The bulk of the collection is comprised of land surveys and structural diagrams produced by Holdaway during his years as a public and private surveyor and engineer.
Repository:
Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Manuscript Collection
Merrill-Cazier Library Utah State University 3000 Old Main Hill Logan, UT 84322-3000 Phone: 435 797-2663 Fax: 435 797-2880 Email: scweb@usu.edu
Languages:
Material in English
Biographical Note
James Nathaniel Holdaway was born on January 2, 1868, in North Ogden, Utah. Two years later his parents, Daniel and Martha Holdaway, moved the family to Deweyville, Utah, where they purchased a dry farm. Holdaway left the family homestead at age 16, in 1884, to seek employment in a mine near Butte, Montana. He worked there for about a year before returning to Utah to cut and haul timber out of Logan Canyon. Then, in the late 1880s, Holdaway decided to attend school at the Agricultural College of Utah in Logan, where he trained as a surveyor and an irrigation engineer. After completing his education he secured a government job working out of Grand Junction, Colorado. Around 1892 Holdaway again returned to Utah, this time to work for the Hammond Brothers as a surveyor on the construction of a canal in the Bear River Valley. After marrying Louise Braegger on March 6, 1900, in Brigham City, Utah, Holdaway was elected Box Elder County surveyor. He served three four-year terms, from 1900 to 1912. Following this, Holdaway resumed his career as a private surveyor as well as working on the family farm. Holdaway died on November 21, 1948, in Deweyville at age 80.
For more information see "The Life History of James Nathaniel Holdaway by Vesta Holdaway Frost, daughter of James Holdaway, located in Box 1, Folder 5.
Content Description
This collection contains the papers of James N. Holdaway and spans the period of 1856-1945. The bulk of the collection is comprised of land surveys and structural diagrams produced by Holdaway during his years as a public and private surveyor and engineer. The surveys are labeled with an "S followed by an identifying number, while the diagrams are labeled with a "D followed by an identifying number. Drawings that were rolled up when they were donated are housed in tubes, while those that were flat are housed in flat boxes. All other materials, including survey notes, letters, and a financial ledger, are housed in Box 1.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Restrictions on Use :
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the James N. Holdaway Papers must
be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections
Department Head.
Preferred Citation :
Initial Citation:
James N. Holdaway Papers USU_COLL MSS 328,
Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_COLL MSS 328,
USUSCA.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
Arranged by subject.
Processing Note :
Processed in June of 2008
Acquisition Information :
This collection was donated to USU Special Collections & Archives by Karl and Margene Bolingbroke in 1997.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Surveys, 1856-1945
(74 surveys)
Container(s)
Description
Dates
tube
1
S-1: Survey of K. W. Haws' land, section 2, township 11 N, range 3 W
1920
1
S-2: Survey, "waste
Undated
1
S-3: Diagrams for Clark S. Brown's land
1941
1
S-4: Survey of Shiboya and Oda lands
Undated
1
S-5: Survey of the William Beeton Estate, no location markings
Undated
1
S-6: Cache National Forest, USDA
1912
1
S-7: Survey of George Wintle's land, section 5, township 10 N, range 2 W
1926
1
S-8: Survey of section 15, township 11 N, range 3 W
1912
1
S-9: Survey of section 9, township 11 N, range 3 W
Undated
1
S-10: Survey of Main Street, town unknown
Undated
1
S-11: Survey of N. B. Marble's land, no location markings
Undated
1
S-12: Survey of section 23, township 11 N, range 3 W
1912
1
S-13: Survey of the Salt Creek outlet into the Bear River, township 11 N, range 3 W
Undated
1
S-14: Survey of section 30, township 11 N, range 2 W.
