b0086 Smith and Larsen Mercantile Company Records, 1903-1953 A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 1999 Finding aid encode in EAD 1.0 by Craig Ringgenberg using XMetaL 1.0, 1999. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss B 86 Smith and Larsen Mercantile Company. Smith and Larsen Mercantile Company Records, 1903-1953 2.0 lin. ft. (4 boxes) Business in Daggett County, Utah. Minute book (1903-1953), stock ledger (1904-1953), sales book (1903-1904), account books (1904-1927, account book for the Linwood Mercantile Company (1907-1921). Topics: Business records -- Utah -- Daggett County. Places: Daggett County (Utah). Linwood (Utah). Form or Genre: Account books. Minutes. Background Background Note

The Smith and Larsen Mercantile Company of Linwood, Daggett County, Utah was established on 16 November 1903 in a building owned by George Rasmussen. The Linwood Post Office shared the building. Within a few months, Smith bought out Larsen's share, and in 1906, relocated the business in an old bunkhouse in the area; the name Smith and Larsen Mercantile Company was maintained. Shortly thereafter, Smith's son Keith took over the business and kept the books for three years. In 1909, George Rasmussen assumed the management of the business.

M. N. Larsen, Smith's former partner started a second store in 1906 in the original location of Smith and Larsen Mercantile Company. The new concern was known as The Linwood Mercantile Company. Sheep ranchers in the area patronized both stores equally and each made over forty thousand dollars a year.

The construction of Flaming Gorge Dam brought an end to Linwood and the sixty year businesses of Smith and Larsen and The Linwood Mercantile Companies.

 Scope and Content

The Smith and Larsen Mercantile Company Collection consists of business records of the company from 1903 to 1953, and one account book of The Linwood Mercantile Company. In addition to the one Linwood account book, included in these records are seven account books, one minute book, and a stock ledger of the Smith and Larsen Mercantile Company.

 Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

Smith and Larsen Mercantile Company Records, 1903-1953, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Gift of William Purdy.

 Restrictions on Use

The Smith and Larsen Mercantile Company Records are the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information: Collection processed by David J. Singer, 1980 Finding aid compiled by David J. Singer, 1980 Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000 Collection cataloged by Richard Saunders, 1988 (RLIN ID: UTSX88-A90). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000. Related collections

A source at the Utah State Historical Society related to this collection is: "Recollections of Keith Smith of Linwood, Utah as told to his daughter Susan" Mss A 1790

 Separations

Records of the Peoples Canal Company, Mss A 2539, and the South Valley Canal Company, Mss B 132.

Container list Box Folder Contents Records 1 Business Records 1 1 Minute book, 1903-1953 1 2 Stock ledger 1904-1953 1 3 Sales book, 1903-1904 2 Account Books 2 1 1 1904-1905 2 2 1910-1911 2 3 1910-1913 3 Account Books 3 1 1911-1914 3 2 1920-1927 3 3 The Linwood Mercantile Company, 1907-1921 4 Ledger (oversize)