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,...

Scope and Contents One of Morgan's longest running projects was a monumental three-volume history of the Mormon church. Unfortunately, the project was never completed. This folder contains the typed draft of the first four chapters of the first volume and Appendix A, "Joseph Smith on Trial, 1826." There are some minor corrections, in pencil, primarily for style and grammar. On a separate piece of paper in McQuown's handwriting is a note, "Dale's mss-unrevised first draft he sent me in S. F."

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,...