George Washington Thatcher papers

George Washington Thatcher papers, 1903-1986

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Thatcher, George Washington, 1868-1950,
Title: George Washington Thatcher papers
Dates: 1903-1986 (inclusive)
19031986
Quantity: 14 boxes, (16 linear feet)
Collection Number: UUS_COLL MSS 135
Summary: Records of the Consolidated Theatre Company, Thatcher Music Company, as well as general business papers. Contains a good record of theatre performances and movies. Also a ledger of Luna Thatcher.
Repository: 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: No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

The George Thatcher Corp. owned and started many businesses in Logan. The brothers George Washington and Brigham Guy Thatcher, in partnership with William Spicker operated the Consolidated Theatre Co. (built the Lyric, Capitol, and Main). The Thatcher family owned the Thatcher Banking Co. (rooms were rented in this building) and the Thatcher Music Co. The C.C. Anderson and Bon Marche stores were operated by them also.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection was sorted into the following record groups and repaired when necessary. The loose papers were separated into: Thatcher family and business papers (includes legal documents concerning estates and the C.C. Anderson and Bon Marche stores); and business papers concerning the Consolidated Theatres and the Thatcher Music Co.

All the bills paid were sorted, in consecutive order, from 1950 to 1986, followed by The Unemployment Compensation Fund and Tax forms (1970-1981), along with misc. bills (1938-1971) and deposit books (1944-1971).

The ledgers for the G. Thatcher Corp., the Theatres, and the Thatcher Music Co. are at the end of the collection. Three oversized folders of business paper can be found in the last box, along with two maps. A poster of an attraction at the Capitol Theatre has been mounted on museum board and placed into the broadside collection.

The ledgers from the Lyric and Capitol Theatres are particularly interesting since they are a record of the movies and plays that came through Logan during the 1920s and 1930s. The ledgers of the Thatcher Music Co. show what musical instruments were available in the Logan - Montpelier area. Ledger No. 10 (Thatcher Music Co.) contains interesting business and family history on pages 15-22.

Other papers in the collection are concerned with Thatcher family member and their legal matters.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the George Washington Thatcher Papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: George Washington Thatcher Papers USU_COLL MSS 135, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_COLL MSS 135, USUSCA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arranged in chronological order.

Processing Note

Processed in May of 2000

Acquisition Information

These papers were a gift from Eugene Needham.

Related Materials

The manuscript collections 3, 22, and 47 and the Marie Eccles-Caine Collection Caine MSS 9 have more information on the Capital Theatre, the Thatcher Banking Co. and the Thatcher family.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Miscellaneous Thatcher Family and Business Papers, 1924-1927Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Prints of Thatcher family members, a note in shorthand, a letter stating B.G. Thatcher's death	undated
1	2	Legal papers concerning Luna Y. Thatcher's estate	undated
1	3	Papers concerning Patience Thatcher's death and estate	undated
1	4	New and used stock certificates	undated
1	5	Business papers concerned with C.C. Anderson stores	undated
1	6	Business papers concerned with Bon Marche stores	undated
1	7	Misc. business papers for the G. Thatcher Corp.	undated
1	8	Legal papers concerning the Baby Grand	undated

Business papers concerned with the Consolidated Theatre Co. (Capitol and Lyric); loose ledger sheets for the Thatcher Music Co., undatedReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
2	1	A rough draft of a program for the Capitol and printed fliers	undated
2	2	Stage seating, inventory and business paper for the Capitol	undated
2	3	Loose ledger sheets for the Capitol	1924-1927
2	4	Inventory lists for the Lyric	undated
2	5	Ledgers for the Lyric	1924-1927
2	6	Misc. papers found in Lyric ledgers	undated
2	7	Correspondence concerning the Theatres	undated
2	8	Blank stationary for Consolidated Theatre Co.	undated
2	9	Misc. business papers concerning the Theatres	undated
2	10	Loose ledger sheets for the Thatcher Music Co., choir journals	undated

