Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Richmond historical records
UUS_COLL MSS 434
9.5 linear feet
17 boxes
1880-2009
The collection consists of 17 boxes of materials from Richmond's history, dating from 1880 to 2009. It is divided into five series: Richmond Preservation Society Papers; Family and Oral Histories; Richmond and Cache Valley History; Newspaper Clippings; Ephemera and Oversize Items.
Material in English
Processed in November of 2012
This collection was donated to USU Special Collections and Archives by the City of Richmond in 2009.
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Richmond history papers must be obtained from the Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Initial Citation: Richmond Utah historical records USU_COLL MSS 434, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_COLL MSS 434, USUSCA.
Agrippa Cooper first settled Richmond, Utah, in 1859 and residents incorporated it as a city on February 26, 1868. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has maintained a significant presence in Richmond since the creation of the town ward in the spring of 1860, though the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Presbyterian Church were active as well, particularly in the late 19th century.
Dairy farming has long been central to the Richmond economy. The city was home to the Sego Milk Plant beginning in 1904, which sold its operations to Western General Dairies, Inc. before its eventual closure. Richmond celebrates this important aspect of its heritage with the Black and White Days festival, held annually since 1913.
On August 30, 1962, at 6:35 a.m., a magnitude 5.7 earthquake shook Richmond. The temblor caused extensive damage to the community, knocking cans off the grocery store shelves, crumbling the parapet walls of the 1914 Carnegie Library, and destroying the front of the 1903 Benson Stake Tabernacle. The Church razed the condemned tabernacle and built a new Benson Stake Center, dedicating it in 1964.
In 1974 Pepperidge Farm opened a plant in Richmond, which produced over 1 million cases of Goldfish crackers a year and employed more than 400 workers as of 2011. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the community boasted a population of 2,470.
The collection consists of 17 boxes of materials from Richmond's history, dating from 1880 to 2009. The collection is divided into five series: Richmond Preservation Society papers; Family and Oral Histories; Richmond and Cache Valley history; Newspaper Clippings; Ephemera and Oversize Items.
Series I (boxes 1-3) contains documentation and correspondence from the Richmond Preservation Society. These materials include census data, photographs, registration forms, proposals, surveys, and other documents pertaining to the preservation of the city's historic buildings and sites. Most of the materials in this category were already organized in the current folders by the City of Richmond prior to donation.
Series II (boxes 4-9) contains family histories, genealogical essays, family records, and oral history interviews (transcripts and tapes). Box 4 and 5 contain seven large family history books while boxes 6 and 7 contain dozens of folders organized alphabetically by last name. Boxes 8 and 9 contain oral history interview tapes (organized alphabetically by last name) that correspond with some of the oral history transcripts in box 7.
Series III (boxes 10-11) contains Richmond history essays and documents (box 10), as well as subject files that cover significant aspects and events of Richmond (box 11). The content of these boxes is organized by general subject (which is indicated by the title of each folder).
Series IV (boxes 12-14) contains newspaper clippings from various local newspapers (mostly the Herald Journal). Box 12 contains folders of anniversaries, birthday announcements, weddings, and obituaries, all of which are organized alphabetically by last name. Boxes 13 and 14 contain articles published in the Herald Journal that pertain to Richmond or Cache Valley. These are organized chronologically by the date they were published.
Series V (boxes 15-17) contains ephemera from around the country, as well as a few oversize items. The ephemera have little to do with Richmond, but belonged to a Richmond resident, Ariel Benson. Box 15 is full of ephemera from around the United States, organized in alphabetical order by location. Box 16 contains various items about World War II and scouting jamborees. Box 17 has a few posters from Black and White Days festivals and a few folders that are organized by subjects such as maps, family trees, and newspaper clippings.
The collection is divided into five series: Richmond Preservation Society papers; Family and Oral Histories; Richmond and Cache Valley history; Newspaper Clippings; Ephemera and Oversize Items.
Richmond (Utah)--History.
Richmond (Utah)--Biography.
Richmond (Utah)--Genealogy.
Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History.
Agriculture
Architecture
Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Earthquakes--Utah--Richmond.
Mormon Church--Utah--Richmond--History.
