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Charles Ramsden Bailey papers, 1839-1933

Overview of the Collection

Title
Charles Ramsden Bailey papers
Dates
1839-1933 (inclusive)
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
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

Open to public research.

Languages
English.
Sponsor
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
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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.

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Content Description

This collection is arranged in numeric order.

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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.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged in numeric sequence according to box and folder.

Acquisition Information

Unknown.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Charles Ramsden Bailey papers

    Container: Box 1

    • 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: 1839-1877
      Container: 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: 1889
      Container: 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: 1898
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
    • Description: "Geneology, Charles Ramsden Bailey"

      1 p. holograph in Bailey's handwriting

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
    • Description: "An Acrostic inscribed to Sister Ann Hawkins"

      1 p. holograph. signed W.P. McA

      Dates: undated
      Container: 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: undated
      Container: 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 8
      Container: Box 1, Folder 7