UUS_mssolesen1.xml Guide to the B.G. Olesen Western Manuscript Collection1847-1908 Olsesen, (B.G.) Western Manuscript Collection1847-1908 Finding aid/Register created by Zachary R. Jones Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Libray, Special Collections & Archives
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©2012 Encoded in oXygen XML editor by Sara Skindelien, 2012 January 27. Finding aid encoded in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). 2009 Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines. Overview of the Collection UUS_OLESEN COLL MSS 1 B. G. Olesen Western Manuscript Collection 1847-1908 Olesen, B. G.(Bob G.) Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Manuscript Collections
Merrill-Cazier Library Utah State University 3000 Old Main Hill Logan, UT 84322-3000 Phone: 435 797-8248 Fax: 435 797-2880 Email: scweb@usu.edu
1 box .05 linear feet This collection includes correspondence of Moses Thatcher, Sr., William B. Preston, Harriett Thatcher Preston, Alley Thatcher, John T. Caine, Alfred Caine, May Preston, and Hezekiah Thatcher spanning the period of 1865 to 1908. The B.G. Olesen Western Manuscript Collection is located in the vault. Material in English

Processed in March of 2006.

The materials in this collection were purchased for USU Special Collections with funds from the B.G. Olesen Endowment between the period of 1996 and 2006.

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

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the B.G. Olesen Western Manuscript Collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Initial Citation: B.G. Olesen Western Manuscript Collection USU_Olesen COLL MSS 1, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_Olesen COLL MSS 1, USUSCA.

This single-box collection consists of correspondence concerning Moses Thatcher, Sr., Alley Thatcher, William B. Preston, May Preston, Harriett Thatcher Preston, John T. Caine, and Alfred Caine spanning the period of 1865 to 1908. Also included in this collection is a poem written by Emmeline B. Wells for Horace K. Whitney at Winter Quarters in 1847 and an 1891 legal document concerning a $130,000 lawsuit against Moses Thatcher, W.B. Preston, R. Taylor, J. Beck, and the Bullion, Beck & Champion Mining Company.

Arranged in chronological order.

Researcher Note: USU Special Collections also contains additional papers concerning Moses Thatcher, Sr. and William B. Preston.

Researchers interested in Moses Thatcher, Sr. should see Coll MSS 22: The Moses Thatcher, Sr. Papers.

Researchers interested in William B. Preston should see Coll MSS 268: The William B. Preston Papers.

 Mormons (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Correspondence Thatcher, Moses, 1842-1909--Correspondence. Preston, William Bowker, 1830--Correspondence. Preston, Harriett Ann Thatcher--Correspondence. Thatcher, Hezekiah, 1809-1879--Correspondence. Thatcher, Alley--Correspondence. Caine, John T.(John Thomas), 1829-1911--Correspondence. Caine, Alfred--Correspondence. Preston, May--Correspondence. Winter Quarters (Neb.) Mormon pioneers Bullion Beck & Champion Mining Company Correspondence, a Poem, and a Legal Document 1847-1908 1 1 Letter, William B. Preston to Harriett Thatcher Preston (wife) 1865 1 1 Letter (photocopy), William B. Preston to Harriett Thatcher Preston 1900 June 18 1 2 Letter, Moses Thatcher to Hezekiah Thatcher (father) 1866 1 3 Letter, Moses Thatcher to Harriett Thatcher Preston (sister) 1866 January 3 1 3 Letter, Moses Thatcher to Harriett Thatcher Preston 1866 December 29 1 3 Letter, Moses Thatcher to Harriett Thatcher Preston 1868 January 10 1 3 Letter, Moses Thatcher to Harriett Thatcher Preston 1868 April 3 1 3 Letter (partial), Moses Thatcher to Harriett Thatcher Preston [?] undated Date Unknown [1866-1868?] 1 3 Letter, Moses Thatcher to Harriett Thatcher Preston 1881 June 25 1 3 Letter, Moses Thatcher to Harriett Thatcher Preston 1908 May 28 1 4 Letter, Moses Thatcher to William B. Preston 1872 December 28 1 4 Letter, Moses Thatcher to William B. Preston 1879 December 22 1 5 Letter, Moses Thatcher to Alley Thatcher (mother) 1881 March 2 1 5 Letter, Moses Thatcher to Alley Thatcher 1881 April 13 1 5 Letter, Moses Thatcher to Alley Thatcher 1881 July 28 1 5 Letter, Moses Thatcher to Alley Thatcher 1886 September 11 1 6 Letter (partial) Moses Thatcher to Unknown undated 1 7 Letter, John T. Caine to Alfred Caine (son) 1886 January 1 1 7 Letter, John T. Caine to Alfred Caine 1886 March 7 1 7 Letter, John T. Caine to Alfred Caine 1889 February 1 1 7 Letter (partial), John T. Caine to Alfred Caine 1890 July 4 1 8 Letter, John T. Caine, Jr. to Alfred Caine 1889 July 10 1 8 Letter, John T. Caine, Jr. to Alfred Caine 1889 November 19 1 9 Letter, William B. Preston, Jr. to May Preston (sister) 1894 November 5 1 10 Poem, written by Emmeline B. Wells for Horace K. Whitney at Winter Quarters 1847. Set to music, possibly by Newell K. Whitney 1847 1 11 Legal Document 1891

Concerning A. Badlam, RJ Davis, AA Dewing, and I. Trumbo vs. Moses Thatcher, W.B. Preston, R. Taylor, J. Beck, and the Bullion, Beck & Champion Mining Company. (Plaintiffs were suing the defendants for $130,000)