Deseret Livestock Company photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0105
Scope and Contents
The Deseret Livestock Company was established in 1891 by a group of Utah sheep ranchers and existed until the early 1970s. Its purpose was to promote stock raising, slaughtering, butchering, and mercantile business in Utah. The collection contains photographs of such livestock as horses, sheep, and cattle, as well as the Neponset Dam and canal construction. Also farming, it's environs and employees and activities.
Dates
- 1925-1945
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Conditions Governing Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Extent
149 Photographic Prints
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Deseret Livestock Company photograph collection contains images documenting company activities in livestock raising.
Separated Materials
See also Deseret Land and Livestock Company papers (MS 0105).
- Title
- Guide to the Deseret Livestock Company photograph collection
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Mary Ann Curtis.
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2016: Finding aid revised and re-encoded by Margaret Benson.
- 2022: Finding aid revised and re-encoded by Sara Davis.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu