Charles Ramsden Bailey papers, 1839-1933
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Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Charles Ramsden Bailey papers
- Dates
- 1839-1933 (inclusive)18391933
- Quantity
- 1 box, (.25 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_COLL MSS 53
- Summary
- Diary (1839-1877) with biographical sketches of wives, prison diary (1889) with lists of and letters from prisoners sentenced under the Edmunds Act, missionary diary and sermons (1898), and genealogical information.
- 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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Open to public research.
- Languages
- English.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Biographical Note
Charles R. Bailey was born on August 31, 1839 in Hanley, England, the son of Charles and Jane Bailey. His father, though a good man, "was one of those kinds of men who lacked fortitude and was very easily led by company to drink." His mother eventually left him and moved to Lancashire, where a cousin of theirs moved in with them. She was a Latter-day Saint, and after several months, both mother and son were baptized.
In the early spring of 1855, they immigrated to the United States, with their eyes set to going to Zion." They entered a company and were soon bound for Utah. In 1859, Charles moved to Cache Valley and settled in Maughan's Fort (Wellsville). While there, he met and married a girl, but in a short time they were divorced since her mother had planned for her to marry another. Peter Maughan, then president of the stake, promised him that "you will marry two faithful Latter-day Saint girls and will raise a large family." This promise was fulfilled, though "it took three and a half years to bring it about." Charles Bailey was well-liked by many and died peacefully in Wellsville, Utah, on January 16, 1910.
Content Description
This collection is arranged in numeric order.
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 Charles Ramsden Bailey papers must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Preferred Citation
Charles Ramsden Bailey papers, 1839-1933. (COLL MSS 53). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives department.
Administrative Information
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Charles Ramsden Bailey papers
Container: Box 1
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Description: Diary of Charles Ramsden Bailey (1839-1912)
For a typescript of this diary please see Joel E. Ricks Cache Valley Collection (Coll Mss 46), box 1, Items 9 and 10 pp. 1-51 "Byography" and diary; p. 52 "Sketch of the life of Johannah Adamson Bailey"; pp. 55-71 "Sketch of the life and trials of Susannah Hawkins; Bailey written in an Epic Poem by Susannah C.H. Jachman."; pp. 72-76 "Sketch of the Life of Susannah Hawkins Bailey" written July 14, 1924, Mable Swift; pp. 77-141 blank; pp. 142-44 Sketch of the Life of Ann Sewell Hawkins; pp. 145-48 blank
Dates: 1839-1877Container: Box 1, Folder 1 -
Description: Prison Diary
pp. 1-53 list of prisoners sentenced under the Edmunds Act, 1884 1889. Bulk of diary consists of letters to Bailey from fellow prisoners. pp. 115-30 have been removed
Dates: 1889Container: Box 1, Folder 2 -
Description: Missionary Diary and Sermons
Sermons used by Bailey as a missionary to England: "Subjective of Faith," "Repentence," "Baptism," "Apostacy." Center pages are "Missionare Record of Charles R. Bailey 1898." Last pp. contain poems: "The Missionary's Message," "Over The Hills To The Poor House," "Row My Bark." Last two not in Bailey's hand. Signed JMW
Dates: 1898Container: Box 1, Folder 3 -
Description: "Geneology, Charles Ramsden Bailey"
1 p. holograph in Bailey's handwriting
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 4 -
Description: "An Acrostic inscribed to Sister Ann Hawkins"
1 p. holograph. signed W.P. McA
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 5 -
Description: "Aunt Sushannah Record"
2 pp. pencil holograph. Notes on earlv life of Susannah Hawkins Bailey--apparently dictated to a niece. Information about life in Maughan's Fort
Dates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 6 -
Description: "A Saintly Mother" Written for the 86th anniversary of Susannah H. Bailey, by Mary H. Mitton
2 pp. typescript poem
Dates: 1933 March 8Container: Box 1, Folder 7
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Subject Terms
- Edmunds-Tucker Act, 1887.
- Mormon Church--Sermons.
- Mormon missionaries--England--Diaries.
- Mormons--Crimes against.
- Mormons--Polygamy--Prisons and prisoners--Diaries.