UUS_mss328.xml Guide to the James N. Holdaway papers 1856-1945 Holdaway, (James N.) papers 1856-1945 Finding aid/Register created by Clint Pumphrey Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives ©2011
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-07-01. 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 James N. Holdaway papers UUS_COLL MSS 328 58 tubes, 144 drawings 5.25 linear feet 1856-1945 The bulk of the collection is comprised of land surveys and structural diagrams produced by Holdaway during his years as a public and private surveyor and engineer. Material in English

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This collection was donated to USU Special Collections and Archives by Karl and Margene Bolingbroke in 1997.

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Initial Citation: James N. Holdaway papers USU_COLL MSS 328, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations: USU_COLL MSS 328, USUSCA.

James Nathaniel Holdaway was born on January 2, 1868, in North Ogden, Utah. Two years later, his parents Daniel and Martha Holdaway, moved the family to Deweyville, Utah, where they purchased a dry farm. Holdaway left the family homestead at age 16, in 1884, to seek employment in a mine near Butte, Montana. He worked there for about a year before returning to Utah to cut and haul timber out of Logan Canyon. Then, in the late 1880s, Holdaway decided to attend school at the Agricultural College of Utah in Logan, where he trained as a surveyor and an irrigation engineer. After completing his education, he secured a government job working out of Grand Junction, Colorado. Around 1892, Holdaway again returned to Utah, this time to work for the Hammond Brothers as a surveyor on the construction of a canal in the Bear River Valley. After marrying Louise Braegger on March 6, 1900, in Brigham City, Utah, Holdaway was elected Box Elder County surveyor. He served three four-year terms from 1900 to 1912. Following this, Holdaway resumed his career as a private surveyor as well as working on the family farm. Holdaway died on November 21, 1948, in Deweyville at age 80.

For more information see "The Life History of James Nathaniel Holdaway," by Vesta Holdaway Frost, daughter of James Holdaway, located in Box 1, Folder 5.

This collection contains the papers of James N. Holdaway and spans the period of 1856-1945. The bulk of the collection is comprised of land surveys and structural diagrams produced by Holdaway during his years as a public and private surveyor and engineer. The surveys are labeled with an "S followed by an identifying number, while the diagrams are labeled with a "D followed by an identifying number. Drawings that were rolled up when they were donated are housed in tubes, while those that were flat are housed in flat boxes. All other materials, including survey notes, letters, and a financial ledger, are housed in Box 1.

Arranged by subject.

 Deweyville (Utah)--History--Sources. Box Elder County (Utah)--Surveys. Bear River Valley (Utah-Idaho)--Surveys. Irrigation canals and flumes--Utah--Box Elder County--Maps. Real property--Utah--Box Elder County--Maps. Surveyors--Biography--Sources. Water and Water Rights Surveys 1856-1945 (74 surveys) Survey of K. W. Haws' land, section 2, township 11 N, range 3 W S-1 1920 1 Survey, "waste S-2 undated 1 Diagrams for Clark S. Brown's land S-3 1941 1 Survey of Shiboya and Oda lands S-4 undated 1 Survey of the William Beeton Estate, no location markings S-5 undated 1 Cache National Forest, USDA S-6 1912 1 Survey of George Wintle's land, section 5, township 10 N, range 2 W S-7 1926 1 Survey of section 15, township 11 N, range 3 W S-8 1912 1 Survey of section 9, township 11 N, range 3 W S-9 undated 1 Survey of Main Street, town unknown S-10 undated 1 Survey of N. B. Marble's land, no location markings S-11 undated 1 Survey of section 23, township 11 N, range 3 W S-12 1912 1 Survey of the Salt Creek outlet into the Bear River, township 11 N, range 3 W S-13 undated 1 Survey of section 30, township 11 N, range 2 W. S-14 undated 