Box 2
Container
Contains 36 Results:
Dale L. Morgan-Madeline R. McQuown, 1940-1944
File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
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.
A personal note thanking McQuown for a poem and describing a recent chess tournament. He mentions completing the first chapter of his novel, 1940.
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Dates:
1940-1944
Dale L. Morgan-Madeline R. McQuown, 1946
File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Morgan apologizes for neglecting to send information to McQuown. He suggests for sources several letters from Brigham Young to his wives. He then relates an incident at the Genealogical Archives in which Fawn Brodie was mistakenly given records on the marriages of Joseph Smith. When the error was discovered she was asked to destroy her notes on the material, 1946
Short letter about materials sent...
Dates:
1946
Dale L. Morgan-Madeline R. McQuown, 1947
File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Morgan worries about his financial situation and hopes that several short articles he is writing will help. He is working on the page proofs and index to The Great Salt Lake as well as abstracting midwestern and eastern newspapers on the Mormons, 1947.
Letter announcing shipment "Journal History" to McQuown and comments on Fawn Brodie's book, 1947.
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Dates:
1947
Dale L. Morgan-Madeline R. McQuown, 1947
File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Morgan has left Arlington, Virginia, and is on the road doing research throughout the East and the Midwest. He writes of his twelve-hour days in the New York Public Library and New York Historical Society. He comments on DeVoto's newly published book, Across the Wide Missouri, calling it a "more solid book than Year of Decision, less of a tour...
Dates:
1947
Dale L. Morgan-Madeline R. McQuown, 1948-1949
File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Morgan's research at the Reorganized church library is hampered by S. A. Burgess, church historian. The church officials were displeased with the point-of-view taken in Fawn Brodie's book and fear the outcome of Morgan's work. A frank discussion with Burgess and a visit to Israel Smith, president of the Reorganized church, solves most of the difficulties. Still, Morgan must work at a slower pace than usual with...
Dates:
1948-1949
Dale L. Morgan-Madeline R. McQuown, 1950
File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Morgan's difficulties in finding a job, 1950.
Morgan's difficulties with civil service, 1950.
Morgan has searched the Library of Congress for secret letters between President James Buchanan and Thomas L. Kane. He has found none, contrary to McQuown's insistance that such letters exist. He scolds McQuown for failure to complete her book and her endless, demanding questions. He is...
Dates:
1950
Dale L. Morgan-Madeline R. McQuown, 1951
File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Morgan's work as a free-lance writer is picking up. The New York Times Book Review and Life magazine are interested in short articles. However, he is still looking for a government job. Some notes about the publication of his Strangite bibliography, 1951.
Morgan is busy completing an article for the Utah...
Dates:
1951
Dale L. Morgan-Madeline R. McQuown, 1951
File — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Describes the Smith Ogden route of 1825 and expresses his wish to visit the area, 1951.
He is working in the Library of Congress on materials for the Jedediah Smith manuscript. He complains about his poverty, 1951.
Morgan speculates on the reasons Steptoe declined the territorial governorship of Utah, circa 1855. 1951.
Letter About Financial Situation, 1951.
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Dates:
1951
Dale L. Morgan-Madeline R. McQuown, 1952-1953
File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
Morgan dissolves the contract with Rinehart for the Mormon books because he was unable to meet the deadline. Instead he signs with Bobbs Merrill for a biography of Jedediah Smith to be published in January of 1953. Morgan's eyesight worsens and his physician tells him there is little that can be done to improve it. He resigns himself to the problem and vows to work harder on the Smith biography. Two friends have...
Dates:
1952-1953
Dale L. Morgan-Madeline R. McQuown, 1964-1968
File — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
- Washington D.C. postcard, 1964.
- Short note about apartment hunting, 1967.
- Personal note, 1967.
- Salt Lake City postcard, 1968.
Dates:
1964-1968
Dale L. Morgan-Madeline R. McQuown Incomplete Letters, 1944-1947
File — Box: 2, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
Portions of letters from which all personal material has been removed. The remaining pieces contain the exchange of information and research materials pertinent to McQuown's Brigham Young biography. Many pieces bear her handwritten comments.
Morgan criticizes Bernard DeVoto, 1944.
Morgan and J. Roderic Korns visit Weber Canyon for a discussion on the Hastings Trail in light of a...
Dates:
1944-1947
Dale L. Morgan-Madeline R. McQuown Incomplete Letters, 1950-1959
File — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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,...
Dates:
1950-1959
Dale L. Morgan-Madeline R. McQuown Scraps and Pieces of Letters
File — Box: 2, Folder: 13-20
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1803-1976
Dale L. Morgan-Fawn M. Brodie, 1944-1949
File — Box: 2, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
Morgan writes to Brodie of rare books and pamphlets on Mormonism including Abominations of Mormonism Exposed, Life Among the Mormons, and The Destroying Angels of Mormondom. He extracts at length from the latter, 1947.
Letter about dates for Joseph Smith's wives, 1944
On reading John...
Dates:
1944-1949
Dale L. Morgan-Juanita Brooks, 1941-1946
File — Box: 2, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents
- Letter concerning Mountain Meadow Massacre and Aiken murders, 1941.
- Letter concerning Mountain Meadows Massacre, 1945.
- Notes on the journal of Bill Hickman, 1946.
Dates:
1941-1946
Dale L. Morgan-S. A. Burgess Historian, Reorganized Church, 1940-1943
File — Box: 2, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents
Morgan defense statements in State of Deseret, 1940.
Morgan answers Burgess' criticisms.
Morgan outlines plans for a book on American society between 1800 and 1861 to be called This was America. This book he hopes will serve as a background study for his three-volume Mormon history. He asks for permission to use...
Dates:
1940-1943
Dale L. Morgan-Paul M. Angle Director, Chicago Historical Society, 1948-1949
File — Box: 2, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
- Letter concerning Kinderhook Plates, 1948.
- Letter concerning Joseph Smith handwriting comparisons, 1949.
Dates:
1948-1949
Dale L. Morgan-Leslie E. Bliss Librarian, Huntington Library, 1947-1952
File — Box: 2, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents
Morgan recommends various newspapers for microfilming.
Dates:
1947-1952
Dale L. Morgan-Stanley Ivins, 1946
File — Box: 2, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents
- Letter of thanks for info on Young's wives, 1946.
- Letter concerning Young's wives, 1946.
Dates:
1946
Dale L. Morgan-M. S. McCarthy, 1950
File — Box: 2, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents
Morgan advises McCarthy on the disposal of the Boosinger papers.
Dates:
1950