R. Kent Fielding papers, 1840-1998
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Fielding, R. Kent (Robert Kent), 1920-
- Title
- R. Kent Fielding papers
- Dates
- 1840-1998 (inclusive)18401998
- Quantity
- 6.5 linear feet
- Collection Number
- ACCN 1722
- Summary
- The R. Kent Fielding papers (1840-1998) consist of Fielding's writings and the research materials he gathered for them. The collection reflects his interest in the history of the LDS Church, the Mountain Meadows Massacre, and his transition from being a member of the LDS Church to being a secular humanist.
- 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
Content Description
The R. Kent Fielding papers (1840-1998) consist of correspondence, teaching materials, lectures, maps, and Fielding's writings along with the research materials he gathered for them. Robert Kent Fielding (b. 1920) was a former student and member of the department of history at Brigham Young University. The collection reflects his interest in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), as well as his transition from a practicing member of the LDS Church to a secular humanist in 1960.
Use of the Collection
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 Information
Acquisition Information
Box 1 folders 1-2 were donated in September 1998.
Box 1 folder 3 through Box 5 were donated in April 2004.
Boxes 6-13 and CDs were donated in July 2005.
Separated Materials
Photographs have been transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P1264).
Processing Note
Processed by Heather Harkness in 1998.
Addendum processed by Lisa DeMille in 2004 and Lindsey Moore in 2006.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Papers and Research
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Description: "The Concept of Stages in Mormon Historical Development"Dates: 1958Container: Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: "Growing Up Mormon"Dates: 1997Container: Box 1, Folder 2
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Description: "The Gunnison Massacre: Causes and Consequences"Dates: 1992Container: Box 1, Folder 3
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Description: "The Gunnison Massacre: Cold and Well Covered Trails"Dates: 1991Container: Box 1, Folder 4-7
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Description: "John Gunnison and the Mormons"Container: Box 2, Folder 1-3
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Description: "The Trials of John D. Lee"Dates: 1998Container: Box 2, Folder 4-6
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Description: "Who Killed Captain Gunnison?"Dates: 1983Container: Box 3, Folder 1-2
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Description: Roger Hirson and James Lineberger, John D. Lee and the Mountain Meadows MassacreDates: 1979Container: Box 3, Folder 3
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Description: Roger Hirson, The Mountain Meadows MassacreDates: 1978-1979Container: Box 4, Folder 1-2
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Description: BiographiesContainer: Box 4, Folder 3
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Description: Conover Family GenealogyContainer: Box 4, Folder 4
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Description: Copyright InformationDates: 1980Container: Box 4, Folder 5
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Description: Benjamin and Cornelia Ferris
Correspondence and photocopies of research documents.
Dates: 1870-1981Container: Box 4, Folder 6 -
Description: Thomas Flint Diary, PhotocopyDates: 1851-1855Container: Box 4, Folder 7
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Description: Gunnison Memorial FoundationDates: 1992Container: Box 4, Folder 8
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Description: Gunnison Murder Trials
Typescripts and photocopies of research documents.
Dates: 1850Container: Box 4, Folder 9 -
Description: Heap-Beal Journal, TypescriptDates: 1854Container: Box 5, Folder 1
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Description: HymnsContainer: Box 5, Folder 2
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Description: Andrew Love Journal, PhotocopyDates: 1852-1875Container: Box 5, Folder 3
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Description: Microfilm ResourcesDates: 1978-1979Container: Box 5, Folder 4
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Description: NotesContainer: Box 5, Folder 5
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Description: OutlinesContainer: Box 5, Folder 6
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Description: Purchase OrdersDates: 1980Container: Box 5, Folder 7
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Description: Research Materials, Photocopies and TypescriptsDates: 1840-1980Container: Box 5, Folder 8
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Description: Sanpete County, UtahDates: 1947Container: Box 5, Folder 9
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Description: Correspondence and BrochuresDates: 1980-1994Container: Box 5, Folder 10
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Personal Chronicles and BYU Subjects
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Description: "Fielding Chronicles"Dates: 1945-1978Container: Box 6, Folder 1-3
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Description: Sterling McMurrin, "Toward a Christian Ethic"Container: Box 6, Folder 4
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Description: "The Lee Letters"Dates: 1960Container: Box 6, Folder 5
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Description: BYU Memos, Reports and PoliciesDates: 1953-1960Container: Box 6, Folder 6
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Description: BYU SpeechesDates: 1952-1964Container: Box 6, Folder 7
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Description: University Definition papers
Includes: Howard Jones, "The Function of a University;" Archibald MacLeish, "What Is a True University;" and Earl J. McGrath, "Academic Freedom and Academic Responsibility."
