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Rocky Mountain Power Company records, 1876-1992

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Rocky Mountain Power Company
Title
Rocky Mountain Power Company records
Dates
1876-1992 (inclusive)
Quantity
338 boxes, (619.5 linear feet)
Collection Number
MS 0206
Summary
The Rocky Mountain Power Company records (1876-1992) consist of reports describing the company's acquisitions of smaller companies from 1912 to 1938, as well as a history of the parent company's accomplishments in providing power to the intermountain area. Also included are diagrams for the construction of various area power plants.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

The Rocky Mountain Power Company, originally known as the Utah Power and Light Company, was organized in September 1912. At that time there were many individual companies and municipal power systems serving only a fraction of the area now served by Rocky Mountain Power. Service centered in urban areas and most places only had partial service. Between 1912 and 1938, Utah Power and Light bought or leased these small, independent power facilities to form a unified network of electric service to Utah, parts of Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado. Expanded electric service encouraged the development not only of industry, but also the introduction of modern conveniences such as water heaters, refrigerators, and street lighting. Utah Power and Light also extended service to rural areas where farmers used electricity to pump irrigation water.

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Content Description

The Rocky Mountain Power Company records (1876-1992) consist of reports describing the company's acquisitions of smaller companies from 1912 to 1938, as well as a history of the parent company's accomplishments in providing power to the intermountain area. These reports not only offer insight into the history of Rocky Mountain Power, but also into the overall development of the power industry in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado. Also included are diagrams for the construction of various area power plants and equipment.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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Administrative Information

Processing Note

Processed by Susan M. Neel in the 1980s.

Addendum processed by Debra Allard in 2000.

Addendum processed by Anna Hansen in 2011.

Addendum processed by Betsey Welland in 2017.

Separated Materials

Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0206).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Company History

    • Description: Utah Power and Light Company History of Origin and Development
      Dates: 1937
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
    • Description: Utah Power and Light Company Reclassification of Electric Plant
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: Utah Power and Light Company Reclassification of Electric Plant Statements
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
    • Description: Maps
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
    • Description: Utah Light and Traction Company History of Origin and Development
      Dates: 1937
      Container: Box 2, Folder 1
    • Description: Utah Light and Traction Company Reclassification of Electric Plant Statements
      Container: Box 2, Folder 2
    • Description: The Western Colorado Power Company History of Origin and Development
      Dates: 1937
      Container: Box 2, Folder 3
    • Description: The Western Colorado Power Company Reclassification of Electric Plant Statements
      Container: Box 2, Folder 4
    • Description: Utah Power and Light Company Instructions to Employees-Power Department
      Dates: 1925
      Container: Box 2, Folder 5
    • Description: Records Transferred Inventories
      Dates: 1966-1967
      Container: Box 2, Folder 6
    • Description: Posters Used in Newspaper Advertisements
      Container: Box 2, Folder 7-10
  • Power Plants

    • Description: Alpine Power Plant Diagrams and Specifications
      Dates: 1909-1947
      Container: Box 3, Folder 1-9
    • Description: American Fork Power Plant Diagrams and Specifications
      Dates: 1906-1952
      Container: Box 3, Folder 10-23
    • Description: Hyrum Power Plant Diagrams and Specifications
      Dates: 1912-1953
      Container: Box 4, Folder 1-11
    • Description: Blacksmith Fork Power Plant Diagrams and Specifications
      Dates: 1911-1912
      Container: Box 4, Folder 12-17
    • Description: Blacksmith Fork Power Plant Diagrams and Specifications
      Dates: 1912
      Container: Box 5, Folder 1-5
    • Description: Mill Creek Power Plant Diagrams and Specifications
      Dates: 1906-1924
      Container: Box 5, Folder 6-11
    • Description: Santaquin Power Plant Diagrams and Specifications
      Dates: 1906-1952
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Logan Power Plant Diagrams and Specifications
      Dates: 1900-1901
      Container: Box 7
    • Description: Logan Power Plant Diagrams and Specifications
      Dates: 1898-1904
      Container: Box 8
    • Description: Logan Power Plant Diagrams and Specifications
      Dates: 1899-1923
      Container: Box 9
    • Description: Riverdale Power Plant Diagrams and Specifications
      Dates: 1910
      Container: Box 10
    • Description: Riverdale Power Plant Diagrams and Specifications
      Dates: 1910-1912
      Container: Box 11
    • Description: Riverdale Power Plant Diagrams and Specifications
      Dates: 1912-1913
      Container: Box 12
    • Description: Riverdale Power Plant Diagrams and Specifications
      Dates: 1914-1955
      Container: Box 13
  • Utah General History

