D.E. Burley telegrams
Scope and Contents
D. E. Burley of Salt Lake, Utah, and William. W. Woodside of Logan, Utah sent three telegrams in which they discuss a group of women emigrants at Idaho Falls who claimed that they were supposed to have beeen sent to Logan. These telegrams were sent in an effort to contact a Mr. J. Smith of Logan, whom the emigrants knew, to make further travel arrangements.
Dates
- 1894
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 D.E. Burley telegrams must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Biographical Note
Burley was a General Passenger and Ticket Agent for the Oregon Short Line Railroad in Salt Lake City. W. W. Woodside refers to William W. Woodside of Logan Utah who was a local agent for the Oregon Short line Railroad.
In the 1904 Polk Directory, there is a James M. Smith in Logan Utah of the Smith Brothers Lumber Co., but it is not confirmed as to whether or not this is the same individual referred to in these telegrams.
Extent
1 box (0.25 linear feet)
Abstract
D.E. Burley and William W. Woodside were agents for the Oregon Short Line Railroad. Burley of Salt Lake, Utah, and Woodside of Logan, Utah exchanged these three telegrams in which they discussed a group of women emigrants at Idaho Falls who claimed that they were supposed to have beeen sent to Logan.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These materials were purchased by Special Collections and Archives in March 2013 from Benchmark Books.
Bibliography
Processing Information
Processed in May of 2014
- Title
- Guide to the D.E. Burley telegrams 1894
- Author
- Finding aid/Register created by Adam Gifford and Clint Pumphrey
- Date
- ©2014
- 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
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