AGENCY: Ophir (Utah)

SERIES: 28586
TITLE: Administrative records
DATES: 1910-1920.
ARRANGEMENT: Generally chronological by date of document.

DESCRIPTION: This series contains miscellaneous records documenting activity and functioning of Ophir Town government in the 1910's. The records seem to have survived more by chance than by design and are thus incomplete. Nevertheless, they contain information regarding a variety of issues handled by the town. The series includes such records as invoices and receipts, ordinances, documents from court cases, petitions from citizens, and a variety of correspondence. Among the notable topics addressed in the records are the licensing of businesses, the movement to build a Carnegie library, and regulations to control the spread of disease.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office permanently or until administrative need ends and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

This series contains some permanent records, most notably ordinances, as well as a variety of documents that would normally not be retained permanently. Nevertheless, the entire series has permanent historical value because it has survived as some of the only documentation of Ophir Town government from the time period and as a representative example of the operation of town governments in the time period.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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