U.S. Commissioner Mark Fletcher Cache County Criminal Docket | 1891-1892 |
| Bd Ms 83: Ledger. Henry G. Hayball.
Thought to be a for a General Merchandise store in Logan, Utah
|
1900 September 25 - 1902 January 3 |
| Bd Ms 84: George Kirby Ledger. Hyde Park, Utah | 1903 |
| Bd Ms 85: John Garr Account Book.
Personal account book from Millville, Utah, including a promissory note to John T. Garr. Only first 5 pages used.
|
1888 September 1 - 1901 April |
| Bd Ms 86: Inventory of Wilkinson and Sons.
Includes loose photo. Assumed to be a stationers shop in Logan, Utah.
|
1926-1928 |
| Bd Ms 87: Nibley Water Works Department Ledger. | 1944-1945 |
| Bd Ms 88: C. W. Hanson & Gust. Caras business ledger (clothing company) 3 vols.
|
1919 February - 1921 |
| Bd Ms 89: Consolidated Wagon and Machine Company letter-book. Preston, Idaho | 1905 September - 1908 January |
| Bd Ms 90: Presumably Larson Bros. & Co. account book. Cache Junction | 1920 |
| Bd Ms 91: Walter Runnels. Account of his visit to the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. Written in | 1908 |
| Bd Ms 92: Financial Ledger for unidentified Utah mining operation.
Possibly in Salt Lake City or Park City area. 10 of the 152 pages used.
|
1927-1928 |
| Bd Ms 93: Price River Coal Mine record. Helper, Utah
Only 25 of 201 pages used.
|
1918 January 10 - 1918 December 17 |
| Bd Ms 94: Eccles Lumber Company Ledger. Ogden, Utah | 1915 December 31 - 1921 September 24 |
| Bd Ms 95: Business ledger from an unknown butcher shop or meat locker. | 1885-1890 |
| Bd Ms 96: Echo Water System account ledger. | 1934 August 28 - 1944 December 26 |
| Bd Ms 97: The Guild Land and Livestock Co. record. Piedmont, Wyoming | 1899 February 1 - 1921 December 31 |
| Bd Ms 98: Guild Land and Livestock Co. ledger. Piedmont, Wyoming | 1890 February 1 - 1922 January 1 |
| Bd Ms 99: C. G. (Charles Guild) Cattle Ranch record. Piedmont, Wyoming | 1892 February 1 - 1917 January 12 |
| Bd Ms 100.: Cache County Farmer's Equity Ledger.
Record of common stock purchases in Cache County.
|
1914-1921 |
| Bd Ms 101.: Kowallis Implement & Hardware account book. Logan, Utah (presumably) 3 vols.
|
1922 January - 1940 April 3 |
| Bd Ms 102: Deseret Irrigation Company. Single volume record of the minutes for meetings of the Deseret Irrigation Company | 1913-1934 |
| Bd Ms 103: Delivery record of wood, coal, milk, and oats from an unknown source | 1909 February - September |
| Bd Ms 104: Cardon Jewelry Repair Records. 7 volumes
|
1904 July 1 - 1906 January 5 |
| Bd Ms 105: Works Progress Administration. WPA's Utah Historical Records Survey Project. Logan, Utah 3 vols.
|
1940 July 17 - September 27 |
| Bd Ms 106: Unknown author, possibly a Brigham Young College student, created a miscellaneous account of information about Utah and Cache County including population elevation, elected officials, business addresses, train departures, etc. | 1906-1911 |
| Bd Ms 107: David Eccles Estate. Cash journal ledger. Ogden, Utah 5 volumes
|
1887-1938 |
| Bd Ms 108: Pearls Collected from Church Works by James H. Martineau | 1887 |
| Bd Ms 109: Scrapbook. Single volume scrapbook of the early history of Cache Valley containing news clippings from Utah newspapers | 1923-1938 |
| Bd Ms 110: Minutes of the Preston Second Ward YLMIA | 1909-1912 |
| Bd Ms 111: Logan Fourteenth Ward YWMIA Record Ledgers (two volumes) | 1947-1950 |
| Bd Ms 112: Hoytsville Ward Fast Offerings Account Ledger | 1885-1903 |
| Bd Ms 113: Diary of Amelia T. Cannon | 1892 |
| Bd Ms 114: Logan Knitting Factory Board of Directors Meeting Minutes Ledger | 1903-1930 |
| Bd Ms 115: Preston LDS Second Ward Relief Society Minute Book | 1902-1910 |
| Bd Ms 116: Journal of George Barber | 1861-1879 |
| Bd Ms 117: A Historical Record of Mendon, 1857-1919 by Isaac Sorensen | undated |
| Bd Ms 118: Journal of Ralph Smith | 1879-1896 |
| Bd Ms 119: Joseph S. Blair Civil War Diaries | 1864-1865 |
| Bd Ms 120: Ira King Hillman Account Book | 1854-1865 |
| Bd Ms 121: Oxford, Utah High Priest Quorum Record Book | 1869 November 4 - 1886 January 10 |
| Bd Ms 122: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Box Elder Stake | 1895-1897 |
| Bd Ms 123: Spring Creek Water Company Minutes
These records were returned to the Spring Creek Water Company in 2015. A digital copy is available.
