J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Hope A. Hilton papers
Hilton, Hope A.
MS 0584
12.25 linear feet
26 boxes
1815-1999
The Hope A. Hilton papers (1815-1999) contain diaries, correspondence, research files, family histories and genealogy, news clippings, and manuscripts. Hope Hilton (1924-1999) was a writer and community activist who, along with her husband, organized the Middle East Foundation, a charitable organization devoted to helping students from the middle east obtain an education in the United States.
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Hope Averell Hilton (1924-1999) was born 15 August 1924 to Hugo Joseph and Annalee Kohlhepp Averell. She was educated in the public schools of California and was awarded a BA in History by the University of California at Berkley. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hope served a mission to the central states. She moved to Utah, where she attended the University of Utah and married Lynn M. Hilton in 1948. The Hiltons traveled extensively in the middle east, living in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. In 1968 they organized the Middle East Foundation, a charitable organization devoted to helping students from the middle east obtain an education in the United States. Hope was active in community affairs, with an emphasis on issues related to parks and historic sites. She was the author of numerous articles, and wrote a biography of her great-grandfather, William Adams Hickman. She also wrote several pieces about her mother, Annalee Skarin, an author of books deemed heretical by LDS church authorities. Hope Hilton died in Salt Lake City on 26 October 1999 after an extended illness.
The Hope A. Hilton papers (1815-1999) contain diaries, correspondence, research files, family histories and genealogy, news clippings, and manuscripts. Family materials include information about Hilton's great grandfather, William A. Hickman, and her mother, Analee Skarin.
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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Boxes 1-7 were donated in 1987-1997 (3 linear feet). Boxes 8-26 were donated in 2001 (9.25 linear feet).
Processed by Karen Carver and other Manuscripts Division staff in 1994 and 2002.
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See also the Hope A. Hilton photograph collection (P0617) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Forms part of the
Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archive.
Hilton, Hope A.--Archives
Hickman, William Adams, 1815-1883
Skarin, Annalee, 1899-1988
Hickman, William Adams, 1815-1883--Family
Middle East Foundation (Utah)
Benson Gristmill (Stansbury Park, Utah)
Utah--History
Middle East--Description and travel--20th century
Latter Day Saint women--Utah--Archives
Latter Day Saint women authors--Utah--Archives
Mothers and daughters--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Heresy--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Latter Day Saints--History--19th century
Latter Day Saints--Biography
Danites (Latter Day Saint churches)
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--19th century
Polygamy--Religious aspects--Latter Day Saint churches
Excommunication--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Latter Day Saint women missionaries--Archives
New Thought
Pioneers
Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Family histories
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Photocopies
Biographies
Personal correspondence
Manuscripts
Diaries
Travel writing
Reference works
William A. Hickman Research
Hickman History
1
1
Court Documents
1852-1856
1
2
Utah War
1857
1
3
Beating of Governor Dawson, Lot Huntington, and Jason Luce
1
4
Larceny Charges, Bill Hickman
1863
1
5
Army Guide
1
6
Pay vouchers, account by William Hickman of his father, Archibald Gardiner record, notes on Camp Floyd and Camp Douglas.
Notes from Mormon Collection, Weber State College Special Collections
1
7
Articles and Pamphlet
1
8
Clippings, Chronology, Wyoming Notes
1
9
Notebook, Minerva Wade Hickman
1
10
Publication Information, Brigham's Destroying Angel
1
11
Murder Indictments, William Hickman and Robert Burton
1871
1
12
Land deeds, Missouri and Utah
1
13
Research Notes
1
14-18
Contains notes from various libraries on Hickman, Hosea Stout and others.
Abstracts, William Hickman and Hope Hilton
2
1
Minerva Wade Hickman, Mary Jane Hickman, Luke Johnson
2
2
Biography of Thomas Jefferson Hickman
2
3
Letter from Hickman to His Daughter, Katherine Butcher; Iowa Journal of History and Politics
1872
2
4
Letters to William Hickman from His Father and Brother
1849
2
5
Correspondence with Colorado State Historical Society Regarding Judge Harding
2
6
Letters
1858-1877
2
7
Des Moines Research on Hickman
2
8
Court Documents--Lee County, Iowa
2
9
Tax Records--Sweetwater, Wyoming
1880-1883
2
10
Wyoming Historical Monument, Letters
2
11
Wyoming Historical Society Magazines
2
12
Wyoming Historical Society Magazines; Maps of Lander, Wyoming Burial
2
13
Writings of Hope Hilton
"Edwin and Elender Webber Hickman: Some Progenitors and Descendants"
1978
3
1
"William A. "Bill" Hickman: Setting the Record Straight," by Leonard J. Arrington and Hope A. Hilton
1979
3
2
"The Last Years of W.A. Hickman (1815-1883)"
1981
3
3
"William Adams Hickman: Mormon Mountain Man"
1984
3
4
William Adams Hickman: Mormon Mountain Man
1987
Manuscript
4
1-7
Notebooks and Notes, Fort Bridger
4
8-14
Annalee Skarin Research
Analee Skarin; Correspondence
1899-1952
5
1-9
Research Notes
5
10
News Clippings
5
11
Sunstone
1991
5
12
Articles about Annalee Skarin by Samuel Taylor and Hope Hilton.
