Olive Smoot Bean, Reminiscences

File — Box: 1, Folder: 9

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Scope and Contents

Olive Bean's reminiscences are in the form of three love letters written to her family in 1933 and 1934. The letters describe some of her girlhood experiences and her courtship and marriage to James William Bean. Of particular interest are her descriptions of the life of a polygamous family at the time of the polygamy raids and the Manifesto.

Dates

1809-1972

Conditions Governing Access

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