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Victor W. Jorgensen papers, circa 1870-1970s
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Jorgensen, Victor W.
- Title
- Victor W. Jorgensen papers
- Dates
- circa 1870-1970s (inclusive)18651979
- Quantity
- 5 linear feet
- Collection Number
- ACCN 1416
- Summary
- The Victor W. Jorgensen papers (circa 1870-1970s) consist of photocpies of Jorgensen's research files concerning LDS polygamy.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Victor W. Jorgensen's interest in the history of polygamy during the early years of the LDS Church led him to write a book on the subject, entitled Solemn Covenant. It is unclear whether this book was published or not.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Victor W. Jorgensen papers (circa 1870-1970s) consist of photocpies of Jorgensen's research files concerning LDS polygamy.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Interviews and JournalsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1-3 | Oral History Interview Transcript with Florence Ivins Hyde |
August 18 |
| 1 | 4 | Oral History Interview Transcript with Florence Ivins Hyde |
August 19 |
| 1 | 5-6 | Oral History Interview Transcript with W. Earnest Young |
1972 August 4 |
| 1 | 7-8 | Oral History Interview Transcript with Hilda B. Farr |
1972 January 16 |
| 1 | 9-11 | Oral History Interview Transcript with Grant Ivins |
1972 July 18 |
| 1 | 12 | Oral History Interview Transcript with William L. Woolf |
September 7 |
| 1 | 13-20 | Excerpts from the Journals of Abraham Cannon |
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| 1 | 21-22 | Excerpts from the Journals of Reed Smoot |
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| 1 | 23 | Excerpts from the Journals of Joseph W. Musser |
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| 1 | 24-29 | Journal of Joseph White Musser |
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| 1 | 30 | Excerpts from the Journal of Orson P. Brown |
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| 1 | 31-34 | Interviews with Nettie M. Taylor |
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| 1 | 35 | Addenda #1 about John and Nettie M. Taylor |
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| 1 | 36 | Addenda #2 about John Taylor |
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| 1 | 37 | Summary of a Discussion with Nettie M. Taylor |
1949 June |
| 1 | 38-42 | Taylor Correspondence and Notes |
Individual HistoriesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 2 | 1 | Personal history of Heber Allen |
| 2 | 2-3 | Personal history of Carl Ashby Badger |
| 2 | 4 | Personal history of Edwin T. Bennion |
| 2 | 5-7 | Personal history of Heber Bennion |
| 2 | 8 | Personal history of Theodore Brandley |
| 2 | 9 | Personal information on George Brimhall |
| 2 | 10 | Personal history of Richard D. Brown |
| 2 | 11 | Personal history of John F. Burton |
| 2 | 12 | Personal history of Abraham Cannon |
| 2 | 13 | Personal history of Angus J. Cannon |
| 2 | 14 | Personal history of George M. Cannon |
| 2 | 15 | Personal history of David Cazier |
| 2 | 16 | Personal history of Thomas Chamberlain III |
| 2 | 17-20 | Personal history of Rudger Clawson |
| 2 | 21-23 | Personal history of Mattias F. Cowley |
| 2 | 24 | Personal history of Joseph Henry Dean |
| 2 | 25 | Personal history of Appollos G. Driggs |
| 2 | 26 | Personal history of Jabez Durfee |
| 2 | 27-30 | Personal history of David Eccles |
| 2 | 31 | Personal history of Edwin Evans |
| 2 | 32 | Personal history of Edward C. Eyring |
| 2 | 33 | Personal history of Heber E. Farr |
| 2 | 34 | Personal history of David P. Felt |
| 2 | 35 | Personal history of Isaac Henry Grace |
| 2 | 36 | Personal history of George William Hardy |
| 2 | 37 | Personal history of Arthur W. Hart |
| 2 | 38 | Personal history of Victor Charles Hegsted |
| 2 | 39 | Personal history of George Francis Hickman |
| 2 | 40 | Personal history of Alpha J. Higgs |
| 2 | 41-44 | Personal history of Ferdinand Friis Hintze and Family |
| 2 | 45 | Personal history of Oliver C. Hoskins |
| 3 | 1-3 | Personal history of Anthony W. Ivins |
| 3 | 4 | Personal history of Stanley S. Ivins |
| 3 | 5 | Personal history of Abia E. Johnson |
| 3 | 6 | Personal history of Louis A. Kelsch |
| 3 | 7-8 | Personal history of Ogden Kraut |
| 3 | 9 | Personal history of Rasmus Larsen |
| 3 | 10 | Personal history of Elam Wells McBride |
| 3 | 11 | Personal history of Henry M. McCune |
| 3 | 12 | Personal history of Marriner Wook Merrill |
| 3 | 13 | Personal history of Dan Muir |
| 3 | 14 | Personal history of Joseph White Musser |
| 3 | 15 | Personal history of Christian F. Olsen |