Bills paid by the G. Thatcher Corp., 1950-1985Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
3	1	Bills Paid	1950 January - March
3	2	Bills Paid	1950 September - October
3	3	Bills Paid	1950 November - December
3	4	Bills Paid	1951 January - February
3	5	Bills Paid	1951 March - April
3	6	Bills Paid	1951 May - June
3	7	Bills Paid	1951 July - August
3	8	Bills Paid	1951 September - October
3	9	Bills Paid	1951 November - December
3	10	Bills Paid	1952 January - February
3	11	Bills Paid	1952 March - April
3	12	Bills Paid	1952 May - June
4	1	Bills Paid	1952 July - August
4	2	Bills Paid	1952 September - October
4	3	Bills Paid	1952 November - December
4	4	Bills Paid	1953 January - February
4	5	Bills Paid	1953 March - April
4	6	Bills Paid	1953 May - June
4	7	Bills Paid	1953 July - August
4	8	Bills Paid	1953 September - October
4	9	Bills Paid	1953 November - December
5	1	Bills Paid	1954 January - February
5	2	Bills Paid	1954 March - April
5	3	Bills Paid	1954 May - June
5	4	Bills Paid	1954 July - August
5	5	Bills Paid	1954 September - October
5	6	Bills Paid	1954 December - November
5	7	Bills Paid	1956 January - February
5	8	Bills Paid	1956 March - April
5	9	Bills Paid	1956 May - June
5	10	Bills Paid	1956 July - August
5	11	Bills Paid	1956 September - October
5	12	Bills Paid	1956 November - December
6	1	Bills Paid	1957
6	2	Bills Paid	1958 January - February
6	3	Bills Paid	1958 March - April
6	4	Bills Paid	1958 May - June
6	5	Bills Paid	1958 July - August
6	6	Bills Paid	1958 September - October
6	7	Bills Paid	1958 November - December
6	8	Bills Paid	1965 January - February
6	9	Bills Paid	1965 March - April
6	10	Bills Paid	1965 May - June
6	11	Bills Paid	1965 July - August
6	12	Bills Paid	1965 September - October
6	13	Bills Paid	1965 November - December
7	1	Bills Paid	1966 January - February
7	2	Bills Paid	1966 March - April
7	3	Bills Paid	1966 May - June
7	4	Bills Paid	1966 July - August
7	5	Bills Paid	1966 September - October
7	6	Bills Paid	1966 November - December
7	7	Bills Paid	1984 January - February
7	8	Bills Paid	1984 March - April
7	9	Bills Paid	1984 May - June
7	10	Bills Paid	1984 July - August
7	11	Bills Paid	1984 September - October
7	12	Bills Paid	1984 November - December
8	1	Bills Paid	1985 January - February
8	2	Bills Paid	1985 March - April
8	3	Bills Paid	1985 May - June
8	4	Bills Paid	1985 July - August
8	5	Bills Paid	1985 September - October
8	6	Bills Paid	1985 November - December

Unemployment Comp./Fund Taxes, 1971-1978Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
8	7	Unemployment Comp./Fund Taxes	1970
8	8	Unemployment Comp./Fund Taxes	1971
8	9	Unemployment Comp./Fund Taxes	1972
8	10	Unemployment Comp./Fund Taxes	1973
8	11	Unemployment Comp./Fund Taxes	1974
8	12	Unemployment Comp./Fund Taxes	1975
8	13	Unemployment Comp./Fund Taxes	1976
8	14	Unemployment Comp./Fund Taxes	1977
8	15	Unemployment Comp./Fund Taxes	1978

Bills paid/Taxes, 1939-1986Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
9	1	Unemployment Comp. Fund/Taxes	1939-1942
9	2	Unemployment Comp. Fund/Taxes	1979
9	3	Unemployment Comp. Fund/Taxes	1981
9	4	Electric bills paid	1986
9	5	Misc. bills paid	1938-1971
9	6	Misc. bills paid	undated
9	7	Four deposit books	1944-1971

General Ledger, 1903-1987Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box
10		General Ledger	1950-1986
		Ledgers 1-4 and 6-8 (oversize)	1911-1950
Box	ledger
11	1	Thatcher Music Co.	1911
	ledgerr
11	2	G. Thatcher Corp.	1925-1938
	ledger
11	3	Luna Y. Thatcher's Ledger	1903 January 1 - 1904 July 9
11	4	G. Thatcher Corp.	1919-1939
11	5	Ledger for the Luna Y. Thatcher's Estate	1923-1938
11	7	G. Thatcher Corp.	1939 January - 1944 December
11	8	G. Thatcher Corp.	1945 January - 1950 January
		Ledgers 5, 9-16 and 19	1900-1987
Box	ledger
12	5	G. Thatcher Group	1937-1943
12	9	For rent (loose papers are in folder with it)	1950 October - 1953 September
12	10	Thatcher Music Co. (has interesting family notes written in it)	1900-1938
12	11	Bank register	1955 October - 1959 April
12	12	Bank register	1963 January - 1966 November
12	13	Receipt book	1982 November - 1983 October
12	14	Receipt book	1983 October - 1984 November
12	15	Receipt book	1984 November - 1985 October
12	16	Receipt book	1986 September - 1987 August
12	19	G. Thatcher Corp.	1952 August - 1955 October
	Folder
12	1	Loose papers pulled from ledger #19	undated
	ledger
13	18	(business and performances for the Capitol and Lyric theatres p. 1-488; oversize)	1925-1930
14	18	Remainder of #18 p. 439-681; oversize. Also includes two maps)	1930-1931
	Folder
14	1	Income returns for G. Thatcher	1909-1915
14	2	Rent deposits, lists of tenants	1971-1976
14	3	Partnership tax returns	1918-1939

Addendum, 1935-1941Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Check Registers from George Washington Thatcher, Jr. and Brigham Young Thatcher
Box	Folder
15	1	Check Register	1939-1941
15	2	Check Register	1935-1941
15	3	Check Registers, Lyric Theatre	1935-1937

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Theater--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)
Theater--Utah--Logan.

Personal Names

Spicker, William, 1886-1961.
Thatcher, George Washington, 1868-1950,
Thatcher, Luna Caroline Young, 1842-1922.

Corporate Names

Capitol Theatre (Logan, Utah)
Consolidated Theatre Company (Logan, Utah)
Lyric Theatre (Logan, Utah)
Thatcher Music Company (Logan, Utah)

Family Names

Thatcher family.

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