UUS_mss293.xml Guide to the Cache Chamber of Commerce records 1904-1999 Cache Chamber of Commerce records 1904-1999 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 2024-07-30. Finding guide is in English in Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). 2009 Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Cache Chamber of Commerce records UUS_COLL MSS 293 21 boxes 16 blueprints; 8 linear feet 1904-1999 This twenty-one box collection contains the historical papers of the Cache Chamber of Commerce. The collection consists of the Chamber's files, financial papers, blueprints, and meeting minutes, spanning the period from 1904 to 1999 and includes detailed information about early economic ventures in Cache Valley, Utah. Collection materials are in English.

Open to public research.

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Permission to publish material from the Cache Chamber of Commerce papers must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.

The 1904-1999 papers of the Cache Chamber of Commerce were donated to USU Special Collections and Archives in 1999-2000 by the organization's executive director.

Cache Chamber of Commerce papers, 1904-1999. (COLL MSS 293). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.

In 1904, local Cache Valley entrepreneurs organized the Cache Commercial Club. As stated in the Club's 1905 yearbook: "The object and purpose of the corporation ... is to promote the general prosperity and to develop the various interests and natural resources of Cache Valley; to procure, preserve, and disseminate information in relation to commercial, industrial, and financial affairs that may be of general interest and value; to secure uniformity in commercial laws and customs; to facilitate business intercourse and to promote equitable principles" (Cache Commercial Club 1905 Yearbook, p. 1). The club, based in Logan, Utah, elected officers and organized committees to oversee various projects in the Cache Valley area. These committees worked to secure and promote commerce, new industries, immigration, mining, agriculture, railroading, public welfare, electricity, education, and art and literature.

In May 1909 a separate entity, the Logan Boosters Club, organized with objectives similar to the Cache Commercial Club. With the sudden emergence of the Boosters Club, conflict arose between the two commercial organizations. At the time, some felt the Logan Boosters Club had been organized in order to further aid the Cache Commercial Club, while others saw it as a competitor. In order to avoid difficulties, the two organizations merged in December, becoming known as the Commercial-Boosters Club.

In 1920 the Commercial-Boosters Club became The Logan Chamber of Commerce. The Logan Chamber of Commerce was "not organized for pecuniary profit; but to advance the growth, welfare, and commercial interests of Logan City and Cache Valley, Utah, and to encourage and assist in social, civic, and relief work therein (Articles of Incorporation, 1928, p. 5).

In 1950, The Logan Chamber of Commerce became the Cache Chamber of Commerce, incorporated under the laws of Utah. Since 1950, the Cache Chamber of Commerce has carried on the role of its predecessors, seeking to promote the development of Cache Valley.

Sources:

Cache Commercial Club 1905 Yearbook, J.P. Smith Printing, Logan, Utah, 1905 (Series I, Box 11, Fd 2)

The Logan Chamber of Commerce Articles of Incorporation, 1928 (Series I, Box 11, Fd 3).

This twenty-one box collection contains the historical papers of the Cache Chamber of Commerce. The materials in this collection consist of the Chamber's files, financial papers, blueprints, and meeting minutes, spanning the period from 1907 to 1999 and yielding detailed information about early economic ventures in the Cache Valley area. Some economic ventures of special interest include the mandatory closure of all businesses in Logan on Wednesday afternoons during the 1910s and 1920s to support the local baseball team, the operation of a town pool hall during the 1910s and 1920s, promoting the construction of Logan's sidewalks and roads, railroad involvement, and the construction of the Logan City Post Office.

The materials in this collection have been divided into three series, Series I: Chamber minutes and files, Series II: Financial papers, Series III: Blueprints and floor plans.

For additional information on the activities of the Cache Chamber of Commerce, researchers should see the published version of Chamber's annual reports published by the Herald Journal from 1960 to the 1990s in January or early February of each year.

Those desiring to view photographs connected with the Cache Chamber of Commerce should inquire with the USU Special Collections & Archives photograph curator.

Series I: Chamber minutes and files.

Boxes 1-10 contain the Chamber's meetings minutes from 1907 to 1987. These meeting minutes have been organized chronologically. Boxes 11-16 contain the Chamber's files, reports, articles of incorporation, and three scrapbooks. The material have been arranged topically and chronologically.

Series II: Financial papers.

Boxes 1-4 contain the financial papers of the Chamber from 1916-1994. The financial papers consist of ledgers, yearly financial reports, monthly financial statements, and receipt registers. This material has been organized chronologically.

Series III: Blueprints and floor plans.

