Madeline Reeder McQuown (1906-1975) was born 31 March 1906 in Ogden, Utah. She was educated in the public schools in Ogden and then attended Weber College and the University of Utah. Although she spent several years in San Francisco and San Jose, California, she lived most of her life in Ogden. An early marriage to Jarvis Thurston, an instructor of mathematics at Weber College, ended in 1940. On 28 January 1941, she married Thomas McQuown. Throughout her life Madeline McQuown's greatest interest was writing. Her early years were spent writing poetry and fiction. In the early 1930s she attended the Breadloaf School for Writers at Middlebury College in Vermont. Her poem "To Those Unsuspecting" was published in 1939 in an anthology by the students and faculty of Breadloaf, including Robert Frost. Later her attention turned to researching and writing a biography of Brigham Young, which she never completed. In addition Mrs. McQuown wrote numerous essays on Utah and the Mormons and book reviews. Unfortunately, few of her published works are available. Dale Morgan and Madeline McQuown worked together on the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Writers' Project, and during the 1930s and forties they corresponded frequently. In Morgan's correspondence there are commentaries on the works of Utah's most noted historians including Fawn M. Brodie, Juanita Brooks, and Bernard DeVoto, whom Mrs. McQuown greatly admired. It was with Dale Morgan's advice and support that Mrs. McQuown worked for thirty years on her biography of Brigham Young. Madeline McQuown also corresponded with LeConte Stewart, who had been her high school art instructor, and collected many of his paintings. With these historians, critics, and artists, Madeline McQuown shared a fascination and love for the history and culture of the West. Mrs. McQuown died in Ogden on 29 May 1975.
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Processed by Della L. Dye, Marlene Lewis and Susan Neel in 1977.
Forms part of the
The Madeline R. McQuown papers (1803-1976) is divided into two main sections. The first contains personal materials, correspondence, and manuscripts. The majority of the correspondence is from Dale L. Morgan. His numerous letters to Mrs. McQuown, spanning the years 1940 to 1968, are filled with information on Mormon history and advice for the biography on Brigham Young that she was writing. Also included is correspondence between Dale Morgan and Fawn Brodie, Juanita Brooks, Wallace Stegner, Charles Kelly, and others. The letters are a valuable insight into Dale Morgan's research, much of which he shared with Madeline McQuown.
The personal materials are scant and are composed mostly of awards, miscellaneous receipts, and notes. A charcoal portrait of Madeline, by Dale L. Morgan, and childhood photographs of Mr. Morgan are especially interesting.
Although there are few items that can be called personal, Madeline McQuown's poems and short stories offer an insight into her character. There are examples of her poetry from the years 1927 to 1966; many short stories, essays (complete and incomplete), and drafts for several novels; a complete copy of an unpublished novel, "The American Dream"; and six incomplete chapters to "The King of Deseret, The Life of Brigham Young." Madeline's personal reminiscences of LaConte Stewart, Dale Morgan, and Bernard DeVoto are among the short stories and essays.
The collection also contains several short stories by Dale Morgan; typed drafts and page and galley proofs for several of Mr. Morgan's books; a final draft of
The second and largest section of the collection is composed of Madeline McQuown's research files that she collected over a period of years in preparation for her biography of Brigham Young. In the early 1940s, with the encouragement of friends, she began the biography, and though she worked on it until her death in 1975, it was never completed. The collection includes a complete manuscript for chapter one only and various incomplete and rough drafts of five additional chapters. Whether a complete manuscript ever existed is not known. Rinehart and Company contracted for publication of the book, but dropped their option in 1953 when no manuscript seemed imminent.
The research files reflect Madeline McQuown's method of investigation as well as information provided by associates and friends. Dale Morgan was the principal contributor, and the collection contains much of his valuable work. As state supervisor for the Utah Works Progress Administration Federal Writers' Project, Dale Morgan obtained a fairly complete file of the pioneer biographies gathered throughout the state. These sketches were collected through interviews or taken from diaries, journals, or memoirs, and are, for the most part, very brief, although there are complete transcripts of some lengthy ones. Madeline McQuown acquired a portion of these WPA biography files from Dale Morgan for use in her writing.
The biographical research information in the collection begins with Mrs. McQuown's notes, copies of some published works, and lists of materials available about Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. Two separate alphabetical files follow--the first contains the WPA biographies and the second a group of biographical notes and sketches from a variety of sources. The biographical sketches include photocopies of journals, extracts from diaries and journals, and brief notes.
Because Madeline McQuown's biography of Brigham Young was to be comprehensive and to view the man as a product of his times, she collected background materials about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and religions in America. Her research notes about the LDS Church come from a variety of manuscripts and published sources, including the "Journal History" of the LDS church, the
Correspondence from individuals contemporary with the growth and development of the LDS Church is filed alphabetically. The letters copied by Dale Morgan from the National Archives files are divided by department and filed chronologically. Correspondence from other libraries or historical repositories include brief extracts, typescripts, and some photocopies.
Included in the collection are five boxes of extracts from newspapers. These are the result of research done by Dale Morgan for his projected multi-volume history of the LDS Church. He gave them to Mrs. McQuown to assist her research on Brigham Young. From eastern and California newspapers, the extracts are all related to the growth and development of the LDS Church. They have been, substantially, left as organized by Dale Morgan with a complete name and state index filed with the newspapers. One box of notes and extracts from eastern and Utah newspapers by Mrs. McQuown is also included.
Dale Morgan's references from the "Journal History" of the LDS Church and other miscellaneous notes are contained in Boxes 50 and 51. Notes showing the influence of Dale Morgan, Fawn M. Brodie, and others on Madeline McQuown's concept of the Brigham Young biography are also filed in Box 51.
See also the
Rough Draft and Final Copy Personal information about Madeline's childhood, marriages, relationship with Dale L. Morgan, and literary career.
Morgan's deafness forced him to communicate through written notes. Several samples of conversations with Madeline McQuown are in this folder.
Announcement of the presentation of the Wagner Memorial Award to Dale L. Morgan on September 27, 1961.
From Ivins to McQuown concerning Brigham Young's wives. Also a list of Young's wives compiled by Ivins.
Two letters from Le Conte and two from Zeppanah, thanking McQuown for her patronage and assistance with a catalogue of Stewart's paintings.
One letter from Sandra and one from Jerald in response to requests for information on Brigham Young by McQuown.
Letters from McQuown requesting information pertinent to her research.
From McQuown to various people requesting information on the ownership of land by Brigham Young and his family in New York. There are several responses to these inquiries.
Four letters from John Selby, editor-in-chief of Rinehart, to McQuown concerning her Brigham Young manuscript. Each inquiry is a combination of encouragement and prodding. In January 1952 Selby wrote: "Next month four years will have elapsed since we began our correspondence, and I can't resist sending you a sort of anniversary inquiry."
From the Division of Special Collections asking McQuown to donate her correspondence with Bernard DeVoto and any of his literary manuscripts she might own. The letters do not indicate whether a transaction was ever made.
Handwritten draft of a letter from McQuown to Vonnegut requesting permission to use a phrase from
Three letters to McQuown in response to requests for information and copies from the National Archives.
Two letters from Yale University granting McQuown permission to use the William R. Coe Collection and to publish portions of various manuscripts in her biography of Brigham Young.
Incomplete, single, handwritten page from McQuown to an unknown person reflecting on her relationship with her terminally ill mother.
Miscellaneous letters to McQuown, including one from Balik Bank in Basel in response to her request for a Swiss bank account.
Rejection notice from Angel Island Publications for a book review written by McQuown.
Morgan writes to McQuown of his research in the National Archives, passing on historical information pertinent to her research on Brigham Young and discussing his ideas about Mormon history. Only a few of the letters are of a personal nature.
The remnants of letters, presumably from Morgan to McQuown, that have been torn apart. Most pieces contain information relative to her research on Brigham Young. A few, however, are personal, particularly the three items in Folder 20.
Morgan recommends various newspapers for microfilming.
Morgan advises McCarthy on the disposal of the Boosinger papers.
Negotiations for a contract and advance for the Mormon history trilogy. Morgan also suggests that McQuown's Brigham Young biography will be ready for publication in the spring of 1949.
Burgess, historian for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, questions statements made by Morgan in
Answers to requests for information particularly about the Kinderhook plates in possession of the Society.
Answers to requests for information on the John D. Lee journals and Gunnison letters.
Seven letters from Ivins reporting on genealogical research on Joseph Smith and Brigham Young.
Three letters from McCarthy answering inquiries from Morgan, Edward Eberstadt and Sons, and Austin E. Fife about the Boosinger papers in his possession.
Schindler thanks Morgan for his assistance on his O. Porter Rockwell biography.
Stegner thanks Morgan for assistance on a photo essay on the Mormons for
"To Those Unsuspecting," by Madeline Reeder in
"Question, Answer," "Visionary," "1934," "My Country," "Mexican Funeral," "Interpreter." On reverse side is handwritten note, "Poem by Maynard Dixon given me by Le Conte Stewart-Madeline Reeder."
Complete but unpublished short stories by Madeline R. McQuown, and stories by an unknown author, probably Mrs. McQuown. Four incomplete novels by Madeline R. McQuown.
"Aunt Kate," "The Carnelian Warrior," "A Cat in Heaven," "Chiro's Violet," "The Bride at the Funeral," "The Grandmother," "If you Like Herefords," "Les Chonois," "The Museum at Sabella," "October Morning at St. Laurent," "Penance No More," "The Sad Mountain," "The Salt Marshes," "The Sea Gulls," "Something is Going to Happen," "Sunday Morning at St. Lukes," "A Witness," "The Woman Who Never Remembered."
"Buttermilk Cake" (possibly McQuown's), "Fielding" (possibly Morgan's), "First Lover" (possibly Morgan's), "The Grave" (possibly McQuown's), "An Infidelity" (possibly Morgan's), "The Problem of the Pastime Club" (possibly Morgan's), "Sunday Afternoon with a Famous Novelist" (possibly Morgan's), "The Wife" (possibly McQuown's), Untitled.
"The Private Journey" (based on the life of Dale L. Morgan, this manuscript explains the relationship between Morgan and McQuown from her point-of-view), "Steal Now Pay Later," "A Time to Kill," "A Utah Cherry Orchard."
"Advice to an Unborn Son," "The Ghost City," Literature and the West," "Mormon Contributions to the New Deal," "The Mormon N. R. A.," "Provo, Utah" (with Morgan's corrections), "Utah: Nostalgia Americana," "The World's New Deal from the Standpoint of Mormonism."
Listed alphabetically by title (if given) or by subject.
Has extensive corrections by Dale L. Morgan
Possibly Morgan's essay.
"Virgin by Night," "For the Sun Will Always be Bright," "Cold," "Public Funeral."
"A New Ashley Document,"
"The Administration of Indian Affairs in Utah, 1851-1858" (typed draft with Morgan's corrections); "The State of Deseret," Utah Historical Records Survey, November 20, 1939 (typed draft with Morgan's corrections).
Zenas Leonard Journal--the first item is a typescript copy of
One of Morgan's longest running projects was a monumental three-volume history of the Mormon church. Unfortunately, the project was never completed. This folder contains the typed draft of the first four chapters of the first volume and Appendix A, "Joseph Smith on Trial, 1826." There are some minor corrections, in pencil, primarily for style and grammar. On a separate piece of paper in McQuown's handwriting is a note, "Dale's mss-unrevised first draft he sent me in S. F."
"A Primer for Intellectuals,"
Articles from the
Articles from
Interview with Ralph H. Wheaton by Madeline R. McQuown, no date.
Newspaper clippings, brochures, and postcards from the Thomas Wolfe Memorial.
Typescript of a Pamphlet in the Coe Collection, Yale University, and McQuown's Notes on the Pamphlet
M. Hamlin Cannon,
B. 11 September 1806.
M. 11 December 1825 to Stephen Joseph Abbot; d. 19 October 1843, 38 years.
M. to Captain James Brown, plural wife.
D. 23 July 1889.
Joined the LDS church 1839, arrived in Utah 1849.
Biographical sketch containing some Abbot family genealogy. 17 pp.
B. 8 January 1822.
M. October, 1842 to Mary Ann Leech.
M. 9 January 1864 to Mary B. Bolanz, plural wife.
Joined LDS church 26 March 1842. Autobiographical.
Content and name index. Parowan area. Born in Ireland, summary of childhood. Left Liverpool, England, for Nauvoo January 1844, summary of trip there, notes harassment. Life in Nauvoo, including turmoil in finding a new church leader at death of Joseph Smith. Sent on mission after arrival in Utah. Mention of "Josephites" (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints). Obscure mention of Mountain Meadows Massacre. Work with
United Order, "Order of Enoch" unsuccessful in Parowan. Abrupt ending. 26 pp.
B. 14 October 1840.
M. ca. 1858 to Martin Aldrich; d. 1919.
No. 1-Life sketch. Born in Sjelland, Denmark.
Crossed plains by handcart with the Martin Company in 1856. Settled in Mt. Pleasant. Seven children.
No. 2-Life sketch. Includes list of children and birth dates. 6 pp.
B. 25 March 1852 at Manti, Utah, to James T. S. and Eliza B. M. Allred.
M. 19 September 1870 to Samuel Allred; b. 3 June 1851; d. 19 January 1932.
Biographical sketch from an interview and family records. First wife in a polygamous family. Relates experiences with Indians. Genealogical notes on family of James Tillman Sanford Allred, Sr., and Eliza Bridget Manwaring Allred, her parents. 6 pp.
