Sidney Stevens Implement Company records
Scope and Contents
The collection has been divided into two parts: Manuscript boxes and Bound Ledgers and Journals.
Dates
- Creation: 1890-1915
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Restrictions
Open to public research.
Copyright
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Sidney Stevens Implement Company records must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Historical Note
Located in Logan, Utah from 1891 to 1915, the store's main business was the sale of agricultural implements and the sale and resale of farm commodities.The Sidney Stevens Implement Company was founded in Ogden, Utah, in 1865 as a hardware store. It grew with Ogden and Weber County and came, by the mid-1880s, to concentrate on the sale of agricultural implements and the purchase and resale of farm commodities.
In 1890, a branch store was opened in Logan at 65 West Center Street with E. Farley as first local manager. Incorporated under Utah Laws in 1896, the company eventually established branch houses in Preston, Montpelier and Downey, Idaho, and in Garland, Utah, as well as in smaller surrounding communities. About 1920, the entire chain was purchased by Ogden-based Eccles family interest and the name changed to Mountain States Implement Company, a company which continued in operation until 1969.
The papers of the Sidney Stevens Implement Company in the holdings of the Special Collections and Archives department of the USU Library are those of the Logan Branch from 1891 to 1915, virtually the entire life of the branch. While Logan operated directly under Ogden headquarters, it would seem that the two other main branches of the company, those at Montpelier and Preston, Idaho, were subordinate to the Logan Office.
Extent
52 boxes and 30 volumes (26 linear feet)
Abstract
Records include all types of correspondence, invoices, receipts, credit and debit memoranda, stock orders, freight bills, shipping orders, employee time reports, journal daybooks, etc. Much of the material relates to other branch stores in Montpelier and Preston, Idaho, and Ogden. Includes letters from company agents who canvassed Utah and Idaho, including E. T. Dobson, Wilford Chatterton, James Meikle, William A. Norton, and George H. Fisher.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was presented to Utah State University in 1967 by Mrs. Nettie Anderson of Logan through the good office of Dr. S. George Ellsworth.
- Title
- Guide to the Sidney Stevens Implement Company records 1890-1915
- Author
- Finding aid created by Special Collections and Archives.
- Date
- 2008
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding guide is in English in Latin script.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Revision Statements
- 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
scweb@usu.edu