Undated
1
S-15: Draft surveys of Plat J, Tremonton Utah
1932 & 1936
2
S-16: Map of Bear River Valley, showing waterways, railroads, sugar beet factories, and towns
Undated
2
S-1: Survey of the Buckeye Ranch, section 36, township 10 N, range 3, Box Elder County
Undated
2
S-18: Survey of Honeyville, E ½ of section 5, township 10 N, range 2 W
Undated
2
S-19: Map of Property, Northeast ¼ of section 23, township 12 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-20: Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. map of the Bear River Valley & Irrigation System in Box Elder County. Created by DeBouzok Engineering Company, Salt Lake City
Undated
2
S-21: Map of Tremonton, Utah
Undated
2
S-22: Index of sections
Undated
2
S-23: Survey of Tremonton City sewer line
Undated
2
S-24: Index map to Box Elder districts
Undated
2
S-25: Survey map of Plat J, Tremonton Utah, by William H. Griffiths
1940
2
S-26: Survey map of five plots, location unknown
Undated
2
S-27: Map of Box Elder County
Undated
2
S-28: Map of Collinston, Utah
Undated
2
S-29: Survey of R. C. Fryer Farm west of Hammond Canal, section 16—17, township 11 N, range 2 W, SLM
1905
2
S-30: Map showing River-Hill-Ditch Company irrigation ditches
1926
3
S-31: Property Ownership Map of Tremonton Utah
1908
3
S-32: Survey of E. H. Jones Warm Springs Reservoir
1920
3
S-33: Survey of Fielding townsite, section 6, township 12 N, range 2 W (lot 2, block 4, plat B)
Undated
3
S-34: Survey of John Well's land, section 24, 19, 20, township 16 S range 3, 7 E
Undated
3
S-35: Draft survey
Undated
3
S-36: Survey of the William Beeton Estate's property holdings
Undated
3
S-37: Survey of Tremonton
Undated
3
S-38: Survey of drainage pipe of creamery
Undated
3
S-39: Survey of block 6, plot F, Garland City, Utah
Undated
3
S-40: Map of the Bear River Canal, two excerpts of legal documentation on map, signed and stamped/sealed by the county and the president of the Bear Lake & River Canal & Irrigation Company
1889
3
S-41: Index map for townsite locations
Undated
3
S-42: Road map of Box Elder County
1910
4
S-43: Survey of section 7 N, range 2 W
1901
4
S-44: Survey of E. H. Jones Warm Springs Reservoir
1920
4
S-45: Map of Tremonton
1915
4
S-46: Draft survey
Undated
4
S-47: Survey of lands near Deweyville
Undated
4
S-48: Draft survey, land on an island
Undated
4
S-49: E. H. Jones Warm Springs Reservoir
1920
4
S-50: Survey of Rosina Tosiphine's land
Undated
4
S-51: Survey of George Henry's land, section 12, township [?], range 3 W
Letter soliciting James Holdaway to endorse the American Sewer Pipe Company
Undated
1
4
"Field Notes of the Survey of the South and West Boundaries and Subdivisions of Township 12 N, Range 2 W, of the Salt Lake Base and Meridian, State of Utah," surveyed by J. Froskolawski
1856
1
5
"The Life History of James Nathaniel Holdaway," by Vesta Holdaway Frost, daughter of James Holdaway
Surveys for the Bear River Irrigation & Ogden Water Works Company, Undated
(84 surveys)
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
2
S-75: Survey of John W. Gutherie's land, section 22, township 9 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-76: Survey of Ole Hansen's land, section 18, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-77: Survey of section 5, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-78: Survey of section 3, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-79: Survey of Alfred Crebbin's land, section 23, township 9 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-80: Survey of (shows many landowners) section 11, township 11 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-81: Survey of F. E. Roche's land, section 6, township 9 N, range 2 W
Undated
2
S-82: Survey of Jaz G. Gilmore's land, section 21, township 9 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-83: Survey of section 5, township 9 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-84: Survey of the land owned by H. L. Hoyt, Jeremiah A. Steams, E. P. Johnson, the Manhattan Trust Company, and Thomas G. Brown, section 4, township 9 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-85: Survey of the Manhattan Trust Company's land, section 22, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-86: Survey of the land owned by the CMCIS Company, Antone Christensen, Mark Semansen, H. P. Peterson, C. G. Anderson, Jacob Hansen, Nate
Iverson, Nels C. Widiman, Peter Mortensen, Lars G. Johnson, Peter S. Jensen, Neils Christensen, Sophie Jensen, Holmgren, Wm Jensen, Eli Andersen, J. P.