1 Draft surveys of Plat J, Tremonton Utah S-15 1932 - 1936 1 Map of Bear River Valley, showing waterways, railroads, sugar beet factories, and towns S-16 undated 2 Survey of the Buckeye Ranch, section 36, township 10 N, range 3, Box Elder County S-1 undated 2 Survey of Honeyville, E ½ of section 5, township 10 N, range 2 W S-18 undated 2 Map of Property, Northeast ¼ of section 23, township 12 N, range 3 W S-19 undated 2 Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. map of the Bear River Valley & Irrigation System in Box Elder County. Created by DeBouzok Engineering Company, Salt Lake City S-20 undated 2 Map of Tremonton, Utah S-21 undated 2 Index of sections S-22 undated 2 Survey of Tremonton City sewer line S-23 undated 2 Index map to Box Elder districts S-24 undated 2 Survey map of Plat J, Tremonton Utah, by William H. Griffiths S-25 1940 2 Survey map of five plots, location unknown S-26 undated 2 Map of Box Elder County S-27 undated 2 Map of Collinston, Utah S-28 undated 2 Survey of R. C. Fryer Farm west of Hammond Canal, section 16—17, township 11 N, range 2 W, SLM S-29 1905 2 Map showing River-Hill-Ditch Company irrigation ditches S-30 1926 2 Property Ownership Map of Tremonton Utah S-31 1908 3 Survey of E. H. Jones Warm Springs Reservoir S-32 1920 3 Survey of Fielding townsite, section 6, township 12 N, range 2 W (lot 2, block 4, plat B) S-33 undated 3 Survey of John Well's land, section 24, 19, 20, township 16 S range 3, 7 E S-34 undated 3 Draft survey S-35 undated 3 Survey of the William Beeton Estate's property holdings S-36 undated 3 Survey of Tremonton S-37 undated 3 Survey of drainage pipe of creamery S-38 undated 3 Survey of block 6, plot F, Garland City, Utah S-39 undated 3 Map of the Bear River Canal, two excerpts of legal documentation on map, signed and stamped/sealed by the county and the president of the Bear Lake & River Canal & Irrigation Company S-40 1889 3 Index map for townsite locations S-41 undated 3 Road map of Box Elder County S-42 1910 3 Survey of section 7 N, range 2 W S-43 1901 4 Survey of E. H. Jones Warm Springs Reservoir S-44 1920 4 Map of Tremonton S-45 1915 4 Draft survey S-46 undated 4 Survey of lands near Deweyville S-47 undated 4 Draft survey, land on an island S-48 undated 4 E. H. Jones Warm Springs Reservoir S-49 1920 4 Survey of Rosina Tosiphine's land S-50 undated 4 Survey of George Henry's land, section 12, township [?], range 3 W S-51 1933 4 Draft survey, showing multiple property owners S-52 undated 5 Survey of a section of the Bear River, by Faucet H. Coulter S-53 1945 6 Survey, location unknown S-54 undated 7 Survey titled "Waste" S-55 undated 8 Survey of F. Walker and C. Anderson's land S-56 undated 9 Surveys/diagrams, unidentifiable S-57 undated 10 Surveys, unidentifiable S-58 undated 11 Survey S-59 1930 12 South Half of Tremonton Utah, by William H. Griffiths S-60 1936 13 Map of Box Elder County S-61 undated 14 Survey of Tremonton Utah, by William H. Griffiths S-62 1936 15 Survey of Tremonton Utah, by William H. Griffiths S-63 1937 16 Two large survey maps S-64 undated 17 Property Ownership Map of Tremonton Utah S-65 1908 18 Map of Corrine Utah S-66 1893 19 Survey, section 9, township 10 N, range 2 W S-67 undated 20 Survey of lands, by Daniel W. Holdaway S-68 1875 21 Map of property ownership along the Bear River S-69 undated 22 Large map, old and fragile S-70 undated 23 Map of northern Utah, damaged and old S-71 undated 24 Survey, old and fragile S-72 undated 25 Survey, damaged and very fragile S-73 undated 26 "Alkali Map" and "Underground Water Map", Utah Bear River Sheet S-74 1904 27 Diagrams 1890-1943 (88 diagrams) Diagram of E.W. Jones' Warm Springs Reservoir Dam D-1 1920 28 Diagram D-2 undated 28 Diagram, "Pertaining to Dam in Cañon" D-3 undated 28 Diagram, drops D-4 undated 28 "Iron aqueduct over Malad River", A. J. Tullock D-5 1890 28 Diagram, Malad River crossing D-6 undated 28 Diagram, "drop" D-7 undated 28 Diagram, "flume at the head of west canal", also contains estimated bill for construction D-8 undated 28 Diagrams, canal drops D-9 