Rosezella Dalton was born to William Henry Dalton and Mary Elizabeth Jones in Roy, Utah, on 21 July 1900. She attended the Smithsonian Business College in Ogden in 1915, and served a mission to the Eastern States for the LDS Church from 1919 to 1923. She married Wilford W. Hardy on 15 October 1924 in the Salt Lake City temple. The couple lived in Salt Lake where Wilford was employed with Symns-Utah Grocer. Their daughter, Beverly Rose, was born in 1927, followed by Barbara Rae a year later. The family moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1937, when Wilford accepted a postion with A. E. Staly Company. During World War II Rose worked as a counselor at the Kaiser Shipyards and remained there until 1953, when thee Hardy family relocated to Minneapolis. Wilford retired in 1961. The Hardys immediately took to the road in their trailer. They lived in California and traveled extensively before moving back to Utah.
Wilford was born on 25 July 1898 in Bountiful, Utah. He was called to the Southern States Mission and served there from 1919 to 1921. He died in Utah in 1980.
The Rosezella Dalton Hardy papers [photocopies] consists of diaries which Hardy kept throughout her life, along with notebooks, news clippings, and miscellaneous documents.
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The diaries in this collection are all photocopies. Special Collections does not own the originals.
This 300 page notebook is a compilation of diaries kept in various notebooks from 1912 to 1919, which Rosezella consolidated in 1925. The entries begin with a report of her score on a spelling test in grade school and end with descriptions of life as a young woman in the closing days of World War I. Topics covered include family life, school activites, music lessons, trips to surrounding towns, descriptions of books read and movies watched, notations of weather, letters sent and received, and various observations about family and friends. The entries for 1935 and 1936 cover the period of early married life for the Hardys and record daily activities including luncheons, church meetings, movies, and Relief Society work. Hardy also describes family life at their summer cabin in Emigration Canyon. The entries for 1975 describe daily life for Rosezella and Wilford in their Salt Lake City apartment. Topics covered include the Hardy's busy, LDS Church-oriented social life, movies and television programs watched, descriptions of the health of family and friends, information about various missionaries, and notations about meetings of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.
Much of this diary is written in a mixture of shorthand and English. Rosezella records missionary activities such as tracting, attending meetings, and studying in the Eastern States Mission. Also included are comments on fellow missionaries, the weather, daily activities, and gospel lessons. The diary was written January 1919-March 1922.
These diaries, written partially in shorthand, detail Rosezella's mission experiences, including tracting, attending prayer meetings, and calling on prospective converts. The diaries were written from 1922-1923.
This notebook (1921-1922) contains quotes, notes on sermons, poetry, lists, and song lyrics.
This volume (August 1923-June 1935) is a continuation of Rosezella's mission diary, partially written in shorthand. She describes her trip home from the mission field in December of 1923, her reunion with Wilford Hardy, finding a job, visits to neighboring communities, family life, church activities, living at the Hermitage in Ogden Canyon, and her marriage to Wilford Hardy. She also describes buying their first home, vacations, her feelings about having children, and life as a young married woman in Salt Lake City.
This diary (1938-1942) details the life of the Wilford Hardy family in Portland, Oregon. Topics covered include shopping, church work, singing in the choir and other musical activities, Relief Society activities, school life for the girls, letters written and received, travel, and visits from friends and relatives.
This volume (1943-1947) details the lives of the Hardy family in Portland, Oregon, during World War II. Rosezella worked on the assembly line and in the offices of the Kaiser shipyards. Wilford's job entailed much travel. The diary describes church work in the Primary, MIA, Relief Society, and Priesthood organizations. Also detailed are shopping, housework, social activities, and sermons. Rosezella reports the names of servicemen wounded or killed, describes the visits of friends and family members, comments on the weather and rising prices, and talks about trips to nearby states.
Continuation of the Hardy's family life in Portland, Oregon (1948-1952). Topics include movies attended, work in the Relief Society and MIA, notations of births, deaths, illnesses, and weddings of friends and ward members, visits from family members, Barbara's LDS Church mission to Scotland, Beverly's children, housework, and visits to neighboring states.
Rosezella and Wilford relocate to Minneapolis. This diary (1953-1957) describes buying a house and settling into a new life. As in Portland, the Hardy's lives revolve around their membership in the LDS Church. In addition to describing church activities and concerns, Rosezella talks about trips taken, attending the theater, art classes, ice-skating, her involvement in the Garden Club and the Boy Scouts of America, and the lives of friends and family members.
The diary (1958-1962) discusses the Hardy family and life in Minneapolis. In addition to entries describing church activities and the lives of friends and family, Rosezella notes concerns for Wilford's health and comments on the first American in space and on the Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1961, Wilford retired and the couple began a life of travel by going to California. They took a world tour in 1962.
This volume (1963-1964) contains descriptions of the Hardy's life in a trailer in California in the winter and at their summer cabin near Salt Lake City. Topics covered include church activities, health concerns, house and yardwork, visits from friends and relatives, news of the Monument Park ward in Salt Lake City, and planning a trip to the South Pacific and Australia.
The diary (1965-1969) discusses the Hardys and dividing their time between Utah and California. Also included are entries concerning the writing, publication, and sales of
This volume (1970-1974) describes Wilford and Rosezella's daily activities in Salt Lake City. Personal health concerns and the health of friends and family members dominate the pages of this diary. Also detailed are social activities, Relief Society and Priesthood work, the affairs of children and grandchildren, books read and movies watched, and taking care of their home. Rosezella also talks about a trip to the South Pacific with the "Paradise Adventure Saints" group. Many of the entries describe issues and events related to the LDS Church, such as the death of David O. McKay, the subsequent changes in church organization, and the Presidency and death of Harold B. Lee.
This diary (1976-1980) continues the written account of life in Salt Lake City. Daily entries include descriptions of weddings and funerals, and visits from friends and family. Rosezella notes that she is putting together all her journals and working on a Dalton family history. Wilford dies suddenly in September 1980.
Rosezella began typing her journal entries (1981-1983) on 1 January 1980. She records her daily activities and notes the general decline of her health due to Lupus and two strokes. Also included are greeting cards, clippings, and photographs of her home.
This collection consists of photocopies. Special Collections does not own the originals.
This notebook (1918) contains song lyrics, aphorisms, and excerpts from sermons and letters.
This notebook (1919) contains a record of Wilford Hardy's mission. Included are daily entries noting mail received, meetings attended, weather observations, people met, and travels taken . Also included are notations of money received and spent.
This scrapbook (1920s), put together by Rosezella, contains news clippings, ticket stubs, pencil drawings, greeting cards, and event programs.
Notebook (1925-1940) in which Rosezella kept track of visitors.
The original materials were created 1940-1953.
This 3 1/2 by 6 inch notebook (1944-1953) contains both handwritten and typed pages. The early entries contain observances written by Rosezella concerning her job at the shipyards in Portland, Oregon. Also included are comments on church members and church work, reminiscences about growing up in Utah, remarks about friends and acquaintances, and her recollections of trips to California, Utah, and Michigan.
Family history (1978) with photographs prepared by Rose Dalton Hardy. Includes reminiscences written by various family members.