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--Utah--Richmond.
Dairy farming--Utah--Richmond--History.
Dairy products industry--Utah--Richmond--History.
Dairying--Utah--Richmond--History.
Condensed milk--Utah--Richmond--History.
Frontier and pioneer life--Utah--Richmond.
City dwellers--Utah--Richmond--Biography.
City dwellers--Utah--Richmond--Interviews.
Oral history--Utah--Richmond.
Mormon tabernacles--Earthquake effects--Utah--Richmond.
Mormon tabernacles--Earthquake effects--Utah--Richmond--Pictoral works.
Ranching
Elementary and Secondary Education
Pioneers
City and Town Life
Oral Histories
Sound Recordings
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Richmond Preservation Society
3 boxes
1859-2005
The first category (boxes 1-3) contains documentation and correspondence from the Richmond Preservation Society. These materials include census data, photographs, registration forms, proposals, surveys, and other documents pertaining to the preservation of the city's historic buildings and sites. Most of the materials in this category were already organized in the current folders by the City of Richmond prior to donation..
Census data and family records of previous historical site residents
1880-1930
1
1
Historic and Architectural Resources of Richmond, Utah
1859-1955
1
2
Photo slides of historical sites
undated
1
3
A.A. Thomas Drugs building
2002 May
1
4
Newell and Anna S. Bullen House
2002 May
1
5
James L. and Amy B. Burnham House
2002 May
1
6
Carl F. and Sophia Christensen House
2002
1
7
George E. and Elizabeth M. Doty House
2002 May
1
8
Albert C. and Emma H. Fisher Farmstead
2002 May
1
9
Harriet H. Fisher House
2002 May
1
10
Hendricks Confectionary Building
2002 May
1
11
Lafayette and Elizabeth W. Hendricks House
2002 May
1
12
Samuel W. and Esther Jane Hendricks House
2002 May
1
13
William S. and Margaret Hendricks House
2003
1
14
Jesse Hobson House
2002 May
1
15
Heber J. and Jocosa Jane Johnson House
2002 May
1
16
Morgan A. and Clarissa R. Knapp House
2002 May
1
17
Almira J. Bainbridge Merrill House
2003
1
18
Lewis Edgar and Clara H. Merrill House
2002 May
1
19
Hattie Merrill Morrison House
2003
1
20
Plant Auto Company Building
2003
1
21
Richmond City Grandstand
2003
1
22
and Hortense V. and Anna Maria O. Shepard House
2002 May
1
23
State Bank of Richmond
2002 May
1
24
S. Milton and Alba C. Webb House
2003
1
25
UDOT correspondence and notes
2000 August-October
2
1
UDOT SR-91 proposal
2002 January 10
2
2
UDOT project files
2000-2002
2
3
Landscape architecture planning booklets
2003
2
4
Preservation education and training information
undated
2
5
Utah State Historical Society correspondence
1999-2001
2
6
Historical Site plaques
2005 September - October
2
7
Grant and proposal applications and associated paperwork
1997-2000
2
8
Main Street Program—Richmond
2003-2004
2
9
Richmond Preservation Commission minutes
2000 February-2003 February
3
1
Reconnaissance Level Survey
2000 October
3
2
Reconnaissance Level Survey photos and historical society documents
undated
3
3
Registration forms and Historic Site documentation folder #1
2004
3
4
Registration forms and Historic Site documentation folder #2
2003-2004
3
5
Richmond Relief Society Building renovation
undated
3
6
Warrantee Deed Records
undated
3
7
Richmond Bell Tower renovation
2000-2003
3
8
Bear River Heritage Area Barn Preservation Project
2003-2004
3
9
Richmond Carnegie Library Folder #1
2003-2005
3
10
Richmond Carnegie Library Folder #2
2003-2005
3
11
Family and Oral Histories
6 boxes
1937-2001
The second category (boxes 4-9) contains family histories, genealogical essays, family records, and oral history interviews (transcripts and tapes). Box 4 and 5 contain seven large family history books while boxes 6 and 7 contain dozens of folders organized alphabetically by last name. Boxes 8 and 9 contain oral history interview tapes (organized alphabetically by last name) that correspond with some of the oral history transcripts in box 7..
