Mary Hooper Blood Linford papers, 1873-1972
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Linford, Mary Hooper Blood, 1869-1963
- Title
- Mary Hooper Blood Linford papers
- Dates
- 1873-1972 (inclusive)18731972
- Quantity
- 6.75 linear feet
- Collection Number
- Accn2337
- Summary
- The Mary Hooper Blood Linford papers (1873-1972) contain twenty four journals kept by Mrs. Linford (1869-1963), the wife of educator James H. Linford and sister of Utah's seventh governor, Henry H. Blood. Also included are family correspondence, genealogy, life sketches, speeches, and memorabilia.
- 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 Note
Mary Hooper Blood Linford (1869-1963) was born on 6 November 1869 in Kaysville, Utah, to Jane Wilkie Hooper and William Blood. She was educated at Brigham Young College and the Utah State Agricultural College. She married James Henry Linford on 24 February 1892. The couple had six sons and one daughter. Mrs. Linford was named Utah Mother of the Year by the Utah Federated Women's Clubs in 1950. In addition to being an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she was a member of the Clio Club, the Utah State Agricultural College Faculty Women's League, and the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Her brother, Henry H. Blood, was Utah's seventh governor. Mrs. Linford died on 30 March 1963.
Content Description
The Mary Hooper Blood Linford papers (1873-1972) contain twenty four journals kept by Mrs. Linford (1869-1963), the wife of educator James H. Linford and sister of Utah's seventh governor, Henry H. Blood. Also included are family correspondence, genealogy, life sketches, speeches, and memorabilia.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Mary Hooper Blood Linford papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: Mary Hooper Blood Linford papers, Accn 2337, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Following Citations:Accn 2337.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mary Richards Luch, Paul L. Richards, and L. Willard Richards in 2007.
Related Materials
See also the James Henry Linford papers, Accn 2344; the Lorenzo A. Richards Jr. papers, Accn 2338; and the Zilla Linford Richards papers, Accn 2373.
Processing Note
Processed by Karen Carver in 2007.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Journals
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Description: Journal 1Dates: 1890-1898Container: Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: Journal 2Dates: 1898-1902Container: Box 1, Folder 2
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Description: Journal 3Dates: 1902-1906Container: Box 1, Folder 3
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Description: Journal 4Dates: 1906-1910Container: Box 1, Folder 4
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Description: Journal 5Dates: 1910-1913Container: Box 2, Folder 1
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Description: Journal 6Dates: 1913-1917Container: Box 2, Folder 2
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Description: Journal 7Dates: 1917-1918Container: Box 2, Folder 3
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Description: Journal 8Dates: 1919-1921Container: Box 2, Folder 4
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Description: Journal 9Dates: 1922-1925Container: Box 3, Folder 1
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Description: Journal 10Dates: 1925-1927Container: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: Journal 11Dates: 1927-1930Container: Box 3, Folder 3
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Description: Journal 12Dates: 1930-1933Container: Box 3, Folder 4
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Description: Journal 13Dates: 1934-1937Container: Box 4, Folder 1
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Description: Journal 14Dates: 1937-1939Container: Box 4, Folder 2
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Description: Journal 15Dates: 1939-1942Container: Box 4, Folder 3
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Description: Journal 16Dates: 1942-1943Container: Box 4, Folder 4
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Description: Journal 17Dates: 1943-1946Container: Box 5, Folder 1
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Description: Journal 18Dates: 1946-1948Container: Box 5, Folder 2
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Description: Journal 19Dates: 1948-1950Container: Box 5, Folder 3
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Description: Journal 20Dates: 1950-1952Container: Box 5, Folder 4
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Description: Journal 21Dates: 1952-1955Container: Box 6, Folder 1
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Description: Journal 22Dates: 1955-1958Container: Box 6, Folder 2
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Description: Journal 23Dates: 1958-1962Container: Box 6, Folder 3
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Description: Journal 24Dates: 1962Container: Box 6, Folder 4
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Correspondence
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Cards and Invitations, 1880s-1890s
Container: Box 7, Folder 1
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Dates: 1880s-1890s
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Dates: 1880s-1890s
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Description: Name cards for Linford and Richards families
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Dates: 1889-1940
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Description: Tickets and invitations for James H. LinfordDates: 1886-1892
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Description: Invitations for James H. Linford to various eventsDates: 1889-1893
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Dates: 1880s-1890s
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Dates: 1880s-1890s
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Family Correspondence, 1873-1963
Container: Box 7, Folder 2
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Dates: 29 October 1873
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Description: Genealogy of John HooperDates: 1 March 1881
