Abstract This collection contains court exhibit evidence and photocopied newspaper clippings concerningthe trial and conviction of Joseph Henry Martin. Martin was tried in the 2 nd District Court forWeber County for assault with a deadly weapon after shooting David Edwards, a Pinkertondetective, while encountering an extortion ring. Martin was convicted in 1914 and sentenced tothe Utah State Prison for 5 years. Tried again in the same court, Martin was...

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This collection contains correspondence to and from David W. Evans of Ogden, Utah. Most of the correspondence is retained copies sent from Evans. The bulk of the alphabetized collection concerns the death of Evans' wife, Mamie. Some of the most notable letters are from David O. McKay and Joseph Fielding Smith.

Abstract MS 117 contains papers relating to Laurence J. Burton’s college education and to his career prior to his election as Representative from Utah’s First Congressional District in 1962. Though covering only a relatively short period of time, 1951-1961, the material offers pertinent information on the events and circumstances which directed Burton into national politics. Box 1: A miscellany of examinations, lecture notes and research papers from Burton’s...

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Petitions from Ogden and Weber County, Utah schools and from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints wards and stakes from the Ogden and Weber County area, 1947, for financial support of the erection of two monuments on City Hall Park, Ogden for Ogden pioneers James Brown and Lorin Farr. This project was arranged and organized by the State Centennial Committee.

Scope and Contents This collection contains materials documenting the Urban Pioneers: The Folk Music Revival inUtah, 1957 – 1966 oral histories project and concert. The project was started by folk artist, PollyStewart, and Weber State University student, Jennifer Bott Bateman.The collection is broken up into the series Correspondence, Grants, Urban Pioneer Concert,Urban Pioneer Oral Histories, Academic Works, Research, and Audio Music CD-R. Of...

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Portrait prints of notable people in world history. Some representations are from art, while others are from photographs. Black and white, 8 ½ x 11.

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This collectin contains ledgers from the Post Office.

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15 postcards from the Images of America Ogden book.

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The Ogden Defense Depot, designated as a POW camp on October 11, 1942, was one of the first ten camps in the country. An estimated 5,000 Italian prisoners and approximately 4,000 German prisoners were sent to the facility. The prisoners worked in local warehouses, farms, and orchard.