Life and Times of Delis Lamb and Oral Lynn Ballam
Item 1
1901 July-1993 January
4
Marriner Wood Merrill and His Family
Item 2
1937-1938
4
Richmond Family Histories, Vol. 1
Item 3
2001 March
4
Includes families of James Allen, Isaac Allred, George Andersen, Knapp, Milo Andrus, Thomas Ashment, Martha H. Johnson Aylworth, Henry Bair, Alice Barnett, Ariah Coats Brower, Herschel Bullen, James Lewis Burnham, and Alexander Schoby Stanley.
Richmond Family Histories, Vol. 2: C- F
Item 4
2001
4
Includes families of Suzanna Gaudin, John Paul Cardon, David Carson, Henry Cartwright, Peter Christensen, Anders Christiansen, Benjamin Cluff, Benjamin Covey, Ellen Parkinson Covey, James Davenport, Phelps, John Maughan, Thomas Leavitt, William Dorris Hendricks, William Dobson, George Ellis Doty, McCarrey, Thomas Duce, James Holiday Durney, Howard Egan, William England, Elsie Sarah Corbridge Farnes, Harriet Hogan Fisher, and Willard Richard Funk.
Richmond Family Histories, Vol. 3: G- H
Item 1
2001 July
5
Includes families of Henry Hendricks, William Gibson, Utie Perkins, Thomas Griffin, Aroet Lucius Hale, Kirstina Johansen Hansen Halversen, McGee Harris, Harriet Ann Craner, Josephne Octavia Ann Weaver, Ira Hogan, Ada May Sterrett, Martin Pond, John Casper Whittle, Ida Matilda Hansen, Harriet Ann Carson, Antrum Byrd Harrison, Pearl Bullen, James Davenport, William Dorris Van Noy, Elizabeth Smith Mill, William Henry Hill, Goudy Hogan, Caroline Francis Angell Holbrook, Ann Smith Hope, Hunsaker, and Christian Larsen Hyer.
Richmond Family Histories, Vol. 4: I-P
Item 2
2002 July
5
Includes families of Bertha Catherine Aagesen Isaacson, Nels Isaacson, Thomas Miller Jeffs, Jens Peder Jensen, Ann Barbara Feltman Johnson, Joseph Kingsbury, Silas Knapp, John Christian Larsen, Mary Arabel Laurence, Amanda Jane Allred Hutchings Lewis, Neriah Lewis, Sarah Goode Marshall, David Oman McKay, Elizabeth Wool Hillyard Meeks, Marriner Wood Merrill, Christian Hans Monson, Chresten Nelson, Henry Nelson, Johanna Annina Petrina Johnson Nelson, Knud Christensen Nelson, William Thompson, Hansine Nielsen, Philinda Upson Standley Osborn, Patience Delila Pierce Palmer, Elizabeth Christina Ashment Peart, Robert Thomas Petty, Lewis James Petty, Hyrum William Pew, Stillman Pond,
Richmond Family Histories, Vol. 5: Q-Z
Item 3
2002 July
5
David Pinkey Rainey, James and Jane Sharp Rawlins, Elizabeth Howard Standage Thackham Rich, John Robinson, Noah Rogers, Samuel Roskelley, August S. Schow, William Lobark Skidmore, Henry Brett Skidmore, Amanda Melissa Barnes Smith Smith, David William Smith Sr., Harris Shannon Stephenson, Jane Telford Telford, Sarah Matila Coltrin Telford, Mary Ellen Isaacson Thompson, Hannah Mariah Crossley Thomson Cooper Thomson, Thomas Titensor, Cornelius Traveller, William Thomas Van Noy, Hiram Abiff Watson, Simon Webb, Francis Whitehead, Zera Whittle, Thomas Whittle, Martha McKinney Frost Akes Langley Wiser, Mary Ann Huntley Burnham Young
Family history correspondence
2001 March and 2005 June
5
1
Richmond Family Histories
1987
5
2
Pioneer women family history
undated
5
3
Van Noy, Stewart, Hendry family histories
undated
5
4
Adair, Atkin, Barnett, Brower, Caine family histories
undated
5
5
Bair Family history
undated
6
1
Autobiography of Richard John Moxey Bee
undated
6
2
Roy Bullen and Herschel Bullen family history
undated
6
3
James Lewis Burnham and Wallace Clinton Burnham biographical sketches
undated
6
4
Eliza Sophia Nelson Cahoon family history
undated
6
5