B. 5 May 1861.
M. 20 December 1883 to John Granklin Allred; d. 4 June 1938.
Autobiographical or abstracted from a journal. Left England in March 1866, settled at Plum Creek between Cheyenne, Wyoming and Green Island, Nebraska. Father a foreman for the railroad. Details life on the plains and experiences with Indians. Arrived in Utah in 1868 and settled in Fillmore. 6 pp.
B. 30 March 1865.
M. April 1887 to Miss Camp, he calls her "the red haired girl."
Autobiographical. Born in Wallsburg, Wasatch County. Story of hard winter of 1879. Moved between Colorado and Utah to work and live. After marriage, wife ran a boardinghouse in Sagers. Thirteen children.
Lived in Vernal in old age. 11 pp.
B. 20 August 1857 at Draperville to William and Mary
Ann Manhard Draper.
M. August 1879 to Ephraim Anderson; d. 25 August 1924.
Biographical sketch from an interview. Grew up in Moroni, Utah. Attended Ellis R. Shipps School of Obstetrics and received a license to continue practice after Utah became a state. Includes an original poem in honor of her horse. Six children. 6 pp.
B. 2 August 1863.
M. 10 October 1887 to Offer Hansen; d. 1903.
M. January 1909 to William Andrews.
Biographical notes from an interview. Lived at Camp Corners (Soda Springs, Idaho). After marriage to Andrews, lived in Logan.
Andrews, William
B. 2 September 1854.
M. December 1873 to Valeria Reese.
M. January 1909 to Elizabeth Jensen Hansen.
Biographical notes from an interview. Came to Salt Lake City in 1857 from Pennsylvania. 5 pp.
B. 14 June 1835.
M. March 1857 to Laura Altha Gibson.
M. 1861 to Manomas Lovina Gibson, plural wife, sister to first wife.
D. 8 December 1914.
Life sketch. Born in Florence, Ohio. Came to Utah in 1848 with Heber C. Kimball Company. Crossed Plains by handcart in 1857, from Salt Lake City to the Missouri River, as a missionary. Lengthy account of expeditions to Pipe Springs and around Kane County against Indians, including lists of members of the expeditionary groups. Elected to first state legislature from Washington County, 1895. 8 pp.
B. 10 March 1842.
M. September 1861 to James Andrus, plural wife.
Autobiographical. Arrived in Salt Lake City in 1848, settled in Washington County. Husband's first wife was her sister so she had no problems with polygamy. Eighteen children. Tells briefly of her life and Living quarters and problems with the Indians. 3 pp.
B. 6 March 1814,
M. 21 February 1833 to Abigail Jane Daley; left husband January 1851.
M. 1848 to Sarah Ann Miles, plural wife; d. November 1851.
M. June 1851 to "widow Tuttle."
M. 1852 to Mary Ann Webster.
M. December 1855 to Elizabeth Brooks, Ann Brooks, and Jane Monday.
M. February 1857 to Margaret Boyce.
M. February 1858 to Emma Corvet.
Autobiographical. Content and name index. Born in New York State. Baptized by Orson Hyde as a follower of Alexander Campbell. Joined the LDS church 12 April 1833. Missionary in United States and England during much of life. Arrived in Utah 31 August 1850. 6 pp.
B. 9 March 1832.
M. ca. 1854 to Caroline Eliza Haight.
M. n. d. to Ann E. Perry, Marion Brown, and Jane Condie.
D. 13 January 1918.
Biographical sketch. Born in South Wales. Left Liverpool 25 February 1853, baptized crossing the ocean. Arrived in Salt Lake City in 1853.
Settled in Cedar City, March 1854. May 1889 convicted of unlawful cohabitation under the Edmunds-Tucker law. Eulogizing sketch of his life. 5 pp.
Journal, part 5 March 1885 to February 1899. Content index, name list. Original spelling and punctuation retained. Journal during period of trouble for polygamists. Tells of experiences hiding from government deputies and his time in prison.
Lists of people who were in the penitentiary at the same time. Lists of his temple work, marriages, and sealing. 72 pp.
Autobiography, 1832-1918. Includes a list of contributors to the mercantile store in 1873. Break in the narrative to give brief history of Christopher Abel Arthur, his father. Autobiography covers 1832 to 1918, repetitious of first section and some contradictions. Summaries of life in Wales and Utah. Tells of marriages, births, and deaths. Leaves period of polygamy trouble and prison to be found in his other journals. Brief summary of life after 1900. Letters to wife Caroline, 1869 from Salt Lake City. Genealogy of larger family. Navajo vocabulary word list. 82 pp.
Memoirs written 1877 and 1890. Content index, name list. Covers time between birth and 1890. It is, in many ways, a repetition of the autobiography and journal entries. Relates many dreams viewed as premonitions of future events in his life. Briefly tells story of John D. Lee's trial in Beaver and his role therein. 44 pp.
B. 10 March 1845.
M. 26 May 1878 to Mary Elizabeth Shepherd.
Autobiographical sketch. Content and name index. Two sections: first, 1857-1876, the Mountain Meadows Massacre as recalled by Ashworth who was living in Beaver at the time. The second, 1876-?, relates Ashworth's experience with polygamy and his time in prison for that offense. 11 pp.
Autobiography, Vols. I and II, 1845-1879. Name index and table of contents. Born Grawhabboth, Lancashire, England. To Utah in 1848 and baptized about 1854. Not chronologically organized but has some items of interest such as grain hauling for the Salt Lake to Auston, Nevada, mail line and the building of the Deseret Telegraph. The account comes to an abrupt end as he is being sent to England as a missionary. Continued in Vol. III. 10 pp.
Autobiography, Vol. III, 1877-? Major portion is missionary journal from England. After his return to Utah he tells of things happening with the polygamy issue and the "underground." Also much discussion of the Beaver Woolen Mill and various flour mills in the state that he helped build. Ends after his release from prison for polygamy and his move to San Francisco. 169 pp.
B. 27 March 1835.
M. 18 December ca. 1854 to Rachel Thompson; b. 31 March 1835; joined LDS church April 1842.
Autobiographical. Content and name index. Born in Empingham, England. Joined LDS church 12 September 1852. Left Liverpool last day of February 1855. Left Florence for Salt Lake City 10 June 1859 by handcart with two children. Relates experiences crossing the plains by handcart, not daily but with some detail, including deaths and hunger but mentions no snowstorms. Arrived in Salt Lake City 10 November 1859. 48 pp.
B. 20 January 1824.
M. n. d. to Nancy Ann Turnbeauh.
Joined LDS church April 1835. Autobiographical, 1824-1894. Content and name index. Original spelling and punctuation retained which makes reading difficult. In 1837 went to Caldwell County, Missouri. Related trouble and bloodshed between Mormons and Missourians before leaving in 1838 for Illinois. On 4 April 1849 left for California gold fields. Summary of plains journey. Returned to Illinois in 1851. Left for Salt Lake City 18 March 1859. Lived in southern Utah and Arizona. Related some Indian trouble, abrupt end, some of journal apparently missing. 30 pp.
B. 9 June 1832.
M. n. d. Agnes Steele Hill, widow with four children and five stepchildren; b. 25 December 1833.
Genealogy and biographical sketch. Three sketches--Number 1 The Carson Mission - Brief account of the Mormon settlements in Carson Valley, Nevada, with Baker's role. Number 2 Account of the arrival of Johnston's Army and the movements of the Mormons south. Number 3 Biographical sketch. Came to Utah 20 October 1847. Sent on a mission to the Indians at Fort Supply (Wyoming), 1853-1856. Settled in Mendon, Cache Valley, April 1860. 16 pp.
B. 2 February 1848, Rounds, North Hamptonshire, England.
M. 1868 to Charles Hill Baker.
Biographical notes from an interview. Relates early life in Cache Valley and experiences with Indians. 7 pp.
B. 22 September 1845.
M. 8 January 1865 to Jane Mariner.
Biographical sketch from an interview. Left Liverpool 1857. Brief account of plains journey including meeting with Johnston's Army along the way. 4 pp.
B. 26 April 1866.
M. 17 March 1887 to Jacob Beacham.
Autobiographical sketch, 1819-1887. Parents left Switzerland about 1860 but could go no further than New York because of Civil War. Arrived in Utah in 1861, settled in Santa Clara. Brief story of her life and ancestors. The second paper contains anecdotes about her husband's parents Jacob and Harriet Rundel Beacham. 6 pp.
B. 1 April 1831.
M. 6 January 1853 to Elizabeth B. Baum.
M. 10 December 1856 to Emily Haws.
M. 1856 to Mary Jane Wall.
Diary, 1852-1853. Brief outlines of daily happenings.
Blessing texts for George W. Bean, Elizabeth Bean, Emily Bean, and Mary Jane Bean. Brief life record of important events for George W. Bean. Came to Utah 1847. Recipe for cholera medicine. 12 pp.
Life sketch. Brief summary, autobiographical, about life in Toquerville and experiences with Indians. 4 pp.
B. 29 January 1852.
M. 31 December 1866 to John Beatty.
D. 14 August 1922.
Biographical sketch, 1852. In 1862 went to Dixie Mission with parents. Fourteen children. 4 pp.
B. 13 August 1816 in Ireland to John and Mary Cunnachy McFall.
M. 31 December 1834 to William Caldwell; d. ca. 1850.
M. 8 March 1857 to Nathaniel M. Bennett.
D. 4 March 1887 in Brigham City.
Biographical sketch. Arrived in United States in 1856.
Crossed the plains with the Atwood and Willie handcart company in 1856. Tells of people and early life in Brigham City. 5 pp.
B. 28 August 1815, in West Virginia.
M. 18 November 1854 to Cynthia Jane Whipple; b. 14 January 1835; d. 5 November 1874.
M. 6 March 1878 to Eleanor Parthena Emmett.
D. 24 November 1900 in St. George.
Journal, 23 July-26 September 1848. Name index.
Spelling and punctuation retained. Daily journal of trip from Sutter's Mill, along the Humbolt River to Bear River, and to Salt Lake City. Presumably the returning men of the Mormon Battalion. 15 pp.
Journal extracts, 1815-1846. Content and name index.
Summary of childhood. Reactions on first hearing the Mormons in 1836. Joined LDS church in 1837 and went to Far West in 1838. Includes descriptions of church leaders. Daily journal of exodus from Nauvoo from 1 March to 15 April 1846. 13 pp.
Gold fields diary, and Hawaii, 1849-1853 from a series in the St. George newspaper The Union, 1896. Content and name index. Sent to the gold fields by Brigham Young. Daily journal of troubles on the trip across the Nevada desert to California, 1849. Sent as a missionary to Hawaiian Islands, 1850. Descriptions of natives and traditions. 17 pp.
Extracts from Hawaiian diary and return to Utah, 1853-1899. Content and name index. Daily journal of experiences as a missionary in Hawaii. Called back from second mission to Hawaii because of the
arrival of Johnston's Army. Includes text of letters by Brigham Young. Mentions Utah's admission as a state in 1896. 23 pp.
B. 26 May 1870 in Gottenberg, Sweden, to Samuel C. and Anna Johanna Anderson Backman.
M. 9 April 1912 to Ezekiel Alexander Billington.
Biographical sketch from an interview. 2 pp.
Index of Boreman Papers at Huntington Library. 5pp.
B. 4 September 1845 at Leicester, England.
M. 3 December 1862 to Matilda Hill; b. 19 November 1842; d. 15 December 1900.
M. ca. 1901 to Sarah E. Canfield.
Brief family genealogy. Life as a child and young man in England raised in the LDS church, mentions conflicts between Mormons and non-Mormons. Settled in southern Utah in 1880s. Concerned with family, does not elaborate on larger issues. Acted as census taker in 1900 and 1910. 96 pp.
B. 14 November 1814 in South Trenton, New York
M. 1845, name not given, separated, 1850.
M. 2 February 1852, name not given, by Brigham Young.
Autobiography, Part I, 1814-1889. Elected to the territorial House of Representatives from Iron County. Pioneer in Ogden. In licerary style of the time, gives account of experiences in the legislature and Ogden City Council. Account of Johnston's Army. Exploration of area around the Virgin River and Colorado River, descriptive. Account of the Black Hawk War and treaty arrangements. Mention of Edmunds Act and polygamy problem. 73 pp.
Autobiographical 1853-? Parents came from Australia in 1853 and in 1857 arrived in Cedar City. Settled in Toquerville and married "Brother Bringhurst" as his third wife. Relates life in Toquerville and experiences with Indians and her parent's life there. 4 pp.
B. 16 December 1809 in Scotland.
Journal of the Southern Indian Mission, 1854-1857.
Copy of original in possession of LDS Church Historian's Office. Copied verbatim and punctuation retained where practical. Written in winter of 1857-1858 from earlier manuscript journals as a formal report for the mission at New Harmony in southern Utah. Entries from 14 April 1854 to 20 May 1855 almost daily, events after are summarized. Includes brief summaries and quotes of talks by LDS church leaders and Brown's evaluations of events and people and their need for reform as well as events in Brown's personal life. Poetry and songs written by T. D. Brown. Appended are three letters to Brigham Young and one from him. 63 pp.
B. 4 July 1829 in New York State.
M. 27 January 1853 to David Elias Browning.
D. 10 April 1914.
Joined LDS church at fourteen years of age, baptized by Joseph Smith. Arrived in Utah 28 October 1849. Written by a younger sister and added to by another relative. Sometimes hard to tell who is being referred to. Very brief outline of her life. 2 pp.
