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The survey notebooks were placed into acid-free folders and boxes. These notebooks are in poor repair and need to be handled with care. The maps numbered A 1-6 and the Mantua Cemetery map have been deacidified. The maps marked B 1-28 have not had any conservation work done with them.
Nephi and Lorenzo Anderson survey notebooks and maps, 1886-1946. (COLL MSS 089). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.
Nephi Peter Anderson was born on November 29, 1847, in Tjornede, Tollose Station, Holbaek, Denmark to Peder Andersen and Karen Olsdatter. Nephi immigrated to the United States sometime before 1872, the year that he married Mette Catrine Jensen in Salt Lake City. The couple gave birth to Lorenzo William Jensen, their second child, on March 10, 1875, in Bear River, Utah. Both Nephi and Lorenzo worked as surveyors in Box Elder and Cache counties. Nephi died on June 4, 1910, in Logan, while Lorenzo died on June 22, 1949, in Brigham City.
This collection contains the survey notes and maps of Nephi Anderson and his son Lorenzo. Between the two, the collection covers a period from 1886 to 1946. The material divides into two distinct sections, the first being the Nephi material covering the years from 1886-1909, and the second being the Lorenzo material, covering the years from 1931- 1946.
Nephi Anderson's material details early survey work done in Box Elder and Cache Counties. The survey notebooks contain field notes from surveys done in Blacksmith Fork Canyon, Cache Valley, and the marker for the boundary of Nevada, Utah and Idaho. Nephi's maps, numbered 1-6, include the Mantua Cemetery and the original survey of the Bear River Canal. Nephi was titled as a United States deputy surveyor, which at that time period was, in essence, a surveyor's license. Nephi also had a connection with Box Elder County what this connection was is not known.
Lorenzo Anderson's work in this collection dwells upon the Ogden-Brigham Canal. Which begins north of Ogden and follows the east slope of the Wasatch Mountains to Brigham City. A series of 28 plat maps, numbered as B 1-28, show surveyed arteries to the Ogden-Brigham Canal. In addition, there are two folders containing survey and miscellaneous notes concerning the Ogden-Brigham Canal.
For research reference, the survey maps in this collection can be found on the U.S.G.S. seven-minute maps for northern Utah.
Arranged in numeric sequence according to box and folder or map number.