Farmers Cooperative Irrigation Company papers
Scope and Contents
This collection documents two periods of the company's history, 1903 and 1923. As might be expected, both periods concern finances. In 1903 the Fanners Cooperative Company bonded with the Peoples Bank and Trust Company in order to upgrade their capital facilities. Of the documents from this transaction, perhaps the most interesting and enlightening is a 1902 abstract, written by U.M.L.Co. Vice-president A.J. Thampson, that chronicles the early development and growth of the Payette river irrigation project and the early settlement of the Payette Valley. The 1923 material again documents a bond issuance by the Peoples Bank and Trust Company.
The collection, although small in size, addresses two significant themes regarding the agricultural development of the intermountain west. One being, the involvement of Utah capital in financing these projects. And, the other being, the legal opinions, from western lawyers, that appear in the collection.
Dates
- Creation: 1902-1932
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1903, 1932
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Restrictions
Open to public research.
Copyright
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Permission to publish material from the Farmers Cooperative Irrigation Company papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Historical Note
The Farmers Cooperative Irrigation Company came into being in 1900 when they purchased the Payette Valley Irrigation and Water Company. This new company was an Idaho based corporation bonded by New York investors. In 1902 the Company wished to retire these New York bonds, and recapitalize. Through the auspices of the Utah Mortgage and Loan Company of Logan, Utah they contracted for new bonds with the Peoples Bank and Trust Company of Rockford, Illinois.
Extent
1 box (.5 linear foot)
Abstract
Collection contains correspondence, notes, and documents pertaining to the formation of the Farmers Cooperative Irrigation Company in Idaho and two of its bond issuances, the first in 1903 and the second in 1923. Includes information on the development and growth of the Payette River irrigation project and early settlement of the Payette Valley as well as agricultural development of the Intermountain West.
Arrangement
Arranged in numeric sequence according to Box and Folder.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Some of the records of the Farmers Cooperative Irrigation Company found their way into the papers of the Utah Mortgage and Loan Company papers. The latter papers have been donated to the Special Collections Department, with this collection being broken off into its own collection.
- Title
- Guide to the Farmers Cooperative Irrigation Company papers 1902-1932
- Author
- Finding aid created by Special Collections and Archives.
- Date
- ©2008
- 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 guide is in English in Latin script.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Revision Statements
- September 3, 2008.: Template information was updated to reflect Utah Manuscript Association best practices.
- 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