J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Emily Dow Partridge Smith Young papers [photocopies]
Young, Emily, 1824-1899
MS 0113
0.5 linear feet
1 box
1832-1970
The Emily Dow Partridge Smith Young papers (1832-1970) is a compilation of histories, letters, and a portion of Emily Young's diary copied by relatives from original manuscripts. Emily was a polygamous wife of Joseph Smith (1843) and of Brigham Young (1845).
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Originals in possession of donor.
Emily Dow Partridge was born on 20 February 1824 in Painsville, Grange County, Ohio, to Edward and Lydia Partridge. Her parents were converted to the LDS Church in 1830. The family gathered and experienced the hardships with the rest of the church members in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. Emily was married as a polygamous wife to Joseph Smith and later to Brigham Young. Her life story parallels the history of the early church until her death in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1899.
The Emily Dow Partridge Smith Young papers (1832-1970) is a compilation materials concerning Emily Young (1824-1899) copied by relatives from original manuscripts. Included are two autobiographies (1877 and 1884) and a diary (1880-1893). Also included are a biographical sketch by Emmeline B. Wells published in the
Women's Exponent (1908), a biography by Eugenia Y. Hardy Rampton, a granddaughter (1970), and an obituary published in the Women's Exponent (1899). An additional item is a typescript of a letter from Joseph Smith to Edward Partridge (1832) found with Emily Young's diary. The papers provide detailed descriptions of the persecutions of the Mormons, as well as the hardships and joys in her personal life.
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Gift of Emily Blair in 1974.
Processed by Dorothy Rasmussen in 1982.
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Young, Emily, 1824-1899--Archives
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844
Partridge, Edward, 1793-1840--Correspondence
Young, Emily, 1824-1899--Family
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877
Wells, Emmeline B. (Emmeline Blanche), 1828-1921
Rampton, Eugenia Y. Hardy, 1881-1975
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844
Nauvoo (Ill.)--Expulsion of the Latter Day Saints
Latter Day Saint pioneers--19th century--Archives
Latter Day Saint converts--19th century--Archives
Latter Day Saint women--19th century--Archives
Polygamy--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints--19th century
Latter Day Saint families--19th century--Archives
Latter Day Saints--Utah--Salt Lake City--19th century--Archives
Frontier and pioneer life--19th century--Biography
Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Sexuality
Diaries
Autobiographies
Biographies
Personal correspondence
Obituaries
Typescripts
Photocopies
Emily Blair, "What I Remember"
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Autobiography
1877
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2
Memoirs
1
3
Diary
1880-1893
1
4
Eugenia Y. Hardy Rampton, Biography of Emily Dow Partridge Young
1970
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5
Emmeline B. Wells, "Biography, LDS Women of the Past: Personal Impressions"
1908
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6
Obituary
1899
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Joseph Smith letter
1832
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