Items 1-12 consist of blueprints and floor plans from the Logan City Post Office building on Main Street (currently the site of the Chamber's headquarters) spanning the period from 1908 to 1951. Items 13-16 consist of two floor plan sketches of the Harris Office Building (circa 1999), one blueprint of the Knitting Mill Building (undated), and one blueprint of the Lundstrom Building (undated). These items have all been arranged chronologically.

 Logan (Utah)--History--Sources. Logan (Utah)--Economic conditions--History--Sources. Cache County (Utah)--Economic conditions--History--Sources. Railroads--Utah--Cache County--History--Sources. Railroads Chamber minutes and files I Minutes of the Cache Commercial Club 1904-1932 Minutes ledger 1904-1906 1 1

(also contains articles of incorporation, membership records, correspondence, and financial records).

 Minutes ledger 1907-1909 2 1 Minutes of the Commercial-Boosters Club 1912-1920 Minutes 1912-1917 3 1 Minutes 1917-1920 3 2 Minutes of The Logan Chamber of Commerce 1921-1949 Minutes 1921-1923 3 3 Minutes 1924-1926 3 4 Minutes 1927-1929 3 5 Minutes 1930-1932 3 6 Minutes 1933-1935 3 7 Minutes 1936-1938 3 8 Minutes 1939-1940 3 9 Minutes 1941-1943 4 1 Minutes 1944-1946 4 2 Minutes 1947-1949 4 3 Minutes of the Cache Chamber of Commerce 1950-1985 Minutes 1950 4 4 Minutes 1951 4 5 Minutes 1952 4 6 Minutes, Board of Directors 1953-1954 4 7 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1953-1954 4 8 Minutes, Board of Directors 1955 4 9 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1955 4 10 Minutes, Board of Directors 1956 5 1 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1956 5 2 Minutes, Board of Directors 1957 5 3 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1957 5 4 Minutes, Board of Directors 1958 5 5 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1958 5 6 Minutes, Board of Directors 1959 5 7 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1959 5 8 Minutes, Board of Directors 1960 5 9 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1960 6 1 Minutes, Board of Directors 1961 6 2 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1961 6 3 Minutes, Board of Directors 1962 6 4 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1962 6 5 Minutes, Board of Directors 1963 6 6 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1963 6 7 Minutes, Board of Directors 1964 6 8 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1964 6 9 Minutes, Board of Directors 1965 6 10 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1965 7 1 Minutes, Board of Directors 1966 7 2 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1966 7 3 Minutes, Board of Directors 1967 7 4 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1967 7 5 Minutes, Board of Directors 1968 7 6 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1968 7 7 Minutes, Board of Directors 1969 7 8 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1969 7 9 Minutes, Board of Directors 1970 7 10 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1970 7 11 Minutes, Board of Directors 1971 7 12 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1971 7 13 Minutes, Board of Directors 1972 8 1 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1972 8 2 Minutes, Board of Directors 1973 8 3 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1973 8 4 Minutes, Board of Directors 1974 8 5 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1974 8 6 Minutes, Board of Directors and Committee Meetings 1975 8 7 Minutes, Board of Directors and Committee Meetings 1976 8 8 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1977 8 9 Minutes, Board of Directors 1978 8 10 Minutes, Board of Directors 1979-1980 9 1 Minutes, Board of Directors 1980-1981 9 2 Minutes, Committee Meetings 1981 9 3 Minutes, Board of Directors and Committee Meetings 1982 9 4 Minutes, Board of Directors and Committee Meetings 1983 9 5 Minutes, Board of Directors and Committee Meetings 1984 9 6 Minutes, Board of Directors 1985 9 7 Minutes of the special committees of the Cache Chamber of Commerce 1912-1981 Minutes, Cache County Fair Association 1912-1923 10 1 Minutes, Special Meetings 1919-1948 10 2 Minutes, Special Meetings 1944-1948 10 3 Minutes, Cache County Centennial Committee 1957-1964 10 4 Minutes, Bridgerland Tourist Council 1986-1987 10 5 Minutes, Cache-Rich Tourist Committee 1978-1981 10 6 Papers of the Cache Chamber of Commerce

Includes annual reports, articles of incorporation, promotional literature, ballots, reports, membership records, and other materials concerning the Chamber. Also includes oversize scrapbooks and memorabilia.