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Description: Letter from John Hooper to "Jane"Dates: 31 October 1883
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Description: Letter from "E. Galbraith" to Mrs. Jane BloodDates: 20 December 1890
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Description: Post card from "Mother" to May LinfordDates: 9 July 1895
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Dates: 22 July 1895
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Dates: 10 December 1895
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Description: Letter from John Hooper to Mrs. May LinfordDates: 5 April 1898
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Description: Letter from William Blood to May LinfordDates: 28 October 1898
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Description: Note from Anne Powell to May LinfordDates: 5 August 1899
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Dates: 14 February 1901
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Description: Letter from William Blood to May Linford and familyDates: 28 October 1902
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Dates: 21 November 1902
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Dates: 6 December 1902
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Description: Letter from Addie How Biel to May LinfordDates: 28 January 1914
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Description: Letter from William Blood to May Linford and familyDates: 24 May 1916
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Description: Letter from William Blood to May Linford and familyDates: 18 December 1916
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Family Correspondence, 1873-1963
Container: Box 7, Folder 3
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Description: Letter from John D. Hooper to May LinfordDates: 16 August 1934
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Description: Letter from John C. Hooper to Mary LinfordDates: 22 January 1935
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Description: Letter from John C. Hooper to Mary LinfordDates: 22 March 1935
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Description: Letter from Mrs. Owen K. Douglas to Mary LinfordDates: 27 April 1937
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Description: Letter from John Hooper to "Cousin May" LinfordDates: 24 February 1944
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Description: Letter from Afton Hillier to Mary LinfordDates: 10 August 1944
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Description: Letter from John C. Hooper to Mary LinfordDates: 26 December 1945
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Description: Letter from John C. Hooper to Mary LinfordDates: 19 February 1946
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Description: Letter from John C. Hooper to Mary LinfordDates: 24 June 1946
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Description: Letter from John C. Hooper to Mary LinfordDates: 14 November 1946
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Dates: 28 February 1951
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Dates: March 1952
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Dates: 1962
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Dates: 6 December 1962
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Description: Letter from Elaine Gross to Mary LinfordDates: 4 October 1962
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Description: Letters addressed to Ivy Hill following the death of her sister, Mary Hooper (Blood) LinfordDates: 1963
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Description: Four letters addressed to Ivy Hill close to the time of death of her sister of Mary Hooper (Blood) LinfordDates: 1963
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James H. Linford Sr., 1915-1925
Container: Box 7, Folder 4
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Dates: 18 August 1915
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Dates: 28 August 1915
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Dates: 10 July 1916
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Dates: 17 November 1916
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Dates: 17 November 1916
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Description: Letter from James H. Linford Sr. to his son JamesDates: 22 November 1916
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Dates: 18 April 1918
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Description: Letter from James H. Linford Sr. to his son JamesDates: 18 May 1918
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Dates: 8 October 1918
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Dates: 30 November 1918
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Dates: 4 December 1918
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Description: Letter from May Linford to her husband JamesDates: 17 January 1919
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Description: Letter from James H. Linford Sr. to his son JamesDates: 30 January 1919
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Description: Letter from "Dot" to James H. Linford, Jr.Dates: 6 March 1919
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Description: Letter from James H. Linford Sr. to his son JamesDates: 10 March 1919
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Description: Letter from James H. Linford Sr. to his son JamesDates: 31 March 1919
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Description: Letter from James H. Linford Sr. to his son JamesDates: 18 April 1919
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Dates: 10 September 1919
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Dates: 15 October 1919
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Dates: 21 October 1919
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Description: Letter from James H. Linford to his son JamesDates: 3 November 1919
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Description: Letter from James H. Linford Sr. to his son JamesDates: 15 November 1919