    • Description: Utah Development
      Dates: 1931-1989
      Container: Box 14, Folder 1
    • Description: Development of Utah Power Companies
      Container: Box 14, Folder 2
    • Description: Chart of Corporate Development, Utah Light and Traction Company
      Container: Box 14, Folder 3
    • Description: Public Transportation
      Container: Box 14, Folder 4
    • Description: Property Tax Trends in Utah
      Container: Box 14, Folder 5
    • Description: " Historical Photographs of Utah"
      Dates: 1947
      Container: Box 14, Folder 6
    • Description: Elecrtical West, 75th Anniversary Issue
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 14, Folder 7
  • Utah Power and Light Company General Materials, 1885-1982

    Container: Box 15

  • Stations and Plants General History

  • General Articles and News Clippings

  • Description: Promotional Mug
    Container: Box 20
  • Western Colorado Power Company

  • Description: Telluride Power Company Correspondence Ledger
    Container: Box 22
  • Animas Water and Power Company Summary of Accounts and Distribution, 1905-1907

    Container: Box 23

  • Phoenix Construction Company General Financial Materials

  • Ledgers and Company Materials

  • Accounting Materials

    • Description: Classification of Accounts
      Dates: 1920-1926
      Container: Box 58-59
    • Description: Accounts and Job Numbers
      Dates: 1926
      Container: Box 60
    • Description: Accounting Methods
      Container: Box 61
    • Description: Accounts and Loans Ledger
      Dates: 1923-1932
      Container: Box 62
    • Description: Salt Lake Office Monthly Expense Details Ledger
      Dates: 1915-1925
      Container: Box 63
    • Description: Salt Lake Office Expense Details Ledger
      Dates: 1926-1927
      Container: Box 64
    • Description: Checkbook
      Dates: 1929-1931
      Container: Box 65-69
    • Description: Utah Light and Power Company Cash Book
      Dates: 1936
      Container: Box 70
    • Description: Unpaid Labor Record
      Dates: 1912-1926
      Container: Box 71
    • Description: Cash Collections, Transmittal of Unpaid Bills and Invoices
      Dates: 1917-1925
      Container: Box 72
    • Description: Utah Power and Light Company Accounts Payable Ledger
      Dates: 1914-1924
      Container: Box 73
  • Voucher Records

    • Description: Voucher Index Register: Miscellaneous Accounts and A-L
      Dates: 1919-1924
      Container: Box 74
    • Description: Voucher Index Register: M-Z
      Dates: 1919-1924
      Container: Box 75
    • Description: Voucher Index Register: A-L
      Dates: 1925
      Container: Box 76
    • Description: Voucher Index Register: M-Z
      Dates: 1925
      Container: Box 77
    • Description: Control Voucher
      Dates: 1916-1919
      Container: Box 78
    • Description: Voucher Register 1 and 2: Old Grace Development
      Dates: 1913
      Container: Box 79-80
    • Description: Control Voucher Register 1: 1-2878
      Dates: 1913
      Container: Box 81
    • Description: Control Voucher Register 2: 2879-5932
      Dates: 1913
      Container: Box 82
    • Description: Control Voucher Register 3: 5933-9055
      Dates: 1913
      Container: Box 83
    • Description: Control Voucher Register 4: 9056-13051
      Dates: 1913-1914
      Container: Box 84
    • Description: Voucher Register: Cove and Grace Development
      Dates: 1917-1918
      Container: Box 85
    • Description: Voucher Register: Western Colorado Power Company
      Dates: 1916-1920
      Container: Box 86-87
    • Description: Voucher Register and Recapitulation: Phoenix Utility Company
      Dates: 1923-1929
      Container: Box 88
    • Description: Voucher Register: Provo Station Construction
      Dates: 1936
      Container: Box 89
  • Description: Cash Disbursements: Western Colorado Power Company
    Dates: 1915-1932
    Container: Box 90-96
  • Employee Materials

    • Description: Small Time Books

      These books have been organized according to date, then alphabetized according to the name of the Plant or Station.

