UUS_mss107.xml Guide to the Pond Brothers Store records 1886-1912 Pond Brothers Store records 1886-1912 Finding aid created by Special Collections and Archives. Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008 Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives ©2008
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-01-13. Finding guide is in English in Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). January 8, 2009. Template information was updated to reflect Utah Manuscript Association best practices. 2009 Template information was updated to relect Archives West best practice guidelines. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Pond Brothers Store records UUS_COLL MSS 107 10 boxes 5 linear feet 1886-1912 Contains the historical papers of the Pond Brothers Store in Lewiston, Utah spanning the period of 1886 to 1912. This collection contains financial ledgers, transaction receipts, canceled checks, and some personal papers of Brigham and Charles Pond, including Charles Pond's 1896 notes and school papers from his studies at the Agricultural College of Utah (now Utah State University). Collection materials are in English.

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Pond Brothers Store records, 1886-1912. (COLL MSS 107). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives department.

In 1889, the Webster-Pond Brothers Store opened in Lewiston, Utah, and under the management of brothers Brigham Pond and Louis Pond and the funding of W. M. Webster of Franklin, Idaho. Commonly known as the Pond Brothers Store, it sold general merchandise, functioned as butcher shop, and served as an outlet where grain farmers could market their produce locally. By 1891, Lewiston's LDS Mercantile Cooperative Store went out of business, leaving the Pond Brothers Store as the only local store until 1895. In 1895, Hyrum G. Hayball, a ZCMI-trained businessman from Logan, Utah, came to Lewiston and established a store in competition to the Pond Brothers, but his business failed within three years.

With the construction of the Lewiston Sugar Beet Factory in 1905, Charles Pond, the son of Brigham Pond, established a small outlet of the Pond Brothers Store on the factory's grounds. From this originally small outlet, Pond's business blossomed into a substantial store that sold coal, lumber, general merchandise, and other materials needed by the factory and its workers. The Pond Brothers Store operated until 1917, when the Ponds sold their property and moved to Island Park, Idaho to pursue the lumber business.

Source:

Lewiston City Compiled Works; Histories, Diaries, Minutes, and Notes, compiled by Lewiston City Historical Commission, Lewiston, Utah, 1987 (USU SC&A: 979.27 L589)

Biographical Sketches:

Brigham Pond was born June 9, 1853. He and his wife, Aroetta Whittle Pond, and their young sons, Charles, came to Lewiston in the spring of 1877. Later, Brigham and his brother Louis bought one-hundred and eighty acres of land near Lewiston. Brigham Pond practiced polygamy and had two wives. His second wife, Catherine Whittle Pond, married Brigham in 1885. This second family moved around from place to place for a number of years. However, Catherine and her nine children eventually settled in Lewiston on Brigham's farm where the two families lived together. Active in Church and civic affairs, Brigham was the first mayor (or president) of Lewiston Town Corporation. In 1890, he was called to serve a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints mission in Kansas. Brigham Pond passed away December 26, 1933.

Source:

Bernhisel, John Milton III, History of Lewiston, Lewiston City Council, Lewiston, Utah, 1965, p. 253.

Charles Pond was born December 21, 1876, in Richmond, Utah the son of Brigham and Aroetta Whittle Pond. Shortly after Charles' birth, the family moved to Lewiston. In October 1898, he was called to serve a two-year Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints mission in California. On September 12, 1900, Charles married a school teacher, Wilhelmina McCan of Smithfield, Utah who was teaching school in Lewiston. After their marriage, they both taught school at Lewiston. In 1901, Charles was appointed manager of the Peoples' Mercantile & Creamery Co. at Richmond, Utah. In the spring of 1904, Charles and his family moved to Boise, Idaho then to Hood River, Oregon. In 1908, he returned to Lewiston where he was the principal owner of a new store near the Amalgamated Sugar Co., of which he soon became the sole owner and manager. In 1924, Charles sold his business and bought the Island Park Lodge near Yellowstone. Charles and Mina had seven children together.

Source:

Bernhisel, John Milton III, History of Lewiston, Lewiston City Council, Lewiston, Utah, 1965, p. 267.

This ten-box collection contains the historical papers of the Pond Brothers Store in Lewiston, Utah spanning the period of 1886 to 1912. This collection contains financial ledgers, transaction receipts, canceled checks, and personal papers of Brigham and Charles Pond.