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Dates: 10 January 1920
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Dates: 2 February 1920
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Description: Letter from James H. Linford Sr. to his son JamesDates: 6 February 1920
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Dates: 17 February 1920
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Description: Letter from James H. Linford Sr to his son JamesDates: 28 June 1920
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Dates: 27 September 1920
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Description: Letter from James H. Linford Sr to his son JamesDates: 19 November 1920
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Dates: 20 November 1920
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Dates: 17 March 1925
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Description: Letter from John R. Gailey at Barnes Banking Group in Kaysville, Utah, to James H. Linford of Logan, UtahDates: 6 October 1925
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Zilla Linford Richards, 1930-1972
Container: Box 7, Folder 5
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Description: Letters from Zilla and Lorenzo Richards during their stay in Ithaca, New York, and Ames, IowaDates: 1930-1931; 1936-1937
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Dates: 25 April 1942
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Dates: 25 April 1942
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Description: Correspondence, Zilla Linford Richards
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Description: Letters from Zilla Linford Richards to her motherDates: November 1945
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Description: Letters from Zilla Linford Richards to her motherDates: Winter 1946
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Dates: May and June 1950
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Description: Correspondence of Zilla Linford RichardsDates: 1963-1972
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Felix E. Ashcroft, 1945-1950
Container: Box 7, Folder 6
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Dates: 23 February 1949
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Description: Letter from Felix E. Ashcroft to "cousins"Dates: 11 February 1945
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Dates: 17 February 1949
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Description: Letter from Felix E. Ashcroft to friendsDates: 23 May 1949
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Description: Letter from Felix E. Ashcroft to "cousins"Dates: 18 May 1950
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Description: Letter from Felix E. Ashcroft to "cousins"Dates: 12 July 1950
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Description: Sketch
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Margaret Blood Flint, 1960-1962
Container: Box 7, Folder 7
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Description: Obituary for Elizabeth Beale Blood of Salt Lake City
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Condolence Letters to Zilla and Message Cards, Mary Linford Funeral, 1963
Container: Box 7, Folder 8
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Description: Letter from (Meta Haferwelt?) to Zilla Linford Richards, following the death of her mother Mary LinfordDates: 12 April 1963
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Dates: 17 April 1963
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Description: Letter from Evelyn Spieth to Zilla Linford RichardsDates: 30 March 1963
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Description: Letter from "Jean" to Zilla Linford Richards, following the death of her mother Mary LinfordDates: 4 April 1963
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Dates: 4 April 1963
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Dates: 4 April 1963
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Description: Sympathy card and note from Dorothy Schulz to Zilla Linford Richards, following the death of her mother Mary LinfordDates: 4 April 1963
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Description: Letters forwarded to ZillaDates: 1962-1963Container: Box 7, Folder 9
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Family papers
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Description: Journal and Life Sketch of William BloodContainer: Box 8, Folder 1
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Description: Address BookContainer: Box 8, Folder 2
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Description: Notebook, Home Contents InventoryContainer: Box 8, Folder 3
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Description: Genealogy and Family HistoryContainer: Box 8, Folder 4
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Description: "An Autobiography of James Henry Linford"Dates: 1919Container: Box 8, Folder 5
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Description: Speeches, James H. LinfordContainer: Box 8, Folder 6
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Description: Tithing and Ward AssessmentsDates: 1903-1962Container: Box 8, Folder 7
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Description: News ClippingsDates: 1903-1981Container: Box 8, Folder 8
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Description: Claude T. Barnes, The Grim Years
Biography of Emily Stewart Barnes
Dates: 1949Container: Box 8, Folder 9 -
Description: Medical Information and Home RemediesDates: 1919-1959Container: Box 9, Folder 1
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Description: Games and PuzzlesContainer: Box 9, Folder 2
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Description: MiscellaneousContainer: Box 9, Folder 3
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Description: Family MemorabiliaContainer: Box 10
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Mormons--Diaries
Personal Names
- Linford, Mary Hooper Blood, 1869-1963--Archives
Family Names
- Linford family--Archives
Form or Genre Terms
- Correspondence
- Speeches
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