Virginia Bourgeous, "The Confessions of a Mormon Mystic"
1988
5
13
Hope Hilton, "Descent into Madness, or The Formation of a Religious Cult"
1988, 1993
5
14-15
Ye Are Gods
1948
6
1
Sons of God
1954
6
2
Published under the name of Christine Mercie.
"The Law Upon Which All Things Are Predicated"; "Opinion on Plural Marriage"; "The Second Advent"
6
3
"The Pathway of Glory"
6
4
Notebook
6
5
Mark E. Petersen, "Reasons for Annalee Skarin's Excommunication" and "The Skarin Books--Doctrinal Comparisons"
6
6
Annalee Skarin, Information About
6
7
Annalee Skarin, Correspondence
1972-1992
6
8
"The Death and Burial of Annalee Skarin"
6
9
Linda Lee Avarell Moat, "Hugo Joseph Elof Avarell"
6
10
Annalee Skarin, List of Residences
1943-1988
6
11
Annalee Skarin, Correspondence about Her Death
6
12
DeVorss Publications
6
13
Annalee Skarin, Trip to Her Grave
1994
6
14
Annalee Skarin, Record of Her Father's Marriage to Gracie Lura McHougne
6
15
Annalee Skarin, Stories of Her Childhood
6
16
Annalee Skarin, Miscellaneous Documents
6
17
Christmas Card Published by Annalee Skarin
6
18
Reason Skarin, Funeral
1982
6
19
Annalee Skarin, Genealogy Showing Death, as Filed in Family History Library
6
20
Annalee Skarin, Miscellaneous Manuscripts
6
21
Annalee Skarin, "Pathway of the Gods," No. 1
6
22
Manuscripts, Annalee Skarin
Annalee Skarin, "Pathway of the Gods," No. 1
7
1-5
Annalee Skarin, "Pathway of the Gods," No. 2
7
6-10
Personal Material
1939-1994
Boxes 9 through 13 contain news clippings, photocopies of photographs, certificates, scrapbook fragments, brochures, medical files, financial information, programs, travel documents, news clippings, pamphlets, brochures, and notes related to Hilton's personal life. Originally titled "Hope's Biography," these files were probably the basis for a biographical or autobiographical project.
Five Year Diaries
1939-1948
8
1-2
Travel Diary
1966-1974
8
3
Weekly Planner
1993
8
4
Monthly Planner
1994
8
5
Hope Hilton, "A Short Life Lived,The Life of Spencer Hugh Hilton"
1965
8
6
Hope Hilton, "Life Story of Hope Avarell Hilton"
8
7
Genealogy
9
1
Personal Documents
1900-1972
9
2-10
Personal Documents
1973-1993
10
Personal Documents
1994-1997
11
Personal Documents
1997-1998
12
Correspondence
1999
13
1-2
Condolences and Sympathy Cards
1999
13
3-5
News Clippings
1960s-1970s
13
6
Miscellaneous
13
7
Community Service
1980s-1990s
Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
1980s-1990s
14
1-2
Utah Territorial Penitentiary/Sugarhouse Park
1984-1988
14
3-5
Hope Hilton, "The Utah Territorial Prison"
1993
14
6
Benson Grist Mill
1985-1997
General Materials
1985-1997
15
Middle East
1960s-1990s
Middle East Travel
1960s-1980s
16
1
Israel
1967
16
2-3
Middle East
1970s-1990s
16
4
Arab Genealogy
16
5
Hope Hilton Manuscripts
Bibliography
17
1
"Joseph's Scattered Flock"
1958
17
2
"Starting in the New World"
1963
17
3
"A Study and Comparison of Health Problems in Iran, Kuwait, and Jordan with Those in the U.S."