      Dates: 1912-1913
      Container: Box 97
    • Description: Small Time Books
      Dates: 1913
      Container: Box 98-99
    • Description: Small Time Books
      Dates: 1914
      Container: Box 100-101
    • Description: Small Time Books
      Dates: 1915
      Container: Box 102
    • Description: Small Time Books
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 103-104
    • Description: Small Time Books
      Dates: 1917
      Container: Box 105-108
    • Description: Small Time Books
      Dates: 1918
      Container: Box 109
    • Description: Small Time Books
      Dates: 1918-1919
      Container: Box 110
    • Description: Field Pay Rolls: Developments A-K
      Dates: 1919-1924
      Container: Box 111
    • Description: Payroll Distribution
      Dates: 1917-1919
      Container: Box 112
    • Description: Field Pay Roll and Recapitulation
      Dates: 1919-1922
      Container: Box 113
    • Description: Payroll Records: Pheonix Utility Company Utah Operations
      Dates: 1922
      Container: Box 114
    • Description: Payroll Records
      Dates: 1923
      Container: Box 115-116
    • Description: Labor Distribution and Payroll
      Dates: 1924
      Container: Box 117
    • Description: Payroll Records
      Dates: 1924-1925
      Container: Box 118-119
    • Description: Payroll Distribution
      Dates: 1936
      Container: Box 120
    • Description: Field Payroll Sheets: Utah Power and Light Company
      Dates: 1936
      Container: Box 121
  • Operational and Maintenance Materials