B. 1 August 1822, in Atkinson, Maine,
M. 9 February 1846 to Emily Abbott in Nauvoo.
M. June 1852 to Sarah A. Browning Lang, widow of William Lang.
M. 1 April 1861 to Mary McQuarrie; d. 7 November 1901 in Moreles, Mexico. Content and name index, Brief genealogy. Joined LDS church April 1845 and arrived in Nauvoo July 1845. Left Nauvoo with rest of LDS church members and joined the Mormon Battalion, on return joined wife at Winter Quarters. Settled in Ogden, 1850. Moved to Toquerville and helped settle areas in southern Utah, especially Bunkerville. Three wives, twenty-eight children (seventeen boys and eleven girls), seventy grandchildren, two great grandchildren. List of children and birth dates. 16 pp.
B. 22 May 1837, Wheatfield Township, Pennsylvania.
M. Spring 1855 to Melauithen W. Burgess.
D. 17 December 1919 in St. George, Utah.
Biographical sketch, 1849-1861, ca. 1840s joined LDS church and went to Nauvoo, left in May 1846. Arrived in Salt Lake City in 1849. Anecdotes about Joseph Smith in Nauvoo interrupt the narrative. After marriage went to St. George in 1861. Seven children. 7 pp.
Letter from Salt Lake City, 20 September 1850 to mother giving favorable account of life in Utah. 2 pp.
B. 17 November, 1830 in Scotland.
M. 16 April 1854 to Mary Ann Park; b. 24 January 1837; d. 10 April 1897.
D. 26 September 1913 at age 83.
Joined LDS church in 1847 against wishes of family so left for the United States and came to Utah after marriage. Traveled around setting up various kinds of mills in Utah and Arizona. Settled in the Bryce area in 1885 and remained there until his death. Bryce Canyon National Park was named for him. Twelve children. 3 pp.
B. 13 May 1810, in Vermont to Cyril and Sally Call.
M. 3 October 1833 to Mary Flint; b. 27 March 1812.
M. 15 April 1851 to Marie Boyaneva; b. 3 January 1834.
M. 7 February 1857 to Margreta Clark; b. 26 May 1828.
M. 24 February 1857 to Emma Summers; b. 5 August 1829.
M. 9 April 1861 to Henriet (his brother Josiah's widow) for time.
Autobiography, 1839-1885. Punctuation and grammar retained. Joined LDS church about 1835, ordained to Quorum of Seventies February 1836. Descriptions of the troubles between Mormons and non-Mormons in Far West, Missouri, and Nauvoo. Much about his role in the church just before the death of Joseph Smith and about the succession. Left Nauvoo 2 May 1846 and, after stopping in Winter Quarters for a year, arrived in Salt Lake City 19 September 1848.
Descriptions of the establishment of Iron and Millard counties and the Indian wars. Elected representative from Millard in 1852. Obituary and life sketch of Anson Vasco Call. List of temple work done 31 March 1885 in Logan Temple. 92 pp.
B. 25 June 1859 in Salt Lake City.
M. 8 May 1878 to Lyman Canfield.
Biographical notes in answer to interview questions.
Good material on early St. George and pioneer life, including descriptions of the arrival of Johnston's Army; early local industries, mention of Wilbur and Sylvester Earl's cabinetmaking shop, and Lorenzo Clark's tannery; and Indians and living quarters. 8 pp.
B. 9 December 1857 in Provo to David and Elizabeth Story De Pue Canfield.
M. 8 May 1878 to Annie Elizabeth Laub.
Biographical notes from an interview. Description of St. George area and settlement. Mention of early industry. Lengthy story about a murder-type execution of two horse thieves by Mormons. Mentions Indians in the area. 8 pp.
Autobiographical sketch, no dates. Tells of dedication of the St. George Temple and life growing up in that area. Mentions problems with Indians and how the fourth, and twenty-fourth of July were celebrated. 3 pp.
B. 15 October 1860 in Salt Lake City to David and Wilhelmina Logan Mousley Cannon.
M. 6 April 1885 to Camilla E. Mason.
Biographical notes from an interview. Tells of life in St. George, and early industry and farming. Mention of Indians and their lifestyle. 7 pp.
Journal, 8 April to 10 September 1847. Journal of 1847--trip across the plains. The journal was kept for Amasa Lyman. Since Lyman left company on 3 June 1847 to meet the detachment of the Mormon
Battalion and the Mississippi Mormons who had wintered in Pueblo, he did not arrive in Salt Lake Valley until late July. However, Carrington continued to travel with the main company and kept the journal for that body. This is a daily journal of the trip west in which Carrington describes the geography of each day's travel and gives extensive geologic reports. Carrington lists the people in the company, the number of miles traveled each day, the weather, and notes about other emigrant companies met on the way. The journal is a good source of detail about the physical trail, Indians met, and the reaction of Carrington to daily occurrences during the first Mormon trek west. 53 pp.
B. 3 December 1806, in Massachusetts to Leonard and Elizabeth Rice Chaffin.
M. 3 December 1837 to Mrs. Sarah M. Cossett Mayfield.
D. 1891.
Biographical sketch 1806-1891. Brief life sketch.
Arrived in Salt Lake City in 1852. Went on mission to Australia in 1856. Mention of the different flour mills he started in St. George and Cedar City. 3 pp.
B. 27 April 1862 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah, to James and Christine Madsen Harbo.
M. 1 October 1880 to Ferdinand Clark.
Brief notes including paragraphs on her parents and an account of an Indian scare. 2 pp.
B. 20 September 1861 in Birmingham, England.
M. 20 March 1889 to Mary E. Meadows.
Biographical notes from an interview, little context. 3 pp.
B. 12 March 1857, in Salt Lake City to Hiram B. and Margaret Gay Judd Clawson.
M. 12 August 1882 to Florence Ann Dinwoodey.
M. 29 March 1883 to Lydia Elizabeth Spencer.
Extracts from memoirs supposed to have been written in 1934 or 1935. Mentions his father's life, notes in defense of polygamy, and a lengthy description
of his own prison experiences for unlawful cohabitation. 15 pp.
Journals, 1844-1846. Daily record of personal experiences from a microfilm copy of the original which includes a description of emigrant roads to Fort Bridger. 198 pp.
B. 19 September 1807.
M. 1827 to Eveline Golden; b. 25 May 1808; d. 11 November 1846
M. 1850 to Mary Jane McCarl.
Joined LDS church 17 May 1840. Number 1- -Biographical sketch, 1807-1882. Tells of early life and time in Nauvoo until death of first wife in 1846. Number 2- -Journal from 1849-? Copy of a portion of the journal in which he tells about Indian troubles and his role in "calling-in" the outlying Mormon settlements at the beginning of the Utah War. Number 3- -A collection of copies of letters and appointments to Peter W. Conover. 35 pp.
B. 23 May 1866 in Panaca, Washington County, Deseret (now Nevada).
M. 4 September 1889 to James Michael Cooper.
Biographical notes about life in early Utah and notes on her father, James Henries and his life as told to her. Brief life sketch of her mother, Christina Schow, James Henrie's second plural wife. 10 pp.
B. 29 March 1894 in Panguitch, Utah.
M. 24 May 1916 to Irma Shumway.
Biographical sketch. Brief notes on his life, more extensive sketch of his father, Thomas Henry Cope from
B. 5 June 1859 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah.
M. 15 November 1882 to Abigail McMullen; d. 28 March 1904.
Biographical notes from an interview. 7 pp.
Number 1--Life sketch from an interview, tells about her father's life and pioneer experiences of the family in southern Utah. Number 2--Reminiscences about the dedication of the St. George Temple. 8pp.
B. 3 March 1821 in Farmington, Maine.
M. 19 February 1852 to Catherine Hall.
M. 27 April 1856 to May Jane Yearsley.
Autobiography and journals, 1821-1879. Baptized 12 April 1840. Arrived in Salt Lake City in 1847. Within the autobiography is a journal of the eastern mission he served with Anson Call before the exodus from Nauvoo. Description of trouble in Nauvoo. Journal, 1855-1861. Daily notes or monthly synopses about the Salmon River Mission and Limhi which includes much about experiences with the Indians. Notes about the Utah War and preparations for arrival of the army. Journal, 1878-1879. Daily notes about mission to Council Bluffs. More lengthy notes about his encounter with Josephite preachers. 133 pp.
B. 5 February 1863, Rockville, Utah.
M. 1878 to Newman Brown; left him in 1881.
M. May 1885 to Orley Dalton.
Biographical sketch. Tells about her life in Utah including her feelings toward polygamy. 7 pp.
B. 9 February 1863.
Autobiographical sketch. Life in Rockville, Utah, mentions crops, clothing, and polygamy. 4 pp.
B. 23 March 1827 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
M. 9 October 1848 to Elizabeth Meeks.
M. 14 June 1882 to Lizzina Elizabeth Warren.
D. 1896 of cancer of the stomach.
Brief biographical sketch, mentions enlistment in the Mormon Battalion, polygamy, and names of children. 3 pp.
B. 28 December 1831 in South Wales.
M. 3 October 1853 to Mariah Davis; b. 15 April 1833; d. 16 May 1869.
M. 25 July 1870 to Elizabeth Williams; b. 23 November 1829; d. 27 September 1890.
Autobiographical diary. Baptized 10 January 1852 in Wales. Original spelling and grammar retained. Table of contents and name list with no page numbers. Tells of early life in Wales and the ocean voyage and plains trip to Utah. Mentions the Utah War. Brief summary of family genealogy. Some repetition of early years. Life summary to 1891 and entries to 1904, also much original verse. 63 pp.
B. 1860, in Provo to Joshua and Sussana Cole Davis.
Biographical sketch with reminiscences of pioneer Provo. 5 pp.
B. 1869.
Biographical notes. Brief outline of coal and coke industry in Wales or Coalville, Utah. 2 pp.
B. 14 February 1853 in Lancashire, England.
M. 2 April 1879 to Sophia Swindlehurst.
Biographical notes from an interview. Pioneer life in Beaver, Utah. 3 pp.
B. 24 May 1861 in Green, Ohio.
M. 31 December 1894 to Nellie House; d. 23 August 1937
Biographical sketch. Early experience with telephone companies in Nebraska and Iowa. Came to Utah to work for the
Biographical sketch from an interview by Charles Kelly, with lengthy description of Dillman's role in rescuing women from Indians after the Meeker Massacre. Two papers about the murder of Will Strange and Valentine Hoy and the capture of the outlaws Tracy, Lant, and Johnson, and one account from the newspaper
B. 26 February 1834 in Jersey Island, France.
M. (n. d.) C. L. Riding as plural wife.
D. 15 September 1908.
Biographical sketch. Brief narrative of life in Utah. 2 pp.
B. 4 February 1861.
M. January 1883 to Lettie Shurtliff.
Biographical sketch from an interview. Life in Ogden, Utah. 2 pp.
B. 31 May 1864 in Scipio, Utah.
M. 23 June 1880 to Alma Thomas Doxey; d. 1929.
Autobiographical sketch. Tells of her father being "called" to help settle Arizona and of the trip there. Relates incidents in Arizona with Apache Indians and Mexicans. Settling of St. John's. 10 pp.
B. 9 January 1865 in Fountain Green, Utah.
M. 27 December 1883 to Edward Draper; b. 16 March 1861; d. 17 March 1929.
Biographical sketch from an interview. Early settlement in Sanpete County. 3 pp.
B. (J. H.) 25 July 1855.
B. (A. A. B.) 28 May 1857.
M. 18 October 1876.
Autobiographical sketch. Early life and later experiences in Arizona and Old Mexico. 7 pp.
B. 6 September 1852 in Salt Lake City.
M. 15 March 1880 to Elethre Calista Bunker; d. 29 June 1901.
M. 11 December 1885 to Agnes Viola Bunker.
Diary 1881-1906. Table of contents and name index. Sporadic notes of life and events in Nevada, mainly concerned with family matters. Ends abruptly in mid-sentence. 31 pp.
B. 1862 in St. George Utah.
Autobiographical sketch. Mention of silver and oil mining at Silver Reef, Utah. Covers the period 1862-1907. 4 pp.
B. 7 November 1869 in Cambridgeshire, England.
M. 9 March 1898 to Missouri Snodgrass.
Biographical sketch. Life in Warren, Utah. Talks about his collection of Indian artifacts. Incomplete copy. 4 pp.
B. 10 April 1812 in Pike County, Missouri; d. June 1897.
M. 7 August 1831 to Elizabeth Campbell; b. 21 July 1814; d. 3 April 1845.
M. 27 April 1845 to Sarah Catherine Gibbs; b. 26 March 1825; d. 29 April 1847.
M. 24 October 1847 to Belinda Miles; b. 14 July 1825; d. 4 April 1890.
M. 25 June 1873 to Annie Nuttal (widow); b. 15 October 1848.
Table of contents and name index. Original spelling and grammar retained. Journal, 1812-1882. Details of personal life in Missouri and Nauvoo, including church problems. Describes life in Tooele Valley where, because of conflicts over his saw and grist mills he decided to move to Cache Valley where he had similar problems. Moved to St. George. Mentions Johnston's Army and other actions of the United States government, especially with regard to polygamy. Many references to the Civil War. Brief mention of the railroad coming to Utah. Includes much original verse. 135 pp.
