Elijah Bosserman, 1907-1910

File — Box: 31, Folder: 3

Identifier: VII

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series: The nine boxes which comprise Section VII contain materials pertaining to Preston Nutter's main business, cattle and livestock. The papers are grouped by subject, with all papers of a similar type filed together. Box 31 contains correspondence to and from Preston Nutter and the Preston Nutter Corporation relating to cattle. Folders 1-20 are arranged alphabetically, with correspondence from a specific company or person in each folder. Folders 21-39 contain miscellaneous cattle correspondence and are arranged chronologically. Most other materials in this section are arranged chronologically as well. Box 32 contains receipts and bills of sale from Preston Nutter's purchases of cattle. Likewise, Boxes 33-34 contain receipts from his and the Corporation's sales of cattle, including those sold during the time that Preston Nutter was the manager of the Strawberry Valley Cattle Company. Box 35 contains contracts: for the sale of cattle, for purchases, livestock chattel mortgages, and Indian beef contracts with the Ute Indian Agency at Fort Duchesne, Utah. Box 36 contains cattle inventories, tallys, and lists of cattle losses from 1900 1980. Railroad and freight bills from the shipment of cattle to markets are filed in Box 37. Box 38 contains materials that related to cattle but did not fit into one of the established categories. These include records of brands, vaccinations, pedigrees, hay and feed, cattlemen's associations, and other miscellaneous materials. Box 39 is for livestock other than cattle. For the most part, this means horses, bills of sale, correspondence about horses, and papers pertaining to wild, or feral, horses. There is also one folder on mules, which Preston Nutter used for riding and work animals, and one of records of dogs purchased by Preston Nutter and Virginia Price.

Dates

1907-1910

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.