Box 1
Container
Contains 80 Results:
Letter, 1949 September 30
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4, Item: 15
Scope and Contents
Morgan is preparing to move to Washington, D.C., and states that he hopes it will be his last move.
Dates:
1949 September 30
Letter, 1949 November 15
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4, Item: 16
Scope and Contents
Morgan is now settled in Alexandria, Virginia, and is doing research at the Library of Congress. He is looking for a job in the field of history somewhere in Washington, D.C. He tells Brooks he is saddened that Stanford University Press should want to censor her Mountain Meadows Massacre manuscript.
Dates:
1949 November 15
Letter, 1949 December 6
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4, Item: 17
Scope and Contents
Morgan writes concerning the Utah State Historical Society's secretary who wants to return after a year's absence.
Dates:
1949 December 6
Letter, 1950 February 16
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5, Item: 1
Scope and Contents
Morgan writes that he is working hard on his book. He tells Brooks that the Empey diary has been printed by the Wyoming Historical Department.
Dates:
1950 February 16
Letter, 1950 April 14
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5, Item: 2
Scope and Contents
Morgan asks to borrow volumes eight through ten of The Journal of Discourses. He comments on several friends.
Dates:
1950 April 14
Letter, 1950 July 15
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5, Item: 3
Scope and Contents
Morgan is working on a bibliography of the divergent sects of the L.D.S. Church for the University of Utah Press. Reference is made to the Conover Journal.
Dates:
1950 July 15
Letter, 1951 July 6
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5, Item: 4
Scope and Contents
Morgan comments on the Council of Fifty referred to in John D. Lee's journal. He also comments on the 1850 Utah census report of Iron County, John D. Lee journal excerpts of 1849, and the Bigler diary of 1848.
Dates:
1951 July 6
Letter, 1951 July 26
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5, Item: 5
Scope and Contents
Morgan writes of plans for his two books on Mormon history, and continues his discussion of John D. Lee and his role in the Mountain Meadows massacre.
Dates:
1951 July 26
Letter, 1951 September 12
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5, Item: 6
Scope and Contents
Mention is made of Warner Brothers interest in making a movie based on Mountain Meadows Massacre, and Morgan states that he has never had a movie proposal. He writes of having been asked to work for the Utah State Historical Society by Mortenson, and tells Brooks that he wants to come west and follow Jedediah Smith's trail.
Dates:
1951 September 12
Letter, 1951 November 13
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5, Item: 7
Scope and Contents
Morgan writes more about his desire to follow the Jedediah Smith trail, and informs Brooks that the Korns book is finally being distributed.
Dates:
1951 November 13