B. 1 May 1861 in London, England.
M. March (no year) to Thomas B. Evans.
Autobiographical sketch. Account of trip from England to Utah. Much about building railroads in Utah. Mentions schools in Ogden. 11 pp.
B. 10 October 1805 at Wallkill, Orange County, New York.
M. (n. d.) to Orpha Maria Redfield.
D. 12 January 1885.
Brief biographical sketch. Come to Utah with original 1847 group. 1 p.
Tribute. Biographical notes as mayor of Ogden.
Notes about the incorporation and city charter of Ogden, Utah. 3 pp.
Farrer, Thomas and Mary Strong B. 3 September 1829 in Westmoreland, England.
M. 27 April 1856 to Mary Strong; b. 22 January 1835; d. 23 September 1920.
D. 20 April 1909.
Genealogical family sketch including short biographies and birth, death and marriage dates on Roger Farrer, Sr., father of Thomas; John, Sr., and Agnes Miller Strong, parents of Mary Strong Farrer; and Francis and Eliza Baker Peay, relation not clear. 8 pp.
B. 1 December 1855.
M. 31 January 1878 to Charlotte Birkholm.
Biographical notes from an interview. Personal life in pioneer Utah, especially as related to farming. 4 pp.
B. 11 February 1864.
M. 20 August 1866 (probably 1886) to Alta E. Snarley.
Biographical notes from an interview. Pioneer life around Castle Valley on the Grand River. 5 pp.
B. 13 January 1861 in Salt Lake City.
M. 10 July 1876 to William Flinders.
Autobiographical sketch. Tells of pioneer life and daily activities; includes copy of Martin Harris's last testimony to the Book of Mormon. 7 pp.
B. 1868 in Toquerville.
Brief autobiographical sketch dealing with his parents' lives in Toquerville. Obscure mention of Mountain Meadows Massacre. 3 pp.
Biographical sketch of early life in the Swiss settlement of Santa Clara. Brief sketches of Edward Frei and Samuel Wittwer. 5 pp.
B. 7 March 1847 in Argyle, Scotland.
M. 22 January 1869 to Inez Hardy; d. 1935.
Biographical sketch. Brief account of settling in Utah's Dixie. 2 pp.
M. 15 October 1856 to Mary Jane Pectal; b. 24 March 1836.
Biographical sketch by son Jesse. Development of Funk's Lake as a resort near Manti, Utah. 3 pp.
B. 1 February 1836 in Herefordshire, England.
M. 1856 to William Garner; d. 19 March 1915.
Autobiographical sketch 1836-1940. Much detail about Nauvoo, Joseph Smith, and Mormon exodus from Illinois. Describes the trip west and life in Slaterville, Utah. Advice on living to be 104 years of age. 12 pp.
B. 3 May 1852.
M. 19 January 1869 to John Franklin Gay; d. 28 December 1921
Number 1--Biographical sketch. Life in early Weber County and Ogden. Number 2--History of Camp G., Daughters of Utah Pioneers. A synopsis of the meeting minutes. Numbers 3 and 4--Biographical notes from interviews. 14 pp.
B. 14 February 1880.
M. 17 September 1901 to Margaret Ann Follick.
Autobiographical sketch. Pioneer life in the Arizona mission and experiences in Montpelier, Idaho. 9 pp.
B. 14 April 1813.
M. 16 April 1844 to William Gibbs; b. 11 January 1822;
d. February 1900.
D. February 1900 at Deseret, Utah.
Autobiographical sketch, two copies bound together. Brief notes on William Gibbs. Tells of Eliza's life in New York and conversion to the LDS church. Mentions trouble in Nauvoo and other places in Illinois. Arrived in Utah in 1857 just ahead of Johnston's Army. 19 pp.
B. 25 April 1845.
D. 19 January 1935.
Biographical sketch. Frontiersman in Utah. Mentions dealings with Indians and settlement of Uintah County, including his election to the state legislature in 1896. 3 pp.
B. 4 November 1809.
M. 6 December 1831 to Janet Nicol; b. 1815.
M. 17 February 1856 to Lilias Clark (for time).
M. 5 March 1857 to Vilate Richardson.
Diary, 1855-1858. Original spelling and punctuation retained. Records experiences as stake missionary for Weber County on a daily basis. Mentions polygamy as it relates to people he visited. 40 pp.
Memoirs written in 1903, excerpted by Charles Kelly from the original. This portion is concerned with Ginn's trip from Independence, Missouri, to San Bernardino, California, in 1857, in company with Johnston's Army as far as Utah. After obtaining a safe conduct from Brigham Young he left for San Bernardino in company with other non-Mormons. Gives his own lurid account of the Mountain Meadows Massacre and the Akin murders. Ginn also comments at length on the Indian tribes in the area and the Mormon influence on the Indians. 34 pp.
B. 9 August 1857.
Both papers are brief biographical notes from interviews. Talks about early Nephi and farming. 17 pp.
B. 24 September 1862.
M. 1883 to Cecelia Downard; d. prior to 1895.
M. 24 April 1895 to Lilly S. Bass.
Handwritten biographical notes from an interview.
Life in early Utah. Notes problems with the Indians in Richfield. 5 pp.
B. 29 April 1862 to Edmund and Mary Ann Bates Ellsworth
M. 17 June 1880 to Charles Greenwell.
Autobiographical sketch. Personal experience in Utah and Arizona. 7 pp.
Autobiographical sketch about the water tunnel and ditch at La Verkin. 3 pp.
Autobiographical notes about La Verkin and the water problems. 2 pp.
B. ca. 1856.
M. 1881 to Salina Gubler; d. August 1929.
M. 23 December 1931 to Maria H. Ray.
Autobiographical sketch from an interview. Life in Santa Clara, Utah. Mentions the United Order in Santa Clara. 7 pp.
B. 1 August 1835.
M. (n. d.) to Katherine, Magdalina (Katherine's daughter), and Potena.
M. ca. 1888 to Agnes F. H. Gubler.
D. 3 December 1917.
Biographical sketch. Raised in Switzerland, settled in southern Utah in 1861. Tells of life in Santa Clara. 9 pp.
B. 5 May 1854 in Switzerland.
M. 4 August 1873 to her uncle John Reber as plural wife; d. ca. 15 August 1873.
M. November 1873 to John Hafen as plural wife; d. 4 May 1928.
Autobiographical sketch. Table of contents and name index. Tells of life in Santa Clara and Bunkerville.
Descriptions of Indians in the area and living conditions are good. 36 pp.
B. 8 May 1859 in Ogden to Newton Daniel and Sarah Jane Busenbark Hall.
M. 18 January 1899 to Annie Laura Prince; d. 29 January 1934. 6 pp.
B. 28 January 1860 near Glenwood, Iowa.
M. 18 January 1882 to Alfred L. Hall; d. 3 January 1934.
D. 12 August 1935.
Autobiographical sketch. Tells of settlement of Rockville. 13 pp.
B. 21 October 1850 in Unbentage, South Africa.
M. 22 November 1869 to William Henry Hall.
Biographical notes from an interview. Pioneer life in Ogden. 3 pp.
B. 8 December 1851.
M. 13 April 1874 to Olive Burdette.
Biographical notes from an interview. Tells of settlement of Brigham City and mentions father making buttons, coming of the railroad, and driving freight to Montana. Obscure reference to the Bear River Massacre of Shoshone Indians in January 1863. 4 pp.
B. 29 May 1820.
Diary, May 1851-March 1853. Table of contents and name index. Original spelling and grammar retained. Missionary experiences in England including effect of the gold discovery in Australia. Notes items of interest from the Salt Lake
B. 16 September 1825.
M. ca. 1846 to Mary Baugh; d. 1 May 1887.
M. ca. 1860 to Ann Redford.
D. 13 March 1913.
Biographical sketch. Settled in Cedar City 1853. In 1857 rode 600 miles to tell Brigham Young that the Mountain Meadows Massacre had occurred. Moved to Wellsville, Cache Valley after 1860. 1 p.
B. 29 April 1870 in Toquerville.
M. 26 March 1886 to William Jasper Henderson; d. September 1919.
Biographical sketch. Childhood in southern Utah, very brief. 3 pp.
B. 18 April 1838 in Crawford County, Missouri.
M. 1869 to Esther Dewhurst; d. 1872.
M. 1877 to Sarah Jane Pugmire.
D. 22 April 1922.
Biographical sketch. Mentions role in Nauvoo Legion to help watch Johston's Army. 2 pp.
B. 2 September 1863.
M. 25 March 1885 to Sarah Ann Fletcher.
M. 8 January 1914 to Elizabeth Sarah Worthen.
Biographical notes. Life in Cannonville (then Clifton), Garfield County, Utah. Gives details of 1888 chase and capture of some train robbers. 16 pp.
B. 9 April 1857.
M. 1878 to James B. Henry.
Biographical sketch about pioneer life in Ashley Valley. 3 pp.
B. 5 September 1874.
M. 2 January 1901 to Thornton Hepworth; d. 1926.
Autobiographical sketch. Name and content index. Childhood in Taylor, Arizona. 7 pp.
B. 14 July 1864.l
M. 30 January 1884 to Elzina Jane Draper; d. 10 September 1898.
M. 2 January 1901 to Edith Lewis.
D. 19 September 1926.
Brief biographical sketch, life highlights, church positions. 1 p.
B. (R.) 1859.
B. (L.I.L.) 8 January 1862.
M. ca. 1883.
Number 1-Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Higbee on early southern Utah. The interview is not well organized so it is not very informative. Number 2-Autobiographical sketch, Lorine Isabel Lamb Higbee. Mentions troubles with Indians and Mormon-Gentile competitions. Number 3-Autobiographical sketch, Richard Higbee. Mentions United Order and relations between Mormons in Toquerville and Gentiles at Silver Reef. 19 pp.
B. 18 October 1839.
M. 19 May 1861 to Emma Spendlove; b. 29 January 1842; d. 5 May 1929.
D. 25 August 1929.
Biographical sketch. Life in Virgin, southern Utah, mentions crops and early industry. 16 pp.
B. 4 November 1805 in Scotland.
M. 1825 to Mary McIlvenna; d. prior to 1834.
M. 1834 to Mary Benson; d. 1876
M. (n. d.) to Mrs. Mary Duce.
D. 2 February 1886.
Brief biographical sketch. Settled in Hooper, Weber County about 1859. Genealogical notes on his eldest daughter. 3 pp.
B. 2 December 1824.
M. 27 November 1847 to Juliann Blose; separated 1851; d. 20 November 1868.
M. 22 December 1854 to Maryett Woolworth; d. 7 December 1880.
M. 15 April 1863 to Isabella Rasmussen; church divorce
19 April 1864.
M. 1866 to Harriett Perran, on her demand; she cared for herself.
M. 22 November 1869 to Christina Peterson; d. 11 November 1906.
D. 26 January 1926.
Biographical sketch. Mining at Silver Fork in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County. Mentions duties as a doctor in Uintah County, including aiding Indians. Notes from one hundredth birthday celebration. 17 pp.
Number 1-Memoirs 1824-1919, and dated entries to 1922. From this paper comes personal dates as listed above. Recollections of life, including an episode with a woman which nearly brought about his excommunication. Temple records. Number 2-Records of temple work he did or had done. 36 pp.
B. 28 March 1831.
M. August 1850 to sixteen-year-old girl; left him in 1855.
M. 12 May 1861 to Dolly M. Allen.
Autobiographical sketch. Table of contents and name index. Came to Utah via Australia where he was baptized in 1854. 4 pp.
B. 1829
M. 27 March 1854 to Ann Newling; b. 4 December 1836; d. 4 January 1905.
D. 1904
Autobiographical sketch. Notes about early hard times in Salt Lake City. 7 pp.
B. 14 October 1823.
M. 17 August 1845 to Mary Neal.
M. 25 November 1852 to Hannah M. Saunders.
M. (n. d.) to Elvira (no last name); left him in 1860.
Diary 1842-1900, first portion 1842 to 1847. Also M. R. McQuown's index to the volume. Diary notes from 1843-1844 then begins an autobiography which is a compilation of short sketches and journals commenced December 10, 1845. He describes the
Settlement of and problems in Missouri. Describes life in Nauvoo including the Danites and "Whittling Society." Discusses the death of Joseph Smith and circumstances in the church. Daily diary of mission to England in 1846. Mentions Mormon Battalion and the Mexican War as being God's retribution. 170 pp.
Diary 1842-1900, second portion, 1847-1900. Includes brief index by Dale L. Morgan. Daily notes including copies of news articles with his commentary. Comments and explanations about LDS church doctrine, Joseph Smith, and religious experiences. Notes about Indian tribes and personal experiences. 318 pp.
Journal 1847-1876, Volume 2 (pages 83-117 are missing). Begins with recollections of English mission including a note on reception of the polygamy doctrine. Detailed account of trip to Utah in 1848. Brief summaries of Brigham Young's sermons. Descriptions of Salt Lake and Utah valleys. Discusses hard times in early St. George. Much to say about Indians, their lifestyles, and conflicts with Mormon settlers. 129 pp.
B. 3 November 1849. M. 6 February 1872 to Hyrum Fenno Huntington.
Biographical notes from an interview. Pioneer life in Springville, and notes on Indians and their customs. 12 pp.
B. 16 March 1833 in Swenka Bronholm, Denmark.
M. ca. November 1854 to Georgana Marie Kellor in Copenhagen.
M. 10 October 1864 to Ingra Kerstine Madsen.
D. 20 January 1910.
Number 1-Biographical sketch, handwritten. Baptized 19 November 1854. Crossed plains with 1856 handcart company. Helped settle St. Thomas, Nevada, the "Muddy Mission" until abandoned in 1870, when he moved to Panguitch, Utah. Number 2-Biographical notes from an interview. 6 pp.
B. 1 January 1852 in Port Gibson, Ontario County, New York.
Biographical notes from an interview. Miss Irwin taught school in Ogden for thirty-eight years; much about pioneer schools and teaching. 4 pp.
B. 8 January 1848.
M. 12 July 1868 to George Isom; b. 17 August 1846; d. 6 December 1885.
Journal 1848-1923 with earlier genealogical notes. Table of contents and name index. Tells of life in St. George. Personal memories and notes about her family and neighbors. Ran a store in St. George and acted as a midwife. Latter portion of the journal notes much temple work done by her for the family organization. 39 pp.
B. 28 July 1797 in Vermont to Francis and Elisabeth Carr Jackman.
M. 13 November 1817 to Anjaline Myer; d. January 1846.
M. ca. mid 1846 to Salley Plumb.
Autobiographical sketch with diary entries, 1797-1848. Original spelling and grammar retained. Brief genealogy. Description of trouble in Missouri. May 1835 begins diary entries, very brief notes. Traveled and stayed with first group of pioneers in 1847. Descriptions of scenery, weather and Indians. Nine pages of family genealogy and temple work. 80 pp.
B. 11 August 1804.
M. 20 November 1830 to Emily Heaton.
D. 30 January 1879.
Autobiographical with diary entries 1804-1852. One copy with original spelling and grammar retained and edited copy published for the family organization. Genealogical notes. Much about life in Nauvoo and trouble there, member of Nauvoo Legion. Detailed diary entries about first trip to Utah and return to Winter Quarters in 1847. Includes blessing texts and copies of letters. Also has theological musings and notes about Brigham Young as head of the church and remarks on divergent sects. Ms 175 pp.;
B. 20 October 1850.
M. 11 January 1877 to Mary Forsythe.
Biographical sketch. Major events in his life, especially his role in development of irrigation systems in southern Utah. 4 pp.
B. 16 June 1847.
M. 21 October 1872 to Eleanor Cannon Woodbury; d. 25 July 1921.
M. 11 January 1877 to Roseinia Sylvester (plural wife); d. 1 January 1913.
D. 1 January 1919.
Biographical sketch. Table of contents and name index. Personal experiences, much related to poor health. Some notes on polygamy and his arrest for unlawful cohabitation. Genealogical notes. 16 pp.
B. 18 March 1853.
Autobiographical sketch, 1853-1935. Content and name index. Describes early life in Rockville, lists early settlers. Description of Navajo War of 1866. 8 pp.
B. 12 January 1802.
M. November 1826 to Anna P. Johnson; d. 1840.
M. 20 October 1840 to Susan Bryant (plural wife).
M. 25 October 1845 to Janet Fife (plural wife).
M. 11 October 1860 to Margaret Threlkeld (plural wife).
D. 24 September 1882.
Diary 1860-1862 and autobiographical sketch. Content and name index. Patented a shingle-cutting machine 8 December 1829. Joined LDS church June 1831. Member of Deseret Legislature 1849-1850. Diary contains numerous original, spiritual poems and hymns as well as general descriptions of life in southern Utah communities. 99 pp.
B. 17 September 1858.
M. 1874 to William Jackson Jolley.
Brief biographical sketch. Describes contention between Mt. Garmel and Orderville over the United Order. 3 pp.
B. no date.
M. 29 January 1852 to Harriet Emily Colton.
Autobiographical sketch. Joined church 22 January 1851. Member of the Mormon Battalion. Sent by Brigham Young to aid handcart emigrants trapped at Devil's Gate, 1856. 11 pp.
B. 15 March 1840 in Winchester, Illinois.
M. August 1860.
Biographical sketch. Methodist woman who married a Mormon and emigrated to Utah. Reluctantly embraced polygamy. 3 pp.
B. 3 August 1863 in Fairview, Utah.
Autobiographical sketch. Cowboy, rancher, and then industrial teacher at Indian school at Whiterocks Agency. 7 pp.
B. 6 September 1838 in Pittsfield, Illinois.
M. 20 October 1860 to Emily Miller.
M. May 1878 to Johanna C. Larson.
M. June 1879 to Alice Hall.
Autobiographical sketch. Content and name index. Emigrated from Illinois to Willard, Utah, April 1852. Called to Panaca, Nevada, 1865. Spent six months in penitentiary for polygamy. 3 pp.
B. 6 April 1817 in County Flint, England.
M. 28 February 1843 to Louisa Leavitt; d. 29 May 1855.
M. 3 February 1856 to Dinah Vaughan; d. 23 May 1895.
M. 15 February 1862 to Martha Vaughan, oldest daughter of his second wife; d. 28 January 1877.
Autobiographical sketch. Journal covering period 28 June 1861 to 22 May 1896. Original spelling and
punctuation preserved. Content and name index, no pagings. Autobiographical sketch describes his youthful search for religious truth. Emigrated to United States February 1842; arrived Salt Lake City July 1861. Journal has mostly personal and family information, but is also a moving record of a difficult and poverty stricken life. 88 pp.
Biographical sketches of Thomas J. William and Treharne Jones. Residents of Cedar City. 11 pp.
Description by William Decatur Kartchner of the Emmett Expedition to the Missouri River, 1845. 6 pp.
B. 5 July 1813 at Lake Champlain.
M. 5 November 1833 to Benedetto Sangiovanni. Number 1-Memoirs written to her son G. G. R. Sangiovanni about his father Benedetto Giovanni, an Italian noblemen (b. ca. 1781). He was exiled for his support of King Murat. Married Susannah Rogers 5 November 1833. Number 2-Biographical sketch of Susanah Keate by Ethel J. Bennett. Settled in Florida, then immigrated to England, June 1834. Converted to Mormonism while in England, abandoned her husband and left for America. Married James Pickett while crossing the plains. Settled in St. George. 19 pp.
Typescript copy of Part XIII of the journal of Charles Lambert, written by his wife Mary Alice Cannon after his death in April 1892. Journal covers 1 January 1897 to October 1909. Contains only very brief entries recording daily activities. 53 pp.
B. 20 January 1863 in Rockville, Utah.
M. 1 October 1884 to Alice Maude Hall; d. 18 July 1922. Biographical sketch by his daughter Maud L. Bishop 7 pp.
B. 8 March 1822 in London, England.
M. 5 September 1844 to Clearinda Phillips.
M. 7 March 1857 to Elizabeth A. Freestone.
D. 3 December 1882.
Number 1-Life sketch taken from his journal. Pioneer resident of Rockville, Utah. Number 2-Autobiography written when Langston was fifty-five years old. Original spelling and puncturation preserved. 23 pp.
B. 26 August 1852 in Parowan, Utah.
M. 15 May 1889 to Mary Margaret Woodbury.
Biographical sketch. Pioneer resident of Parowan and Harrisburg. 5 pp.
B. 19 December 1815 in Kentucky.
Autobiographical sketch. Content and name index. Relates experiences of father and grandfather in French and Indian, and Revolutionary wars. Participant at Haun's Mill Massacre. Went west in 1856. Mentions Walker War. 16 pp.
Number 1-Typescript of the "Life of John D. Lee." Brief description; little information-mainly anecdotal. Brief mention of Lee's involvement in Mountain Meadows Massacre. Number 2-Interview summary. Description of Lee house in Washington County. Brief description of Lee's burial. Number 3-Biography of Lee with frequent excerpts from
B. 1889 in Panguitch, Utah. Biographical sketch. Brief genealogy. Educator and rancher. 3 pp.
B. 6 September 1820 in Stourport, England.
M. 10 April 1855 to Mary Lyon.
M. 8 January 1884 to Elizabeth Jasper; b. 3 May 1820.
D. 10 February 1895.
Biographical sketch from the
including a portion of his diary about missions to the Indians in Utah. 9 pp.
B. 1 September 1829 in Scotland.
M. 30 November 1857 to Catherine Thomas.
M. 12 June 1879 to Mary Ann Burch.
D. 18 April 1923.
Autobiographical sketch. Taught school in Wellsville, Cache County clerk and probate officer 1873-1877. 2 pp.
Excellent description of events leading up to Haun's Mill Massacre and detailed account of the massacre giving names of those killed. 17 pp.
B. 18 June 1814.
M. 9 May (n. y.) to Emily Johnson Holman.
M. 5 April 1877 to Bateman (plural wife).
D. 29 May 1898.
Biographical sketch. Content and name index. Mission to China, 1852. Served in legislature 1854-1855. 7 pp.
B. 31 March 1821 in Portsmouth, Ohio.
M. 21 July 1844 to Elizabeth Reeves.
M. 16 June 1853 to Laura Farnsworth.
M. 1 December 1856 to Mary Ann Bowers Anelus and Jane Anelus.
Biographical sketch. Content and name index. Settled in Pleasant Grove, was United States deputy marshal, Cedar City marshal. 12 pp.
Letters to J. C. Little from Wilford Woodruff (1846), Brigham Young (1846, 1847), and William Smith (1845). 10 pp.
B. 1 April 1862 in Washington, Utah.
M. 17 September 1880 to Heber C. Rieling.
Biographical sketch. 3 pp.
B. 11 May 1866 in Sweden.
M. 20 January 1896 to Charles W. Luke.
Biographical notes. 4 pp.
Number 1--Journal, 8 April to 10 September 1847. Journal of 1847 trip across the plains. The journal was kept by Albert Carrington for Lyman. A note by Dale Morgan states, "Since Lyman departed from the pioneer company on June 3, 1847 to meet the detachment of the Mormon Battalion and Mississippi Saints who had wintered at Pueblo and did not arrive in Salt Lake Valley until July 27, 1847; and since Albert Carrington, who continues to keep the journal, went on to Salt Lake Valley with the Pioneer Company, the activities of Lyman himself are not depicted during this period; the observations of Carrington, however, are of the greatest value and interest for the journey of the Pioneer company itself from Ft. Laramie to Salt Lake Valley." Number 2--Journal Number 16, 1857-1863. Number 3--Colorado River Expedition--excerpted from Journal Number 16, 18 April-2 July 1857, 11 January-7 May 1858, 8-31 December 1862, 1 January-15 April 1863. 143 pp.
B. 19 February 1827 in Delaware.
M. 5 July 1847 to Ellen Handley; b. 4 November 1829.
M. (n. d.) to Angeline Sophronia Coforth; b. 10 July 1840
M. (n. d.) to Cornelia Agatha Lenzi; b. 13 April 1844.
M. 2 August 1869 to Elizabeth Bell; b. 4 April 1827.
M. (n. d.) to Ann__.
M. (n. d.) to Alvina Mackley; b. 5 March 1840.
M. (n. d.) to Matilda Christina Neilson.
M. (n. d.) to Ann Eliza Wells; b. 20 August 1859.
D. 21 January 1910.
Biographical sketch. 5 pp.
B. 16 August 1845 in Portsville, Delaware.
M. 3 October 1869 to Eleanor Jackson Adams.
M. (n. d.) to Angie Brown.
Number 1--Autobiographical sketch. Number 2--Biographical sketch same facts, but greatly embellished. 34 pp.
B. 3 November 1855 in Cedar City.
M. 8 January 1877 to Hepzibah Smith; d. 6 March 1891.
M. 16 March 1892 to Christina Forsythe.
Biographical sketch. Was Washington County engineer. 2 pp.
B. 11 October 1833 in Stirlingshire, Scotland.
M. 15 December 1854 to Ann Chatterly; b. 3 March 1837.
M. 9 October 1866 to Agnes Eliza Hayborne (plural wife).
M. 30 January 1879 to Elizabeth Jan Adams (plural wife).
D. ca. 1882 at age of 59.
Number 1--Biographical sketch. Settled finally in St. George as an attorney and a judge. Number 2--Biographical sketch of Ann Chatterly Mc Farlane, Cedar City, learned Indian language and acted as interpreter. Number 3--"A True Indian Story," told by Anne C. Mc Farlane. 5 pp.
B. 29 May 1813 in Pennsylvania.
M. (n.d.) to Anna Patterson; b. 19 December 1811.
Biographical sketch. Confused account, little information given. 2 pp.
B. 29 March 1851 in Salt Lake City.
M. 11 January 1877 to Ada Parker; b. 29 May 1856.
Autobiographical sketch with several signed statements to correct "falsehoods" used against him. 10 pp.
Typescript of an interview. Briefly describes life in southern Utah, very few details, no dates. 7 pp.
B. 12 March 1866.
M. 11 April 1883 to Philander Maxwell.
Biographical notes from an interview. 5 pp.
Journal, written about 1879, by a pioneer doctor.
Describes many diseases, medicines, and cures. Of particular interest is Meeks's discourse on obstetrics. Journal also records events in Nauvoo, Salt Lake City, Parowan, Orderville, and St. George. 133 pp.
B. 25 August 1845 in Davis County, Illinois.
M. 17 April 1869 to John Merrill.
Biographical sketch. 4 pp.
B. 8 April 1826 in New York.
M. 6 September 1849 to Hannah Marinda Colborn.
Autobiographical sketch. Content and name index. Excellent description of his journey with the Mormon Battalion. 35 pp.
