Corinne, Utah business letters
Scope and Contents
Letters, telegrams, and receipts from the businesses of Corinne, Box Elder County, Utah between 1867 and 1870. The letters represent the banks, merchants, attorneys, telegraph companies, freight lines, wagon dealers, and grocers of the town. Also included in the collection are the business letters of individuals in the area.
Dates
- Creation: 1867-1870
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 Corinne, Utah business letters must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Historical Note
The city of Corrine, Utah was settled in 1869 and named after one of the daughters of General J. A. Williamson, the agent who auctioned off lots surveyed by the Union Pacific Railroad. This collection reflects the banking and freighting businesses which sprang up in Corrine's early years and attests to the town's aspirations to become the commercial center of the Intermountain West. Between 1869 and 1878, over 257 businesses were active for some period of time in Corrine. Banks dealt with national and international creditors as near as Salt Lake City and as far as London, England. Hussey, Dahler & Co. of Salt Lake City, Utah, bought out Corrine's first bank, Wilson & Morton and later closed this Corrine branch in 1874. Freighting companies hauled cargo from railcars into Montana and back to Corrine. Though Creighton & Munro, established in April of 1869, was one of Corrine's largest freighting companies, it ceased operation in 1871 when the partnership dissolved.
Extent
1 box (.25 linear feet)
Abstract
Letters, telegrams, and receipts from the businesses of Corinne, Box Elder County, Utah between 1867 and 1870.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in no particular order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information is unknown.
Processing Information
Processed in April of 1999.
- Title
- Guide to the Corinne, Utah business letters 1867-1870
- Author
- Finding aid/Register created by Julia Kenyon and Cynthia Lleyson
- Date
- ©2011
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English.
Revision Statements
- 2009: Template information 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