UUS_mss306.xml Guide to the Newton, Utah historical records 1890-1994 Newton, Utah historical recordsn 1890-1994 Finding aid/Register created by Zachary R. Jones Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives ©2011
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-07-18. Finding aid encoded in English. 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 Newton, Utah historical records UUS_COLL MSS 306 20 boxes 9 linear feet 1890-1994 This collection consists of materials which document the history of Newton and spans the period of 1890 to 1994. Material in English

Processed in May of 2006.

The materials in this collection were donated to USU Special Collections and Archives in 1999 and in 2005 by Cleo Griffin.

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Permission to publish material from the Newton, Utah historical records must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.

Initial Citation: Newton, Utah historical records USU_COLL MSS 306, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations: USU_COLL MSS 306, USUSCA.

Newton, Utah was founded in 1869 by settlers seeking better agricultural lands, perennial access to water, and a location that was situated closer to other settlements in Cache Valley. The settlement of Newton also came as a result of the migration of settlers from Clarkston, Idaho who relocated to Newton because the winter weather in Clarkston made winter travel nearly impossible. During 1869 and 1870, many of Clarkston's residents moved to Newton and began to construct a settlement. Over the next few decades, these and other settlers constructed homes, a rock church, irrigation canals, a reservoir, roads, bridges, and other projects that solidified the town's location and allowed its agricultural economy to progress.

This twenty-box collection consists of various materials which document the history of Newton and spans the period of 1890 to 1994. Included in this collection are meeting minutes of the Newton Young Married Folks Club (1941-1955), meeting minutes of the Newton Study Club (1956-1981), meeting minutes and reports of Newton Ward Relief Societies (1973-1991), Newton monthly treasurer's reports (1983-1991), various histories of Newton with photographs, Newton Water Association receipt ledgers (1942-1974), Newton Primary Association Ward Record Books (1939-1948), papers concerning the Larsen Brothers Company (1907-1956), Newton school records (1890-1891, 1918), and Newton Town Corporation payment registers (1950-1991).

Arranged in chronological order.

USU Special Collection also contains other materials which document the history of Newton, including Coll Mss 249 The Newton Literary Club meeting minutes,

Caine Coll Mss 17 The Hyrum Larsen Journals,

The John Henry Barker Papers, Coll Mss 25

The Willard & Bessie Ballard Papers, Coll Mss 265

and various papers in the Cache County Records Collection.

 For further information on the history of Newton see Larry D. Christiansen's 1999 publication A New Town in the Valley (See USU Special Collections call number 979.27 N488) Newton (Utah)--History--Sources. Cache Junction (Utah)--History--Sources. Mormon Church--Utah--Newton--History--Sources. Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Meeting minutes, town financial papers, and a publication 1928-1991 Meeting minutes of the Young Married Folks Club 1941-1955 1 1 Meeting minutes of the Newton Study Club 1956-1981 1 2 Meeting minutes and record of meetings of the Newton Young Single Adult Ward Relief Society 1973-1976 1 3 Meeting minutes and reports of the Newton Ward Relief Society 1977-1978 1 4 Meeting minutes and reports of the Newton Ward Relief Society 1987-1991 1 5 Newton Ward, Mother-Heart of Gold 1928 - 1929 1 6

(two items)

 Newton's monthly treasurer's reports 1983-1986 1 7 Newton's monthly treasurer's reports 1987-1991 1 8 Newton town correspondence 1914-1945 1 9 Newton town financial papers; receipts and payments 1980-1991 1 10 Newton Water User's Association receipt ledgers 1942-1966 Newton Water Association receipt ledger 1942-1947 2 1 Newton Water Association receipt ledger 1942-1951 2 2 Newton Water Association receipt ledger 1951-1955 2 3 Newton Water Association receipt ledger 1955-1959 2 4 Newton Water Association receipt ledger 1959-1965 2 5 Newton Water Association receipt ledger 1963-1966 2 6 Newton Water Association receipt ledger 1966-1968 3 1 Newton Water Association receipt ledger 1968-1969 3 2 Newton Water Association receipt ledger 1969-1971 3 3 Newton Water Association receipt ledger 1973-1974 3 4 Newton Primary Association Ward Record Book 1939-1940 4 1 Newton Primary Association Ward Record Book 1941-1942 4 2 Newton Primary Association Ward Record Book 1943-1944 4 3 Newton Primary Association Ward Record Book 1945-1946 4 4 Newton Primary Association Ward Record Book 1947-1948 4 5 Larsen Brothers Company; Forest & Factory Products, Cache Junction 1907-1956 Larsen Brothers Company record ledger 1907-1912 5 1 Larsen Brothers Company record ledger 1920-1923 5 2 Larsen Brothers Company record ledger 1947-1956 5 3 Larsen Brothers Company notes, correspondence, and financial papers 1912-1918 5 4 Newton School records 1890-1918 6 Register for the Newton school Item 1 1890-1891 Register for the Newton school Item 2 1918 Histories of Newton 1962-1991 7 "A History of Newton Ward Primary" Item 1 1962-1980

(contains photographs)

 "A History of the Newton Ward Relief Society" Item 2 1965-1980

(contains photographs)

 "A History of the Newton Ward Relief Society" Item 3 1981-1994

(contains photographs)

 Clark, Opal, "A History of Newton Second Ward Relief Society Item 4 1984-1991

(contains photographs)

 Newton Town Corporation payment registers Newton Town Corporation payment registers 1950-1959 8 Newton Town Corporation payment registers 1960-1969 9 Newton Town Corporation payment registers 1960-1969 10 Newton Town Corporation payment registers 1960-1975 11 Newton Town Corporation payment registers 1970-1979 12 Newton Town Corporation payment registers 1975-1979 13 Newton Town Corporation payment registers 1975-1979 14 Newton Town Corporation payment registers 1980-1984 15 Newton Town Corporation payment registers 1980-1984 16 Newton Town Corporation payment registers 1980-1989 17 Newton Town Corporation payment registers 1985-1989 18 Newton Town Corporation payment registers 1985-1990 19 Newton Town Corporation payment registers 1990-1991 20