Dates: 1959Container: Box 6, Folder 8 -
Description: BYU Intellectual CommitteeDates: 1953Container: Box 6, Folder 9
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Description: Indiana University papersDates: 1955Container: Box 6, Folder 10
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Description: Leonard J. Arrington Articles
Includes "Objectives of Mormon Economic Policy," "Planning an Iron Industry for Utah," and "Religion and Planning in the Far West: The First Generation of Mormons in Utah."
Dates: 1956-1958Container: Box 6, Folder 11 -
Description: Richard D. Poll, "The Political Reconstruction of Utah Territory"Dates: 1958Container: Box 6, Folder 12
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Description: "Mormonism and the Avoidance of Sectarian Stagnation"Container: Box 6, Folder 13
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LDS Liberalism and History
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Description: "Confession of Saint Robertus"Container: Box 7, Folder 1
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Description: "Historical Perspectives for a Liberal Mormonism"Dates: 1960Container: Box 7, Folder 2
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Description: Mormon LiberalismDates: 1922-1954Container: Box 7, Folder 3
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Description: LDS History General SubjectsDates: 1947-1960Container: Box 7, Folder 4
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Description: "Dedication of the Houghton Site Marker"Dates: 1994Container: Box 7, Folder 5
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Description: Seventy-First Annual ConferenceDates: 1901Container: Box 7, Folder 6
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Description: Eugene Campbell and Fred Gowans, "Fort Suppy"Dates: 1976Container: Box 7, Folder 7
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Description: Notes on Joseph Smith's VisionContainer: Box 7, Folder 8
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Description: "Growth of a Standard of Orthodoxy"Container: Box 7, Folder 9
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Description: "Kirtland, Ohio, in Mormon History"Container: Box 7, Folder 10
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Description: "The Gospel Comes to Kirtland"Container: Box 7, Folder 11
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Description: "Organizational Development of the Church in the Kirtland Period"Container: Box 7, Folder 12
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Description: "Conditions in Kirtland"Container: Box 7, Folder 13
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Description: Letter From C. J. Holmes to Polly GreeneDates: 1894-1916Container: Box 7, Folder 14
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Description: "Kirtland Exodus"Dates: 1954-1956Container: Box 7, Folder 15
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Description: "Exodus from Ohio"Container: Box 7, Folder 16
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LDS Kirtland History
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Description: "Kirtland--The Year of the Locust"Container: Box 8, Folder 1
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Description: "Kirtland, the Years of Decision"Container: Box 8, Folder 2
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Description: "Kirtland--Stake of Zion"Container: Box 8, Folder 3
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Description: "Kirtland Economic Development"Dates: 1959Container: Box 8, Folder 4
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Description: Kirtland Land InformationDates: 1945Container: Box 8, Folder 5
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Description: Kirtland Member ListsContainer: Box 8, Folder 6
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Description: Kirtland Court InformationContainer: Box 8, Folder 7
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Description: Kirtland NotesContainer: Box 8, Folder 8
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Description: BibliographyContainer: Box 8, Folder 9
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Description: Tourist Information and PostcardsDates: 1950-1956Container: Box 8, Folder 10
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Description: Puritan Essays and NotesContainer: Box 8, Folder 11
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Teaching Essays and Lecture Units
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Description: "Leopold Ranke"Dates: 1953Container: Box 9, Folder 1
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Description: "Ballad of American History"Dates: 1964Container: Box 9, Folder 2
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Description: "United States and World Revolution"Dates: 1963Container: Box 9, Folder 3
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Description: "Teaching and Learning Some Misconceptions"Dates: 1961Container: Box 9, Folder 4
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Description: "The Dynamics of American History"Container: Box 9, Folder 5
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Description: "Forgotten Frontiers of American Destiny"Dates: 1961Container: Box 9, Folder 6
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Description: "Dynamics of Educational Change"Dates: 1968Container: Box 9, Folder 7
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Description: History papersDates: 1962-1964Container: Box 9, Folder 8
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Description: LecturesDates: 1953-1968Container: Box 9, Folder 9