Milo Andrew and Abigail Jane Daley family history
undated
6
6
Cyril Reed Funk and Hazel Marie Jensen family history
undated
6
7
Lars Christian Johnson biography
undated
6
8
Louise Victoria Corless Mendenhall biography
2006 April 3
6
9
Rulon Thompson biography
1991
6
10
Doyle Corbett Webb autobiography
undated
6
11
Webb and Thompson family history
undated
6
12
Oral history interview questionnaire
undated
7
1
Oral history interview agreement forms
undated
7
2
Richard Bagley interview transcripts
2004 January 19
7
3
(Recording: Box 8 Tape 2)
Amos Bair interview transcript
1973 May 16
7
4
Dee and Marlene Bair interview transcript
2003 June 24
7
5
(Recording: Box 8 Tape 3)
Laura Benson interview transcript
2004 January 22
7
6
L.D. Bowcutt interview transcript
2003 April 2
7
7
(Recording: Box 8 Tapes 4-5)
Clyde Hendricks interview transcript
undated
7
8
(Recording: Box 8 Tape 8)
Joy and Ed Merrill interview transcript
2004 May 24
7
9
(Recording: Box 8 Tape 9)
Terry Nivison interview transcript
2003 November 7
7
10
(Recording: Box 8 Tape 13-14)
Favell Plant interview transcript
2003 October 8
7
11
(Recording: Box 8 Tape 15-16)
Helen Robinson interview transcript
2004 June 30
7
12
(Recording: Box 8 Tape 17)
Lamar and Janice Spackman int. transcript
2004 March 1
7
13
(Recording: Box 9 Tape 1-2)
Marv Traveller interview transcript
2004 January 1
7
14
(Recording: Box 9 Tape 3)
Luann Tripp and Mardene Harris Traveller int. transcript
2003 March 15
7
15
(Recording: Box 9 Tape 4)
Nellie Bagley
undated
8
1
G. Richard Bagley
2004 January 19
8
2
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 3)
Dee Bair
2003 June 24
8
3
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 5)
L.D. Bowcutt tape 1
2003 April 2
8
4
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 7)
L.D. Bowcutt tape 2
2003 April 2
8
5
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 7)
Lynn and Vivian Christensen
undated
8
6
Virginia Fleming
2003 May 23
8
7
Clyde Hendricks
2003 October 6
8
8
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 8)
Joy and Ed Merrill
2004 May 24
8
9
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 9)
Merrill Murray #1
2003 February 19
8
10
Merrill Murray #2
2003 February 19
8
11
Merrill Murray
2003 March 26
8
12
Terry Nivison #1
2003 November 7
8
13
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 10)
Terry Nivison #2
2003 November 7
8
14
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 10)
Favell Plant
2003 October 9
8
15
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 11)
Favell Plant (copy)
undated
8
16
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 11)
Helen Robinson
2004 June 30
8
17
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 12)
Earl Smith
undated
8
18
Lamar Spackman #1
2004 March 1
9
1
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 13).
Lamar Spackman #2
2004 March 1
9
2
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 13)
Marvin Traveller
2004 January 15
9
3
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 14)
Luann Tripp and Mother
undated
9
4
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 15)
Champ and Theda Webb
undated
9
5
Richmond and Cache Valley History Document and Subject Files
2 boxes
1999-2003
The third category (boxes 10-11) contains Richmond history essays and documents (box 10), as well as subject files that cover significant aspects and events of Richmond (box 11). The content of these boxes is organized by general subject (which is indicated by the title of each folder).
