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Myron L. and Lucille P. Sutton papers, 1872-1996

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Sutton, Myron L.
Title
Myron L. and Lucille P. Sutton papers
Dates
1872-1996 (inclusive)
Quantity
33.75 linear feet
Collection Number
ACCN 1763
Summary
The Myron L. and Lucille P. Sutton papers (1872-1996) contain record journals, rolled drawings, blueprints, maps, aerial photos, news clippings, data sheets, and other materials mainly from Myron Sutton's career with the Morton Salt Company. Myron L. Sutton was an employee of the Morton Salt Company for many years until his retirement in 1973. He also served as a weather observer for the National Weather Service for over thirty years.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Myron L. Sutton (1908-1999) was born on 27 September 1908 in Grantsville, Utah. After attending the University of Utah, he worked for the Morton Salt Company at its Saltair, Utah, plant until his retirement in 1973. He served as a weather observer for the National Weather Service for over thirty years, receiving the John Campanius Holm Award for distinguished service. Myron also was a scoutmaster, commissioner, and member of the Order of the Arrow for the Boy Scouts of America. He died on 8 February 1999 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Anna Lucille Parkinson Sutton (1919-1998) was born on 18 May 1919 in Grantsville, Utah. She was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. She and Myron were married in 1940. Lucille died on 26 April 1998 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Content Description

The Myron L. and Lucille P. Sutton papers (1872-1996) contain record journals, rolled drawings, blueprints, maps, aerial photos, news clippings, data sheets, and other materials mainly from Myron Sutton's career with the Morton Salt Company.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Gift of Karen Sutton Thompson in 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2005.

Separated Materials

Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0801).

Processing Note

Processed by Heather Harkness, Luke Kelly, and Lisa DeMille from 1999-2005.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • General Materials

    • Description: Journals of Readings of Salt Brines
      Dates: 1935-1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Maps and Blueprints

      • Geologic map of Northwest Utah
      • Blueprint of Antelope Island Embankment Project

      Container: Tube 2
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Maps and Blueprints

      • Map of Glen Canyon
      • Map of Salt Lake City and vicinity
      • Map of Rainbow Canyon
      • Map of unspecified property in Salt Lake City
      • Map of completed surveys for the state of Utah
      • Topographical map of property of Salt Lake Chemical Company
      • Topographical map of unidentified portion of Utah

      Container: Tube 3
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Maps and Blueprints

      • Tax notices (3) for Grantsville property, 1964
      • Blueprint for road proposed through Skull Valley Indian Reservation
      • Map of Gettysburg
      • Blueprint and drawing of unspecified property along U.S. Highway 40

      Container: Tube 4
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Maps and Drawings

      • Survey, drawing, and calculations of Royal Crystal Salt Company's Black Rock Lake Shore property
      • Survey and drawing of Saltair Property
      • Drawing of unspecified area with measurements for zoning

      Container: Tube 5
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Maps

      • Map of Needles
      • Map of Marble Canyon
      • Map of Salt Lake City
      • Map of Brigham City
      • Map of Las Vegas
      • Map of Kingman
      • Map of San Bernadino
      • Map of Cedar City
      • Map of El Centro

      Container: Tube 6
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Maps and Blueprints

      • Blueprints and plans for land of Royal Crystal Salt Company
      • Drawn map of western United States
      • Two blueprints for sections of Grantsville, Utah
      • Blueprint and plan of section of Northern Utah near Bear River Bay
      • Drawing of unspecified area with measurements

      Container: Tube 7
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Maps and Blueprints

      • Blueprint and charts for Great Salt Lake Spillway project
      • Section maps (2) of Grantsville, Utah
      • Map of Tooele, Utah
      • Map of Delta, Utah
      • Map of Pocatello, Idaho
      • Map of Brigham City, Utah
      • Map of Escalante, Utah

      Container: Tube 8
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Maps and Blueprints

      • Blueprints and calculations for property of Royal Crystal Salt Company
      • Map of Westmoreland, California
      • Map of Brawley, California
      • Map of Calipatria SW
      • Map of Corral Canyon
      • Map of Badger Island
      • Map of Badger Island NW
      • Map of Poverty Point
      • Map of Craner Park
      • Map of Lowe Peak
      • Map of Mercur
      • Map of Plug Peak

      Container: Tube 9
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Blueprints

      Blueprints and calculations for property of Royal Crystal Salt Company

      Container: Tube 10
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Maps and Blueprints

      • Plot plans (2) for the property of Claude and Maraleee Parkinson
      • Protraction of survey of the Great Salt Lake
      • Survey of Grantsville project for Royal Crystal Salt Company
      • Map of Clearfield, Utah Quadrangle
      • Map of Syracuse, and West Point, Utah

      Container: Tube 11
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Maps and Blueprints

      • Blueprint of Royal Crystal Salt Company property
      • Graph of evaporation of water from the Great Salt Lake
      • Blueprint of Gun Club property
      • Survey map for Grantsville, Utah, North Willow irrigation Company
      • Fluctuations of the Great Salt Lake
      • Proof of appropriation of water for irrigation

      Container: Tube 12
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Surveying Journal
      Dates: 1938-1939
      Container: Box 13
      Location: General Materials

  • General Materials

    • Description: Morton Salt Company, Information Notebook
      Dates: 1950
      Container: Box 14, Folder 1
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Grantsville, Utah, Historic Marker Project

      Meeting materials, notes, and newsletters concerning the marking of Utah emigrant graves. Folder 3 holds a tour brochure.

