Box 1
Container
Contains 80 Results:
Letter, 1946 March 21
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 5
Scope and Contents
Morgan sends Brooks the microfilm of the second John D. Lee trial. He tells her that the record of the first trial is at the Huntington Library and in the Charles W. Penrose pamphlet.
Dates:
1946 March 21
Letter, 1946 August 16
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 6
Scope and Contents
Morgan has been to New York City to check New York Public Library files. He was interested in the Frederick S. Dellenbaugh diaries, books, and manuscripts. He found a letter to the Buffalo Express pasted into one of the diaries telling of John D. Lee's story of the Mountain Meadows massacre. The letter tells of the wagon train at Spanish Fork and at Cedar City, and of poisoning the springs to kill the Indians. It also states that the attack was planned by the Cedar City Council.
Dates:
1946 August 16
Letter, 1946 August 27
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 7
Scope and Contents
Morgan states that Darel McConkey has returned Brooks' manuscript to him. He will read it and send it to Brooks for revision. Morgan requests that she send it back to him so he can make publication arrangements.
Dates:
1946 August 27
Letter, 1946 September 17
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 8
Scope and Contents
Morgan writes that he has finished his book. Fawn Brodie has been in Washington and he has visited with her. Morgan tells Brooks to go to the Tribune-Telegram library and go through the papers from John D. Lee's capture to his execution. He also sends additional notes on the Mountain Meadows massacre.
Dates:
1946 September 17
Letter, 1946 October 31
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 9
Scope and Contents
Morgan writes again that he has finished his book. He states that he had to cut it down considerably and tells Brooks how difficult it is to cut a manuscript.
Dates:
1946 October 31
Letter, 1947 March 28
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 1
Scope and Contents
Morgan writes that he is waiting for advanced copies of his book and will send one to Brooks as soon as they arrive. "When I write my big Mormon job, I am going to seek the most searching criticism of it I can find, which will mean Mormon criticism."
Dates:
1947 March 28
Letter, 1948 May 28
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 2
Scope and Contents
Morgan is back in Salt Lake City. He is returning five chapters from the Mountain Meadows massacre manuscript to Brooks and tells her to eliminate repetition. He also tells her to emphasize the "frontier aspects" of the Mountain Meadows massacre and to play up some aspects of Mormon culture, namely obedience to authority and loyalty to the group.
Dates:
1948 May 28
Letter, 1948 June 15
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 3
Scope and Contents
Morgan returns Brooks' manuscript and writes his criticism of it. He makes suggestions for getting it into shape to send to the publisher as well as making suggestions on the form of the bibliography.
Dates:
1948 June 15
Letter, 1948 July 16
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 4
Scope and Contents
Morgan tells of writing a popular article on the mosquito to earn money to pay his debts. He states that he has been rereading the Bible and the Book of Mormon.
Dates:
1948 July 16
Letter, 1948 August 11
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 5
Scope and Contents
Morgan states that he has finished reading the revised Mountain Meadows Massacre manuscript and that Brooks has much improved it by cutting it down in length. He tells her that he will return all but the bibliography to which he wants to add some information from his own notes.
Dates:
1948 August 11