 Papers with historical information on the Chamber undated 11 1 Cache Commercial Club Yearbook 1905 11 2 Articles of Incorporation 1928 11 3 Articles of Incorporation 1951 11 4 Articles of Incorporation 1960 11 5 Articles of Incorporation undated 11 6 Recommendations of the By-laws Committee made to the Board of Directors 1954 11 7 Amendments to the Chamber constitution and by-laws undated 11 8 Statement of policy and by-laws 1955 (three copies) 11 9 Annual reports 1929-1932 11 10 Annual reports 1936-1940 11 11 Annual reports 1942-1946 11 12 Annual reports 1947-1949 (two copies of each) 11 13 Annual reports 1950-1958 11 14 Annual reports 1960-1961 11 15 Annual reports 1962 11 16 Annual reports 1964-1981 11 17 Review of Activities Report 1945 11 18 Review of Activities Report 1946 11 19 "Program of Work: Our Goals for 57" undated 11 20 "The Chamber Doesn't Cost, It Pays" undated 11 21 Papers from the Aggie Quarterback Club 1960-1969 11 22 The Target (Chamber's 1953 goals) 1953 12 1 The Target 1954 12 2 Annual banquet and meeting program 1988 12 3 Papers concerning the Cache County Centennial Commission 1950-1959 12 4 Beautiful Logan & Cache Valley 1950-1959 12 5

(cover shows women in swimsuits at Tony Grove Lake, two copies)

 A Historic Tour of Downtown Main Street of Logan, Utah, by C. Carlisle and V. A. Christianson 1986 12 6 Promotional literature published by the Chamber about Cache Valley undated 12 7 Promotional literature on Cache Valley undated 12 8 "Come & Do Business With Us! Logan, Utah" 1970-1979 12 9 Merrill, Yvonne Y., Cache Valley In & Out & Round About, Herald Printing Company, Logan, Utah 1970 12 10 Overall economic development program for Cache County 1966 12 11 Cache County: county economic fact report 1980 12 12 Cache consumer surveys 1953 12 13 Newspaper clipping about the Chamber's activities undated 12 14 Ballots and papers concerning the elections of Chamber Board of Directors 1913-1932 13 1 Chamber activity reports 1914-1919 13 2 Report on Chamber conventions 1919 - 1926 13 3 Membership records of the Chamber 1918-1919 13 4 Water reports 1912-1914 13 5 Report on the Logan Waterworks Project 1914 13 6 Report of the Advertising Committee 1928 13 7 Sugar report 1918 13 8

(discusses economic discrimination).

 Report and correspondence of the 'Order of Good Fellows" 1913 13 9 Petition for one half-day work holiday 1909 13 10

(businesses desired to close early each Wednesday for the betterment of the community).

 Baseball game reports 1911 13 11 Committee report on store closure for Valley baseball games 1921 13 12 Hospital reports 1918 13 13 Report on contributions to the Red Cross for flood and tornado sufferers 1913 13 14 Report on sites for a proposed cereal factory 1914 13 15 Reports of the 4th of July Celebration Committee 1917-1922 13 16 Lease agreement of the Cache Valley Broadcasting Company with the Chamber 1940 13 17 Lease agreement of the Chamber club room 1918 13 18 Papers concerning actions taken to eliminate cotton bearing trees from Logan 1913 13 19 Resolutions concerning E. P. Bacon and W. G. Farrell, member of Chamber undated 13 20 Papers concerning the site for a Logan City Library 1913 13 21 Papers concerning the Municipal Telephone System 1913 13 22 Papers concerning the Annual Dollar Day 1917 13 23 Papers and report on the Thanksgiving day football game 1921 13 24 Chautauqua signers 1917 13 25

(WWI relief program).

 Resolution concerning the closure of the Brigham Young College, Logan, Utah 1920-1929 13 26 Resolutions of the Hyrum Irrigation Project 1929 13 27 List of music band performance contributors 1916 13 28 Papers concerning the Branch of Utah State Automobile Association 1927 13 29 List of pool, dues, and initiation fees 1914 13 30 Board of Directors Oath of Office papers 1915-1921 14 1 Report of the Lyceum Committee 1919 14 2 Report of Logan City Schools 1926 14 3 Report of the 'Boosters Vaudeville" performance in Preston, Idaho 1916 14 4 Report, Western Division of National Chamber of Commerce 1925 14 5 Report of assessment of county and city property 1912 14 6 Reports on creating public playgrounds 1914-1919 14 7 Report, park-to-park highway 1921 14 8 Report and papers on street paving 1911-1914 14 9 Reports of the Road Committee 1912-1925 14 10 Report, pea canning project 1914-1924 14 11 Papers concerning the display in the Vermont Building 1911-1914 14 12 Railroading 1911-1912 14 13 Benson Ward Railroad project 1912 14 14 Contributions for the Interurban Railroad Celebration 1915 14 15 Papers concerning the Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company 1914-1915 14 16 Business subscriptions to band concerts 1914-1915 14 17 Papers concerning band concerts in Cache Valley 1912-1914 14 18 Papers concerning the Logan City School Band 1920 14 19 Papers concerning the Boosters Ball 1911 14 20 Papers concerning the construction of the hydro-electric power plant in Logan 1923-1925 14 21 Papers concerning the construction of the hydro-electric power plant in Logan 1923-1925 14 22 Papers concerning the construction of the Logan City post office 1926-1936 14 23 Papers of the Parking Lot Committee 1953-1960 14 24 Contract of employment for E. W. Timberlake 1950 14 25 Agreement between the Cache County and the Union Pacific Railroad Company for the sale of land 1966 14 26 Agreement for the Cache Chamber of Commerce to purchase land undated 14 27 Chamber certificates 1930-1980 15 1 Anderson Coach Company papers 1950-1959 15 2 Anderson Coach Company papers 1950-1959 15 3 Building Committee minutes and papers 1950-1959 15 4 Industries Committee papers 1950-1959 15 5 The Hesston Manufacturing Corporation papers 1960-1969 15 6 Spalding Knitting Mill papers 1960-1969 15 7 Papers concerning activities at Rendezvous Beach 1980-1989 15 8 West Coast Airline papers 1960-1969 15 9 Records of funds donated to the Chamber for building funds and new furniture 1950-1959 15 10 Scrapbooks and memorabilia, oversized 16 Financial Papers II Financial ledger 1916-1929 1 1