|
1902-2010 |
| Bd Ms 124: C.E. Loose Corporation Ledgers
(two volumes)
|
1903-1939 |
| Bd Ms 125: J.W. Guthrie Bank Ledger | 1892-1893 |
| Bd Ms 126: Charles H. Hart University of Deseret notebook | 1886 |
| Bd Ms 127: Provo City water rate collections and Homer family record | 1893-1924 |
| Bd Ms 128: Utah County Republican Central Committee meeting minutes | 1902-1916 |
| Bd Ms 129: H.H. Thompson Brigham Young college Bible history notebook | 1899 February |
| Bd Ms 130: Elder James W. Cottam missionary diary | 1903-1905 |
| Bd Ms 131: Avon Ward Teachers' Quorum meeting minutes and Relief Society ledger
The Teachers' Quorum meeting minutes extend from 1909-1911. The Relief Society records begin in 1914.
|
1909-1925 |
| Bd Ms 132: Lt. W.W. Scott notebook
This bound manuscript contains Lieutenant W.W. Scott's notes on a naval course on radar technology held during 1944, including information on such subjects as "Communication Procedure", "Fighter Direction : Five Situations", and other similar subjects. Also included in the notebook is a list of "Suggested Equipment for Officers Assigned to South or Southwest Pacific", which indicates the area in which Scott likely served.
|
1944 |
| Bd Ms 133: Rosetta Hendrickson's Shaker musical notebook
Stationery notebook with Shaker songs, using a clear cursive longhand text, with the corresponding music in Shaker letteral musical shorthand below each line; visible are named notes (a, d, e, f, g) common time and cut-time symbols, join and slur marks, repeat signs, and accolade symbols.
|
1870 |
| Bd Ms 134: The Palace Market receipt ledger | 1918 |
| Bd Ms 135: Foss Brothers Dry Goods (Preston, Idaho)
This bound manuscript contains two volumes: a ledger dating from 1902 to 1907 (vol. 1) and an account books dating from 1907 to 1927 (vol. 2). The former ledger is 591 pages long and contains numerous personal accounts primarily with Franklin County, Idaho residents.
|
1902-1927 |
| Bd Ms 136: Roll book of the Deacons' Quorum, 4th Ward, Brigham City, Utah
At the rear of the notebook are two separate entries of meeting minutes. Laid in at the back are teacher ordination certificates for George Stewart Gilbert and Sills S. Newman, both dated 1909.
|
1886-1909 |
| Bd Ms 137: Shaker songbook in letteral notation
Shaker letteral music notation used letters of the alphabet (a-b-c-d-e-f-g-a), in addition to other musical symbols, rather than modern staff notation. It was used by Shakers as a kind of musical shorthand, so that tunes could be copied down quickly, and was continued as a mark of difference between Shaker and other music.
|
1840-1841 |
| Bd Ms 138: Master Fire Plan, Logan Ranger District, Cache National Forest | circa 1974 |
| Bd Ms 139: Timber Survey report, Bear Lake Working Circle of the Cache National Forest | 1938 |
| Bd Ms 140: Deseret Live Stock Company meeting minutes ledger
The first entry, dated October 20, 1890, documents the initial gathering of the various sheep companies that ultimately merged their land and resources under the umbrella of the Deseret Live Stock Company. Entries continue through January 4, 1905.
|
1890-1905 |
| Bd Ms 141: Clarkston Utah school registers
Volume 1 contains records for the Clarkston Public School, beginning September 22, 1913 and ending in 1914, with Ella McEwen as instructor. Volume 2 holds the records of the Clarkston District No. 5 School from September 21, 1914 to 1915, with LaVon G. Smith as instructor. CAUTION: Item has mold; preservation staff recommends limited use.
|
1913-1915 |
| Bd Ms142: Textiles workbook of Elaine Larsen
Includes numerous mounted fabric samples, with handwritten notes.
|
circa 1950 |
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Subject Terms
- Businesses and Corporations
- Missionaries
Finding aid created by the Special Collections Department at Utah State University
2008
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