undated 28 Diagrams for lateral cross-section at Corrine D-10 undated 28 Map of Bear Lake & River Water & Irrigation Company diagrams for retaining wall D-11 undated 28 Diagram, "under crossing at Collinston" D-12 undated 28 Diagrams, retaining wall D-13 undated 28 Diagrams, for wagon bridge near Corrine D-14 undated 28 Diagram, wagon bridge D-15 undated 28 Diagram, drop D-16 undated 28 Diagram, wagon bridge D-17 undated 28 Diagrams, retaining wall D-18 undated 28 Diagram, canal drop D-19 undated 28 Diagram, headgates near Corrine D-20 undated 28 Diagram D-21 undated 29 Diagram, Ogden canal system D-22 undated 29 Diagram, Corrine Line canal/bridge D-23 undated 29 Draft diagram D-24 undated 29 Diagrams, for canal D-25 undated 29 Diagram D-26 undated 29 Diagrams, Corrine mill ditch D-27 undated 29 Diagram, wagon bridge near Corrine D-28 undated 29 "Combined drop and check for point lookout lateral-Bear River Canal system near Corrine", Samuel Fortier D-29 1898 29 Diagram, canal drop D-30 undated 29 Diagram, "small flume", also contains estimated bill for construction D-31 undated 29 Diagram D-32 undated 29 Diagram D-33 undated 29 Diagram D-34 undated 29 Survey, Tremonton sewer line D-35 undated 29 Diagram, canal drop D-36 undated 30 Diagram of E. H. Jones Warm Springs Reservoir D-37 1920 31 Road profile D-38 undated 32 Diagram, woodwork plans D-39 undated 33 Diagrams, wagon bridges, West Side D-40 undated 34 Diagrams, wagon bridges, Point Lookout Line D-41 undated 35 "Profile of the County Road in Brigham City Canyon", (show path of road from Brigham to Mantua) D-42 undated 36 Diagram, "lower Malad crossing", also contains estimated bill for construction D-43 undated 37 Diagram, pile drive D-44 undated 38 Diagrams, siphons, Bear River City Ditch D-45 undated 39 Diagrams, siphons, Corinne Line D-46 undated 40 Diagrams, wagon bridges, Corinne Line D-47 undated 41 Diagrams, wagon bridges, Corinne Line D-48 undated 42 Diagrams, wagon bridges, Corinne Lateral D-49 undated 43 Diagrams, siphons, Corinne City Ditch D-50 undated 44 Diagrams, siphons, Corinne Mill Ditch D-51 undated 44 Diagram, drop, Corinne Line D-52 undated 45 Diagrams for Ora Hunsaker Drainages D-53 1919 46 Diagrams of head-gates south to C. P. Tracks D-54 undated 47 "Plan of Rock Dam" D-55 undated 48 Diagrams, flume of upper Malad Cross D-56 undated 49 Diagram, "drawing of headgates" D-57 undated 50 Diagrams, wagon bridges, West Side D-58 undated 51 Diagrams, wagon bridges, Corinne Line D-59 undated 51 Diagrams, wagon bridges, Point Lookout D-60 undated 52 Headgates, Bear River Canal D-61 undated 52 Profile of county road in Box Elder Canyon D-62 undated 53 Draft diagram D-63 undated 54 Profile of Ogden Canyon with grades D-64 undated 55 Diagram of grade along Salt Creek D-65 undated 56 Diagram D-66 undated 57 Road profile, undated. D-68: "Plan of Foundation for Bridge over Canal West of Riverside" D-67 undated 57 Miscellaneous undated (2 items) Data sheet showing acreage, water rites, land ownership and values, with section headings M-1 undated 58 Data roll M-2 undated 58 Manuscript material 1856-1943 (5 folders, 1 book) Misc. survey descriptions undated 1 1 Survey notes undated 1 2 Letter soliciting James Holdaway to endorse the American Sewer Pipe Company undated 1 3 "Field Notes of the Survey of the South and West Boundaries and Subdivisions of Township 12 N, Range 2 W, of the Salt Lake Base and Meridian, State of Utah," surveyed by J. Froskolawski 1856 1 4 "The Life History of James Nathaniel Holdaway," by Vesta Holdaway Frost, daughter of James Holdaway undated 1 5 Financial ledger and survey notes 1907-1943 1 1 Surveys for the Bear River Irrigation & Ogden Water Works Company undated (84 surveys) Survey of John W. Gutherie's land, section 22, township 9 N, range 3 W S-75 undated 2 Survey of Ole Hansen's land, section 18, township 10 N, range 3 W S-76 undated 2 Survey of section 5, township 10 N, range 3 W S-77 undated 2 Survey of section 3, township 10 N, range 3 W S-78 undated 2 Survey of Alfred Crebbin's land, section 23, township 9 N, range 