1966
17
4
Lynn and Hope Hilton, "Discovering Lehi"
1966
17
5
"The Curse of Canaan, Son of Ham"
1970
17
6
"A Mormon Speaks to a Muslim"
1971
17
7
"The Gospel Spreads Behind the Iron Curtain"
1975
17
8
"With a Song in Her Heart"
1978
17
9
"Arab Lands and the Restored Gospel"
1979
17
10
"The Gospel Goes to China"
1979
17
11
"The Vine"
1982
18
1-2
"The Lihyanites"
1984
18
3
"Arab and Israel and Jewish Culture"
1984
18
4
"Egypt in Passing"
1985
18
5
"Lehi's Trail"
1988
18
6
"The Search in the Outlaw Brain"
1989
18
7
"A Day of Discovery"
1992
18
8
Lynn and Hope Hilton, eds., Ensign Club History, 1908-1994
1994
18
9
Lynn and Hope Hilton, Excerpts from Utah History Encyclopedia
1994
18
10
"The Rag Baby"
18
11
"The Touch of the Master's Hand"
18
12
"Kahtoumin in the Valley of the Nile"
18
13
"What Does the Koran Say About"
18
14
Annalee Skarin
1933-1998
Correspondence Regarding Annalee
1994-1998
19
1
Annalee Kohlhepp Avarell and Relatives
19
2
Annalee Patriarchal Blessing
19
3
Annalee Skarin, "The Story of Chief Pocatello"
19
4
Annalee Skarin, "Wild Cats and Cougars and Coyotes"
19
5
Hope Hilton, "Annalee"
1952
19
6
Hope Hilton, "Descent Into Madness"
1988
19
7
Annalle Skarin and Sunstone
1992-1995
19
8
Hope Hilton, "The Death and Burial of Annalee Skarin"
1994
19
9
Carolyn Campbell, "Solving the Mystery of Annalee Skarin"
19
10
Carolyn Campbell, "Translation Please"
1995
19
11
Gloria Love, "Annalee Skarin's Mis-Translation"
1995
19
12
San Pedro, California
1944-1997
19
13
Hugo Joseph Avarell Estate
1958-1996
19
14
Hugo Avarell Biography
1994
19
15
"Partial Autobiography of Frederick John Kohlhepp"
19
16
Constance Kohlhepp Curren
1972-1975
19
17-18
Linda Moat
1997-1998
19
19
Adam Swapp
1994
19
20
Hope Hilton, "Memories of the Gustavson, Avarell-Ellis Family"
1994
19
21
Hickman Family Research
Hope Hilton, "Edwin and Elender Webber Hickman"
20
1-2
Edwin Hickman Genealogy
20
3-4
Hope Hilton, "The Ancestry and Family of Edwin Temple Hickman and Wife Elizabeth Adams"
1963
20
5
Luce Family
20
6-8
James Barton Hickman
21
1
Thomas Jefferson Hickman
21
2
George Washington Hickman
21
3
Hickman-Orr Marriages
21
4
William A. Hickman Wives
21
5
Mary Jane Hetherington Hickman, Stockton, Utah
21
6
Stockton, Utah
21
7
Research Notebook
21
8
Garth Jones, "In the Shadow of the Tall Mountain"
22
1
Life history of a school teacher in the Cedar Valley.
Pamela Hickman Lee, "Tom"
22
2
Life story of Thomas Woodland Hickman.
Eula Hickman Towers, "Hickman-Towers Family History"
1957
22
3
William A. Hickman Fiction
22
4
William A. Hickman, Children/Descendents
22
5
William A. Hickman Research Chronologies
Hickman Notecards
1838-1871
23
1-4
Bill Hickman Index
1849-1883
23
5
Kentucky
1815-1818
23
6
Missouri Farm
1818-1838
23
7
Nauvoo, Illinois/Lee County, Iowa
1838-1849
23
8
Old Fort, Pioneer Park
1849
23
9
Fort Bridger, Wyoming
1849-1850
23
10
Taylorsville, Early Utah
1849-1856
23
11
Green River, Wyoming
1849-1856
23
12
Hickman Fort, Salt Lake County
1850-1865
23
13
Rush Valley Ranch
1850s-1860s
24
1-2
Fairfield/Cedar Valley
1859-1874
24
3
This is the Place State Park, Hickman's Fairfield Cabin
24
4-5
West Jordan/Little Cottonwood
1860s
24
6
Mining
1862
24
7
Bingham Canyon Living Quarters
1868-1871
24
8
Allen Ranch, Nephi, Utah
1868-1871
24
9
Lewiston Springs
24
10
William A. Hickman Research Chronologies and Publication Information
1868-1883
Lander, Wyoming
1868-1883
25
1
Lander, Wyoming
25
2
Last Letters, Lander, Wyoming
1883
25
3
Hickman Obituary
1883
25
4
Wyoming History Trek, Rawlins
1984
25
5
National Association and Center for Outlaw and Laman History (NOLA)
1987-1992
25
6
Zion Canyon and Bill Hickman
25
7
General Information
25
8
Miscellaneous Hickman Research
25
9
Hickman Book Publication File
25
10
Hickman Papers, University of Utah Library
25
11
Writings on William Hickman
1904-1994
Bill Hickman, Brigham's Destroying Angel
1904
26
1
Hope Hilton, Edwin and Elender Webber Hickman
1967
26
2
Hope Hilton, "William Adam Bill Hickman: Mormon Mountain Man"
1978
26
3
Leonard Arrington and Hope Hilton, "William A. (Bill) Hickman: Setting the Record Straight"
1979
26
4
Hope Hilton, "The Last Years of William Adams Hickman: The Lander, Wyoming, Period"
1981
26
5
Hope Hilton, "William Adams Hickman: Mormon Mountain Man"
1984
26
6
Hope Hilton, "William Adams Hickman, Pioneer Lawman"
1992
26
7
Hope Hilton, "The Hickman Rush Valley Ranch Houses: Sentinels on the Prairie"
1994
26
8
Hope Hilton, "William Adams Hickman in Tooele County"
1994
26
9