Overview of the Collection
UUS_COLL MSS 546
Chesapeake Duck Club records
1904-1974
Chesapeake Duck Club.
Utah State University, Merril-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
2 boxes
1 linear foot
This collection contains financial records, membership records, correspondence, and meeting minutes from the Chesapeake Duck Club of Box Elder County, Utah.
Material in English
Processed in May of 2019
This collection was tranferred to USU Special Collections and Archives from the Utah Division of State History in 2018.
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 Chesapeake Duck Club records must
be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections
Department Head.
Initial Citation:
Chesapeake Duck Club records USU_COLL MSS 546,
Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_COLL MSS 546,
USUSCA.
Historical Note
The Chesapeake Duck Club began in 1903 as a private, recreational hunting club. The club was located in the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in Box Elder County,
Utah and though they focused on duck and waterfowl hunting, they also sponsored pheasant hunting.
The club also provided club members with amenities such as lodging and food as well as hunting amenities including duck blinds.
Along with others like the nearby Duckville Hunting Club, the Chesapeake Duck Club promoted environmental policies that protected waterfowl and the marshland in which they lived.
Such activities included monitoring and controlling invasive species populations, maintaining marsh water levels, and planting vegetation that supported waterfowl populations. The club remained in operation as of 2019.
This collection contains records relating to the Chesapeake Duck Club and, more generally, the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge that document the history of the club and enumerate the environmental
conditions of the Utah wetlands from 1950 to the mid 1970s. Organizational and financial records include meeting minutes that indicate the steps the club took to manage this portion of the wetlands as well
as correspondence that shows members’ positive experiences with the club. This collection also includes some ecological studies on Chesapeake wetlands. Together, they provide a rich account of the recreation
and environmental issues on the northern wetlands of the Great Salt Lake.
This collection is arranged by document type.
Duckville Hunting Club records, COLL MSS 543
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge photographs, P0020
Bear River Club histories, COLL MSS 427
Fisheries and Wildlife
Clubs and Societies
Utah
Duck shooting--Utah
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)
Wetlands conservation--Utah
Wetlands management--Utah
1
1
Articles of Incorporation
1903-1958
1
2
Bylaws
1907-1973
1
3-7
Correspondence
1965-1974
1
8-13
Financial records; receipts and disbursements, statemetnts, recommended budgets, insurance, pension plans
1930-1974
1
14
Membership roster; list of stockholders, committees
1941-1974
1
15
Minutes of Board of Directors and Annual Meetings; reports, receipts
1903 December - 1907 July
2
1
Minutes of Board of Directors and Annual Meetings; Articles of incorporation (1907), By-Laws (1907), statement of reciepts (Mar 1907- Feb 1922), agreements (1909), financial reports, statements of income and expenses, annual reports (1920-1924)
1903 December - 1907 July
2
2
Minutes of Board of Directors and Annual Meetings
1922-1957
2
3
Minutes of Stockholders and Special Meetings
1935 March - 1958 March
2
4-6
Minutes of Annual and Special Meetings
1967-1974
2
7
Reports; annual (1926-1928, 1945), October Report to the Marsh Committee (1960s), report to landowners, water users, duck hunters, and other interested persons on the demand of the U.S. government for the payment of Federal excise taxes on hunting and fishing clubs (1964)
1926-1964
2
8-9
Shooting records
1929, 1949-1950
2
10
Miscellaneous materials; Chesapeake Duck Club, Plaintiff vs. Milt Barber, Defendant, In the District Court of Box Elder County, State of Utah (1960s), Utah Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit Project Digest (undated), newspaper clippings (1963-1964)
1960-1969