(record of pool hall, bills, and other).

 Financial report 1931 2 1 Financial report 1932 2 2 Financial report 1933 2 3 Financial report 1934 2 4 Financial report 1935 2 5 Financial report 1936 2 6 Financial report 1937 2 7 Financial report 1938 2 8 Cache Valley Centennial Committee financial ledger 1953-1964 2 9 Financial balance sheet of the Chamber 1965 2 10 Chamber tax papers 1981-1983 2 11 Financial statements of the Chamber 1982-1983 2 12 Financial statements of the Chamber 1985-1986 2 13 Chamber payroll record 1983-1984 2 14 Monthly bank statements of the Chamber 1981-1982 2 15 Monthly bank statements of the Chamber 1984 2 16 Monthly bank statements of the Chamber 1985 2 17 Chamber financial booklet 1987-1990 2 18 Financial ledger and paper of the Dairy Festival 1981-1987 2 19 Financial papers of the Utah Travel Council 1981-1984 2 20 Financial papers (taken from ledger) of the Utah Travel Council 1986-1988 2 21 Dues only receipt ledger 1986-1987 3 1 Dues only receipt ledger 1987 3 2 Dues only receipt ledger 1987 3 3 Dues only receipt ledger 1987-1989 3 4 Receipt ledger 1985-1986 3 5 Receipt ledger 1986-1988 3 6 Receipt ledger 1990-1993 3 7 Receipt ledger 1990-1994 3 8 Monthly bank statements of the chamber 1993-1994 3 9 Deposit register 1980-1981 4 Deposit register 1981-1983 4 Deposit register 1983-1984 4 Deposit register "chamber dues" 1992-1993 4 Deposit register "miscellaneous" 1992-1993 4 Floor Plans and Blueprints III 1908-1999 Bound blueprints of Logan City post office Item 1 1908 size: 38" by 26" 1 1

(32 different blueprints showing the floor plans of the building and sketches of the building's exterior) (some blueprints are loose).

 Blueprint of Logan City post office, exterior structure and grounds Item 2 1933 size: 38" by 26" 2 2 Floor plan for the basement floor of the Logan City post office Item 3 1933 size: 38" by 26" 2 3 Floor plan for the first floor of the Logan City post office Item 4 1933 size: 38" by 26" 2 4 Floor plan for the second floor and extension of the Logan City post office Item 5 1933 size: 38" by 26" 2 5 Blueprint of the Logan City post office, building exterior Item 6 1933 size: 38" by 26" 2 6 Blueprint of the Logan City post office, building exterior windows and doors Item 7 1933 size: 38" by 26" 2 7 Blueprint of the Logan City post office, building vestibules Item 8 1933 size: 33" by 21" 2 8

(shows plans for interior decorum).

 Sketch of the Logan City post office, exterior post office sign Item 9 1933 size: 42" by 23" 2 9 Floor plan for the basement floor of the Logan City post office Item 10 1951 size: 38" by 26" 2 10 Floor plan for the first floor of the Logan City post office Item 11 1951 size: 38" by 26" 2 11 Floor plan for the second floor of the Logan City post office Item 12 1951 size: 38" by 26" 2 12 Existing floor plan for the first and second floors of the Harris Office Building Item 13 1999 size: 38" by 26" 3 13 Proposed floor plan for the first and second floors of the Harris Office Building Item 14 1999 size: 38" by 26" 3 14 Floor plan of the Knitting Mill Building, by John H. Moser Item 15 undated size: 23" by 14" 3 15 Floor plan of the Lundstrom Building, by John H. Moser Item 16 undated size: 29" by 17" 3 16