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Ada Morrell Family scrapbook collection, 1844-1980

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Morrell, Ada England
Title
Ada Morrell Family scrapbook collection
Dates
1844-1980 (inclusive)
Quantity
9 Boxes, (3.5 Linear Feet)
Collection Number
UUS_P0355
Summary
The Ada Morrell Family Scrapbook Collection documents several families (Woolf, England, Morrell, Hambleton, and Seamons) mostly from Cache Valley, although a small portion of the collection does cover Tooele, Utah. The scrapbooks were compiled by Ada Eliza England Morrell.
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

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

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

Ada Eliza England Morrell was born April 9, 1887 in Hyde Park Utah to Charles England and Phebe Almira Woolf England. Ada was a graduate of the Brigham Young College, a member of the Eliza R. Snow Camp of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, and was active in the leadership of her local LDS ward and stake. On May 26, 1909 Ada married Joseph P Morrell in Logan Utah, and would spend the majority of their lives together in Cache County Utah. Ada and Joseph lived through the deaths of three of their children, Thelma Ada, Evelyn, and Reid England Morrell all passed away between 1912 and 1928. Joseph Morrell passed away on August 23, 1973, four years later Ada passed away on December 5, 1977. Ada was survived by Adrian H. Morrell, Wendell G. Morrell, Helen Shelton, and Josephine Wadsworth.

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Content Description

This collection consists of nine scrapbooks compiled by Ada Morrell which contain the family histories of several prominent families (Woolf, England, Seamons, Hambleton, and Morrell) of Hyde Park and Logan, Utah. Included are pedigree charts, family histories, individual and family photographs, LDS patriarchal blessings, court documents, educational records, and newspaper articles. Materials in the collection range in time from the settlement period of Cache Valley in the 1850s to modern times.

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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 Ada Morrell Family Scrapbook Collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: P0355; Ada Morrell Family Scrapbook Collection; Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:P0355, USUSCA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The Ada Morrell Family Scrapbook Collection consists of nine boxes. Each box contains several folders and every folder holds multiple pages from Ada Morrell's scrapbook.

The scrapbooks are inventoried by two categories: Images and Non-images. All photographs are individually numbered and contain a unique ID such as 02:01:01.

Every item in the collection has been placed into a box and a folder; a listing of the contents of each box and folder is given below.

Processing Note

Processed in October of 2007

Acquisition Information

Donated by Reid B. Morrell in 2006.

Custodial History

Scrapbooks collected and compiled by Ada England Morrell.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Finding aid/Register created by Trevor Alvord
2008

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