UUS_mss135.xml Guide to the George Washington Thatcher papers 1900-1987 Thatcher, (George W.) papers 19003-1987 Finding aid/Register created by Special Collections and Archives Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives ©2011
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-12-09. Finding aid encoded in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). 2009 Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives George Washington Thatcher papers UUS_COLL MSS 135 14 boxes 16 linear feet 1900-1987 Records of the Consolidated Theatre Company, Thatcher Music Company, as well as general business papers. Contains a good record of theatre performances and movies. Also contains a ledger of Luna Thatcher. Material in English

Processed in May of 2000.

These papers were a gift from Eugene Needham.

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Initial Citation: George Washington Thatcher papers USU_COLL MSS 135, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations: USU_COLL MSS 135, USUSCA.

The George Thatcher Corp. owned and started many businesses in Logan. The brothers George Washington and Brigham Guy Thatcher, in partnership with William Spicker, operated the Consolidated Theatre Co. (which built the Lyric, Capitol, and Main Theaters). The Thatcher family owned the Thatcher Banking Co. (rooms were rented in this building) and the Thatcher Music Co. The C.C. Anderson and Bon Marche stores were operated by them also.

The collection was sorted into the following record groups and repaired when necessary. The loose papers were separated into: Thatcher family and business papers (includes legal documents concerning estates and the C.C. Anderson and Bon Marche stores); as well as business papers concerning the Consolidated Theatres and the Thatcher Music Co.

All the bills paid were sorted, in consecutive order, from 1950 to 1986, followed by the Unemployment Compensation Fund and Tax forms (1970-1981) along with miscellaneous bills (1938-1971) and deposit books (1944-1971).

The ledgers for the G. Thatcher Corp., the theatres, and the Thatcher Music Co. are at the end of the collection. Three oversized folders of business papers can be found in the last box along with two maps. A poster of an attraction at the Capitol Theatre has been mounted on museum board and placed into the broadside collection.

The ledgers from the Lyric and Capitol Theatres are particularly interesting since they are a record of the movies and plays that came through Logan during the 1920s and 1930s. The ledgers of the Thatcher Music Co. show what musical instruments were available in the Logan-Montpelier area. Ledger No. 10 (Thatcher Music Co.) contains interesting business and family history on pages 15-22.

Other papers in the collection are concerned with Thatcher family member and their legal matters.

Arranged in chronological order.

The manuscript collections 3, 22, and 47 and the Marie Eccles-Caine Collection Caine MSS 9 have more information on the Capital Theatre, the Thatcher Banking Co., and the Thatcher family.