B. 1 July 1851.
M. (n.d.) to Elizabeth Stone.
Biographical sketch from an interview. 4 pp.
Biographical sketch. Incomplete and ambiguous. 4 pp.
B. 14 September 1825 in Bavaria, Germany.
M. 15 June 1853 to Mary Louisa Kepple.
D. 10 September 1899.
Biographical sketch. First to start wine making industry in southern Utah. 10 pp.
B. 29 August 1855.
M. 11 January 1878 to Mary Louisa.
M. 1885 to Charlotte Ann Tanner.
Autobiography in three sections. Section II contains name and content index, and Section III describes Mountain Meadows Massacre. 105 pp.
B. 17 January 1845 in Nauvoo, Illinois.
M. February 1876.
Autobiographical sketch. Name and content index. 21 pp.
B. 3 June 1853 in Denmark.
M. 10 April 1876 to Sarah Jane Tidwell.
Biographical notes from an interview. Arrived in Utah in 1866 and settled in Mt. Pleasant, Utah. 7 pp.
B. 3 June 1853 in Denmark.
M. 10 April 1876 to Sarah Jane Tidwell.
Biographical notes from an interview. Arrived in Utah in 1866 and settled in Mt. Pleasant, Utah. 7 pp.
Ott, David Bento
B. 10 March 1842 in Clay County, Illinois.
M. 22 October 1865 to Hannah Normington.
D. 30 October 1921.
Biographical sketch. Arrived in Utah, October 1848. Called to Dixie, 1861. Settled in Duncan's Retreat and later Tropic, Utah.
Ott, Hannah Normington
B. 10 August 1849 in England.
D. 23 May 1917.
Biographical sketch.
Ott, James R.
B. 3 January 1873 in Duncan, Utah.
M. 4 May 1897 to Janet M. Johnson.
Biographical sketch. 10 pp.
B. 19 October 1866 in Springville, Utah.
M. 18 November 1885 to Dr. Nephi Henry Packard.
Biographical sketch. Attended Democratic Convention in Denver when William Jennings Bryant was nominated for President. 5 pp.
B. (n. d.) in Lancashire, England.
M. (n. d.) to Thomas Normington.
Biographical sketch. Arrived in Utah 1856. Member of the Martin Handcart Company. Excellent description of the difficult journey. 7 pp.
B. 14 September 1845 in Denmark.
M. 1866 to Jens Pederson; d. 15 May 1879.
M. August 1881 to William Hall; divorced, 1890.
Autobiography. Converted to Mormonism in Denmark; describes persecution of Saints in Denmark. Emigrated to America 1866. 50 pp.
B. 18 July 1818 in Mount Holly, New Jersey.
M. 1837 to Ann Dennis; d. 12 September 1844.
M. 1846 to Mary Ann Patten.
M. 1849 to Ann Patten (plural wife).
M. 1870 to Margaret Crispin (plural wife).
M. 8 January 1872 to Mary Thompson (plural wife).
D. 26 September 1889.
Autobiographical sketch. Converted in 1842. Describes life in Nauvoo and the destruction of the
B. 29 August 1851 in Spanish Fork, Utah.
Biographical notes from an interview. Tells the story of Mrs. Phillips's brother-in-law, Frank Warner. After Chief Sagewitch was killed at the Battle of Bear River, his son was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Saul Warner. They named him Frank and raised him as their own son. 5 pp.
B. 5 June 1873.
M. 13 December 1893 to Daniel S. McCollum.
M. 13 January 1896 to Fred N. Prewer.
Biographical notes from an interview. Raised in Paradox, Colorado. Moved to La Sal, Utah, in 1893. Recalls the removal of the Uncompagre Utes from Colorado to Utah in 1894. She is a Seventh Day Adventist. 2 pp.
B. 14 May 1862 in Bern, Switzerland.
M. October 1885 to Mary Frei.
Autobiographical sketch. Emigrated with family to Utah in 1873. Settled in Santa Clara. 3 pp.
Biographical sketch. John emigrated from Switzerland in 1860. Settled at Millcreek. Called to Dixie in 1861. His two wives were Catherina Graff and Anna Barbara Stucki. Samuel emigrated in 1873 and both brothers settled in Santa Clara. John died shortly thereafter. Samuel moved to Littlefield, Arizona. 3 pp.
B. 1 May 1858 in South Wales.
M. 7 January 1882 to Hanna Chappel.
Biographical notes from an interview. Very brief. 3 pp.
B. 21 August 1809 in Campbell County, Kentucky.
M. 11 February 1838 to Sarah P. Pea.
D. November 1883.
Biographical sketch. Converted to Mormonism in 1832. Member of Zion's Camp, 1834. Settled in Far West, 1837. Fought in the Battle of Crooked River in which David W. Patten was killed. Moved to Nauvoo in 1839. Appointed commander of the Nauvoo Legion 29 April 1844. May 14, 1844, sent to Michigan to campaign for Joseph Smith's election as president. Fled Nauvoo 15 February 1846. Appointed to preside over Pisgah Stake April 1846. Arrived Council Bluffs 12 March 1847. Appointed to the California Mission to locate land for incoming converts from the Pacific Islands. In 1851 he purchased a ranch in San Bernardino for this purpose. Remained in California until 1857. Represented Davis County in the territorial legislature in 1858. 8 pp.
B. 4 November 1859 in England.
D. 20 December 1914.
Biographical sketch. 3 pp.
B. 18 August 1878 in Fairview, Utah.
M. December 1894 to David J. Wilson; d. September 1912.
M. June 1916 to Frank Riding.
Biographical sketch. Lived in Dublan, Mexico. Returned to Utah, 1911 settling in Hillsdale. After her first husband's death, she studied to be a nurse
and moved to Tropic. 3 pp.
B. 10 February 1816 in England.
M. ca. 1840 to Ann Hale.
M. Eliza Adelade Dolbell (plural wife).
D. 29 November 1897.
Biographical sketch. 6 pp.
B. 1 March 1854 in Illinois.
Biographical notes from an interview. Describes pioneer life in Fillmore, Utah. 15 pp.
B. 17 August 1858.
Biographical notes from an interview. Describes pioneer life in Fillmore, Utah. 10 pp.
B. 27 May 1816 in Lima, New York
M. 4 September 1838 to Eveline Walker
Autobiography. 33 pp.
Biographical notes. Original poem by Eliza R. Snow. 2 pp.
B. 26 October 1865 in Switzerland.
M. 28 April 1887 to Gottlieb Schmurtz.
Biographical sketch. Emigrated to America in 1874 and settled in Santa Clara, Utah. 3 pp.
M. 14 May 1876 to John Schmurtz.
Biographical sketch concerned mostly with her father Henry Schalppe. 12 pp.
B. 22 June 1866.
M. 14 August 1890 to Lydia Francis Cameron.
Biographical notes from an interview. 11 pp.
B. 20 May 1861.
M. 3 March 1885 to Maria D. Dickinson.
Biographical notes from an interview. Describes pioneer life in St. George and Panguitch. 8 pp.
B. 24 July 1872 in Panguitch, Utah.
M. 21 May 1895 to Francis M. Lee.
Biographical sketch. Describes pioneer life in Panguitch and Tropic, Utah. 3 pp.
B. 1861 in Salt Lake City.
M. 1885 to David J. Shakespeare.
Autobiographical sketch. Describes pioneer life in Santa Clara and Panguitch. 3 pp.
B. 15 April 1875 in Panguitch, Utah.
M. 20 December 1899 to Matilda Ann Stolworthy.
Biographical sketch taken from
B. 1847.
M. 1866 to Milford Bard Shipp.
Biographical sketch. Attended Women's Medical College in Philadelphia. Graduated in 1878. Charter member of the Women's Press Club. Delegate to the National Council of Women in Washington, D. C. (no date given). In 1936 she was made an honorary member of the Washington Medical Sorority. Named to Utah's Hall of Fame in February 1938. The journals and diaries of Dr. Shipp are found in the Special Collections Department, University of Utah Library, Acc. 467. 4 pp.
B. 10 April 1868 in Mendon, Utah.
M. 29 October 1891 to Margaret Hannah Johnson.
Biographical sketch. Describes life as a sheepherder in Kanab and Tropic, Utah. 2 pp.
B. 23 January 1861 in Marriott, Utah.
M. 25 September 1879 to Myrtille Shaw.
Autobiographical sketch. Describes pioneer life in Corinne, Utah. Attended a Methodist school there. Mentions a black family named Able who were converts to the Mormon church. They supported themselves by putting on minstrel shows. Mrs. Shaw's mother Anna Furrer, was one of the first doctors in Utah. 6 pp.
M. 4 July 1830 to Eunice Bagg Gaylord; d. 7 October 1845.
M. 2 November 1845 to Altamira Gaylord.
M. 26 January 1848 to Cynthia Noble (plural wife).
M. 9 December 1854 to Mary Eliza Adams (plural wife).
This sketch embraces the years from 1807 to 1864. It is taken from Shurtliff's personal journal, written during his lifetime. The first four pages contain a chronology of his life; record of his church, military, and business accomplishments: and a list of his marriages and children. Shurtliff records the early years of the Mormon church and offers excellent descriptions of the difficulties faced by church members. Shurtliff was a member of the Nauvoo Legion and the Danites. 119 pp.
B. 1868.
Autobiographical sketch. Raised in Toquerville, Utah. Brief description of life in a polygamous family, the United Order, and home industry. 3 pp.
B. (n. d.) in Duncan's Retreat.
Autobiographical sketch. Raised in Toquerville, Utah. Mentions the murder of the Berry brothers by Indians (no date given). Remembers hiding her sister and baby from the federal officials hunting polygamists. 2 pp.
B. 1859.
Autobiographical sketch. Describes pioneer life in Dalton, Pine Valley, and Toquerville. Interview between Juanita Brooks and Mrs. Slack. Briefly
recalls Levi Savage, Jacob Hamblin, Porter Rockwell, John D. Lee, and Jim Andrus. Gives a short description of Silver Reef. Mentions the murder of the Berry brothers and the lynching of Tom Forests. 4 pp.
B. 1856.
Autobiographical sketch. Describes pioneer life in Cedar City, Santa Clara, Grafton, and Toquerville. Mentions the death of the Berry brothers. Joined the United Order at Toquerville. Worked at Silver Reef. 3 pp.
Autobiographical sketch. Describes the construction of the Hurricane Canal. Worked an oil well during the Virgin oil boom. Briefly describes politics in southern Utah. 4 pp.
B. 28 March 1834 in Ranford, England. Daughter of William Mathews and Hepzibah Jarvis.
M. 5 November 1855 to Charles Smith.
Biographical sketch. Settled in St. George. 2 pp.
B. 11 June 1855 in Cedar City, Utah.
M. 1877 to Lottle Swindlehurst.
Biographical notes from an interview. Describes pioneer life in Beaver, Utah. Remembers troubles with squatters in 1870s. 7 pp.
B. 4 July 1853.
D. 6 August 1935.
Biographical notes from an interview. Raised in Cache Valley and Paradise. 8 pp.
B. 7 December 1848 in Hull, England.
M. William Wallace Hammond.
Biographical sketch. Raised in Parowan and Cedar City, Utah. Settled in Panguitch and Toquerville. 2 pp.
B. (T. P. S.) 6 November 1806 in England.
B. (M. D.) 8 January 1815 in England.
D. (T. P. S.) 3 April 1896.
D. (M. D.) 3 January 1856.
Biographical sketch. Converted to Mormonism in 1840. Arrived in Salt Lake City in 1852. Settled in Cedar City. 5 pp.
B. 23 December 1815 in Gibson County, Tennessee.
D. 28 December 1892.
Biographical sketch. Settled in Nauvoo in 1843. Arrived in Utah 1851. Settled in Provo, Fillmore, Washington, Pariah, and finally Tropic. 2 pp.
B. 28 October 1850 in Oxton, England.
M. 7 August 1876 to Diana Bingham.
Biographical notes from an interview. Arrived in Salt Lake City in 1862. Was attacked by Sioux Indians while crossing the plains. Describes daily life in Huntsville. 6 pp.
B. 15 November 1849 in England.
M. 1871 to Lydia Halliday.
D. 1923.
Biographical sketch. Crossed the plains with the first handcart company. Settled in Virgin City. Moved to Grafton. 2 pp.
Autobiographical sketch and interview with Juanita Brooks. Lived in Grafton, Rockville, and Toquerville. Describes the murder of the Berry brothers near Grafton. Mentions Mountain Meadows Massacre, John D. Lee, Jim Andrus, Lot Smith, and Buffalo Bill. 9 pp.
B. 28 May 1857 in Turgan, Switzerland.
M. 18 January 1882 to Barbara Tobler.
Autobiographical sketch. Emigrated to America 1861. Settled in Santa Clara. 5 pp.
M. 27 February 1879 to Naomi Kent.
M. 31 December 1885 to Maryette Rice; d. 28 May 1924.
Autobiography (pages 3 and 4 missing). Describes life in Farmington and Hyrum. After his father's death, Mr. Standley's mother was forced to enter a plural marriage in order to survive. 43 pp.
B. 9 August 1847 in Salt Lake City.
M. 21 February 1864 to James Stapley; d. 19 May 1920.
Biographical sketch. The first child born in Salt Lake Valley, daughter of John and Catherine Steele. Raised in Parowan and Toquerville. After marriage, moved to Kanarra. She was a midwife. Biographical notes from an interview. 6 pp.
