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Charles Gilbert Wood Papers, 1889-1938
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Wood, Charles G.(Charles Gilbert), 1867-1946
- Title
- Charles Gilbert Wood Papers
- Dates
- 1889-1938 (inclusive)18891938
- Quantity
- 10 boxes, (3.5 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_COLL MSS 191
- Summary
- This collection contains Charles G. Woods personal and political papers. The collection, as a whole, offers the researcher a view of rural life in Cache Valley, Utah, as well as a glimpse into college life (both in Salt Lake and Massachusetts) from the late 1800s, as well as the state legislature in the 1920s.
- Repository
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
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No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Joseph Wood, Charles's father, was born near Nauvoo, Illinois, but emigrated westward in 1845, eventually setting in Huntsville, Utah in 1860. Charles G. Wood was born on February 23,1867 the second child of what would eventually be ten children to Joseph Wood and Elizabeth Ann Slater. As a young child, Charles's family moved from Huntsville to Austin, Nevada to Lewiston, Utah and eventually settled in Trenton, a small community in Cache Valley, Utah.
Charles entered Salt Lake Academy in September of 1886. While enrolled he worked odd jobs around campus to earn extra money. Charles graduated from the Academy in June of 1886, and the following fall he attended Amherst College in Massachusetts. While at Amherst, Charles was active in the local YMCA and was a member of the Congregational Church. In 1893 he gave a talk to the YMCA on the topic of "Mormon Boys." That same year he was Vice President of his graduating class. Charles Wood was the only student in his class from Utah, and apparently the only one from west of Missouri.
Upon graduating from Amherst, Charles headed back west and took a teaching position in the Trenton school district. He signed a contract on September 9, 1893, earning $40.00 per month. He would eventually become a member of the school board. Charles was a also a farmer and served on an irrigation committee to bring water to Trenton. During his life, Charles also served as the first mayor of Trenton in 1919 and served in the Utah State Legislature as House Republican from 1921-1926.
Charles was married to Letitia Alice Litz, also a native Utah from Lewiston, on November 23, 1898. They would eventually have five children. The childhood home of Letitia Litz was placed on the historic register for Utah in the 1970s. Charles died in Logan, Utah on December 27, 1946.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Charles G. Wood collection begins with letters written by various members of Wood's family between 1889 and 1939, grouped by sender. Box 2 consists of non-familial correspondence ranging in date from 1889 to 1923, grouped and arranged in alphabetical order by sender. The bulk of the non-familial letters, however, are centered on the 1890s. Most of the letters from family members were received from Charles' sister, Nettie Ann Wood.
Folder 3 of Box 2 also holds some interesting school programs for commencement exercises. There are programs from graduation ceremonies at the University of Deseret (1891), Salt Lake Collegiate Institute (1891), and Salt Lake Academy (1889 and 1891). The Wood collection continues with Box 3, mostly containing household expense materials. Notably, this box contains an application form for teaching filled out by Charles in 1897.
Box 4 is comprised mostly of materials from his college years. As with Box 2, there is a folder that contains an array of commencement programs, this time from varying years at Amherst College. This box covers Charles's entire academic career, beginning with grades and tuition payments for the Salt Lake Academy in 1886, and concluding with correspondence from the Amherst Alumni Association through 1920. Class lecture notes, homework assignments, and essays from his college days are all held in Box 5.
Boxes 6 through 8 are supplemental to the collection and contain a thorough selection of Charles's checks and deposit statements from 1900-1934, with only a handful of years incomplete. Of the supplemental boxes, Box 9 is probably the most interesting historically. It houses Charles's legislative books from the terms he served in the Utah State Legislature. Both books labeled "Senate Bills" have personal notes written by Charles throughout.
The collection, as a whole, offers the researcher a view of rural life in Cache Valley, Utah as well as a glimpse into college life (both in Salt Lake City and Massachusetts) from the late 1800s and a glance into the state legislature in the 1920s.-
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Charles Gilbert Wood Papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: Charles Gilbert Wood Papers, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_COLL MSS 191, USUSCA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Correspondence is arranged by sender in alphabetical and chronological order while other boxes are arranged by subject.
Processing Note
Processed in 2002 of November
Acquisition Information
Acquisition information is unknown.
