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Loss Creek Irrigation Company records

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 443

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a variety of manuscript sources concerning the daily operation of the Loss Creek Irrigation Company. These include employee payroll information, correspondence with individuals and other businesses, newspaper clippings, invoices and receipts, assessment notices, and several legal documents. Some of the documents are handwritten, while others are typeset or published materials.

Dates

  • 1923-1941

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 Loss Creek Irrigation Company records must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Historical Note

Although there is little external information available about the Loss Creek Irrigation Company, it operated out of the city of Salina, in Sevier County, Utah, at least as early as 1923, and was particularly active between 1923-1941. One of its main projects was the construction of Rex Reservoir, in Fishlake National Forest, which is now the headwater of the Sevier River. Loss Creek Irrigation Company may have been reincorporated under the name Lost Creek Irrigation Company on 10 July, 1944, and is still in existence today. E. J. Freece was the secretary of the company between 1931 and 1941.

Extent

1 box (0.5 linear feet)

Abstract

This collection contains materials pertaining to the Loss Creek Irrigation Company, which operated in Sevier County during the early twentieth century. It contains correspondence, receipts, employee records, newspaper clippings, and legal documents.

Arrangement

This collection has been arranged by document type.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was donated by Jeffrey O. Johnson in 2017.

Processing Information

Processed in January of 2018

Title
Guide to the Loss Creek Irrigation Company records 1923-1941
Author
Finding aid/Register created by Frankie Urrutia-Smith and Clint Pumphrey
Date
©2018
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

Contact:
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)