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Deseret Livestock Company photograph collection, 1925-1945

Overview of the Collection

Title
Deseret Livestock Company photograph collection
Dates
1925-1945 (inclusive)
Quantity
149 photographs
Collection Number
P0105
Summary
The Deseret Livestock Company photograph collection contains images documenting company activities in livestock raising.
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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Content Description

The Deseret Livestock Company was established in 1891 by a group of Utah sheep ranchers and existed until the early 1970s. Its purpose was to promote stock raising, slaughtering, butchering, and mercantile business in Utah. The collection contains photographs of such livestock as horses, sheep, and cattle, as well as the Neponset Dam and canal construction. Also farming, it's environs and employees and activities.

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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

Separated Materials

See also Deseret Land and Livestock Company pPapers (MS 0105).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Farming

    • Description: Cattle

      • 1-9: Cattle

      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
    • Description: Horses

      • 10-29: Horses

      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: Sheep

      • 30-55: Sheep

      Container: Box 1, Folder 3-4
    • Description: Miscellaneous

      • 56-57: Trailers
      • 58: Louis Farmer, application sheep foreman position, October 1945
      • 59: Rio Praia Copacabana
      • 60-61: Unidentified
      • 62-63: Outlet pipe stilling basin before and after repair
      • 64-65: Head of Neponset Canal before and after repair
      • 66-67: Rip-rapping on the face of Neponset Dam
      • 68-69: Drop in spillway-Neponset Dam
      • 70-71: Finished work, Neponset Dam
      • 72-73: Neponset Dam prior to repair
      • 74-75: Front face of Neponset Dam prior to repair

      Container: Box 1, Folder 5-6
    • Description: Cattle

      • 76-86: Cattle

      Container: Box 1, Folder 7
    • Description: Horses

      • 87-92: Horses

      Container: Box 1, Folder 8
    • Description: Sheep

      • 93-99: Sheep

      Container: Box 1, Folder 9
    • Description: Wool Production

      • 100-106: Wool Production

      Container: Box 1, Folder 10
    • Description: Buildings

      • 107-122: Buildings

      Container: Box 1, Folder 11
    • Description: People

      • 123-138: People

      Container: Box 1, Folder 12
    • Description: Farming

      • 139-149: Farming

      Container: Box 1, Folder 13

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Subject Terms

  • Cattle trade--Utah--History--Photographs
  • LivestockUtahPhotographs
  • Sheep industry--Utah--History--Photographs

Corporate Names

  • Deseret Live Stock Company--History--Photographs
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