Utah State Archives digital collections (CONTENTdm) - 2026-10-03

Site: https://images.archives.utah.gov/ (Utah Division of State Archives; digitised indexes and case files, many filmed by FamilySearch). Searched in Chrome; page-level OCR read through the CONTENTdm dmQuery / dmGetItemInfo web services from the page. Result: positive. Recheck: yes (more court series are being added; the 1967-1975 civil indexes are not yet online).

Queries tried

• All collections: Moray (27 objects), then page-level within collection 6071 (Third District Court civil case indexes), 23346 (Division of Corporations incorporation index) and p17010coll30 (Third District probate case files).
• Cosray, Cosmoray, ElRay, radiant in the same three collections (no Moray-related hits).

Findings [web]

Third District Court (Salt Lake County) civil case indexes (series in collection 6071)

Entries naming Moray as a party (OCR; case numbers as printed; "ads" = defendant entry): | Index volume | Entry | Case no. | |---|---|---| | 1896-1921, plaintiff | Ahleen, Marie vs. T. Henry Moray | (not read) | | 1930-1936 | Ashton-Jenkins Co. vs. Thomas H. Moray etc. et al (Telegram 18 Dec 1930: "$2500 on mortgage") | 46754 | | 1930-1936 | Moray, Thos. E. [H.] & Ella E. et al ads Butfatch [OCR unclear] | 52281 | | 1940-1943 | Progressive Heating Company et al vs. Thomas Henry Moray et ux; E. H. Brewster et al vs. Thomas Henry Moray et ux | 65983 | | 1940-1943 | Williams, Ken, et al vs. Thomas Henry Moray et ux | (number not legible in OCR) | | 1940-1943 | Home Owners' Loan Corporation vs. Thomas H. Moray and Ella R. Moray | 67422 | | 1940-1943 | Banford [= Sanford], J. W. et ux vs. T. H. Moray; Banford, Jas. W. vs. T. H. Moray | 67845; 68210 | | 1947-1948 | Green, J. E. et al / Christensen, J. P. et al vs. Mrs. Henry Moray | 80824 | | 1954-1956 | Ware, Roy et al vs. T. Henry Moray | 104172 | Index pages: collection 6071 pointers 10139, 4490, 4874, 4878, 7606, 7622, 7829-7831, 7902, 8011, 1322, 1387, 1465, 4276, 4437 (e.g. https://images.archives.utah.gov/digital/collection/6071/id/7606). The 1970 case Research Institute and Moray v. Hagmann (195569) is beyond the digitised index range (latest volume found: 1966).

Division of Corporations

"List of all corporations deleted July 19[81?]": 022465 MORAY MANUFACTURING COMPANY (collection 23346, pointer 3821, in "Incorporation case files index"). A Utah corporation of that name existed and was struck off. No entry found for Cosray, Cosmoray or ElRay; "Research Institute" was not searched (too generic for OCR search).

Probate case files (series 1621, Third District)

• Case 2492, estate of Johannah Petronala Moray, with James Michael Moray and Thomas Henry Moray named (p17010coll30 id 212448; Box 83 Folder 1).
• Case 2347, estate of James Moray (id 210918; Box 78 Folder 1). Both are in the series' 1852-1896 date band but the box/folder dates were not read; they are probably Moray's parents' estates with him as a minor heir (Moray was born 1892). Family background only. The 1974 probate of T. H. Moray himself is not in the digitised range.

Bearing on claims

• Claim 6 / Silence E (business history): the Moray household was repeatedly sued for debts 1930-56 (mortgage 1930, contractors 1941, a federal HOLC home-loan action 1941-43, the Sanford stock case 1942, Ware 1954-56). This supports the "commercial failure / lack of capital" explanation as a recurring pattern, without saying anything about the device. Case files can be ordered from the Utah State Archives by series and case number.
• Moray Manufacturing Company (no. 022465) is a new company name to trace (incorporation file, officers, dates).