3 W S-79 undated 2 Survey of (shows many landowners) section 11, township 11 N, range 3 W S-80 undated 2 Survey of F. E. Roche's land, section 6, township 9 N, range 2 W S-81 undated 2 Survey of Jaz G. Gilmore's land, section 21, township 9 N, range 3 W S-82 undated 2 Survey of section 5, township 9 N, range 3 W S-83 undated 2 Survey of the land owned by H. L. Hoyt, Jeremiah A. Steams, E. P. Johnson, the Manhattan Trust Company, and Thomas G. Brown, section 4, township 9 N, range 3 W S-84 undated 2 Survey of the Manhattan Trust Company's land, section 22, township 10 N, range 3 W S-85 undated 2 Survey of the land owned by the CMCIS Company, Antone Christensen, Mark Semansen, H. P. Peterson, C. G. Anderson, Jacob Hansen, Nate Iverson, Nels C. Widiman, Peter Mortensen, Lars G. Johnson, Peter S. Jensen, Neils Christensen, Sophie Jensen, Holmgren, Wm Jensen, Eli Andersen, J. P. Holmgren, and Ernie Elm, section 13, township 10 N, range 3 W S-86 undated 2 Survey of lands owned by Chas A. Kroksk, W. B. Bronson, Geo Braegger, Peter Larsen, John Burman, Carl N. Olsen, J. H. Neville, CMCIS Company, A. D. McComb, and J. Rockafield, section 13, township 11 N, range 3 W S-87 undated 2 Draft of a survey S-88 undated 2 Survey of section 23, township 10 N, range 3 W S-89 undated 2 Survey of J. C. Fredrickson's land, section 28, township 9 N, range 3 W S-90 undated 2 Survey of Lorenzo W. Rowe's and Carl Erickson's lands, section 31, township 10 N, range 2 W S-91 undated 2 Survey of Jacob Hansen, Hyrum Anderson, Peter M. Iverson, R. Hansen, and R. S. Peterson's lands, section 2, township 10 N, range 3 W S-92 undated 2 Survey of CMCISC's land, section 25, township 9 N, range 3 W S-93 undated 2 Survey of the Roche's and Jarvis V. Contilin's lands, no area identification numbers S-94 undated 2 Survey of Alfred Crebbin's land, section 12, township 9 N, range 3 W S-95 undated 2 Survey of T. G. Brown's land, section 6, township 9 N, range 3 W S-96 undated 2 Survey of J. W. Guthrie's land, section 8, township 9 N, range 3 W S-97 undated 2 Survey of section 7, township 9 N, range 3 W S-98 undated 2 Survey of Alfred Crebbin's land, section 9, township 9 N, range 3 W S-99 undated 2 Survey of the Riverside Farm, section 10, township 9 N, range 3 W S-100 undated 2 Survey of Alfred Crebbin's and Roche's lands, section 11, township 9 N, range 3 W S-101 undated 2 Survey of H. R. Peterson, Jaz M. Iverson, H. Rollam, Alma Iverson, Barbara Nowy, and G. R. Cleveland's lands, section 1, township 9 N, range 3 W S-102 undated 2 Survey of section 9, township 11 N, range 3 W S-103 undated 2 Survey of Wm Keyting's land, section 28, township 10 N, range 3 W S-104 undated 2 Survey of F. E. Roche's and R. Rich's lands, no area identification numbers S-105 undated 2 Survey of F. E. Roche's land, section 16, township 9 N, range 3 W S-106 undated 2 Survey of J. W. Guthrie's land, section 27, township 9 N, range 3 W S-107 undated 2 Survey of section 19, township 10 N, range 3 W S-108 undated 2 Survey of section 17, township 10 N, range 3 W S-109 undated 2 Survey of section 15, township 10 N, range 3 W S-110 undated 2 Survey of Manhattan Trust Company's land, section 14, township 10 N, range 3 W S-111 undated 2 Survey of section 7, township 10 N, range 3 W S-112 undated 2 Survey of Section 9, […?] (unreadable due to damage), shows parts of Corrine Mill ditch S-113 undated 2 Survey of section 11, township 10 N, range 3 W S-114 undated 2 Survey of CMCSIC's land, section 29, township 9 N, range 3 W S-115 undated 2 Survey of F. E. Roche's land, section 7, township 9 N, range 2 W S-116 undated 2 Survey of (town) section 2, township 9 N, range 3 W S-117 undated 2 Survey of C. C. Bauett's land, section 33, township 10 N, range 3 W S-118 undated 2 Survey of W. H. Carson, John S. Cannon, and C. B. Winbigles' land, section 25, township 10 N, range 3 W S-119 undated 2 Survey of the Manhattan Trust Company's land, section 18, township 11 N, range 3 W (area along Salt Creek) S-120 undated 2 Survey of section 15, township 11 N, range 3 W S-121 undated 2 Survey of the Malad