| 3 | 16 | Personal history of Isaac Washington Pierce |
| 3 | 17 | Personal history of Lemuell Hurdison Redd |
| 3 | 18 | Personal history of Benjamin E. Rich |
| 3 | 19 | Personal history of Brigham H. Roberts |
| 3 | 20 | Personal history of Miles A. Romney |
| 3 | 21 | Personal history of Miles P. Romney |
| 3 | 22 | Personal history of William G. Sears |
| 3 | 23 | Personal history of William H. Smart |
| 3 | 24 | Personal history of Jesse Nathaniel Smith |
| 3 | 25 | Personal history of John Henry Smith |
| 3 | 26 | Personal history of Joseph F. Smith |
| 3 | 27 | Personal history of Reed Smoot |
| 3 | 28 | Personal history of Walter Steed |
| 3 | 29 | Personal history of Henry S. Tanner |
| 3 | 30 | Personal history of Joseph Marion Tanner |
| 3 | 31-32 | Personal history of John Whittaker Taylor |
| 3 | 33-37 | Personal history of George Teasdale |
| 3 | 38 | Personal history James Thompson |
| 3 | 39 | Personal history Jaren Tolman |
| 3 | 40 | Personal history Charles Walker |
| 3 | 41 | Personal history Hugh Watson |
| 3 | 42 | Personal history John M. Whitaker |
| 3 | 43 | Personal history John S. White |
| 3 | 44 | Personal history Abraham Wookruff |
| 3 | 45 | Personal history Wilford Woodruff |
| 3 | 46 | Personal history John W. Woolley |
| 3 | 47 | Personal history Samuel E. Woolley |
| 3 | 48 | Personal history John H. Wyatt |
| 3 | 49 | Personal history Brigham Young, Jr. |
| 3 | 50-51 | Miscellaneous personal histories |
Family Group SheetsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 4 | 1 | Isaac Alldredge to Samuel Frederick Ball |
| 4 | 2 | Israel Barlow III to Joseph Charles Bentley |
| 4 | 3 | Parley Pratt Bingham to Jens Christian Larsen Breinholt |
| 4 | 4 | George Henry Brimhall to William Walton Burton |
| 4 | 5 | Myron Wallace Butler to George Mousley Cannon |
| 4 | 6 | George Quayle Cannon to David Cazier |
| 4 | 7 | Thomas Chamberlain III to Benjamin Cluff |
| 4 | 8 | Heber Manasseh Cluff to James Brace Darton |
| 4 | 9 | Joseph Henry Dean to Jabez Erastus Durfee |
| 4 | 10 | Joel Sextus Eagar to Heber Erastus Farr |
| 4 | 11 | Lorin Farr to Isaac Henry Grace |
| 4 | 12 | Joseph Hyrum Grant to Arthur William Hart |
| 4 | 13 | David Mears Hawkins to James Hendry |
| 4 | 14 | George Francis Hickman to James Martin Hurst |
| 4 | 15 | Philip Hurst to David Jensen |
| 4 | 16 | James Jensen to Daniel Brooks Jones |
| 4 | 17 | Fredrick William Jones Jr. to Bent Rolfsen Larsen |
| 4 | 18 | Rasmus Morgens Larsen to Warren Longhurst |
| 4 | 19 | Walter Clisbee Lyman to Albert Mortimer Merrill |
| 4 | 20 | Charles Edward Merrill to Francis Julius Mortensen |
| 4 | 21 | Hyrum Knud Mortensen to Anders Herman Nordberg |
| 4 | 22 | William Cole Ockey to George Myron Porter |
| 4 | 23 | Helaman Pratt to Lemuel Hardison Redd |
| 4 | 24 | Charles Edmund Richardson to Samuel John Robinson |
| 4 | 25 | George Samuel Romney to Peter James Sanders |
| 4 | 26 | William Franklin Sanders to William Henry Smart |
| 4 | 27 | John Taylor Smellie to Merrit Stanley |
| 4 | 28 | Walter William Steed to John Ulrich Stucki |
| 4 | 29 | Joseph William Summerhays to John Wittaker Taylor |
| 4 | 30 | George Teasdale to Judson Tolman |
| 4 | 31 | Edward Franklin Turley to John Thomas Whetten |
| 4 | 32 | Charles Whipple to Edward James Wood |
| 4 | 33 | Abraham Owen Woodruff to Isaac Zundel |
Portions of the Kimball Young collection and contributive papersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 5 | 1 | Register for the Kimball Young collection
The originals for these papers are located in the Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois.
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| 5 | 2-35 | Copied portions of the boxes in the Kimball Young collection |
| 5 | 36-37 | Huntington Library material |
| 5 | 38-39 | "Lying for a Good Reason" |
| 5 | 40-41 | "The Wilford Woodruff Manifesto of 1890, and It's Interpretation" |
| 5 | 42-50 | Melissa Stevens Wilson, "Looking Backward from 1962 to 1902" |
Miscellaneous materialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 1-5 | H. Grant Ivins, "Polygamy In Mexico As Practiced By The Mormon Church" |
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| 6 | 6 | Excerpts from the Nauvoo Temple Records |
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| 6 | 7 | Case report of Brigham H. Roberts |
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| 6 | 8 | B. Carmon Hardy, "Self Blame And The Manifesto" |
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| 6 | 9-10 | Addendum #3 about names to check on marriages after the Manifesto |
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| 6 | 11-12 | Attitudes towards post-Manifesto marriages
An essay from Kenneth L. Cannon II.
