Utah history research materials of Leonard J. Arrington, 1951-1989.

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Utah history research materials of Leonard J. Arrington, 1951-1989.

Research materials on Utah history topics, including economics, mining, defense industry, industry, land reclamation, and Cache Valley history; research reports from the Utah Foundation; materials concerning Anschutz Land and Livestock Co. vs. Union Pacific Railroad Co.; census records for 1850-1940; Native American history, including Navajo Reservation base study; and biographies of Utahns, including Philo Farnsworth. Does not contain material related to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Utah State University. Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.

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Arrington, Leonard J. (Leonard James)

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Leonard J. Arrington was historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1972 to 1982. The first professional historian and the first noncentral authority to occupy this position. Arrington opened archival resources and presided over an unprecedented era of enlightenment in Mormon scholarship. From the description of Leonard J. Arrington miscellaneous images, circa 1880-196u. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367935916 Leo Arrington is a black Mormon, a boxer,...

Union Pacific railroad company

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Served Oklahoma and other Western states. From the description of Union Pacific collection, 1930-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70972329 The story of the Union Pacific Railroad's involvement with oil and the Tidelands goes back to at least 1911 when the State of California granted the City of Long Beach its tidelands properties for development of commerce, navigation, fisheries, and recreation under a public trust doctine, meaning any development and revenues from such...

Farnsworth, Philo Taylor, 1906-1971

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Inventor of television (Farnsworth) and financier (Everson). Philo T. Farnsworth, born 1906, was the inventor of television. His first transmission was in 1927 in San Francisco. George Everson, born in 1885, was Farnsworth's original financial backer and secretary of the television company they formed. Everson also was recruiter of scientific personnel for the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California, 1942-1954. From the description of The Philo ...

Utah Foundation

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Anschutz Land and Livestock Co.

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