Documents for Adrian Wilcox Cannon, 1917-1991

File — Box: 60, Folder: 5

Identifier: IV

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Series: This box contains documents pertaining to both Adrian and Bryant Cannon, the middle sons of Ramona and Joseph Cannon. Adrian was born in 1917. From 1935-1937, Adrian lived in England, serving a LDS mission. In 1948, Adrian married Pauline Black and they had seven children, Joseph, Christopher, David, Elizabeth, Kimball, Grant, and Gloria. The Adrian Wilcox Cannon family moved to Southern California in 1962 and opened up a LDS bookstore near the LDS temple in Los Angeles. During the 1960s, the Cannon family began doing extremely long-distanced bike rides and hikes that received local and national media attention. For instance, in 1963, Adrian and six of his children hiked 52 miles in 17 hours. Then in 1964, Adrian and three of his sons rode their bikes from Los Angeles to New York City to see the World's Fair.

Around 1945, Adrian began writing the biography of George Q. Cannon. Throughout the process, however, Adrian faced monetary difficulties and ran into problems with the first presidency of the LDS church. As a result, the project was never fully completed. There are many letters between Adrian, members of the extended Cannon family, and members of the LDS first presidency concerning the logistics of the biography. Adrian died in 1991.

The final folder has excerpts from Joseph J. Cannon's diary about Bryant Wilcox Cannon (1922-1996), the second youngest of the Cannon children. There is also some correspondence. These documents discuss Bryant's relationship to his family, mention that he volunteered for the Navy in 1943, graduated from North Western as a midshipman in 1945, married a woman named Lois, worked for IBM, and lived in Laguna Beach, California.

Dates

1917-1991

Conditions Governing Access

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