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Description: American Studies Discussion MaterialsContainer: Box 9, Folder 10
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Description: American Heritage MaterialsContainer: Box 9, Folder 11
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Description: World Civilization Teaching UnitsContainer: Box 9, Folder 12
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Description: History Outlines, Syllabi, and ExamsDates: 1965Container: Box 9, Folder 13
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Description: Map Series Teaching UnitsContainer: Box 9, Folder 14-17
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Higher Education
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Description: Map TransparanciesContainer: Box 10, Folder 1
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Description: "Analysis of Physical Facilities and Space Utilization"Dates: 1969Container: Box 10, Folder 2
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Description: "Analysis of the Comprehensive Facilities Inventory"Dates: 1971Container: Box 10, Folder 3
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Description: "A Pattern for Higher Education in Utah"Container: Box 10, Folder 4
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Description: Higher Education papersDates: 1965-1978Container: Box 10, Folder 5-7
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Description: Higher Education MemosDates: 1970-1978Container: Box 10, Folder 8
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Description: Utah Coordinating Council of Higher EducationDates: 1967-1968Container: Box 11, Folder 1
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Description: "Utah's Master Plan for Higher Education"Dates: 1968Container: Box 11, Folder 2
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Description: "Emerging Designs for Education"Dates: 1968Container: Box 11, Folder 3
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Description: "Staff Publications"Dates: 1965Container: Box 11, Folder 4
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Description: "The Effect of Cause"Dates: 1964Container: Box 11, Folder 5
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Description: "Continued Education for the Social Work Practitioner"Dates: 1968Container: Box 11, Folder 6
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Description: Higher Education General SubjectsDates: 1958-1978Container: Box 11, Folder 7
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Description: Juvenile DelinquencyDates: 1963-1965Container: Box 11, Folder 8
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Description: PTA SpeechDates: 1964Container: Box 11, Folder 9
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Description: Harvey Wheeler, "The Rise and Fall of Liberal Democracy"Dates: 1966Container: Box 11, Folder 10
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Correspondence
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1951-1964Container: Box 12, Folder 1-4
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Description: Higher Education CorrespondenceDates: 1968-1978Container: Box 12, Folder 5
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General Materials
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Description: PoetryDates: 1956-1976Container: Box 13, Folder 1
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Description: Professional Data and ApplicationsContainer: Box 13, Folder 2
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Description: "Remarks at the Funeral of Ada Forsberg Fielding"Dates: 1950Container: Box 13, Folder 3
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Description: Speech at TecnifaxDates: 1962Container: Box 13, Folder 4
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Description: Essay TopicsDates: 1951-1978Container: Box 13, Folder 5
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Description: Nephi Community Development JournalDates: 1960Container: Box 13, Folder 6
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Description: Book ReviewsDates: 1953-1965Container: Box 13, Folder 7
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Description: Handbook of American History, Notes and DraftsDates: 1960Container: Box 13, Folder 8
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Description: Mailing ListsContainer: Box 13, Folder 9
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Description: Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)Dates: 1965-1966Container: Box 13, Folder 10-11
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Description: David Basch, "Theory of Aesthetics"Dates: 1975Container: Box 13, Folder 12
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Description: Julian Sohon, "Connecticut Minerals"Dates: 1951Container: Box 13, Folder 13
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Description: "Connecticut Yankee Doodles"Dates: 1978Container: Box 13, Folder 14
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Description: News ClippingsDates: 1948-1962Container: Box 13, Folder 15
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Description: Redwing Book InvoicesDates: 1981Container: Box 13, Folder 16
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Biographical Materials and Correspondence
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Description: Fielding, Growing Up MormonDates: 1997Container: Box 14, Folder 1
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Description: Ephraim E. Ericksen, Promising New in Mormon Philosophy
Fielding's response to this speech got him in trouble with officials at BYU.
