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.
A...
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