Duckville Hunting Club records
Scope and Contents
This collection contains tax pamphlets, letters, ledgers, newspaper articles, tax records, invoices, and other materials pertaining to the Duckville Hunting Club, largely from the last 20 years of the club’s existence. They contain information about the environmental changes that occurred in the 1970s and 1980s which resulted in the disintegration of the club as well as the James Perry v. Duckville Gun Club litigation which occurred between 1982 and 1984. There is also correspondence, including official mailings and letters from various club members. Notable communications include those from L. Howard Marcus and the Douglas F. Madsen, who both served as presidents of the club at different times. Finally, this collection also contains organizational records, including membership ledgers, articles of incorporation, and meeting minutes of the Board of Directors meetings and the annual club and stockholder meetings. For an interview of the club’s history see “Duckville,” written by Raye C. Ringholz (Box 1, Folder1).
Dates
- 1901-1989
Language of Materials
Material in English
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Duckville Hunting Club records must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Historical Note
The Duckville Gun Club began in 1902 as a nonprofit, private gun club for duck hunting. Many of the club members were Utah residents, but there were members throughout the United States. The club played a significant role in preserving Utah’s wetlands by promoting policies that protected waterfowl.
The club operated successfully during its first fifty years, but in the late 1970s and early 1980s Duckville experienced financial hardships. During the last 15 years that the club operated, flooding became more common in the wetlands of Box Elder County. This created difficult hunting conditions for club members and damaged the club’s infrastructure causing dissatisfaction among the club’s shareholders and members. In 1985, many club members stopped paying their club dues and by 1987, only seven members remained. The club disbanded in 1989
Extent
13 boxes (8 linear feet)
Abstract
This collection contains membership records, financial records, meeting minutes, and correspondence pertaining to the Duckville duck hunting club of Box Elder County, Utah.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by document type.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated to USU Special Collections and Archives by John "Jack" Ray in August 2018.
Separated Materials
The photographs were removed and given to the photographs curator.
Processing Information
Processed in May of 2019
- Title
- Guide to Duckville Hunting Club records 1901-1989
- Author
- Finding aid/Register created by Alyson Griggs and Clint Pumphrey
- Date
- ©2019
- 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 aid encoded in English.
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