b0654 Edward R. Pike Papers, ca. 1883-1963 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 654 Pike, Edward R., 1857-1943, Edward R. Pike Papers, ca. 1883-1963 1.5 lin. ft. (3 boxes) Pike was born in England and emigrated to the United States at the age of 13 settling first in Brooklyn, New York. He eventually made his way to Utah where he attended the University of Utah. In 1877 he went to Silver Reef, Utah where he published the Silver Reef Miner. He attended the University of Michigan law school, married Mary Foster and eventually settled in Eureka, Utah where he served as Juab county attorney for nine terms and as mayor from 1924-1928. He also had entensive mining interests in the Tintic area. The collection contains biographical information, diaries, materials related to his law practice, materials related to his mining ventures, financial information, legal documents, etc. Background Biographical Note

Pike was born in England and emigrated to the United States at the age of 13 settling first in Brooklyn, New York. He eventually made his way to Utah where he attended the University of Utah. In 1877 he went to Silver Reef, Utah where he published the Silver Reef Miner. He attended the University of Michigan law school, married Mary Foster and eventually settled in Eureka, Utah where he served as Juab county attorney for nine terms and as mayor from 1924-1928. He also had entensive mining interests in the Tintic area.

 Scope and Content

The collection contains biographical information, diaries, materials related to his law practice, materials related to his mining ventures, financial information, legal documents, etc.

Series Descriptions

Personal records of Edward R. Pike, 1857-1943

Miscellaneous materials related to the mining industry

Other miscellaneous

 Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

Edward R. Pike Papers, ca. 1883-1963, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Gift of Dorothy P. Brown

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Processing Information: Collection processed by Linda Thatcher Finding aid compiled by Linda Thatcher Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000 Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 1999 (RLIN ID: UTSX99-A165). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000. Separations

Photographs have been removed to Mss C 654.

Container list Box Folder Contents Personal records of Edward R. Pike, 1857-1943 1 1 Biographical sketch, obituary 1 2 Diaries, 1906, 1922-1923, 1940-1942 1 3 Notebooks, undated 1 4 Letters received, 1883-1912 1 5-10 Miscellaneous materials relating to his law practice; affidavits, estate inventory and appraisements, assignments, complaints, petitions, wills, briefs, testimony, summons, handwritten notes, correspondence, 1892-1935 1 11 Miscellaneous materials relating to his law practice, undated 2 1-5 Miscellaneous legal materials relating to mining claims; deeds, agreements, indentures, assignments, notices of locations, articles of incorporation, contracts, affidavits, correspondence, 1892-1951, 1963 2 11 Bank statements, 1917-1919 2 12 Canceled checks, 1917-1919 Miscellaneous materials related to the mining industry 2 6 Mining-related patents, 1905-1919 2 7 Miscellaneous mining articles from The Mining Review, The Mining World, Mining Reporter, Mining Science, Mining and Scientific Press, Engineering and Mining Journal, Ores and Metals, The Mining and Contracting Review, 1906-1917, 1937 2 8 Newspaper clippings relating to Tintic mining district, Juab County, ca. 1930s 2 9 Newspaper clippings relating to silver question, circa 1890s; Address to the People of the United States by the Non-Partisan Bimetallic Conference, held at Washington, D.C., January 22, 1896; Speech of Hon. Joseph L. Rawlins, of Utah, In the House of Representatives, 14-15 February 1894 2 10 Miscellaneous materials relating to mining; forms, reports, notices, newspaper clippings, assays, advertising, 1898-1951 Other miscellaneous 3 1 Miscellaneous documents relating to Eureka City and Juab County, 1903-1930; city ordinances, 1917-1919 3 2 Contract and Agreement between Utah County and Rocky Mountain Bell Company, 18 August 1902 3 3 Miscellaneous documents relating to Tintic Lodge No. 711, Order of Elks; agreement, by-laws, assignments to service, program, stationary, 1913-1927 3 4 Miscellaneous documents relating to Knights of Pythias, to which was elected Utah Grand Vice Chancellor in 1897; photostats of newspapers clippings documenting history of organization 3 5-6 Miscellaneous documents, including blank legal forms; agreements, indentures, notice of location, miner's lien, bonds, application for patent, notice of intention, proxy forms, subscription blanks, U.S. Income Tax Return forms (1946, 1948), complaints, probate forms, affidavits, deeds, subpoenas, executions, District Court praecipe and summons, sample ballot 3 7 Miscellaneous materials relating to World War I American Expeditionary Forces; postcards, clipping, memoranda, Yank Talk, A Review of A.E.F. Humor--Trench and Billet 3 8 Miscellaneous materials relating to Fort Douglas, Utah; Programs and Schedules, Camp of Instruction for United States Troops; Roster, Citizens Training Camp; Cartoons of Military Instruction Camp, Fort Douglas, Utah, August-September 1916 3 9 Miscellaneous materials relating to Utah State Board of Education and Ogden City Board of Education; copy of House Bill No. 80 (1895); circular (1896); teacher's contract, Ogden public schools (1945); Policies, Rules and Regulations of the Ogden City Board of Education (1954) 3 10 Receipts, business cards 3 11-15 Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, circa 1896-1926 3 16 Miscellaneous materials; book advertisement, program for commencement exercises, Eureka, Utah, High School (1902), "What's What Financial, Legal, Statistical, Daily," Ogden, Utah, 26 March 1953, police courtesy card, announcement, letter from Vi, Berkeley, California, to Alan (Mr. J.A. Pike), Logan, Utah, 4 April 1921, etc.