  • Field Notes

    • Description: Field Notes, Bingham Division: Sandy, Salt Lake, Magna
      Dates: 1927-1935
      Container: Box 185
    • Description: Field Notes, Bingham Division: Tooele County
      Dates: 1933-1935
      Container: Box 186
    • Description: Field Notes, Bingham Division: Salt Lake County
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 187
    • Description: Field Notes: Box Elder, Fielding, Tremonton, Garland
      Dates: 1913-1935
      Container: Box 188
    • Description: Field Notes: Box Elder, Perry, Willard
      Dates: 1919-1935
      Container: Box 189
    • Description: Field Notes: Box Elder, Thatcher, Penrose, Elwood
      Dates: 1929-1935
      Container: Box 190
    • Description: Field Notes: Box Elder, Plymouth
      Dates: 1929-1935
      Container: Box 191
    • Description: Field Notes: Box Elder, Elwood
      Dates: 1929-1935
      Container: Box 192
    • Description: Field Notes: Box Elder
      Dates: 1931-1935
      Container: Box 193
    • Description: Field Notes: Cache County, Newton
      Dates: 1916-1935
      Container: Box 194
    • Description: Field Notes: Cache County, Lewiston
      Dates: 1917-1935
      Container: Box 195
    • Description: Field Notes: Cache County, Ophir, Logan
      Dates: 1917-1935
      Container: Box 196
    • Description: Field Notes: Cache County, Smithfield
      Dates: 1928-1935
      Container: Box 197
    • Description: Field Notes: Cache County, Ogden, Weber, Wasatch
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 198
    • Description: Field Notes: Cache County
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 199
    • Description: Field Notes: Carbon County
      Dates: 1930-1935
      Container: Box 200-201
    • Description: Field Notes: Carbon County, Wellington
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 202
    • Description: Field Notes: Carbon County, Price
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 203
    • Description: Field Notes: Davis County Requisitions
      Dates: 1934-1947
      Container: Box 204
    • Description: Field Notes: Davis County, Layton
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 205
    • Description: Field Notes: Emery County, Ferron
      Dates: 1930-1935
      Container: Box 206
    • Description: Field Notes: Emery County, Huntington
      Dates: 1915-1935
      Container: Box 207
    • Description: Field Notes: Emery County, Green River
      Dates: 1930-1935
      Container: Box 208
    • Description: Field Notes: Emery County, Orangeville City
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 209
    • Description: Field Notes: Grace, State Line
      Dates: 1907-1909
      Container: Box 210
    • Description: Field Notes: Grace, Salt Lake, Logan
      Dates: 1913-1951
      Container: Box 211
    • Description: Field Notes: Jordan Terminal
      Dates: 1934
      Container: Box 212-213
    • Description: Field Notes: Jordan Steam Plant
      Dates: 1934
      Container: Box 214
    • Description: Field Notes: Ogden Division
      Dates: 1924-1935
      Container: Box 215
    • Description: Field Notes: Ogden Division, Weber, Willard
      Dates: 1926-1936
      Container: Box 216
    • Description: Field Notes: Ogden Division
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 217
    • Description: Field Notes: Ogden Division, Corinne City, Box Elder
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 218
    • Description: Field Notes: Ogden Division, Honeyville, Box Elder
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 219
    • Description: Field Notes: Ogden Division, Farminton Point
      Dates: 1934
      Container: Box 220
    • Description: Field Notes: Ogden Division
      Dates: 1934
      Container: Box 221
    • Description: Field Notes: Ogden Division, Weber County
      Dates: 1934
      Container: Box 222
    • Description: Field Notes: Ogden Division, Weber, Davis
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 223
    • Description: Field Notes: Ogden Division, Summit and Morgan County
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 224
    • Description: Field Notes: Ogden Division, Morgan County
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 225
    • Description: Field Notes: Ogden Division, Weber and Davis County
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 226
    • Description: Field Notes: Ogden Division, Weber County
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 227
    • Description: Field Notes: Ogden City, Weber County
      Dates: 1934
      Container: Box 228
    • Description: Field Notes: Ogden Division, Weber County
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 229
    • Description: Field Notes: Park City Division, Summit County
      Dates: 1916-1935
      Container: Box 230-231
    • Description: Field Notes: Park City Division, Summit County, Kamas
      Dates: 1920-1935
      Container: Box 232
    • Description: Field Notes: Park City Division, Summit County, Oakley
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 233
    • Description: Field Notes: Pioneer Dam
      Dates: 1924
      Container: Box 234
    • Description: Field Notes: Pioneer, Farmington Track
      Dates: 1934
      Container: Box 235
    • Description: Field Notes: Pleasant Grove, Linden
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 236
    • Description: Field Notes: Preston Division, Trenton, Richmond
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 237
    • Description: Field Notes: Preston Division, Cache County
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 238
    • Description: Field Notes: Preston Division, Logan, Millville, Cache County
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 239
    • Description: Field Notes: Provo Division, Uinta, Moab, Wellington, Orangeville, Park City
      Dates: 1924-1935
      Container: Box 240
    • Description: Field Notes: Provo Division
      Dates: 1926-1935
      Container: Box 241-242
    • Description: Field Notes: Provo Division, Utah County
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 243-244
    • Description: Field Notes: Provo Division, Moab
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 245
    • Description: Field Notes: Provo Division, Vernal City
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 246
    • Description: Field Notes: Provo Division, Utah and Salt Lake County
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 247
    • Description: Field Notes: Provo Division, Lehi
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 248
    • Description: Field Notes: Provo Division, Mona, Juab County
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 249
    • Description: Field Notes: Provo Division
      Dates: 1934
      Container: Box 250
    • Description: Field Notes: Provo Division, Tooele and Utah County
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 251
    • Description: Field Notes: Salt Lake City
      Dates: 1924
      Container: Box 252
    • Description: Field Notes: Salt Lake County
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 253
    • Description: Field Notes: Tooele County, Grantsville
      Dates: 1928-1935
      Container: Box 254
    • Description: Field Notes: Tooele County
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 255
    • Description: Field Notes: Uintah County
      Dates: 1928-1935
      Container: Box 256
    • Description: Field Notes: Utah County, Mammoth
      Dates: 1923-1935
      Container: Box 257
    • Description: Field Notes: Utah County, Alpine
      Dates: 1924-1935
      Container: Box 258
    • Description: Field Notes: Utah County, Juab, Mammoth, Eureka
      Dates: 1919-1935
      Container: Box 259
    • Description: Field Notes: Utah County, Juab, Santaquin
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 260
    • Description: Field Notes: Utah County, Juab
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 261
    • Description: Field Notes: Utah County, Orem, Mapleton
      Dates: 1934-1935
      Container: Box 262
    • Description: Field Notes: Utah County, Tooele, Ophir
      Dates: 1933-1935
      Container: Box 263
    • Description: Field Notes: Utah County, American Fork
      Dates: 1926-1935
      Container: Box 264
    • Description: Field Notes: Utah County, Wasatch
      Dates: 1916-1935
      Container: Box 265
    • Description: Field Notes: Wasatch County, Snake Creek
      Dates: 1929-1935
      Container: Box 266
    • Description: Field Notes: Wasatch County, Wallsburg
      Dates: 1935-1935
      Container: Box 267
  • Financial Materials