River Marsh and C. M. Nicholson J. P. Christensen, C. C. Johnson, and M. M Jorgensen's land, section 14, township 11 N, range 3 W S-122 undated 2 Survey of George Steed and Chas Turner's land, section 8, township 11 N, range 3 W S-123 undated 2 Survey of C. M. Nicholsen, Alvin Speen, and Jacob Hansen's land, section 12, township 10 N, range 3 W S-124 undated 2 Survey of Moroni Mortensen and Chris Christenson's land, section 7, township 10 N, range 2 W S-125 undated 2 Survey of section 9, township 12 N, range 2 W S-126 undated 2 Survey of section 31, township 10 N, range 3 W S-127 undated 2 Survey of Harriet Brown's land, section 30, township 10 N, range 3 W S-128 undated 2 Survey of section 29, township 10 N, range 3 W S-129 undated 2 Survey of section 27, township 10 N, range 3 W S-130 undated 2 Survey of Jacob Hansen's land, section 26, township 10 N, range 3 W S-131 undated 2 Survey of M. P. Hart, Leroy Lemon, and S. B. Wattard's land, section 22, township 11 N, range 3 W S-132 undated 2 Survey of H. P. Thompson and Anton Christianson's land S-133 undated 2 Survey of Hyrum Christensen and Eugene Stanton's land S-134 undated 2 Survey of M. R. Kaffman and D. W. Weybrigh's land, section 21, township 11, N, range 3 W S-135 undated 2 Survey of Jessie A. Child and Warren G. Child's land, section 32, township 10 N, range 3 W S-136 undated 2 Survey of section 7, township 11 N, range 3 W S-137 undated 2 Survey of Andrew Anderson, Jaz D. Ipsen, and A. Nicholes' land, section 4, township 11 N, range 3 W S-138 undated 2 Survey of section 4, township 11 N, range 3 W S-139 undated 2 Survey of (many property owners) section 3, township 11 N, range 3 W S-140 undated 2 Survey of K. H. Fridal and J. G. E. Larsen's land, section 2, township 11 N, range 3 W S-141 undated 2 Survey of section 1, township 11 N, range 3 W S-142 undated 2 Survey of Soren Thompson, section 19, township 11 N, range 2 W S-143 undated 2 Survey of section 18, township 11 N, range 2 W S-144 undated 2 Survey of Alfred Crebbin's land, section 25, township 10 N, range 4 W S-145 undated 2 Survey of section 23, township 10 N, range 4 W S-146 undated 2 Survey of section 17, township 10 N, range 4 W S-147 undated 2 Survey of section 15, township 10 N, range 4 W S-148 undated 2 Survey of section 15, township 10 N, range 4 W S-149 undated 2 Survey of Alfred Crebbin's land, section 11, township 10 N , range 3 W S-150 undated 2 Survey of section 9, township 10 N, range 4 W S-151 undated 2 Survey of Alfred Crebbin's land, section 3, township 10 N, range 3 W S-152 undated 2 Survey of Alfred Crebbin's land, section 3, township 10 N, range 4 W S-153 undated 2 Survey of section 1, township 10 N, range 3 W S-154 undated 2 Survey of D. D. Ryan, Jr.'s land, section 36, township 10 N, range 3 W S-155 undated 2 Survey of P. H. Pesk, A. Ingenold, and the McKean's land, section 35, township 10 N, range 3 W S-156 undated 2 Survey of section 35, township 12 N, range 4 W S-157 undated 2 Survey of section 13, township 12 N, range 3 W S-158 undated 2 Surveys undated (15 surveys) Index to surveys, township 9 N, range 3 W S-159 undated 3 Index to surveys, township 10 N, range 3 W S-160 undated 3 Index to surveys, township 9 N, range 3 W S-161 undated 3 Index to surveys, township 11 N, range 3 W S-162 undated 3 Index to surveys, township 13 N, range 3 W S-163 undated 3 Index to surveys, township 12 N, range 3 W S-164 undated 3 Index map to Box Elder districts S-165 undated 3 Survey of Box Elder County lands in Section 20, Township 12 N, Range 2 W, Salt Lake Meridian S-166 undated 3 Survey of block 11, Tollman's addition to Honeyville Townsite S-167 undated 3 Survey of Frank A. Driggs' land in Garden City, Utah S-168 1938 3 Survey of of the George Beeton Farm, section 25.36.31.30, township 12 N, range 2 and 3 W S-169 undated 3 Survey of section 12, township 11 N, range [?] W S-170 1919-1920 3 Survey of George Abbott's land, section 1d, township 11 N, range 3 W S-171 1919 3 SE ¼ of NW ¼ of section 1, township 11 N, range 3 W S-172 undated 3 Survey of George Wintle's land S-173 1926 3