Holmgren, and Ernie Elm, section 13, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-87: Survey of lands owned by Chas A. Kroksk, W. B. Bronson, Geo Braegger, Peter Larsen, John Burman, Carl N. Olsen, J. H. Neville, CMCIS
Company, A. D. McComb, and J. Rockafield, section 13, township 11 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-88: Draft of a survey
Undated
2
S-89: Survey of section 23, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-90: Survey of J. C. Fredrickson's land, section 28, township 9 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-91: Survey of Lorenzo W. Rowe's and Carl Erickson's lands, section 31, township 10 N, range 2 W
Undated
2
S-92: Survey of Jacob Hansen, Hyrum Anderson, Peter M. Iverson, R. Hansen, and R. S. Peterson's lands, section 2, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-93: Survey of CMCISC's land, section 25, township 9 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-94: Survey of the Roche's and Jarvis V. Contilin's lands, no area identification numbers
Undated
2
S-95: Survey of Alfred Crebbin's land, section 12, township 9 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-96: Survey of T. G. Brown's land, section 6, township 9 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-97: Survey of J. W. Guthrie's land, section 8, township 9 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-98: Survey of section 7, township 9 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-99: Survey of Alfred Crebbin's land, section 9, township 9 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-100: Survey of the Riverside Farm, section 10, township 9 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-101: Survey of Alfred Crebbin's and Roche's lands, section 11, township 9 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-102: Survey of H. R. Peterson, Jaz M. Iverson, H. Rollam, Alma Iverson, Barbara Nowy, and G. R. Cleveland's lands, section 1, township 9 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-103: Survey of section 9, township 11 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-104: Survey of Wm Keyting's land, section 28, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-105: Survey of F. E. Roche's and R. Rich's lands, no area identification numbers
Undated
2
S-106: Survey of F. E. Roche's land, section 16, township 9 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-107: Survey of J. W. Guthrie's land, section 27, township 9 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-108: Survey of section 19, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-109: Survey of section 17, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-110: Survey of section 15, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-111: Survey of Manhattan Trust Company's land, section 14, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-112: Survey of section 7, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-113: Survey of Section 9, […?] (unreadable due to damage), shows parts of Corrine Mill ditch
Undated
2
S-114: Survey of section 11, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-115: Survey of CMCSIC's land, section 29, township 9 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-116: Survey of F. E. Roche's land, section 7, township 9 N, range 2 W
Undated
2
S-117: Survey of (town) section 2, township 9 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-118: Survey of C. C. Bauett's land, section 33, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-119: Survey of W. H. Carson, John S. Cannon, and C. B. Winbigles' land, section 25, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-120: Survey of the Manhattan Trust Company's land, section 18, township 11 N, range 3 W (area along Salt Creek)
Undated
2
S-121: Survey of section 15, township 11 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-122: Survey of the Malad River Marsh and C. M. Nicholson J. P. Christensen, C. C. Johnson, and M. M Jorgensen's land, section 14, township 11 N,
range 3 W
Undated
2
S-123: Survey of George Steed and Chas Turner's land, section 8, township 11 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-124: Survey of C. M. Nicholsen, Alvin Speen, and Jacob Hansen's land, section 12, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-125: Survey of Moroni Mortensen and Chris Christenson's land, section 7, township 10 N, range 2 W
Undated
2
S-126: Survey of section 9, township 12 N, range 2 W
Undated
2
S-127: Survey of section 31, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-128: Survey of Harriet Brown's land, section 30, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-129: Survey of section 29, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-130: Survey of section 27, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-131: Survey of Jacob Hansen's land, section 26, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-132: Survey of M. P. Hart, Leroy Lemon, and S. B. Wattard's land, section 22, township 11 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-133: Survey of H. P. Thompson and Anton Christianson's land
Undated
2
S-134: Survey of Hyrum Christensen and Eugene Stanton's land
Undated
2
S-135: Survey of M. R. Kaffman and D. W. Weybrigh's land, section 21, township 11, N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-136: Survey of Jessie A. Child and Warren G. Child's land, section 32, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-137: Survey of section 7, township 11 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-138: Survey of Andrew Anderson, Jaz D. Ipsen, and A. Nicholes' land, section 4, township 11 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-139: Survey of section 4, township 11 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-140: Survey of (many property owners) section 3, township 11 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-141: Survey of K. H. Fridal and J. G. E. Larsen's land, section 2, township 11 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-142: Survey of section 1, township 11 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-143: Survey of Soren Thompson, section 19, township 11 N, range 2 W
Undated
2
S-144: Survey of section 18, township 11 N, range 2 W
Undated
2
S-145: Survey of Alfred Crebbin's land, section 25, township 10 N, range 4 W
Undated
2
S-146: Survey of section 23, township 10 N, range 4 W
Undated
2
S-147: Survey of section 17, township 10 N, range 4 W
Undated
2
S-148: Survey of section 15, township 10 N, range 4 W
Undated
2
S-149: Survey of section 15, township 10 N, range 4 W
Undated
2
S-150: Survey of Alfred Crebbin's land, section 11, township 10 N , range 3 W
Undated
2
S-151: Survey of section 9, township 10 N, range 4 W
Undated
2
S-152: Survey of Alfred Crebbin's land, section 3, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-153: Survey of Alfred Crebbin's land, section 3, township 10 N, range 4 W
Undated
2
S-154: Survey of section 1, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-155: Survey of D. D. Ryan, Jr.'s land, section 36, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-156: Survey of P. H. Pesk, A. Ingenold, and the McKean's land, section 35, township 10 N, range 3 W
Undated
2
S-157: Survey of section 35, township 12 N, range 4 W
Undated
2
S-158: Survey of section 13, township 12 N, range 3 W