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| 6 | 13 | The attitude of some toward polygamy in 1909 |
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| 6 | 14 | Attitude of some Church members toward the Manifesto |
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| 6 | 15 | Attitude of the Church Toward Adherence to The Manifesto |
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| 6 | 16 | Polygamy records |
1889 |
| 6 | 17 | Information on miscellaneous Mormon families in Mexican colonies |
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| 6 | 18 | Jessie L. Embry, "Exiles For The Principle: LDS Polygamy In Canada" |
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| 6 | 19 | Chris Nelson, "Mormon Polygamy In Mexico" |
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| 6 | 20-21 | Information on the 1890 Manifesto |
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| 6 | 22-23 | Lists of Tribune articles and suspected Manifesto violators |
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| 6 | 24 | Report of the Utah Commission to the Secretary of the Interior |
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| 6 | 25 | Amnesty petition |
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| 6 | 26 | Fundamentalists opinions |
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| 6 | 27 | The Endowment House |
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| 6 | 28 | Interviews and permission sheets |
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| 6 | 29-32 | Information from Fred Collier |
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| 6 | 33-36 | Statistics of post-Manifesto polygamy |
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| 7 | 1-3 | Mexican Ward records |
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| 7 | 4 | Juarez High Council minutes |
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| 7 | 5 | Forest Dale Ward census |
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| 7 | 6-7 | Information from Mike Quinn |
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| 7 | 8-9 | Information on Apostles taking wives since the Manifesto |
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| 7 | 10-11 | Official attitudes towards new polygamy |
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| 7 | 12 | Reed Smoot hearings |
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| 7 | 13-14 | Lorin Harmer hearings |
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| 7 | 15-17 | Salt Lake Tribune editorials |
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| 7 | 18 | List of Morelos Ward members |
1901-1909 |
| 7 | 19 | List of Morelos Ward members |
1909-1912 |
| 7 | 20 | List of families that lived in Diaz Colony |
1884-1912 |
| 7 | 21 | List of Diaz Colony members |
1907-1912 |
| 7 | 22 | List of Juarez Colony members |
1887-1904 |
| 7 | 23 | List of children in Juarez Colony |
1904-1913 |
| 7 | 24-25 | Juarez Stake early pioneer settlers census |
1989 |
| 7 | 26 | List of San Jose Colony members |
1911-1912 |
| 7 | 27 | List of Pacheco Colony members |
1907-1911 |
| 7 | 28 | List of children born in Salt Lake City |
1870-1912 |
| 7 | 29-30 | Excerpts from Polygamy In Utah And Surrounding Area Since...
A thesis presented to the Department of History at Brigham Young University.
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| 7 | 31 | Photograph photocopies |
Published materials and thesesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 8 | 1 | Richard D. Poll, "The Mormon Question Enters National Politics, 1850-1856" in The Utah Historical Quarterly
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| 8 | 2 | Reed Smoot, "The Passing of Polygamy" in The North American Review
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| 8 | 3 | "Mr. Roosevelt to the Mormons" in Improvement Era
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| 8 | 4 | Frank Cannon, "The New Polygamy" in Everybody's Magazine
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| 8 | 5 | Stanley Ivins, "Notes On Mormon Polygamy" in Western Humanities
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| 8 | 6 | Davis Bitton, "The B.H. Roberts Case Of 1898-1900" |
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| 8 | 7 | Burton Hendrick, "The Mormon Revival Of Polygamy" in McClure's Magazine
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| 8 | 8 | Two books concerning John W. Taylor
The Trials for the Membership of John W. Taylor and Mathaias F. Cowley; 1886 Revelation: A Revelation of the Lord to John Taylor.
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1963 |
| 8 | 9-12 |
Doctrine of the Priesthood
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1981-1988 |
| 8 | 13 |
Plurality of Wives
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| 8 | 14-27 |
Truth
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1950-1955 |
| 8 | 28-31 | Christa Marie Sophie Ranglack Nelson, "Mormon Polygamy In Mexico" |
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| 8 | 32-38 |
Mormon Apostles Taylor And Cowley: Out Of Harmony With Their Quorum?
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1976 |
Solemn Covenant, rough draftReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 9 | 1 | Table of Contents (incomplete) |
| 9 | 2-28 | Chapters One to Ten |
| 9 | 29 | Appendices (incomplete) |
Solemn Covenant: The Mormon Polygamous Passage, final draftReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
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| Box | Folder | |
| 10 | 1 | Title Page, Quotes, Table of Contents, and List of Abbreviations |
| 10 | 2 | Introduction |
| 10 | 3-29 | Chapters One to Ten |
| 10 | 30-31 | Appendix I |
| 10 | 32 | Appendix II |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Latter Day Saints--Polygamy
- Polygamy
Personal Names
- Jorgensen, Victor W.--Archives
Form or Genre Terms
- Articles
- Drafts (documents)
- Genealogies (histories)
- Lists (document genres)
- Oral histories
Finding aid created by Manuscripts Division staff.
1994 (last modified: 2020)
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