Scope and Contents The Jesse Holther collection was donated by Margaret Bagley, his niece, in 2015. Jesse Holther was born January 5, 1894 in Ogden, Utah to L.J. and Dora P. Holther. He attended and graduated from Ogden High in 1912, and studied law at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on July 14, 1917 and served with the Engineers in the A.E.F. in France. On February 20, 1921 he married Helene Marie Grieve in Denver, Colorado whom he met at the University of Michigan. He...

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...

Abstract The Weber County Sheriff’s Office collection contains materials related to the Sheriff’s Department including Search & Rescue documents & albums, publications about public safety communications, job descriptions, election materials, budgets & reports, and photographs and newspaper articles. The bulk of the collection covers the period from the 1970s to 2016. The collection is arranged alphabetically by series, the largest series in the collection, Publications,...