Richmond history book documents
2003
10
1
Richmond bibliography papers
undated
10
2
Richmond history—articles and essays
undated
10
3
Miscellaneous historical documents about Richmond
undated
10
4
Richmond Riding Club history
undated
10
5
History of the Richmond Irrigation Company
undated
10
6
The Development of Irrigation in Richmond
undated
10
7
Early Richmond History
undated
10
8
Richmond City Ordinances
undated
10
9
Richmond City General Plan
1999
10
10
LDS Church in Cache Valley
undated
11
1
North Cache High School 50th class reunion of North Cache High School yearbook, 1916 North Cache High School handbook, newspaper clipping, English in Action Practice book
undated
11
2
Cache Valley Earthquake—Pictures, stories
1962
11
3
Cache Valley Earthquake photo essay
1962
11
4
Cache Valley Earthquake photos
1962
11
5
Richmond Black and White Days—fliers, articles, programs
1950-2002
11
6
Dairy charts, magazines, information booklets
1946-1967
11
7
Happy Valley Products
undated
11
8
Miscellaneous ephemera from Cache Valley
undated
11
9
Newspaper Clippings
3 boxes
1956-2007
The fourth category (boxes 12-14) contains newspaper clippings from various local newspapers (mostly the Herald Journal). Box 12 contains folders of anniversaries, birthday announcements, weddings, and obituaries, all of which are organized alphabetically by last name. Boxes 13 and 14 contain articles published in the Herald Journal that pertain to Richmond or Cache Valley. These are organized chronologically by the date they were published.
Anniversaries
2002-2007
12
1
Birthdays
2000-2005
12
2
Special interest articles
1956-1962
12
3
Weddings
undated
12
4
Funeral services transcripts
undated
12
5
Richmond burial list
undated
12
6
Obituaries A-F
undated
12
7
Obituaries G-P
undated
12
8
Obituaries Q-Z
undated
12
9
Multiple obituaries
undated
12
10
Misc. newspaper clippings 1950s-60s
1950-1969
13
1
Newspaper clippings 1997
1997
13
2
Newspaper clippings 2001
2001
13
3
Newspaper clippings 2002
2002
13
4
Newspaper clippings 2003
2003
13
5
Newspaper clippings 2004
2004
14
1
Newspaper clippings 2005 Jan - Apr 27
2005 January - April 27
14
2
Newspaper clippings 2005 Apr 28 - Dec
2005 April 28 - December
14
3
Newspaper clippings 2006
2006
14
4
Newspaper clippings 2007
2007
14
5
Newspaper clippings 2008
2008
14
6
Richmond Record
undated
14
7
Ephemera and Oversize Items
1 box
1939-2004
The fifth category (boxes 15-17) contains ephemera from around the country, as well as a few oversize items. The ephemera have little to do with Richmond, but belonged to a Richmond resident, Ariel Benson. Box 15 is full of ephemera from around the United States, organized in alphabetical order by location. Box 16 contains various items about World War II and scouting jamborees. Box 17 has a few posters from Black and White Days festivals and a few folders that are organized by subjects such as maps, family trees, and newspaper clippings.
California
undated
15
1
Great Basin, Kennecott mine, Thiokol, Grand Teton and Utah National
undated
15
2
Michigan
undated
15
3
Missouri
undated
15
4
Mount Vernon
undated
15
5
New York
undated
15
6
Union Pacific
undated
15
7
Valley Forge and Pennsylvania
undated
15
8
Washington D.C.
undated
15
9
Yellowstone
undated
15
10
Boys Town
undated
15
11
Miscellaneous Ephemera
undated
15
12
World War II ephemera
undated
16
1
Scouting and Jamboree ephemera
1950-1953
16
2
Scouting and Jamboree ephemera
1950-1953
16
3
Newspaper articles 1939-82
1939-1982
17
1
Fathers' Day
1961
17
2
William Thomas Van Noy family tree
undated
17
3
Cache Valley maps
undated
17
4
Richmond South Ward photograph
1971 December 12
17
5
History of Richmond, Utah
undated
17
6
Answering the Call, Herald Journal Veterans Day, 2004 insert
Item 1
2004
17
81st Black and White Days poster
Item 2
1996
17
84th Black and White Days poster
Item 3
1999
17
85th Black and White Days poster
Item 4
2000
17
87th Black and White Days poster
Item 5
2002
17
88th Black and White Days poster
Item 6
2003
17