Dates: 1959Container: Box 14, Folder 2 -
Description: Fielding Personal Correspondence and Journal NotesDates: 1978-2006Container: Box 14, Folder 3-6
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Description: Writings of R. Kent Fielding ListContainer: Box 14, Folder 7
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Description: Fielding, PoetryDates: 1992Container: Box 14, Folder 8
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Description: Mormon History Association ProposalsDates: 1992-1994Container: Box 14, Folder 9
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Description: Correspondence with New Hamshire Humanities CouncilDates: 1992-1999Container: Box 14, Folder 10
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Description: Southwestern Utah Correspondence and DocumentsDates: 1992Container: Box 14, Folder 11
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Personal Correspondence, Notes and Shorter Writings
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Description: Utah Humanities Council Documents and CorrespondenceDates: 1992-2005Container: Box 15, Folder 1
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Description: Utah Humanities Council AnnouncementDates: 1994Container: Box 15, Folder 2
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Description: Correspondence with Historical OrganizationsDates: 1981-1983Container: Box 15, Folder 3
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Description: Fielding, Speech to Humanists of UtahDates: 1994Container: Box 15, Folder 4
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Description: Fielding, Speech to WesternersDates: 1993Container: Box 15, Folder 5
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Description: Fielding, Brigham Young as Indian Affairs SuperintendentContainer: Box 15, Folder 6
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Description: Fielding, Brigham Young the Mormon MohametDates: 1993Container: Box 15, Folder 7
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Description: General Writings on Mormon HistoryDates: 1993Container: Box 15, Folder 8
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Description: Fielding Materials on Indians, Mormons, and the Gunnison MassacreDates: 1983-1990Container: Box 15, Folder 9
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Description: Fielding, "Lamanite Redemption" With Long and Short VersionsDates: 1994Container: Box 15, Folder 10
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Description: Fielding Notes on Mormon/Indian RelationsDates: 1993Container: Box 15, Folder 11
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Description: Notes on John Hyde, JrContainer: Box 15, Folder 12
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Description: Notes from the LDS ArchivesContainer: Box 15, Folder 13
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Gunnison Massacre Materials
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Description: Documents Relating to the Gunnison MassacreDates: 1853-1854Container: Box 16, Folder 1
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Description: Gunnison Massacre Monument Committee DocumentsDates: 1991-1993Container: Box 16, Folder 2
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Description: Maps and Photographs for Unsolicited ChroniclerContainer: Box 16, Folder 3
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Description: Gunnison Memorial ProposalsDates: 1992Container: Box 16, Folder 4
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Description: "Gunnison Massacre, Causes and Consequences" DraftsDates: 1992Container: Box 16, Folder 5
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Description: F"Footnotes to a Massacre"Dates: 1992Container: Box 16, Folder 6-7
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Description: Source Materials and Notes for Unsolicited ChroniclerContainer: Box 16, Folder 8
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Description: Unsolicited Chronicler PublicityDates: 1993-1994Container: Box 16, Folder 9
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Description: Reviews of The Unsolicited ChroniclerDates: 1993-2001Container: Box 16, Folder 10-11
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Description: Fielding, John W. Gunnison and the MormonsContainer: Box 16, Folder 12
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Description: John Williams Gunnison Biographical MaterialsContainer: Box 17, Folder 1
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Description: Gunnison Expedition BiographiesContainer: Box 17, Folder 2
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Description: Family History of William Potter and Supporting DocumentsDates: 1853-1967Container: Box 17, Folder 3
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Description: Documents Relating to the Gunnison MassacreDates: 1847-1858Container: Box 17, Folder 4
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Description: Deseret News ArticlesDates: 1850-1853Container: Box 17, Folder 5
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Description: Deseret News Coverage of Cornerstones CeremonyDates: 1853Container: Box 17, Folder 6
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Description: Edward Hunter, Cornerstones SpeechDates: 1853Container: Box 17, Folder 7
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Description: Gunnison Letter to Brigham Young and The Mormons Title PageDates: 1853Container: Box 17, Folder 8
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Description: Hildreth Incident DocumentsContainer: Box 17, Folder 9
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Description: Beckwith JournalDates: 1852Container: Box 17, Folder 10
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Description: Gunnison Expedition Documents and Beckwith MaterialsDates: 1854-1990Container: Box 17, Folder 11
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Description: Accounts of the Gunnison MassacreDates: 1853-1933Container: Box 17, Folder 12
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Description: Anson Call Journal Excerpts on Gunnison MassacreContainer: Box 17, Folder 13
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Gunnison Massacre and Utah Indian Affairs
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Description: William Potter and the Valley of Death
Given to Fielding by Michael D. Bradshaw.