    • Description: Invoice Register
      Dates: 1927-1930
      Container: Box 268
    • Description: Miscellaneous Work Orders
      Dates: 1924-1933
      Container: Box 269
    • Description: Phoenix Engineering Corporation Job Control Ledger
      Dates: 1936
      Container: Box 270
    • Description: Phoenix Utility Company Activities Ledger
      Dates: 1916-1919
      Container: Box 271
    • Description: Frank A. Reid Jobs, Phoenix Engineering Corporation
      Dates: 1924-1925
      Container: Box 272
    • Description: Engineering Department Work Orders
      Dates: 1919-1927
      Container: Box 273
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1913
      Container: Box 274-276
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1913-1914
      Container: Box 277-288
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1913-1915
      Container: Box 289
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1913-1916
      Container: Box 290
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1913-1919
      Container: Box 291-292
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1913-1935
      Container: Box 293
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1914-1915
      Container: Box 294-295
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1914-1916
      Container: Box 296
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1915-1916
      Container: Box 297-298
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 299
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1916-1917
      Container: Box 300-304
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1916-1919
      Container: Box 305
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1917
      Container: Box 306-309
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1917-1918
      Container: Box 310-311
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1917-1919
      Container: Box 312
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1917-1926
      Container: Box 313
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1919-1932
      Container: Box 314
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1919-1926
      Container: Box 315
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1922-1924
      Container: Box 316
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1923-1924
      Container: Box 317-318
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1924
      Container: Box 319-322
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1925-1926
      Container: Box 323-324
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1925-1927
      Container: Box 325
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1926
      Container: Box 326
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1926-1927
      Container: Box 327
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1929-1930
      Container: Box 328-329
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1940-1941
      Container: Box 330
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1919-1921
      Container: Box 331
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1921-1923
      Container: Box 332
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1923-1925
      Container: Box 333
    • Description: Work Orders and Invoices
      Dates: 1922-1927
      Container: Box 334
  • Description: Utah Power and Light Company Numbers Book 75836-78278
    Dates: 1986-1992
    Container: Box 335
  • Description: Utah Power and Light Company Numbers Book 81000-82657
    Dates: 1991-1992
    Container: Box 336
  • Description: Utah Power and Light Company Numbers Book 74315-75835
    Dates: 1985-1986
    Container: Box 337
  • Description: Utah Power and Light Company Numbers Book 69597-71874
    Dates: 1982-1985
    Container: Box 338

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Subject Terms

  • Electric power-plants--Utah --History --Sources
  • Electric utilities--West (U.S.)--History --Sources

Corporate Names

  • Idaho Power and Transportation Company
  • Knight Consolidated Power Company
  • Rocky Mountain Power Company--Archives
  • Telluride Power Company
  • Utah Light and Traction Company
  • Western Colorado Power Company

Form or Genre Terms

  • Architectural drawings
  • Histories
  • Reports
  • Specifications
  • Technical drawings
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