B. 23 January 1899 in Farmington, Utah.
Biographical sketch from
B. 25 December 1839 in New Jersey.
M. 1854 to Roswell Stevens.
D. 9 February 1924.
Biographical sketch. Daughter of Charles Greeve Peterson and Ann B. Dennis. Came to Utah in 1849, settled in Alpine. Settled in Weber Valley, after marriage, then moved to Centerville. 2 pp.
B. (T.) 8 December 1829 in England.
B. (M.) 13 August 1827 in England.
M. 13 May 1849.
Biographical sketch. Came to Salt Lake in 1849. Settled in Cache Valley, Parowan, Centerville, and the Muddy Mission in 1888. Returned to Mt. Carmel and then joined the United Order in Orderville. After the United Order dissolved, settled in Huntington, and finally Tropic. 3 pp.
B. 25 July 1860 in Ogden.
M. 12 June 1880 to Moroni Stone.
Biographical notes from an interview. 4 pp.
B. 5 December 1815 in Mercer County, Kentucky.
M. 17 July 1843 to Elizabeth Anderson; d. 30 January 1848.
M. 30 April 1848 to Amanda M. Fisk; d. 21 September 1888.
D. 18 December 1889.
Number 1--Autobiography-journal covering period 1815-1889. A genealogical record of the Stout family is also included. Son of Peter and Ann Stout. Contained within the text of the journal are excerpts from
B. 17 September 1863 in Farmington, Utah.
M. 6 September 1883 to Ida Lynham.
Biographical notes from an interview. 4 pp.
B. 17 October 1856 in Tarrytown, New York.
M. 6 February 1879 to Mary Maude Coates-Bergstrom.
Biographical notes from an interview. Apprentice printer on the
B. 25 December 1861 in Santa Clara, Utah.
M. 15 October 1884 to Henry Graff; d. 1890.
M. December 1900 to Edward Stucki; d. 23 January 1923.
Autobiographical sketch.
B. 7 October 1859 in Rotanback, Switzerland.
M. 31 May 1883 to Mary Gubler.
Autobiographical sketch of life in Santa Clara. 6 pp.
B. 4 July 1863 in Santaquin, Utah.
M. 5 November 1885 to Deliah Empey.
Biographical notes from an interview. 4 pp.
B. 12 November 1869 in Nephi, Utah.
M. 20 November 1895 to Lois Crosby; d. 25 May 1932.
Biographical sketch taken from Utah by J. Cecil Alter. Tebbs was a cattleman and banker in Panguitch, Utah. 2 pp.
B. 31 March 1813 in England.
M. August 1841 to Martha Lane; d. 30 August 1860.
M. 24 November 1860 to Elizabeth Wren.
Autobiographical sketch. Name and content index. Served in British navy. Emigrated to America 1850. Settled Duncan's Retreat, 1861 and later Toquerville. 9 pp.
B. 23 February 1872 in Kanarraville, Utah.
M. to Grace Pratt; divorced 1911.
M. 1913 to Rachel Wilson.
Biographical sketch. 6 pp.
B. 13 March 1834 in England.
M. 8 December 1861 to Martha Oldfield.
Autobiographical sketch. Emigrated to America 1859. Crossed the plains in 1859 with handcart company. Settled in Lehi. 10 pp.
Short biographical sketches of: John Hanson, John Morley, Patrick Cusick, Matteo Messa, Johnathan Wilbur Green, John O. Packard, Harvey K. Tomkins, V. L. Thomas, Johanna Franke, William Arnold Rose, Grandpa Gardner, and Anna Marks. 13 pp.
Short biographical sketch. 1 p.
B. 22 January 1858 in England.
M. 8 January 1888 to Eliza A. Cordon.
Biographical sketch. Emigrated to America in 1868. Settled in Ogden, Utah. Describes the ceremonies at Promontory in 1869. His father worked on the railroad. Lived in Corinne and later ranched in the Rozel Valley, Wyoming. 7 pp.
B. 4 July 1863 in Honey Grove, Texas.
M. December 1888 to Elizabeth Standifird.
Biographical notes from an interview. Cowboy and rancher. Raised in Texas. Later settled in Moab, Utah. 10 pp.
B. 1866 in Overton, Nevada.
M. 1891 to Lucy Ann Cottam.
M. 19 August 1914 to Eva A. Lofgreen.
Biographical sketch. Rancher in Beaver and Widstoe, Utah. 3 pp.
B. 21 March 1841 in Piqua, Ohio.
M. Anna W. Lucas.
M. 10 June 1896 to Martha Roberts.
Biographical notes from an interview. Buffalo hunter and miner. Mined in Colorado and Utah. Discovered the only aluminum mine in Utah located at Deer Creek
(near Marysvale). Sold his interest in the mine to the Aluminum Company of America. 3 pp.
B. 25 December 1851 in Switzerland.
M. 18 April 1870 to Frances Walker; d. 24 October 1907.
D. 10 December 1939.
Biographical sketch. Life in Santa Clara with first Swiss company. Notes on pioneer life in southern Utah and Nevada. 10 pp.
B. (n. d.) in Spanish Fork, Utah.
Autobiographical sketch covering mostly the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Wallace was too young to participate, but his father possibly did. 3 pp.
B. 15 December 1878 in Marshall, Missouri.
M. April 1915 to Ella Weldmur.
Cattleman on the Colorado-Utah border near Montrose and Rico and in the Disappointment Valley. 8 pp.
B. 6 March 1871 in Kanosh, Utah.
M. 1894 to Eva Claire King.
Biographical sketch from
B. 25 August 1848 in Lincolnshire, England.
M. 1867 to Thirza Bunting.
Biographical sketch taken from
B. 7 September 1849 in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
M. 2 October 1870 to Ellen Thorp.
Biographical notes from an interview. Describes life in Ogden. 3 pp.
B. 11 May 1856 in Ogden, Utah.
M. 1 December 1873 to William Weaver.
Biographical notes from an interview. 4 pp.
B. 9 September 1848 in England.
M. 26 October 1874 to Emma Robinson; d. 24 April 1898.
M. 14 August 1914 to Mary Kirk.
D. 14 September 1917.
Biographical sketch. Worked on railroads in northern Utah. 3 pp.
B. 19 July 1820 in England.
M. September 1845 to Rosanna Gifford.
Biographical sketch. Notes on life in Laketown, including farming and machinery used. 4 pp.
B. 1847.
M. 6 July 1864 to Ellen Warden.
Biographical notes from an interview. Tells of joining the Union army in 1863. Notes about life in Eden, Utah, and his mercantile business. 4 pp.
B. 28 December 1807 in Shelborn, Vermont.
M. prior to 1847 to Mary Ellen Johnson.
M. (n. d.) to Martha Ann Riste.
Biographical sketch. Notes about his work with various mills. 4 pp.
B. (G. H.) 4 October 1858.
B. (M. J. J.) 13 November 1862.
M. 28 November 1878.
Biographical sketch. Life in southern Utah. Tells of church activities of family. 3 pp.
B. 21 December 1851.
M. 5 May 1871 to Robert B. Wilson.
Biographical notes from an interview. Includes some anecdotes about childhood experiences. 4 pp.
B. 28 June 1856 in Switzerland.
M. 26 October 1882.
Biographical sketch. Notes on trip from Switzerland and carrying mail in Utah. 2 pp.
B. 12 July 1862.
M. 20 September 1883 to Mr. Hyrum Royal Williams.
Biographical notes from an interview. Much about early Ogden and Salt Lake. References to Johnston's Army. 6 pp.
B. 28 January 1832 in Liverpool, England.
M. 17 February 1883 to Orin Nelson Woodbury; d. 1890.
D. 25 July 1921.
Biographical sketch. Life in early southern Utah. Mention of the silk industry. 4 pp.
B. 30 April 1845 in Nauvoo.
M. 9 March 1867 to Emma Geneva Bently.
M. 12 April 1877 to Florence Snow.
D. 20 July 1920.
Number 1--Autobiographical sketch. Personal reminiscences about Utah, Johnston's Army, and the Black Hawk War. Notes on life in southern Utah. Number 2--Extracts dealing with the Navajo raids in 1868. 20 pp.
B. 16 July 1824.
M. June 1855 to Rebecca Dack; d. 1865.
M. 17 March 1866 to Sariah A. Eagar.
Biographical sketch. Was with the Mormon Battalion. Gives account of work in the California goldfields. Life in southern Utah. 11 pp.
B. 3 October 1841 in England to John P. and Mary Fish Wright.
M. 23 February 1864 to Martha D. Gibbs.
Biographical notes. Brief life highlights. 1 p.
B. 16 May 1846.
M. 31 July 1864 to William Wright.
D. March 1915.
Biographical sketch. Early life in southern Utah. 2 pp.
B. 30 April 1852 to Brigham and Clarissa Ross Young.
M. (n.d.) to Harriet Hooper.
D. 25 July 1936.
Biographical sketch. Educated at West Point, became a member of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Mentions major accomplishments. 5 pp.
Transcripts and comments made by Morgan.
Typed extracts with Morgan's notes of
Journal and notebook, 1690-1726, Some medical recipes.
Notes from memoirs about Utah and Rocky Mountain area; letter to Jessie Benton Fremont.
Autobiography from
Biographical notes, statements against the Mormons and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Biographical notes; "Sidelights of Early Church History," 1903, a letter written to explain some early history to George S. Gibbs. The letter has McQuown's notes and comments in the margin.
Research materials including biographical notes and sketches, Morgan's notes from the Yale Coe Collection, and notes from
Published Lyman Omer Littlefield's
Statement attesting to her marriage to Joseph Smith; biographical sketch.
Circular report to the Eastern and Middle States Mission; letters of confirmation.
Notes and comments by Morgan.
Biographical notes from Schindler's
Research materials including a photocopy of his journal, 1828-1850, and partial transcript of the journal, 1847-1849.
Research materials including typed transcript of his journal, 1859-1864, diary and journal extracts 1836-1888, and biographical sketch.
Research materials including biographical notes, proceeding of his trial for adultery in 1847, and his account of the
Notes on the Senate proceedings regarding his being seated as senator from Utah.
Report and journal extracts, 1849-1850, journal of Stansbury's artist (no name given), 1867.
Biographical notes from "The Book of John Whitmer," Elder's License, 1830 (photocopy).
Family genealogy and journals in
Photocopy of a
Brief notes about a variety of people.
McQuown's research notes on the church government, first presidency, Brigham Young's ascension to the presidency, and the School of the Prophets. Includes some of Morgan's notes.
McQuown's and Morgan's research notes on the origin and justification for the group known variously as the "Daughters of Zion," the "Sons of Gideon," and the "Danite Riders."
McQuown's typed and handwritten research notes. There are a few notes made by Morgan.
McQuown's notes on family relationships within the church leadership.
Most of these are McQuown's research notes, although there are a few by Morgan. They are arranged alphabetically by subject with a miscellaneous file containing general notes. The section on polygamy includes the 1879 Supreme Court Decision and the 1887 United States Utah Commission Minority Report as well
as other reference notes.
McQuown's reference notes about foreign missions, the Hawaiian mission, Indian missions, and the White Mountain Mission. A typed transcript of the journal of the Salmon River Mission, 1855-1857 is also included.
Morgan's extracts arranged by volume and date. He has also included index cards indicating page numbers and subject area for some volumes.
McQuown's handwritten and typed notes on miscellaneous subjects in the
McQuown's notes and thoughts on the American religious character and mankind's religious needs.
McQuown's comparison of Mormonism with Socialist and Fascist regimes.
Economic and political situation of the early nineteenth century and their affect on religion. Reference notes.
Research notes on religious upheaval in the United States including notes on religious revivals from Whitney R. Cross's
McQuown's research notes and thoughts on how the prevailing religious beliefs of the 1800s--including the teachings of Alexander Campbell, Lorenzo Dow, and Masonry--influenced the development of Mormon doctrines.
Records of the First Quorum of Elders, 1836-1841.
McQuown's extracts.
McQuown's extracts from the Philadelphia Branch minutes of 1840-1853.
Research notes by McQuown and Morgan on the writing of the L.D.S. church history.
Morgan's extracts from Charles L. Woodward's
McQuown's research notes on church history from official LDS church publications including
Photocopies of parts of two magazine articles contemporary with the founding of the LDS church that relate part of the church history.
Morgan's extracts of Illinois and Iowa counties histories.
McQuown's notes on Nauvoo from a history of Hancock County, Illinois.
Research notes taken by McQuown on Mormon political activities in Illinois and Iowa.
Henry C. Smith, "City Planning,"
McQuown's notes on the founding of the LDS church
and its early years, including notes on early church leaders.
McQuown's and Morgan's research notes from newspapers and other contemporary sources showing the Book of Mormon as a product of its times.
Research notes made by McQuown and Morgan about the story and technical aspects of the Book of Mormon, including comparisons with the Bible and references to possible sources or origin.
McQuown's research notes about Joseph Smith's vision, the writing of the Book of Mormon, and the concept of developing a church.
Research notes taken by McQuown about Brigham Young's relationship to the Book of Mormon.
McQuown's notes from
Research notes about the witnesses or testimonies to the Book of Mormon. Some notes by Morgan.
McQuown's notes on the Book of Mormon from the
McQuown's and Morgan's notes on the development of the
McQuown's research notes on the writing of the Book of Abraham from papyri found in the sarcophagus Joseph Smith, Jr., purchased.
