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Edmund Hyatt Garrison took a five month trip across the northwestern United States in 1883. This collection largely consists of letters he wrote to his parents and fiance back home in Yonkers, New York, that relate his fascinating experiences in the territorial West of the late 19th century.

Abstract The Alfred Hart photograph collection consists of The Traveler's Own Book, which is a travel guide for the railroad route from Chicago to San Francisco produced by Central Pacific Railroad photographer Alfred A. Hart in 1870. This book consists of detailed maps of the entire route, two Utah photographs on the front and rear covers, and twelve photo-chromolithographic views. In the book Hart describes the main features and sights along the lines, and gives advice on...

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Records from the Ladies Auxiliary these include correspondence, financial records and lodge minutes

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This collection contains materials pertaining to Michael W. Johnson, a public historian involved in the Utah State History Fair, the Jensen Living Historical Farm, and the Golden Spike National Monument.

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This diary documents the experience of Albert G. Peyton from his time working odd jobs in Missouri, to his trip on the first transcontinental railroad to Eureka, Nevada, where he worked chopping wood and loading coal.

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Collection of photographs of the Roskelley family. Taken from the 1880s to 1918, includes mostly cabinet card portraits (albumen and gelatin silver). Also includes views of the Smithfield depot of the Utah Northern Railway Company (1918) and the Sego Milk plant in Smithfield, Utah as well as a portrait of the sons of William Frederick Rigby, Sr. taken around 1915.

Abstract The bulk of the collection is letterbooks (1880-1901), dealing primarily (after 1883) with the affairs of the Thatcher Brothers Banking Company; also includes materials concerning the L.D.S. Church in Cache Valley, the Logan L.D.S. Temple, the Utah and Northern Railroad, Logan City Government, and the Democratic Party. Personal materials include correspondence with plural wife, Fanny, and son, George, and provide information on the inner workings of the institution of plural marriage. The...

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This collection contains the papers of the UIC Mendon Railroad Station and spans the period of 1916 to 1936.

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This collection contains the financial papers of Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company, Wellsville Station spanning the period from 1920 to 1936

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Miscellaneous documents including bills of lading, daily abstracts, daily balance sheets, way bills, and memorandum for cash book. Also includes circulars from the United States Railway Administration concerning freight tariffs.