Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Phillips Camp biographies
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1439
Scope and Contents
The Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Phillips Camp biographies (circa 1940-1974) is a collection of biographical sketches of Utah pioneers submitted to the Phillips Camp, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, in Kaysville, Utah. The individual sketches give insight into the socioeconomic status of European, as well New World, converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the nineteenth century. They contain biographical and genealogical information, as well as descriptions of experiences crossing the Atlantic to America and traveling across the plains to Utah. Minute details of pioneering life in Davis County, Utah, and other frontier outposts of settlement are illuminated. Described also are individual occupations and survival techniques along with information on offices held in, and services to, the church and the community.
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Dates
- circa 1940-1974
Creator
- Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Phillips Camp (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Conditions Governing Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Biographical Sketch
Most of the sketches were written by descendants of the subjects; some by the subjects themselves; and others were prepared by the Phillips Camp historian. The biographies were collected in honor of early Utah pioneers and were written, in most cases, during the 1940s and 1950s. A few were written during the 1960s, with one or two prepared as late as 1974.
Extent
0.75 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Phillips Camp biographies (circa 1940-1974) is a collection of biographical sketches of Utah pioneers submitted to the Phillips Camp, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, in Kaysville, Utah. Click here to view the digitized collection.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Roselyn Slade in 1994.
Processing Information
Processed by Dorothy Mortensen in 1997.
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- Biographies
- Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Phillips Camp -- Archives
- Davis County (Utah) -- Biography
- Emigration and immigration -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Europeans -- United States -- 19th century -- Biography
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Utah -- 19th century -- Sources
- Latter Day Saint converts -- 19th century -- Biography
- Latter Day Saint pioneers -- Utah -- 19th century -- Biography
- Latter Day Saint women -- Utah -- 19th century -- Biography
- Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- 19th century -- Biography
- Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Sources
- Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
- Pioneers
- Wards (Latter Day Saint churches) -- Utah -- Kaysville
Creator
- Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Phillips Camp (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Phillips Camp biographies
- Author
- Finding aid created by Dorothy Mortensen.
- Date
- 1997 (last modified: 2019)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2015: Finding aid revised and re-encoded by Betsey Welland to include links to digitized materials.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu