Lehi City Historical Archives 2013 Synopsis of the …

Lehi City Historical Archives

2013 Synopsis of the great things of the Archives

January 2013

¡ñ Moved the books and the Lehi City crews fixed the broken

bookcases for us.

¡ñ Set the goal of 2,013 photographs and histories in 2013. We met

this goal early in December. When we set this goal we did not think

we could do it, but it came about.

¡ñ We typed up the tour stories of Carl Mellor. He donated his notes

and stories to the Archives.

¡ñ Started compiling the Original Pioneer Cemetery burials. We have a

listing of nearly 50 people who were buried in the cemetery.

¡ñ The Friends of the Archives was formed and changed to the Lehi

City Historical Archives Board. Initially three people joined the

Board.

¡ñ The People¡¯s Co Op information was greatly increased by the work

of Lynette Harris. Her particular interest expanded our files on the

Peoples Coop.

¡ñ This was the 200th birthday of Porter Rockwell. The first six months

of 2013 included BYU classes coming to visit the archives and also

other writers. Our collection of information was greatly increased in

2013 by donations and research by the Archives.

¡ñ Councilwoman JoAnn Brown collection was donated to the Archives.

This was a tremendous collection of photographs, documents

dealing with Lehi City History and her service in both the County and

the State. JoAnn was the first women city council member in Lehi.

¡ñ Judy Hansen donated a large collection of photographs dealing with

the tearing down of the old Lehi Hospital.

¡ñ Received a collection of Sego Lily Elementary scrapbooks from Carl

Mellor. This is a great collection of memorabilia.

¡ñ January started our year of the Eagle Scout projects with 3 new

starts this month. We started advertising projects and by the years

end we had fifteen Eagle Projects completed. We have a new map

and plan box, photographs of parts of the cemetery, photograph

documentation books of the Transportation Projects of Lehi, church,

school and parks, Thanksgiving Point, Outlets at Traverse Mountain,

American Fork Canyon, Hutchings Museum, Businesses of Lehi, and

trivia listing from the Lehi Yearbooks. These young men have made

major contributions to the Archives.

February 2013

¡ñ The year started out with 8,000 items in our basic file. On February

4, 2013 we hit 9,000 items. In December 2013 we passed the

15,000 mark. We almost doubled the information we had in 2013.

¡ñ Started the Almanac Pages on the Lehi Web Page. We added the

listing of Miss Lehis to this page.

¡ñ John Haws donated the Messersmith collection of histories and

photographs to the Archives.

¡ñ Councilmember Michael Southwick got a microfiche reader donated

to the Archives.

¡ñ We received a collection of Biographies from the Daughters of the

Utah Pioneers.

¡ñ In February we expanded with a donation of photographs from the

Broadbent collection and other photographs within the City. We

received a collection of photographs of Porter Rockwell, and a

collection of other Lehi sites. Judy Hansen donated photographs of

Pykettes and the Gaisford printing shops.

¡ñ The Lehi Library and also Lehi High School donated the collection

of Lehi High School yearbooks. They were documented and

cataloged and added to the collection

¡ñ The Lehi Library also donated some other old books and two

bookcases to the Archives.

March 2013

¡ñ The work in March centered around the new park going in on the site

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of the Sulphur Springs encampment. We did research on all of the

participants at that site. Met with the Lehi Historical Preservation

Commission and the Lehi Parks Department on this park. There was

stories and histories written on the settlement at Sulphur Springs,

biography references to the event and other historical happenings.

The Commission will continue to work to make this happen.

Received a large donation of Library of Congress photographs of

the Jordan River Bridge.

Received a donation of Julian Mercer of his writings for the Daily

Herald and his perceptions of the history of Lehi. There were

original photographs and other items.

John Haws donated two original stock documents from the Peoples

Sugar Company. (Stock before Utah?Idaho Sugar). Lynette Harris

framed them and they are on the wall at the Archives.

Received documents, pamphlets, newspaper clippings about the

Nauvoo Women Statutes being produced in Lehi.

The Board met and emphasised access to the Public. This still is a

problem and needs to be addressed.

We cataloged and sorted the Utah Historical Quarterlys. We listed

all of the articles and placed them in the category files for research

basis. Since this initial group, we have received significant donated

collections from Woneva Meyers and from Connie Nielson.