Related Materials
Wood, Charles. Unpublished manuscript File MSS 46, Special Collections and Archives, Utah State University
Wood, Harold G. PapersCOLL MSS 12
Bibliography
Sources
Duersch, Melissa A. "Saying is Not Much Worse than Thinking: The Adolescent Perspective of Nettie Ann Wood, 1889-1893." Master's Thesis, Utah State University, 1996 (BOOK COLL 42 no. 223) Haymond, J.B., J.L Geyser and P.R. Benzon. The Utah State Legislature: Centennial History, 1896-1996 . Salt Lake City: Office of the Third House, 1996. Simmonds, A.J. On the Big Range . Utah State University Press, 1970 Wood, Charles. Unpublished manuscript File MSS 46, Special Collections and Archives, Utah State University Wood, Harold G. Papers, MSS COLL 12, Special Collections and Archives, Utah State UniversityDetailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Correspondence, 1889-1939Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Letters Received From Family Members |
1889-1894 | ||
Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | From Elizabeth Ellen Slater Wood
|
1890-1893 |
1 | 2 | From Joseph Wood
(Sent on by NAW to CGW)
|
1892 May 3 |
1 | 3 | From Solomon Sprague to Joseph Wood
(Sent on by NAW to CGW)
|
1892 June 5 |
1 | 4 | Sarah Lewis to Joseph Wood
See Ellen E. Wood to CGW, October 24, 1892)
|
1892 September |
1 | 5 | Joseph C. ["Dode"] Wood
(Probably sent to CGW at the Salt Lake Academy.)
|
1887 October 11 |
1 | 6 | Mary Hill Wood
|
1892-1893 |
1 | 7 | Ida Wood Wheeler
|
1890-1893 |
1 | 8 | Nettie Ann Wood
|
1889 |
1 | 9 | Nettie Ann Wood
|
1890 |
1 | 10 | Nettie Ann Wood
|
1891 |
1 | 11 | Nettie Ann Wood
|
1892-1893 |
1 | 12 | Clara Ellen Wood
|
1889-1892 |
1 | 13 | Alice Ethel Wood
|
1889 |
1 | 14 | Alice Ethel Wood
|
1890 |
1 | 15 | Alice Ethel Wood
|
1891 |
1 | 16 | Alice Ethel Wood
|
1892-1893 |
1 | 17 | Brown Wood
|
1889-1893 |
1 | 18 | Mary Emma Wood
|
1892 |
1 | 19 | Abbie Ann Pigott
|
1890-1894 |
1 | 20 | Albert Gerome Slater
|
1890 |
Miscellaneous Papers, 1891-1942Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
1 | 21 | Item 1: Nettie Ann Wood
Contract with the Trenton School District
|
1893 December 11 |
1 | 21 | Item 2: Letter
Viola Bowles to Letitia Litz
|
1894 |
1 | 21 | Item 3: Letter
Jacob Wood to "dear brother", Trenton
|
1891 January 9 |
1 | 21 | Item 4: Manuscript Poem |
1890-1899 |
1 | 21 | Item 5: Letter
Harold G. Wood to Wendell Thompson
|
1942 May 2 |
1 | 21 | Item 6: Letter
Charles G. Wood to E.A. Jones
|
1893 April 17 |
1 | 21 | Item 7: Letter
Charles G. Wood to Walter L. and Nedra Wood
|
1939 January 20 |
1 | 22 | Genealogies |
undated |
1 | 23 | Nettie A. Wood and Ben Higgs, Soldier, Idaho |
1904-1905 |
Box | Folder | ||
1 | 23 | Item 1: Nettie A.W. Higgs |
1904 Summer |
1 | 23 | Item 2: Nettie A.W. Higgs |
1904 August 25 |
1 | 23 | Item 3: Nettie A.W. Higgs |
1904 October 24 |
1 | 23 | Item 4: Nettie A.W. Higgs |
1905 January 22 |
1 | 23 | Item 5: Nettie A.W. Higgs |
1905 April 23 |
1 | 23 | Item 6: Ben Higgs |
1905 April 23 |
1 | 23 | Item 7: Ben Higgs |
1905 July 9 |
1 | 23 | Item 8: Ben Higgs |
1905 September 8 |
1 | 23 | Item 9: Ben Higgs |
1905 October 1 |
1 | 23 | Item 10: Nettie A.W. Higgs |
1905 October 27 |
1 | 23 | Item 11: Nettie A.W. Higgs |
1905 December 12 |
1 | 23 | Item 12: Ben Higgs |
1905 December 18 |
Correspondence Received |
1889-1897 | ||
Box | Folder | ||
2 | 1 | Item 1: John T. Axton, Salt Lake City |
1897 December 3 |
2 | 1 | Item 2: R.S.B.; Springfield, Massachusetts |
1893 April 11 |
2 | 1 | Item 3: E.W. Beaman; Amherst, Massachusetts |
1890 April 5 |
2 | 1 | Item 4: I.W. Buffman |
undated |
2 | 2 | Caroline Benner; Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts
|
1891 |
2 | 3 | Caroline Benner; Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts
|
1892 |
2 | 4 | Caroline Benner; Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts
|
1893 |
2 | 5 | Edward Benner; Salt Lake City, Utah
|
1889-1900 |
2 | 6 | Item 1: James W. Bixler; New London, Connecticut |
1892 March 29 |
2 | 6 | Item 2: J(esse) C. Brandon; Centerville, Utah |
1889 June 27 |
2 | 6 | Item 3: Jesse (Brandon)
(A copy of a letter forwarded to C.G. Wood from Brandon. The letter outlines the possibilities of scholarships to Amherst College.)