 Thatcher, Luna Caroline Young, 1842-1922. Consolidated Theatre Company (Logan, Utah) Lyric Theatre (Logan, Utah) Capitol Theatre (Logan, Utah) Theater--Utah--Logan. Theater--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho) Performing Arts Music Miscellaneous Thatcher Family and Business Papers 1924-1927 Prints of Thatcher family members, a note in shorthand, a letter stating B.G. Thatcher's death undated 1 1 Legal papers concerning Luna Y. Thatcher's estate undated 1 2 Papers concerning Patience Thatcher's death and estate undated 1 3 New and used stock certificates undated 1 4 Business papers concerned with C.C. Anderson stores undated 1 5 Business papers concerned with Bon Marche stores undated 1 6 Misc. business papers for the G. Thatcher Corp. undated 1 7 Legal papers concerning the Baby Grand undated 1 8 Business papers concerned with the Consolidated Theatre Co. (Capitol and Lyric); loose ledger sheets for the Thatcher Music Co. undated A rough draft of a program for the Capitol and printed fliers undated 2 1 Stage seating, inventory and business paper for the Capitol undated 2 2 Loose ledger sheets for the Capitol 1924-1927 2 3 Inventory lists for the Lyric undated 2 4 Ledgers for the Lyric 1924-1927 2 5 Misc. papers found in Lyric ledgers undated 2 6 Correspondence concerning the Theatres undated 2 7 Blank stationary for Consolidated Theatre Co. undated 2 8 Misc. business papers concerning the Theatres undated 2 9 Loose ledger sheets for the Thatcher Music Co., choir journals undated 2 10 Bills paid by the G. Thatcher Corp. 1950-1985 Bills Paid 1950 January - March 3 1 Bills Paid 1950 September - October 3 2 Bills Paid 1950 November - December 3 3 Bills Paid 1951 January - February 3 4 Bills Paid 1951 March - April 3 5 Bills Paid 1951 May - June 3 6 Bills Paid 1951 July - August 3 7 Bills Paid 1951 September - October 3 8 Bills Paid 1951 November - December 3 9 Bills Paid 1952 January - February 3 10 Bills Paid 1952 March - April 3 11 Bills Paid 1952 May - June 3 12 Bills Paid 1952 July - August 4 1 Bills Paid 1952 September - October 4 2 Bills Paid 1952 November - December 4 3 Bills Paid 1953 January - February 4 4 Bills Paid 1953 March - April 4 5 Bills Paid 1953 May - June 4 6 Bills Paid 1953 July - August 4 7 Bills Paid 1953 September - October 4 8 Bills Paid 1953 November - December 4 9 Bills Paid 1954 January - February 5 1 Bills Paid 1954 March - April 5 2 Bills Paid 1954 May - June 5 3 Bills Paid 1954 July - August 5 4 Bills Paid 1954 September - October 5 5 Bills Paid 1954 November- December 5 6 Bills Paid 1956 January - February 5 7 Bills Paid 1956 March - April 5 8 Bills Paid 1956 May - June 5 9 Bills Paid 1956 July - August 5 10 Bills Paid 1956 September - October 5 11 Bills Paid 1956 November - December 5 12 Bills Paid 1957 6 1 Bills Paid 1958 January - February 6 2 Bills Paid 1958 March - April 6 3 Bills Paid 1958 May - June 6 4 Bills Paid 1958 July - August 6 5 Bills Paid 1958 September - October 6 6 Bills Paid 1958 November - December 6 7 Bills Paid 1965 January - February 6 8 Bills Paid 1965 March - April 6 9 Bills Paid 1965 May - June 6 10 Bills Paid 1965 July - August 6 11 Bills Paid 1965 September - October 6 12 Bills Paid 1965 November - December 6 13 Bills Paid 1966 January - February 7 1 Bills Paid 1966 March - April 7 2 Bills Paid 1966 May - June 7 3 Bills Paid 1966 July - August 7 4 Bills Paid 1966 September - October 7 5 Bills Paid 1966 November - December 7 6 Bills Paid 1984 January - February 7 7 Bills Paid 1984 March - April 7 8 Bills Paid 1984 May - June 7 9 Bills Paid 1984 July - August 7 10 Bills Paid 1984 September - October 7 11 Bills Paid 1984 November - December 7 12 Bills Paid 1985 January - February 8 1 Bills Paid 1985 March - April 8 2 Bills Paid 1985 May - June 8 3 Bills Paid 1985 July - August 8 4 Bills Paid 1985 September - October 8 5 Bills Paid 1985 November - December 8 6 Unemployment Comp./Fund Taxes 1971-1978 Unemployment Comp./Fund Taxes 1970 8 7 Unemployment Comp./Fund Taxes 1971 8 8 Unemployment Comp./Fund Taxes 1972 8 9 Unemployment Comp./Fund Taxes 1973 8 10 Unemployment Comp./Fund Taxes 1974 8 11 Unemployment Comp./Fund Taxes 1975 8 12 Unemployment Comp./Fund Taxes 1976 8 13 Unemployment Comp./Fund Taxes 1977 8 14 Unemployment Comp./Fund Taxes 1978 8 15 Bills paid/Taxes 1939-1986 Unemployment Comp. Fund/Taxes 1939-1942 9 1 Unemployment Comp. Fund/Taxes 1979 9 2 Unemployment Comp. Fund/Taxes 1981 9 3 Electric bills paid 1986 9 4 Misc. bills paid 1938-1971 9 5 Misc. bills paid undated 9 6 Four deposit books 1944-1971 9 7 General Ledger 1903-1987 General Ledger 1950-1986 10 Ledgers 1-4 and 6-8 (oversize) 1911-1950 Thatcher Music Co. 1911 11 1 G. Thatcher Corp. 1925-1938 11 2 Luna Y. Thatcher's Ledger 1903 January 1 - 1904 July 9 11 3 G. Thatcher Corp. 1919-1939 11 4 Ledger for the Luna Y. Thatcher's Estate 1923-1938 11 5 G. Thatcher Corp. 1939 January - 1944 December 11 7 G. Thatcher Corp. 1945 January - 1950 January 11 8 Ledgers 5, 9-16 and 19 1900-1987 G. Thatcher Group 1937-1943 12 5 For rent 1950 October - 1953 September 12 9

(loose papers are in folder with it)

 Thatcher Music Co. 1900-1938 12 10

(has interesting family notes written in it)

 Bank register 1955 October - 1959 April 12 11 Bank register 1963 January - 1966 November 12 12 Receipt book 1982 November - 1983 October 12 13 Receipt book 1983 October - 1984 November 12 14 Receipt book 1984 November - 1985 October 12 15 Receipt book 1986 September - 1987 August 12 16 G. Thatcher Corp. 1952 August - 1955 October 12 19 Loose papers pulled from ledger #19 undated 12 1 1925-1930 13 18

(business and performances for the Capitol and Lyric theatres p. 1-488; oversize)

 Remainder of #18 1930-1931 14 18

p. 439-681; oversize. Also includes two maps)

 Income returns for G. Thatcher 1909-1915 14 1 Rent deposits, lists of tenants 1971-1976 14 2 Partnership tax returns 1918-1939 14 3 Addendum 1935-1941 Check Registers from George Washington Thatcher, Jr. and Brigham Young Thatcher Check Register 1939-1941 15 1 Check Register 1935-1941 15 2 Check Registers, Lyric Theatre 1935-1937 15 3