We received a donation of a collection of photographs, stories,

histories from the Kirkham family of Idaho Falls. The father was from

Lehi originally but is now deceased. It includes a collection of

hundreds of photographs of his service in World War II.

April 2013

¡ñ John Haws donated 11 volumes of Heart Throbs of the West. This is

an early Daughters of the Utah Pioneer books. He also donated the

book ¡°When the White House Comes to Zion¡±,

¡ñ Russell Felt donated copies of the 3 books of the Diaries of Isaac

Fox.

¡ñ The Archives received a valuable donation from Sondra Smith.

There was a Graduation Exercise program form the Congregation

School in Lehi from 1905. There was 1914?1915 Lehi High School

Yearbook. This was a yearbook we only had a photocopy of. There

was a Literary Guild magazine of Earl Holmstead from January 1931.

There were three really old negatives. There was a tribute to Silas

Terry, the class president who died while in High School. There was

a photograph of Hannah Harrison. There were two old scripts of

plays from the High School?College Chums and Snowbound. There

was Earl Holmstead¡¯s acceptance into the Gamma Phi Sorority at the

University of Utah. There was an old photograph of a early baseball

park in Lehi. Article on Louis Robinson. There was also a viewing

signing book at the death of Earl Holmstead and an early work time

book. These are all great artifacts of history and a valuable

collection.

¡ñ On April 22, the Archives received the largest donation to date. Gary

Lewis donated his whole collection of memorabilia of the Lehi

Roundup Rodeo and the Civic Improvement Association. This

collection is the finest collection of such history around. Gary

donated his collection of Rodeo Programs going back beyond the

Civic Improvement Association Programs to the Blackhawk Rodeo

and programs. He has a collection of Rodeo ribbons used by the

Civic Improvement Association. He also donated a collection of

Rodeo Posters and a Poster of all the tickets through the ages. It

also includes photographs of all the specialty acts of the rodea and

Rodeo t shirts and hats. Mayor Wilson and the CIA have committed

to build a case for the collection. This is a major collection to the

Archives and a fitting tribute to the Civic Improvement Association.

¡ñ Received a donation of scrapbook items of Donna Anderson to

make into a collector picture history book. This is a new process we

are looking to try at the Archives. We are starting with the Lehi

Roundup Rodeo and will prepare a picture album with photographs

and sell it for a limited edition to only those who pay for it ahead. We

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will be preparing a draft of this in the next few months.

Received a donation of 1933 Lehi Free Press talking about the

Sugar Days Rodeo and an article by 93 year old Stan Clark talking

about the first rodeo. These are some great additions to our Rodeo

collection.

Researched the John Austin and the Parley Austin Cabin. Obtained

photographs of the deeds for the property for John Austin original

deed and the deed to transfer the property from John Austin to his

son Parley. Obtained 46 photographs of the Austin Family.

Obtained some 11 photographs of the cabin in its original state.

Carl Mellor donated a piece of cable of the original telegraph Line. It

is a three foot piece with insulators. Carl instructed me on the history

of the telegraph line in Lehi. My write?up of his education is located

in the Archive files under the Lehi City web Page. It will hang in the

Lehi Archives as a tribute to the man who knows more about Lehi

History than any other man. The City Crews have hung the wire in the

Archives. Carl Mellor also donated a history of Canute Peterson.

The Archives received a valuable donation from Sondra Smith.

There was a Graduation Exercise program form the Congregation

School in Lehi from 1905. There was 1914?1915 Lehi High School

Yearbook. This was a yearbook we only had a photocopy of. There

was a Literary Guild magazine of Earl Holmstead from January 1931.

There were three really old negatives. There was a tribute to Silas

Terry, the class president who died while in High School. There was

a photograph of Hannah Harrison. There were two old scripts of

plays from the High School?College Chums and Snowbound. There

was Earl Holmstead¡¯s acceptance into the Gamma Phi Sorority at the

University of Utah. There was an old photograph of a early baseball

park in Lehi. Article on Louis Robinson. There was also a viewing

signing book at the death of Earl Holmstead and an early work time

book. These are all great artifacts of history and a valuable

collection.

DeVere and Karlyn Fowler donated a biography of Mary Jones

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