|
undated |
2 | 6 | Item 4: Jonathan W. Brandon; Mount Hermon School, Franklin County, Massachusetts |
1891 October 19 |
2 | 6 | Item 5: Joseph Brandon; Salt Lake City, Utah |
1892 March 29 |
2 | 6 | Item 6: Joseph Brandon; Centerville, Utah |
1892 April 23 |
2 | 6 | Item 7: Joseph Brandon; Kaintuck, Idaho |
1893 February 6 |
2 | 6 | Item 8: William C. Breed; Malcone, New York |
1891 July 2 |
2 | 6 | Item 9: J.P. Bull; Hartford, Connecticut |
March 26 |
2 | 6 | Item 10: J.P. Bull; Hartford, Connecticut |
1891 April 10 |
2 | 7 | Item 1: Charles F. Clark; Ware, Massachusetts |
1890 November 25 |
2 | 7 | Item 2: Charles F. Clark; Ware, Massachusetts |
1890 September |
2 | 7 | Item 3: Charles F. Clark; Ware, Massachusetts |
1890 October, Thursday |
2 | 7 | Item 4: Charles F. Clark; Ware, Massachusetts |
1890 December 2 (p.m.) |
2 | 7 | Item 5: Robert Clark; Kingston, Rhode Island |
1891 August 20 |
2 | 7 | Item 6: R. Clark; New York |
undated |
2 | 7 | Item 7: Fred W. Cole; Stark, New Hampshire |
1890 August 19 |
2 | 7 | Item 8: W. L. Cowles |
1890 November 24 |
2 | 7 | Item 9: George H. Crandall; Stow, Massachusetts |
1892 August 21 |
2 | 8 | Ella Danforth
|
1889-1890 |
2 | 9 | Ella Danforth
|
1891-1893 |
2 | 10 | Frank D. Edgill
|
1889-1891 |
2 | 11 | F-H
|
1890-1898 |
2 | 12 | J-N
|
1889-1893 |
2 | 13 | Theo. Penney to Charles G. Wood
|
1889 |
2 | 14 | Theo. Penney to Charles G. Wood
|
1890 |
2 | 15 | Theo. Penney to Charles G. Wood
|
1891 |
2 | 16 | Theo. Penney to Charles G. Wood
|
1892 |
2 | 17 | Theo. Penney to Charles G. Wood
|
1893 |
2 | 18 | Theo. Penney to Charles G. Wood
|
1894-1898 |
2 | 19 | Theo. Penney
Nine Undated letters written from Salt Lake City, Utah
|
undated |
2 | 20 | Theo. Penney
Eight undated letters written from Massachusetts
|
undated |
2 | 21 | Theo. Penney |
undated |
2 | 22 | R-S
|
1892-1893 |
2 | 23 | Gertrude Samson Smith
|
1887-1893 |
2 | 24 | S-T
|
1890-1893 |
2 | 25 | Florence Williams
|
1891 |
2 | 26 | Florence Williams
|
1892 |
2 | 27 | Florence Williams
|
1893-1923 |
2 | 28 | G. Henry Whitcomb |
1897 July 19 |
2 | 29 | Hattie (Williams); Springfield, Massachusetts; 1893 June 4 |
undated |
2 | 30 | Three letters concerning Charles G. Wood's application to college |
undated |
2 | 31 | Letters from Louis E.A. Schimmler to "Holz"
Letter from Ella Knowles to Theo Penny; 1890 January 8
|
1890 |
2 | 32 | Receipts, correspondence and other documents and other documents pertaining to Wood's tenure at Amherst College |
undated |
Box | Folder | ||
2 | 33 | Salt Lake School Programs
|
1888-1891 |
2 | 34 | Miscellaneous Charles G. Wood material |
undated |
2 | 35 | J. Toolson - Austin, Nevada to Joseph Wood |
1896 December 20 |
2 | 36 | Virginia Correspondence
|
1901-1904 |
Litz Family Miscellaneous Papers |
1905 | ||
Box | Folder | ||
2 | 37 | Item 1: Dr. Milton Hardy to Susan A. Litz
Regarding treatment of husband, Leonard E. Litz.
|
1905 January 5 |
2 | 37 | Item 2: Letitia A. Wood from Cub River Irrigation Co.
