Overview of the Collection
UUS_COLL MSS 434
Richmond history papers
1880-2009
Richmond (Utah)
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Manuscript Collections
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-3000
Phone: 435 797-8248
Fax: 435 797-2880
Email: scweb@usu.edu
17 boxes
9.5 linear feet
The collection consists of 17 boxes of materials from Richmond’s history, dating from 1880 to 2009. It is divided into five categories: 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 Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections
Department Head.
Initial Citation:
Richmond history papers USU_COLL MSS 434,
Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_COLL MSS 434,
USUSCA.
Biographical Note
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 categories: Richmond Preservation Society papers; Family and Oral Histories; Richmond and Cache Valley history; Newspaper Clippings; Ephemera and Oversize Items.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
The collection is divided into five categories: Richmond Preservation Society papers; Family and Oral Histories; Richmond and Cache Valley history; Newspaper Clippings; Ephemera and Oversize Items.
Agriculture
Ranching
Architecture
Elementary and Secondary Education
Pioneers
City and Town Life
Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Oral Histories
Sound Recordings
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Utah--Richmond--History.
Richmond Preservation Society (Utah)--Records and correspondence.
Sego Milk Products Company.
North Cache High School (Richmond, Utah).
Benson Stake Tabernacle (Richmond, Utah).
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.
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Richmond (Utah)--History.
Richmond (Utah)--Biography.
Richmond (Utah)--Genealogy.
Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History.
Richmond Preservation Society
1859-2005
3 boxes
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..
1
1
Census data and family records of previous historical site residents
1880-1930
1
2
Historic and Architectural Resources of Richmond, Utah
1859-1955
1
3
Photo slides of historical sites
undated
1
4
A.A. Thomas Drugs building
2002 May
1
5
Newell and Anna S. Bullen House
2002 May
1
6
James L. and Amy B. Burnham House
2002 May
1
7
Carl F. and Sophia Christensen House
2002
1
8
George E. and Elizabeth M. Doty House
2002 May
1
9
Albert C. and Emma H. Fisher Farmstead
2002 May
1
10
Harriet H. Fisher House
2002 May
1
11
Hendricks Confectionary Building
2002 May
1
12
Lafayette and Elizabeth W. Hendricks House
2002 May
1
13
Samuel W. and Esther Jane Hendricks House
2002 May
1
14
William S. and Margaret Hendricks House
2003
1
15
Jesse Hobson House
2002 May
1
16
Heber J. and Jocosa Jane Johnson House
2002 May
1
17
Morgan A. and Clarissa R. Knapp House
2002 May
1
18
Almira J. Bainbridge Merrill House
2003
1
19
Lewis Edgar and Clara H. Merrill House
2002 May
1
20
Hattie Merrill Morrison House
2003
1
21
Plant Auto Company Building
2003
1
22
Richmond City Grandstand
2003
1
23
and Hortense V. and Anna Maria O. Shepard House
2002 May
1
24
State Bank of Richmond
2002 May
1
25
S. Milton and Alba C. Webb House
2003
2
1
UDOT correspondence and notes
2000 August-October
2
2
UDOT SR-91 proposal
2002 January 10
2
3
UDOT project files
2000-2002
2
4
Landscape architecture planning booklets
2003
2
5
Preservation education and training information
undated
2
6
Utah State Historical Society correspondence
1999-2001
2
7
Historical Site plaques
2005 September - October
2
8
Grant and proposal applications and associated paperwork
1997-2000
2
9
Main Street Program—Richmond
2003-2004
3
1
Richmond Preservation Commission minutes
2000 February-2003 February
3
2
Reconnaissance Level Survey
2000 October
3
3
Reconnaissance Level Survey photos and historical society documents
undated
3
4
Registration forms and Historic Site documentation folder #1
2004
3
5
Registration forms and Historic Site documentation folder #2
2003-2004
3
6
Richmond Relief Society Building renovation
undated
3
7
Warrantee Deed Records
undated
3
8
Richmond Bell Tower renovation
2000-2003
3
9
Bear River Heritage Area Barn Preservation Project
2003-2004
3
10
Richmond Carnegie Library Folder #1
2003-2005
3
11
Richmond Carnegie Library Folder #2
2003-2005
Family and Oral Histories
1937-2001
6 boxes
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..