Box 10 contains five ledgers consisting of Charles Pond's notes taken at the Agricultural College of Utah (now Utah State University) in 1896 and store account ledgers. Boxes 1-8 consist of canceled checks and check stubs. Box 9 contains store papers in the form of small ledgers and payroll records. Folder 13 contains ledgers and papers concerning the Pond Brothers Store's connection to the construction of the Lewiston School House in 1895. Box 9 also contains personal papers of Brigham Pond (1890s) and a Fairview Cooperative Store ledger (1891-1903).

Arranged by material type and chronologically.

 Business enterprises--Utah--Lewiston. Economics and Banking Lewiston State Bank checks and statements undated untitled 1904 December - 1905 January 1 1 untitled 1905 September - October 1 2 untitled 1905 December 1 3 untitled 1906 January - February 1 4 untitled 1906 March - April 1 5 untitled 1906 May 1 6 untitled 1906 June - August 1 7 untitled 1906 September 1 8 untitled 1906 October-November 1 9 untitled 1906 December 1 10 untitled 1907 January 1 11 untitled 1907 February 1 12 untitled 1907 March 1 13 untitled 1907 April 1 14 untitled 1907 June 1 15 untitled 1907 July 1 16 untitled 1907 August 1 17 untitled 1907 September 1 18 untitled 1908 July 1 19 untitled 1908 August 1 20 untitled 1908 October-December 1 21 untitled 1909 May 2 1 untitled 1909 July 2 2 untitled 1910 April 2 3 untitled 1910 May 2 4 untitled 1910 June 2 5 untitled 1910 July 2 6 untitled 1910 August 2 7 untitled 1910 September 2 8 untitled 1910 October 2 9 untitled 1910 November 2 10 untitled 1910 December 2 11 untitled 1911 January 2 12 untitled 1911 February 2 13 untitled 1911 March 2 14 untitled 1911 April 2 15 untitled 1911 May 2 16 untitled 1911 June 2 17 untitled 1911 July 2 18 untitled 1911 August 2 19 untitled 1911 September 2 20 untitled 1911 October 2 21 untitled 1911 November 2 22 Empty Envelopes undated 2 23 Empty Envelopes undated 2 24 Thatcher Brothers Banking Company checks and statements undated untitled 1890 October 3 1 untitled 1890 November-December 3 2 untitled 1891 January 3 3 untitled 1891 February 3 4 untitled 1891 March 3 5 untitled 1891 May 3 6 untitled 1891 June 3 7 untitled 1891 October 3 8 untitled 1891 November 3 9 untitled 1891 December 3 10 untitled 1892 January 3 11 untitled 1892 February 3 12 untitled 1892 March 3 13 untitled 1892 June 3 14 untitled 1892 July 3 15 untitled 1892 August 3 16 untitled 1892 October 3 17 untitled 1892 November 3 18 untitled 1893 April 3 20 untitled 1893 May 3 21 untitled 1893 July 3 22 untitled 1894 January 3 23 untitled 1894 February-March 3 24 untitled 1894 April 3 25 untitled 1894 August-November 3 26 untitled 1894 December 3 27 untitled 1895 January 3 28 untitled 1895 March 3 29 untitled 1895 April-May 3 30 untitled 1895 June 3 31 untitled 1895 October 3 32 untitled 1895 November 3 33 untitled 1895 December 3 34 Empty Envelopes undated 3 35 Empty Envelopes undated 3 36 untitled 1896 January 4 1 untitled 1896 February 4 2 untitled 1896 March 4 3 untitled 1896 April 4 4 untitled 1896 May 4 5 untitled 1896 September 4 6 untitled 1896 October 4 7 untitled 1896 November 4 8 untitled 1896 December 4 9 untitled 1897 January 4 10 untitled 1897 February 4 11 untitled 1897 March 4 12 untitled 1897 April 4 13 untitled 1897 May 4 14 untitled 1897 June 4 15 untitled 1897 July 4 16 untitled 1897 August 4 17 untitled 1897 September 4 18 untitled 1897 October 4 19 untitled 1897 November 4 20 untitled 1897 December 4 21 untitled 1898 January 4 22 untitled 1898 February 4 23 untitled 1898 March 4 24 untitled 1898 April 4 25 untitled 1898 May 4 26 untitled 1898 June 4 27 untitled 1898 July 4 28 untitled 1898 August 4 29 untitled 1898 September 4 30 untitled 1898 October 4 31 untitled 1898 November 4 32 untitled 1898 December 4 33 untitled 1899 January 4 34 untitled 1899 February 4 35 untitled 1899 March 4 36 untitled 1899 April 4 37 untitled 1899 May 4 38 untitled 1899 June 4 39 untitled 1899 July 4 40 untitled 1899 August 4 41 untitled 1899 September 4 42 untitled 1899 October 4 43 untitled 1899 November 4 44 untitled 1899 December 4 45 untitled 1900 January 5 1 untitled 1900 February 5 2 untitled 1900 March 5 3 untitled 1900 May 5 4 untitled 1900 June 5 5 untitled 1900 July 5 6 untitled 1900 September 5 7 untitled 1900 October 5 8 untitled 1900 November 5 9 untitled 1900 December 5 10 untitled 1901 January 5 11 untitled 1901 February 5 12 untitled 1901 March 5 13 untitled 1901 April 5 14 untitled 1901 May 5 15 untitled 1901 June 5 16 untitled 1901 July 5 17 untitled 1901 August 5 18 untitled 1901 October 5 20 untitled 1901 November 5 21 untitled 1901 December 5 22 untitled 1902 January 5 23 untitled 1902 February 5 24 untitled 1902 March 5 25 untitled 1902 April 5 26 untitled 1902 May 5 27 untitled 1902 June 5 28 untitled 1902 July 5 29 untitled 1902 August 5 30 untitled 1902 September 5 31 untitled 1902 October 5 32 untitled 1902 November-December 5 33 untitled 1903 January 5 34 untitled 1903 February 5 35 untitled 1903 March 5 36 untitled 1903 April 5 37 untitled 1903 May 5 38 untitled 1903 June 5 39 untitled 1903 July 5 40 untitled 1903 August 5 41 untitled 1903 September 5 42 untitled 1903 October 5 43 untitled 1903 November 5 44 untitled 1903 December 5 45 untitled 1904 January 5 46 February 1904 untitled 1904 February 5 47 March 1904 untitled 1904 March 5 48 April 1904 untitled 1904 April 5 49 Cache valley Banking Company checks and statements undated untitled 1904 July-August 6 1 April 1904 untitled 1904 April 6 2 untitled 1904 May 6 3 untitled 1904 June 6 4 untitled 1904 July 6 5 untitled 1904 August 6 6 untitled 1904 September 6 7 untitled 1904 October 6 8 untitled 1904 November 6 9 untitled 1904 December 6 10 untitled 1905 January 6 11 untitled 1905 February-March 6 12 untitled 1905 April 6 13 untitled 1905 May 6 14 untitled 1905 June 6 15 untitled 1905 July 6 16 untitled 1905 August 6 17 untitled 1905 September 6 18 Check stub books undated untitled 1894-1898 7 1 untitled 1890 September-1899 November 7 2 untitled 1891 7 3 untitled 1892-1893 7 4 untitled 1895-1899 7 5 untitled 1900-1902 7 6 untitled 1903-1905 8 1 untitled 1907 8 2 untitled 1908 January-July 8 3 untitled 1908 -1909 August 8 4 untitled 1911-1912 8 5 untitled undated 8 6 Store papers and Pond family papers undated Directory of LDS Business Houses undated 9 1 Financial ledger 1886-1889 9 2