Receipt for assessment
|
undated |
Box | Folder | ||
2 | 38 | Trenton, Utah
Dues receipt, Trenton Commercial Club
|
1916 January 15 |
2 | 39 | Tax Notices and Other Official Papers |
undated |
2 | 40 | Deeds, Mortgages and other Real Estate Matters |
undated |
2 | 41 | Tax Returns, Farm Schedule and Census |
1929-1930 |
Personal, Financial, Miscellaneous, 1889-1926Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
3 | 1 | Application for Teaching |
undated |
3 | 2 | Political Affairs
Liberal and Republican Parties
|
undated |
3 | 3 | Poetry
Written while at Amherst (?)
|
undated |
3 | 4 | Notes, etc.
Private Lenders
|
undated |
3 | 5 | Letter drafts from C.G. Wood |
undated |
3 | 6 | Notes, etc.
Alfred Picot, Logan
|
undated |
3 | 7 | Notes, etc.
|
undated |
3 | 8 | Notes, etc.
Utah Mortgage Logan Corporation
|
undated |
3 | 9 | Notes, etc.
First National Bank, Logan
|
undated |
3 | 10 | Notes, etc.
Cache Valley Banking Company
|
undated |
3 | 11 | Correspondence regarding Notes
Cache Valley Banking Co.
|
undated |
3 | 12 | West Cache National Farm Loan Association
(Mortgage arm of West Cache State Bank)
|
undated |
3 | 13 | Household Expenses and Accounts |
undated |
3 | 14 | Farm and Agricultural Papers |
undated |
3 | 15 | River Pumps
Specifications and Contracts
|
1919 |
3 | 16 | River Pumps |
1919 |
3 | 17 | River Pumps |
1920-1922 |
3 | 18 | River Pumps |
1923-1926 |
3 | 19 | Chicago World's Fair
Columbia Exposition
|
1893 |
School Papers, 1889-1920Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
4 | 1 | Salt Lake Collegiate Institute
Financial matters; instructions from employers
|
undated |
4 | 2 | Amherst College
Financial matters; instructions from employers
|
undated |
4 | 3 | Diaries
Student diaries kept at Amherst
|
undated |
4 | 4 | Amherst College
Curricular outlines, etc.
|
undated |
4 | 5 | Programs for Religious Activities, Amherst, Massachusetts |
undated |
4 | 6 | Cards, Memos, Social Engagements, Amherst, Massachusetts |
undated |
4 | 7 | College Functions, Amherst, Massachusetts |
undated |
4 | 8 | Entertainment Events
Entertainment at Amherst and in the City
|
undated |
4 | 9 | Athletic Events |
undated |
4 | 10 | Commencement and Class Programs |
undated |
4 | 11 | Lecture Announcement
C.G. Wood lecture on "The Mormons", Amherst
|
1893 June 18 |
4 | 12 | Amherst Alumni Association |
1893-1910 |
4 | 13 | Amherst Alumni Association |
1910-1915 |
4 | 14 | Amherst Alumni Association |
1916-1920 |
5 | 1 | Mathematics |
undated |
5 | 1 | Mathematics |
undated |
5 | 2 | Mathematics |
undated |
5 | 3 | Mathematics |
undated |
5 | 4 | Biology and Anatomy |
undated |
5 | 5 | Organic Chemistry |
undated |
5 | 6 | Inorganic Chemistry |
undated |
5 | 7 | French |
undated |
5 | 8 | Mathematics |
undated |
5 | 9 | Political Economy |
undated |
5 | 10 | German |
undated |
5 | 11 | Rhetoric: Essays |
undated |
5 | 12 | Rhetoric: Essays |
undated |
5 | 13 | Essays with Cache Valley, Idaho or Personal Experience
Including Bear River Massacre, Cariboo City
|
undated |
Financial Papers, 1900-1925Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
6 | Checks and Deposit Statements
1902 is missing
|
1900-1901 |
7 | Checks and Deposit Statements
Incomplete. Years represented are 1911, 1914, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1926-1928, 1930, 1933
|
1910-1934 |
Checks and Deposit Statements |
1910-1935 | |
Box | ||
8 | C.G. Wood, Cache Valley Bank |
1935-1938 |
8 | L.A. Litz-Wood, Bank of Smithfield |
1910 |
8 | H.G. Wood, West Cache State Bank |
1921 |
8 | Elmer Wood, West Cache State Bank |
1922-1923 |
8 | Grace Wood, West Cache State Bank |
1921 |
8 | Cache Valley Bank |
1927-1928 |
Box | ||
9 | Legislative Papers
With annotations by Representative Wood
|
1921-1925 |
10 | Unbound copy of Melissa A. Duersch's M.A. Thesis on Nettie Ann Wood |
1996 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Farm life--Utah--Trenton.
- Legislators--Utah.
Personal Names
- Wood, Charles G.(Charles Gilbert), 1867-1946
Corporate Names
- Amherst College--Students--History--19th century.
- Salt Lake Academy--Students--History--19th century.
- Utah Legislature.
Geographical Names
- Trenton (Utah)--History.