The Henry Wallace family papers consist of personal diaries, correspondence, wedding and theatre notices.
Henry Wallace (1840-1932) was born in in 1840, in Frome, Somersetshire, England to John and Elizabeth Ashley Wallace. A convert to the LDS Church, he came to Utah in 1862 with the Ansel Harmon company. In 1863, he married Ellen Harper (1837-1917), and together they had eight chidren. The family lived in Salt Lake City, where Henry Wallace worked as a manager of the National Biscuit Company, as well as a confectioner and baker. He was also a school trustee and a city councilman. In the L.D.S. Church, Henry Walllace served as a president of the 23rd quorum seventies, a bishops counselor in the 7th ward, and was a member of the Pioneers Stake.
The Henry Wallace family papers contain his diaries, correspondence, postcards, printed material, and cards.
Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P1623).
Processed by Elizabeth Rogers in 2010.
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Donated by Jayne Fife in 2010.
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