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Contains 26 Results:
Sarah Maria Davis Thatcher, Diary, 1878-1887
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
The diary of Sarah Thatcher includes irregular entries from 1878 to 1887. Only 44 pages of the 177 page ledger book are filled with diary entries. On the five succeeding pages there are several items posted to the pages. These are: a certificate of proficiency in the Tonic Sol'Fa Method of singing dated February 12, 1864; an undated sheet of paper labeled "Flour Acct;" a newspaper clipping (undated) entitled...
Dates:
1878-1887
Sarah Maria Davis Thatcher Diary, Typescript
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Paul Thatcher family papers (1809-1972) contain diaries, letters, biographies, and reminiscences from two prominent families of Utah, the Thatcher's of Logan and the Smoot's of Provo. The record is one of personal ideas, feelings, and conflicts rather than daily circumstances, business affairs, or local politics. In particular, the diary of Sarah Maria Davis Thatcher and the letters of Olive Smoot Bean make a fine study of Mormon women in late nineteenth century Utah. There are two...
Dates:
1809-1972
"Mind Culture, and the Discipline of the Heart, Mind and Hand: an Address by Apostle Moses Thatcher", 1895
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Paul Thatcher family papers (1809-1972) contain diaries, letters, biographies, and reminiscences from two prominent families of Utah, the Thatcher's of Logan and the Smoot's of Provo. The record is one of personal ideas, feelings, and conflicts rather than daily circumstances, business affairs, or local politics. In particular, the diary of Sarah Maria Davis Thatcher and the letters of Olive Smoot Bean make a fine study of Mormon women in late nineteenth century Utah. There are two...
Dates:
1895
Abraham Owen Smoot, Biographical Sketchs
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4-5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Paul Thatcher family papers (1809-1972) contain diaries, letters, biographies, and reminiscences from two prominent families of Utah, the Thatcher's of Logan and the Smoot's of Provo. The record is one of personal ideas, feelings, and conflicts rather than daily circumstances, business affairs, or local politics. In particular, the diary of Sarah Maria Davis Thatcher and the letters of Olive Smoot Bean make a fine study of Mormon women in late nineteenth century Utah. There are two...
Dates:
1809-1972
Abraham Owen Journal, 1856-1900
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
This small journal contains three separate records dating from 1856 to about 1900. The first item is a diary (April 22-June 6, 1856) of Abraham Owen Smoot's journey to St. Louis, Missouri to purchase supplies for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The diary entries are short, lacking in much description and are written in a very poor hand. Following the diary are records of the Salt Lake City Mayor's...
Dates:
1856-1900
Margaret Thompson Smoot, Biographical Sketch
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
A short sketch of the life of Abraham Owen Smoot's first wife, Margaret Thompson McMeans. Included are several poems by Margaret and other members of the Smoot family; extracts from letters between Margaret and Abraham Owen Smoot (undated); a lengthy description (6 pages) of a quilt given to Margaret by the women of the 20th Ward Relief Society; and tributes to Margaret on her sixty-seventh birthday from her family and friends.
Dates:
1809-1972
Diana Eldredge Smoot, Autobiographical Sketch
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
A short sketch concentrating mostly on her experiences crossing the plains in 1847.
Dates:
1809-1972
Olive Smoot Bean, Reminiscences
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
Olive Bean's reminiscences are in the form of three love letters written to her family in 1933 and 1934. The letters describe some of her girlhood experiences and her courtship and marriage to James William Bean. Of particular interest are her descriptions of the life of a polygamous family at the time of the polygamy raids and the Manifesto.
Dates:
1809-1972
Olive Smoot Bean, Correspondence, 1882
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
This folder and the next fourteen folders contain eighty-four holograph letters between Olive Smoot Bean and her husband, James William Bean (Will), exchanged during his sixteen-month mission to Virginia and Colorado. The letters have been inter-filed chronologically in order to preserve the continuity of Olive and Will's "conversations." All of the letters are legibly written but transcribed copies of each can be...
Dates:
1882
Olive Smoot Bean, Correspondence, 1882
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
July 12, 1882-Jeffersonville, Virginia
Dear True and beloved Wife
"...I say to you do not be cast down by anything, trust in Him, through the faith, love, and knowledge of the Gospel which you possess....As for Polly, I consider her almost one with you already; may your joys be shared together.... take care of yourself and dear little Nina and the child you bear; take light, open...
Dates:
1882