      Dates: 1993-1996
      Container: Box 14, Folder 2-3
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Great Salt Lake

      News clippings and a description of the West Desert Pumping Project.

      Dates: 1957-1989
      Container: Box 14, Folder 4
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Hiram Wallace Severe, Photocopied Diary Excerpts

      Accounts in the diary date from the mid-1800s to about 1917. Also included is a letter concerning the diary excerpts.

      Dates: 1956, 1984
      Container: Box 14, Folder 5
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Abstracts of Title

      For property belonging to H. LeRoy and Lucile J. Sutton.

      Dates: 1872-1957
      Container: Box 14, Folder 6
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: News Clippings
      Dates: 1954-1992
      Container: Box 14, Folder 7
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Miscellaneous
      Container: Box 14, Folder 8
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Morton Salt Company, Saltair Plant

      This box contains papers from two oversized ledgers. Included are charts, data reports, notes, news clippings, maps, and other materials.

      Dates: 1930s-1970s
      Container: Box 15
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Maps and Blueprints

      Included are maps of Tooele County, Utah.

      Container: Box 16
      Location: General Materials

  • Salt and the Great Salt Lake

    • Description: Correspondence
      Dates: 1948-1972
      Container: Box 17, Folder 1
      Location: Salt and the Great Salt Lake
    • Description: John L. Clark, "The History of Utah's Salt Companies"
      Dates: 1965
      Container: Box 17, Folder 2
      Location: Salt and the Great Salt Lake
    • Description: "Composition of Saltair Brine During the Evaporation Process"
      Dates: 1968
      Container: Box 17, Folder 3
      Location: Salt and the Great Salt Lake
    • Description: Armand J. Eardley, et al., "Joint Report on Salt Distribution Problems in Great Salt Lake"
      Dates: 1970
      Container: Box 17, Folder 4
      Location: Salt and the Great Salt Lake
    • Description: Eugene L. Peck, Hydrometeorological Study of Great Salt Lake, Typescript Copy
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box 17, Folder 5
      Location: Salt and the Great Salt Lake
    • Description: E. Arlo Richardson, "Evaporation Data for Utah"
      Container: Box 17, Folder 6
      Location: Salt and the Great Salt Lake
    • Description: James A. Whelan, "Freshening of South Arm Great Salt Lake, Utah"
      Dates: 1971
      Container: Box 17, Folder 7
      Location: Salt and the Great Salt Lake
    • Description: James A. Whelan, "Ochsenius Bar Theory of Saline Deposition Supported by Quantitative Data, Great Salt Lake"
      Container: Box 17, Folder 8
      Location: Salt and the Great Salt Lake
    • Description: James A. Whelan and Norman Stauffer, "Preliminary Report on Possible Solutions to 'Fill Effect' Causing Dilution of South Arm Brines and Concentration of North Arm Brines, Great Salt Lake, Utah"
      Container: Box 17, Folder 9
      Location: Salt and the Great Salt Lake
    • Description: Brine Sample Analyses
      Dates: 1940
      Container: Box 17, Folder 10
      Location: Salt and the Great Salt Lake
    • Description: Charts, Maps, and Plans
      Dates: 1924-1973
      Container: Box 17, Folder 11
      Location: Salt and the Great Salt Lake
    • Description: Engineering Reports
      Dates: 1944
      Container: Box 17, Folder 12
      Location: Salt and the Great Salt Lake
    • Description: Evaporation Pond Data
      Dates: 1940-1972
      Container: Box 17, Folder 13
      Location: Salt and the Great Salt Lake
    • Description: Experiments
      Container: Box 17, Folder 14
      Location: Salt and the Great Salt Lake
    • Description: Name Lists

      For the Saltair Plant.

      Container: Box 18, Folder 1
      Location: Salt and the Great Salt Lake
    • Description: News Clippings
      Dates: 1960s-1990s
      Container: Box 18, Folder 2
      Location: Salt and the Great Salt Lake
    • Description: Notebooks
      Dates: 1930s-1950s
      Container: Box 18, Folder 3-4
      Location: Salt and the Great Salt Lake
    • Description: Southern Pacific Causeway

      Correspondence, reports, statistics, court documents, and other materials.

      Dates: 1967-1973
      Container: Box 18, Folder 5
      Location: Salt and the Great Salt Lake
    • Description: Miscellaneous
      Container: Box 18, Folder 6
      Location: Salt and the Great Salt Lake

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Subject Terms

  • Salt mines and mining--Utah--History--Sources

Personal Names

  • Sutton, Myron L.--Archives

Corporate Names

  • Morton Salt Company

Geographical Names

  • California--Maps
  • Idaho--Maps
  • Utah--Maps

Form or Genre Terms

  • Maps

Finding aid created by Heather Harkness
1999 (last modified: 2018)

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