Morgan's notes on the history of Geauga County, Ohio, and McQuown's on the religious character of the people in that area of Ohio.
Research notes about the building of the temple.
McQuown's and Morgan's research notes about the stockholders, the bank organization, and the resulting court case against the Mormon leaders.
Miscellaneous notes by McQuown and Morgan about the activities of the Mormons and Brigham Young in Kirtland.
McQuown's notes about the problem of apostacy that occurred in Kirtland partially caused by the bank controversy.
Synopsis of the Kirtland period from B. H. Roert's
Research notes on the Kirtland period from contemporary newspapers, the "Journal History," and the
Resource and bibliography notes on Kirtland by Morgan
McQuown's notes from the American Guide Series about Missouri history.
Descriptions, from McQuown's notes, of Mormon settlements in Missouri, including Far West.
Research materials including part of "The Wilson Letters," edited by Edward T. Stokes from the
McQuown's notes and a photocopy of part of a Mormon petition for redress for suffering at the hands of the Missourians.
Copy of Rollin J. Britton's article "Mormon Land Titles" (n. p., n.d.), and McQuown's research notes.
McQuown's notes on the Missouri period from contemporary newspapers, the
Photocopy of the original.
McQuown's research notes.
Morgan's notes about Brigham Young's land sales in Nauvoo and McQuown's notes about Joseph Smith as the church trustee.
McQuown's research about the charges brought against the church leadership.
Research notes by McQuown from contemporary newspapers, the Brayman Collection at the Chicago Historical Society, and the "Journal History."
Copy of Morgan's introduction to "A Bibliography of the Churches of the Dispersion," from
Extract from the
James Jesse Strang biographical notes and diary extracts.
Charles Eberstadt, "A Letter That Founded a Kingdom,"
Morgan's typed notes and copies of information in the Quaife Collection.
Morgan's handwritten notes from the "Chronicles of the
Church at Voree."
Morgan's transcript of Thompson's "Book of Covenants," a small manuscript notebook.
McQuown's notes and extracts from
McQuown's notes on the Braden-Kelly debate (adherents of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the Church of Christ [Disciples]) and other research notes.
Research notes about the Utah church's reaction to the Reorganized church.
Transcript of Joseph Bank's untitled Life of Joseph Morris written in 1908.
Morgan's typed transcript of Joseph Morris's
Transcripts by Morgan of Morris's revelations found in the Reorganized church library.
Membership roll.
Transcripts of Joseph Morris's addresses to Brigham Young 1860.
"Biography of Mark Hill Forscutt,"
Research notes by Morgan and McQuown on the Morrisites and especially the Morrisite War.
Morgan's transcript of a
McQuown's notes and extracts from Frank Alfred Golder's
Notes from records about the Battalion from the Office of the Quartermaster General in the United States War Department.
Morgan's and McQuown's research notes about the Battalion.
McQuown's notes on Utah and the fur trade before the Mormon emigration.
Research notes on American diplomacy and declarations of territorial rights in 1846 related to western emigration.
Early Mormon plans for settlement in California or Oregon. McQuown's notes and observations.
Early Mormon plans for settlement in the Rocky Mountains, McQuown's notes.
McQuown's ideas and notes on the Mormon plans to leave Nauvoo and the exodus therefrom.
Copy of notice of Mormon intent to leave Nauvoo dated September 24, 1845, and signed by Brigham Young as president of the Council of Twelve.
Notes on Mormon emigration from abroad, 1845.
McQuown's notes about the Pottawatomie Indians and Mormon settlements on Indian lands in preparing the Mormon Trail for the emigration.
McQuown's notes about Winter Quarters, 1856, from the "Journal History."
Photocopy of what appears to be camp regulations with the heading "Winter Quarters Camp of Israel, Jany. 14th 1847."
Research notes on the Mormon Trail.
McQuown's notes on the Mormon migration to Utah, 1846-1847.
Notes from the "Journal History" on the 1847 trip to Utah.
Research notes on the first years in Utah.
Notes and extracts from early descriptions of the Salt Lake Valley and other miscellaneous notes.
Research notes and extracts about the 1856 handcart expedition to Utah.
McQuown's notes on Samuel Brannan and the Mormons in California.
Clyde B. Aitchison, "The Mormon Settlements in the Missouri Valley,"
"First Party Arrives,"
M. Hamlin Cannon, "Migration of English Mormons to America,"
William Mulder, "Immigration and the 'Mormon Question': An International Episode,"
McQuown's notes about California and gold mining in 1848.
Notes from newspapers and other publications about migration to California, miscellaneous notes.
Notes on descriptions of wagon routes and the "West" as a region, 1850.
Extracts from Lander's 1859 report on Fort Kearney, South Pass, and the Honey Lake Wagon Road.
McQuown's research notes on business and economic policy in Utah, including items on home industry, such as mining and silk production, and the railroad in Utah. Notes on money in Utah including research
done by Dale Morgan and an article by Kate B. Carter entitled "Early Medium of Exchange,"
Research notes about the colonization of Utah including notes kept by Kate B. Carter.
McQuown's notes about the Aiken murders, the Gunnison Massacre, and the Parrish murders as well as other research materials.
Research notes about pioneer entertainment, songs and poetry, holiday celebrations, funerals, and other traditions.
McQuown's notes about early descriptions of Utah and Salt Lake City.
Crafts Notes and extracts about pioneer clothing, handicrafts, household manufacture, and foods. Many of these were taken by the Works Progress Administration Federal Writers' Project workers in Utah from pioneers and published articles. The foods section includes recipes and a transcript of "America Eats: Early Utah Cookery" from the Writers' Project as well as miscellaneous anecdotes about pioneer foods.
Research notes, some by the Federal Writers' Project, about the Deseret Alphabet and early Utah education.
Morgan's notes on the Southern Exploring Company or the "White Mountain Expedition" in 1858.
McQuown's research notes and materials about Utah's relations with the federal government which includes a photocopy of a report on Utah Territory in the
Notes and extracts made by McQuown and Morgan about the government in Utah including a transcript of the 1850 constitution of the State of Deseret and other related items; information about the Utah territorial government; extracts from the journal of the Salt Lake City Council; and other miscellaneous notes about bishop's courts, elections, the Godbeite movement, governorship, the judicial system, and state politics.
Research notes and copies of correspondence about Indians in Utah.
McQuown's notes and extracts on Utah.
Notes on grants and deeds in Utah.
Recipes for home remedies and other research notes.
Orders from 1849 to 1861 and Morgan's summary of the Thomas Ellerbeck papers related to the Legion from 1853 to 1865.
Research notes and materials on city, county, and various church division histories including Beaver City, Brigham City, Cedar City, Corinne, Daggett County, Fort Bridger, Kanosh, Mendon, Ogden, Plain City, Provo, Salt Lake City, San Juan Stake, South Weber, Washington County, Westy, West Weber, and miscellaneous wards.
Copy of a notice of sale of a black boy in Salt Lake City and notes on slavery in Utah both Negro and Indian.
McQuown's notes on the 1880 census, population in Utah, and other statistical information.
Notes about the planning, building, and dedicating in Utah.
Notes and extracts about the Utah Expedition and the arrival of Johnston's Army in the Salt Lake Valley, including extracts from the narrative of Lot Smith, the journals of John Van Dusen DuBois, and the
The material includes an interesting, lengthy account of the location and return of the children of the victims; contemporary statements, newspaper accounts from Utah and California papers, and congressional documents; extracts from the minute book of the court for the trial of John D. Lee from 1874-1877 and other notes on Lee; articles and notes about the massacre; as well as notes from the "Journal History" and the
Anti-Mormon, Pro-Mormon
"The Priesthood"; "Revealing Facts Concerning the Revelations"; "Solving the Racial Problem in Utah"; "Suppression of the Records"; "The Truth About Blood Atonement and the Danites"; "Who Censored the Joseph Smith Story" Mimeograph.
By Origin Bocheler, John C. Bennett, J. A. Mc Call, George F. Partridge, and La Roy Sunderland. Miscellaneous notes.
The original has been removed and placed in Reserve. A photocopied version is available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the original must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the item if being used.
Correspondence dealing with Utah, photocopies of letters from Brigham Young and Governor J. Dawson, chronological notes on the material 1846-1872,statistics, and map of 1856proposed Utah Indian reservation.
Correspondence dealing with Utah, Mormon petitions for redress 1834 and 1836>, Lieutenant Sylvester Mowry's report to Colonel Steptoe in 1855, notes on the Steptoe letters, reference and source notes, and correspondence 1861 to 1865 from the War of the Rebellion War Department.
Chronological reference notes. Correspondence about Utah, information about Utah justices especially Cradlebaugh and Kinney, and miscellaneous notes about Utah Territory.
Lists of judges appointed in Utah Territory, appointment records from, summaries of letters in Volumes one and two, correspondence related to Utah from 1857 to 1872, miscellaneous notes from the records.
Miscellaneous notes summarizing the record information about the Mormons.
Notes about the Mormons and copies of letters from the recrods in 1861.
The reprinted and typescript correspondence is originally from 1831-1850.
Letters from Stang to John C. Bennett and others, and letters to Strang.
Personal correspondence which are letters to his wives, some from published articles,; business correspondence, some photocopies and many to Colonel Thomas L. Kane, 1844-1876; letters to Horace Eldridge 1857 to 1859: letters to W. H. Hooper 1859-1866; and extracts from his military letterbook, 1844.
Includes McQuown's composite notes.
Contain reference notes and articles from newspapers contemporary with the early growth and development of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Dale Morgan copied articles about the church and its membership in connection with what was to have been his definitive history of the Mormon church. Most of the articles are anti-Mormon, although there are a few from Mormon publications. He copied some articles which pre-date the founding of the LDS church as examples of the religious upheaval and establishment of many new churches during the period. Some of the articles were gathered into volumes and arranged alphabetically by title and chronologically by date. That is, within one year, the newspapers are organized by title and each group of newspapers by month and day; the next year, the alphabetical sequence begins again. Portions of these volumes are original copies while others are carbons. These articles were given to McQuown for use in her research on Brigham Young.
Photocopies of some newspapers that contain articles about the Mormons and the church are included with the collection. These reproductions have been filed together in the folio case.
From newspapers in Illinois and Iowa.
From newspapers in Missouri.
Not organized into volumes, but arranged by date, 1816 to 1895. In cases where more than one article appears on the same page or series of pages, they have been filed chronologically by the first date on the page. Grouped by state, the collection includes newspapers from Illinois, 1833-1855 Indiana and Iowa, 1833-1871; Missouri, 1819-1895; New York, 1818-1877; Ohio, 1828-1855; Massachusetts and Vermont, 1823-1847; Michigan and Wisconsin, 1834-1857 and Miscellaneous States, 1816-1849.
Not organized into volumes, but arranged by date, 1816 to 1895. In cases where more than one article appears on the same page or series of pages, they have been filed chronologically by the first date on the page. Grouped by state, the collection includes newspapers from Illinois, 1833-1855 Indiana and Iowa, 1833-1871; Missouri, 1819-1895; New York, 1818-1877; Ohio, 1828-1855; Massachusetts and Vermont, 1823-1847; Michigan and Wisconsin, 1834-1857 and Miscellaneous States, 1816-1849.
Extracts from the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints publication, arranged chronologically, 1860 to 1871.
Morgan's handwritten and typed reference notes. Rather than extracts, these are notations about where to check for various articles.
Extracts of cases against early Mormon leaders, 1834-1837.
Notes mostly handwritten. Illinois newspapers, 1843-1846;
Notes for on the Nauvoo Temple.
Summaries from Volume 1.
Notes, 1850-1851, 1891, and 1924, article "Tales of the Old Townsend House"; copies from 1935 series titled "Brigham Young, The Man and His Work"; summaries of Volumes 1-16, 1850-1867 (these summaries are possibly Morgan's).
Summaries from Volume 1.
Notes from an article about the Nauvoo Temple.
Notes on article on the Rio, Virgin, and Santa Clara rivers.
Summary notes, no year given, from western newspapers concerned with events in Utah.
Notes from court records. Folio Materials--Newspapers.
Copies previously contained in Box 49.
Dale Morgan's brief chronological notes on the daily entries in the "Journal History" are mostly only an abbreviated word or two. They function as a checklist or index to the "Journal History."
Miscellaneous handwritten notes.
Notebooks containing miscellaneous research notes.
Miscellaneous research notes. These notes show the influence of Dale Morgan and Fawn Brodie on McQuown's research.
Miscellaneous handwritten reference notes.
Handwritten reference notes on newspapers.
Notes on materials in the Society.
Notes on papers in Society.
Notes on materials located in the Reorganized church.
Notes on materials in the Mormon manuscript collection of the Society.
Notes on Utah and the Mormons in the collection. Included is a fifteen-page catalog of manuscripts, broadsides, and pamphlets in the Coe Collection. Most entries have a notation by Morgan giving the known locations of the items outside of Yale. This carbon copy of the catalog is missing the first seven pages.
Notes on materials in the collection.
Included is a list of manuscripts in the Boosinger Collection in the possession of M. S. Mc Carthy.
The present location of reels 12, 14 and 18 are unknown.
Selected Documents, Letters Received; Council Bluffs, 1846-1848; Miscellaneous, 1847; St. Louis, 1846-1848; Upper Missouri, 1848; New Mexico, 1852-1872
Mason Brayman Papers, 1845;
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