(also contains notes about LDS apostles).

 Financial ledger 1890-1899 9 3 Financial ledger 1898-1901 9 4

(contains financial record and payroll record).

 Financial ledger 1890-1899 9 5

(contains account and payroll, and various notes).

 Time book 1892-1898 9 6

(record of payroll and hours worked).

 Time book 1893-1981 9 7

(payroll record).

 General store correspondence 1890-1899 9 8 B. Pond's receipts from the Bishop's Storehouse 1903 9 9 Uniform examination papers (eighth grade level) 1903 9 10 Three issues of the Juvenile Instructor 1905-1906 9 11

(1905 issue contains notes).

 Notes take at a LDS young men's and women's meeting 1890-1899 9 12 Ledgers and papers concerning the Pond Brothers Store connection to the construction of the Lewiston School House 1895 9 13 Stock certificates 1892 - 1897 9 14 Railroad receipts 1890-1899 9 15 Tax notices 1895-1896 9 16 Pond Brothers Store customer loan applications 1890-1899 9 17 Beet contract of Pond brothers with the Ogden Sugar Company 1898 9 18 Miscellaneous receipts undated 9 19 Miscellaneous papers undated 9 20 Fairview Cooperative Store ledger 1891-1903 9 21 Charles Pond's Agricultural College of Utah school notes 1896 10 1 Charles Pond's Agricultural College of Utah school notes 1896 10 2 Account ledger 1889-1891 10 3 Account ledger 1889-1891 10 4 Account ledger 1892-1893 10 5