Dates: 1992Container: Box 18, Folder 1 -
Description: Beckwith Report and Journal EntriesContainer: Box 18, Folder 2
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Description: Edward G. Beckwith Journal and Final Report ComparisonDates: 2003Container: Box 18, Folder 3
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Description: United States Senate DocumentsDates: 1852-1856Container: Box 18, Folder 4
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Description: Fielding Article and Carrington Diary and CorrespondenceDates: 1991Container: Box 18, Folder 5
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Description: Gunnison Massacre Lesson Plans and DocumentsContainer: Box 18, Folder 6-7
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Description: Massacre Site MemorialsContainer: Box 18, Folder 8
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Description: New Gunnison Massacre MarkerDates: 1993Container: Box 18, Folder 9
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Description: Inventory of Federal Court Records of UtahDates: 1982Container: Box 18, Folder 10
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Description: Excerpts from the Congressional GlobeDates: 1852Container: Box 18, Folder 11
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Description: Juanita Brooks, "Indian Relations on the Mormon Frontier"Dates: 1944Container: Box 18, Folder 12
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Description: Dale L. Morgan, Administration of Indian Affairs in UtahDates: 1948Container: Box 18, Folder 13
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Description: Conway B. Sonne, "Royal Blood of the Utes"Dates: 1954Container: Box 18, Folder 14
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Utah Territory Between Massacres
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Description: Summary of National Politics and Utah Events During the 1850sContainer: Box 19, Folder 1
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Description: Millenial Star MaterialsDates: 1853-1857Container: Box 19, Folder 2
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Description: Deseret News ArticlesDates: 1854-1857Container: Box 19, Folder 3
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Description: Notes from The MormonDates: 1855-1857Container: Box 19, Folder 4
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Description: Reports on Utah Territory from National NewspapersDates: 1854-1857Container: Box 19, Folder 5
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Description: Jules Remy and Julius Brenchley, Observations on MormonsContainer: Box 19, Folder 6
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Description: Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Ferris' Experiences in Utah TerritoryContainer: Box 19, Folder 7
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Description: Theater in UtahDates: 1980Container: Box 19, Folder 8
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Description: Howard A. Christy, "What Virtue There Is In Stone"Dates: 1991Container: Box 19, Folder 9
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Description: Remembering MantiContainer: Box 19, Folder 10
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Description: Joseph L. Heywood DocumentsDates: 1854-1856Container: Box 19, Folder 11
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Description: Articles, Documents, and papers on Early Utah TerritoryContainer: Box 19, Folder 12
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Description: Captain Ingalls DocumentsContainer: Box 19, Folder 13
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Description: Documents on "Runaway" Territorial OfficialsDates: 1851-1852Container: Box 19, Folder 14
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Description: Non-Mormon Utah Territory Officials DocumentsContainer: Box 19, Folder 15
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Description: Sylvester Mowry Letters and DocumentsDates: 1854-1952Container: Box 19, Folder 16
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Mountain Meadows Massacre and Other Subjects
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Description: Materials from the National ArchivesContainer: Box 20, Folder 1
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Description: Sections fom the Diary of Brigham Young and SpeechDates: 1855-1857Container: Box 20, Folder 2
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Description: Sections from Diary of Thomas L. KaneContainer: Box 20, Folder 3
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Description: Utah Expedition DocumentsDates: 1857-1858Container: Box 20, Folder 4
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Description: Utah War and Mountain Meadows NotesContainer: Box 20, Folder 5
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Description: The Mountain Meadows Massacre, Contemporary DocumentsDates: 1996Container: Box 20, Folder 6
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Description: Carleton Report on Mountain Meadows MassacreContainer: Box 20, Folder 7
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Description: Charles W. Penrose, "The Mountain Meadows Massacre"Dates: 1906Container: Box 20, Folder 8
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Description: Mountain Meadows and Other LDS Church ArticlesDates: 1997-2000Container: Box 20, Folder 9
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Description: The Trials of John D. Lee MaterialsDates: 1998-1999Container: Box 20, Folder 10-11
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Description: Screenplay- The Blood of Christ Does Not AtoneDates: 1998Container: Box 20, Folder 12
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Description: Will Bagley Materials and Dave Bigler MaterialsDates: 1999-2000Container: Box 20, Folder 13
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Description: Reed C. Durham Jr, "Is There No Help For the Widow's Son?"Dates: 1974Container: Box 20, Folder 14
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Description: Mormon Women's IssuesDates: 1877-1993Container: Box 20, Folder 15
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Description: Photos from Utah State Historical Society
Original photographs transferred to Multimedia Archives.
Dates: 1992Container: Box 20, Folder 16 -
Description: Four CDs in the Manuscripts Division CD Case
Includes three CDs of the "Fielding Chronicles" and one CD of the "Dedication of the Houghton Site Marker."
Container: Object 1
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Latter Day Saint churches--History--Sources
- Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857--History--Sources
Personal Names
- Fielding, R. Kent (Robert Kent), 1920---Archives
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