4
Item 1
Life and Times of Delis Lamb and Oral Lynn Ballam
1901 July-1993 January
4
Item 2
Marriner Wood Merrill and His Family
1937-1938
4
Item 3
Richmond Family Histories, Vol. 1
2001 March
4
Item 4
Richmond Family Histories, Vol. 2: C- F
2001
5
Item 1
Richmond Family Histories, Vol. 3: G- H
2001 July
5
Item 2
Richmond Family Histories, Vol. 4: I-P
2002 July
5
Item 3
Richmond Family Histories, Vol. 5: Q-Z
2002 July
5
1
Family history correspondence
2001 March and 2005 June
5
2
Richmond Family Histories
1987
5
3
Pioneer women family history
undated
5
4
Van Noy, Stewart, Hendry family histories
undated
5
5
Adair, Atkin, Barnett, Brower, Caine family histories
undated
6
1
Bair Family history
undated
6
2
Autobiography of Richard John Moxey Bee
undated
6
3
Roy Bullen and Herschel Bullen family history
undated
6
4
James Lewis Burnham and Wallace Clinton Burnham biographical sketches
undated
6
5
Eliza Sophia Nelson Cahoon family history
undated
6
6
Milo Andrew and Abigail Jane Daley family history
undated
6
7
Cyril Reed Funk and Hazel Marie Jensen family history
undated
6
8
Lars Christian Johnson biography
undated
6
9
Louise Victoria Corless Mendenhall biography
2006 April 3
6
10
Rulon Thompson biography
1991
6
11
Doyle Corbett Webb autobiography
undated
6
12
Webb and Thompson family history
undated
5
Item 1
Richmond Family Histories, Vol. 3: G- H
2001 July
5
Item 2
Richmond Family Histories, Vol. 4: I-P
2002 July
5
Item 3
Richmond Family Histories, Vol. 5: Q-Z
2002 July
7
1
Oral history interview questionnaire
undated
7
2
Oral history interview agreement forms
undated
7
3
Richard Bagley interview transcripts
2004 January 19
(Recording: Box 8 Tape 2)
7
4
Amos Bair interview transcript
1973 May 16
7
5
Dee and Marlene Bair interview transcript
2003 June 24
(Recording: Box 8 Tape 3)
7
6
Laura Benson interview transcript
2004 January 22
7
7
L.D. Bowcutt interview transcript
2003 April 2
(Recording: Box 8 Tapes 4-5)
7
8
Clyde Hendricks interview transcript
undated
(Recording: Box 8 Tape 8)
7
9
Joy and Ed Merrill interview transcript
2004 May 24
(Recording: Box 8 Tape 9)
7
10
Terry Nivison interview transcript
2003 November 7
(Recording: Box 8 Tape 13-14)
7
11
Favell Plant interview transcript
2003 October 8
(Recording: Box 8 Tape 15-16)
7
12
Helen Robinson interview transcript
2004 June 30
(Recording: Box 8 Tape 17)
7
13
Lamar and Janice Spackman int. transcript
2004 March 1
(Recording: Box 9 Tape 1-2)
7
14
Marv Traveller interview transcript
2004 January 1
(Recording: Box 9 Tape 3)
7
15
Luann Tripp and Mardene Harris Traveller int. transcript
2003 March 15
(Recording: Box 9 Tape 4)
8
1
Nellie Bagley
undated
8
2
G. Richard Bagley
2004 January 19
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 3)
8
3
Dee Bair
2003 June 24
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 5)
8
4
L.D. Bowcutt tape 1
2003 April 2
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 7)
8
5
L.D. Bowcutt tape 2
2003 April 2
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 7)
8
6
Lynn and Vivian Christensen
undated
8
7
Virginia Fleming
2003 May 23
8
8
Clyde Hendricks
2003 October 6
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 8)
8
9
Joy and Ed Merrill
2004 May 24
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 9)
8
10
Merrill Murray #1
2003 February 19
8
11
Merrill Murray #2
2003 February 19
8
12
Merrill Murray
2003 March 26
8
13
Terry Nivison #1
2003 November 7
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 10)
8
14
Terry Nivison #2
2003 November 7
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 10)
8
15
Favell Plant
2003 October 9
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 11)
8
16
Favell Plant (copy)
undated
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 11)
8
17
Helen Robinson
2004 June 30
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 12)
8
18
Earl Smith
undated
9
1
Lamar Spackman #1
2004 March 1
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 13).
