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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