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B. J. Lund & Co. Account Ledgers (MS-00893)

Abstract

The B. J. Lund & Co. Account Ledgers contain account ledgers from B. J. Lund & Co. from 1907 to 1927. B. J. Lund & Co. operated out of Modena, Utah and serviced both Utah and Nevada residents. The account ledgers document items bought at B. J. Lund & Co's general store in Modena, Utah.

Finding Aid PDF

Date

1907 to 1927

Extent

1.29 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
1.17 Linear Feet
849 digital_files (7.09 GB) JPEG

Related People/Corporations

Scope and Contents Note

The B. J. Lund & Co. Account Ledgers contain account ledgers from B. J. Lund & Co. from 1907 to 1927. B. J. Lund & Co. operated out of Modena, Utah and serviced both Utah and Nevada residents. The account ledgers document items bought at B. J. Lund & Co.'s general store in Modena, Utah. The ledgers provide documentation about the type of items sold and prices charged by a general store in a mining and railroad town at the turn of the twentieth century.

Access Note

Collection is open for research. Arrangements must be made in advance to access digital files; please contact UNLV Special Collections and Archives for additional information.

Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged in chronological order.

Biographical / Historical Note

B. J. Lund & Co. was a freighting, general store, and hotel business incorporated by Brigham James (B. J.) Lund in 1903 and operated out of the railroad town of Modena, Utah. Lund originally established the business with two partners, E. M. Brown and Joe Price, when the three opened a freighting business. In 1903, Lund bought out his two partners and opened general stores in both Modena and Enterprise, Utah. Lund continued to work in the freighting business and hauled items to mining and railroad towns in Utah and Nevada. In addition to being involved with a general store and freighting, B. J. Lund & Co. also operated a hotel in Modena, Utah. In 1905, Brigham James (B. J.) Lund passed away and his sons took over B. J. Lund & Co.

Sources:

“Modena, Iron County, Utah,” Washington County Historical Society, accessed January 29, 2019, http://wchsutah.org/geography/modena.php.

“Brigham James Lund,” Washington County Historical Society, accessed January 29, 2019, http://wchsutah.org/peole/brigham-james-lund.php.

Preferred Citation

B. J. Lund & Co. Account Ledgers, 1907-1927. MS-00893. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were purchased in 2018; accession number 2018-042.

Processing Note

In 2018, Maggie Bukowski processed the collection and entered the information into ArchivesSpace. Some items in this collection are digital surrogates. In 2019, due to insurmountable preservation issues, Maggie Bukowski digitized select materials from the collection for preservation purposes and discarded the originals.

Resource Type

Collection

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NVLN::MS00893

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