9
2
Lamar Spackman #2
2004 March 1
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 13)
9
3
Marvin Traveller
2004 January 15
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 14)
9
4
Luann Tripp and Mother
undated
(Transcript: Box 7 Fd 15)
9
5
Champ and Theda Webb
undated
Richmond and Cache Valley History Document and Subject Files
1999-2003
2 boxes
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).
10
1
Richmond history book documents
2003
10
2
Richmond bibliography papers
undated
10
3
Richmond history—articles and essays
undated
10
4
Miscellaneous historical documents about Richmond
undated
10
5
Richmond Riding Club history
undated
10
6
History of the Richmond Irrigation Company
undated
10
7
The Development of Irrigation in Richmond
undated
10
8
Early Richmond History
undated
10
9
Richmond City Ordinances
undated
10
10
Richmond City General Plan
1999
11
1
LDS Church in Cache Valley
undated
11
2
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
3
Cache Valley Earthquake—Pictures, stories
1962
11
4
Cache Valley Earthquake photo essay
1962
11
5
Cache Valley Earthquake photos
1962
11
6
Richmond Black and White Days—fliers, articles, programs
1950-2002
11
7
Dairy charts, magazines, information booklets
1946-1967
11
8
Happy Valley Products
undated
11
9
Miscellaneous ephemera from Cache Valley
undated
Newspaper Clippings
1956-2007
3 boxes
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.
12
1
Anniversaries
2002-2007
12
2
Birthdays
2000-2005
12
3
Special interest articles
1956-1962
12
4
Weddings
undated
12
5
Funeral services transcripts
undated
12
6
Richmond burial list
undated
12
7
Obituaries A-F
undated
12
8
Obituaries G-P
undated
12
9
Obituaries Q-Z
undated
12
10
Multiple obituaries
undated
13
1
Misc. newspaper clippings 1950s-60s
1950-1969
13
2
Newspaper clippings 1997
1997
13
3
Newspaper clippings 2001
2001
13
4
Newspaper clippings 2002
2002
13
5
Newspaper clippings 2003
2003
14
1
Newspaper clippings 2004
2004
14
2
Newspaper clippings 2005 Jan-Apr 27
2005 January-April 27
14
3
Newspaper clippings 2005 Apr 28-Dec
2005 April 28-December
14
4
Newspaper clippings 2006
2006
14
5
Newspaper clippings 2007
2007
14
6
Newspaper clippings 2008
2008
14
7
Richmond Record
undated
Ephemera and Oversize Items
1939-2004
1 box
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.
15
1
California
undated
15
2
Great Basin, Kennecott mine, Thiokol, Grand Teton and Utah National
undated
15
3
Michigan
undated
15
4
Missouri
undated
15
5
Mount Vernon
undated
15
6
New York
undated
15
7
Union Pacific
undated
15
8
Valley Forge and Pennsylvania
undated
15
9
Washington D.C.
undated
15
10
Yellowstone
undated
15
11
Boys Town
undated
15
12
Miscellaneous Ephemera
undated
16
1
World War II ephemera
undated
16
2
Scouting and Jamboree ephemera
1950-1953
16
3
Scouting and Jamboree ephemera
1950-1953
17
1
Newspaper articles 1939-82
1939-1982
17
2
Fathers’ Day
1961
17
3
William Thomas Van Noy family tree
undated
17
4
Cache Valley maps
undated
17
5
Richmond South Ward photograph
1971 December 12
17
6
History of Richmond, Utah
undated
17
Item 1
Answering the Call, Herald Journal Veterans Day, 2004 insert
2004
17
Item 2
81st Black and White Days poster
1996
17
Item 3
84th Black and White Days poster
1999
17
Item 4
85th Black and White Days poster
2000
17
Item 5
87th Black and White Days poster
2002
17
Item 6
88th Black and White Days poster
2003