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Scope and Contents Two letters to and from A.B. Johnson of Ogden, Utah, 1889. The first letter isfrom William Henry Smith of the Associated Press, May 13, 1889. This letter is about Mr.Johnson’s concern about receiving a timely news report from the Standard Examiner. Thesecond letter is from A.B. Johnson and is addressed to a “Mr. Hurd” and is dated December 15,1889 from Commercial Publishing Co., Ogden, Utah. It is concerned with negotiations on selling...

Scope and Contents Standard Examiner installments of E.O. Wattis autobiography, “E.O. Wattis PensStory of Earliest Experience,” February 5, 1934, and “Corey and Wattis Become Noted WesternContractors,” February 6, 1934. Also included are photocopies of photographs of the UtahConstruction Company’s early days in the late 19 th century, and E.O. Wattis with H.W. Morrisonat the site of Hoover Dam in 1931; and a letter from Marsha Lundgren, Development Directory...

Scope and Contents The Flora Ogan Collection was donated by her children after her death in 2014. It containsmaterials pertaining to her work at the Standard Examiner and her work within the communitywhere she lived (see biography). This collection is broken into six main series: StandardExaminer, Organizations and Affiliations, Community Involvement, Newspaper Clippings,Photographs and Personal. Minor series include Velma Saunders, Tributes and Awards,...

Scope and Contents Ogden, Utah newspaper Standard Examiner special supplement, “Hill Off Hit

List: But Realignment Means a Net Loss of 145 Jobs” by Lisa Roskelley for May 13, 2005.

Scope and Contents Sperry Corp. annual reports for 1982, 1983, and 1985. Also an article about

Sperry, “Univacuum” by John A. Byrne from Forbes, June 6, 1983, photocopy. Ogden

Standard-Examiner article, “Sperry Corp. Chairman Sees Threat in High-tech” by Cliff

Thompson, February 29, 1984, and an obituary for Gerald G. Probst, former chairman of the

Sperry Corp., dated January 18, 1989, photocopy.

Overview Newspaper clippings, programs, and histories of the Ogden Tabernacle Choir.

Overview This collection contains original copies and galley proofs of newspaper articles on the pioneer

history of northern Utah written by Marilyn Karras for the Ogden Standard-Examiner

Bicentennial Historical Art Colllection series, 1976 – 1977. This collection is restricted for use

unless written permission is received from Marilyn Karras.

Overview This collection contains Premium Books, programs, and advertisement supplements in the

Standard Examiner for the Weber County Fair from 1999 – 2008.