Utah Construction Company
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:
2004 UCC Symposium Exhibits
Collection
Identifier: MS-275
Overview
This collection contains copies of the photographs that were used during the 2004 UC/UI symposium “Making Tracks.”
Dates:
2004
An Inventory of the Ann Wattis Bowman Michael Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-164
Overview
An inventory of the collection contains items related to Utah Construction Company. It includes financial records, company correspondence and information of W.H. Wattis, George Bowman, Ann Bowman, Estelle Bowman, Donald Bowman, William Bowman, and Lester Corey.
Dates:
1912 - 1947
Bill Farr Collection
Item
Identifier: MSS-255
Scope and Contents
Information about the Utah Construction Company and Nevada. Text, maps, and
photographs are taken from Only the Mountains Remain by Nora Linjer Bowman. Photocopied,
oversize manuscript drawer. Donated by Bill Farr, 2005.
photographs are taken from Only the Mountains Remain by Nora Linjer Bowman. Photocopied,
oversize manuscript drawer. Donated by Bill Farr, 2005.
Dates:
Other: Date Not Yet Determined
David Eccles Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-76
Overview
The David Eccles Papers contain diverse documentation recording the life of David Eccles.
Among the types of documents are correspondence, miscellaneous business records, account books,
day books, biographical and genealogical materials, newspaper clippings and a trial transcript of the
Eccles-Geddes trial. The time frame runs from 1861 with a census of Scotland, until approximately
1929 when David Eccles son, Royal began to obtain both...
Dates:
1885 - 1972
Edmund Wattis Littlefield Speech and Correspondence Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-155
Overview
This collection contains a copy of speeches given by E. W. Littlefield from 1952-1997. Also, included are letters from various people congratulating Littlefield on his election as President of Utah Construction and Mining Co. Of interest is a report on Utah’s Mining in Russian and a photograph with accompanying text about the company owned ranches in Montello, NV.
Dates:
1952 - 1997
E.O. Wattis Autobiography
Item
Identifier: MSS-294
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...
Dates:
Other: Date Not Yet Determined
Feather River Postcards
Collection
Identifier: P-87
Overview
Postcards c.a. 1900-1920 of the Feather River Western Pacific Railroad Utah-California route. Black and white, color, sepia. Scenes include Feather River Bridge, Feather River Canyon, Feather River Highway, and various scenic views near Oroville, California.
Dates:
1900 - 1920
George Brasell Letter
Item
Identifier: MSS-179
Scope and Contents
Letter to the Special Collections Department, Stewart Library, Weber StateUniversity from George Brasell of Christchurch, New Zealand dated May 2002. This letterconcerns his involvement with the World War II New Zealand Hospital Ship, “Wanganella”.This ship was moored in the Manapouri Deep Cove while the Utah Construction Companyhelped build the first tailrace tunnel project there in Doubtful Sound off the coast of SouthIsland, New...
Dates:
2002-05
George R. Thenn, Jr. Poem
Item
Identifier: MSS-270
Scope and Contents
Poem written by civil engineer, George R. Thenn, Jr., “Increasing Alameda, a
History 2005.” Included are explanatory endnotes about the poem in which one refers to a line in
the poem about the Utah Construction Company. Donated by George R. Thenn, Jr., 2005.
History 2005.” Included are explanatory endnotes about the poem in which one refers to a line in
the poem about the Utah Construction Company. Donated by George R. Thenn, Jr., 2005.
Dates:
Other: Date Not Yet Determined