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Letter, 1951 November 20

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5, Item: 8
Scope and Contents Brooks has been to Hollywood to talk about a motion picture based on Mountain Meadows Massacre. Morgan reports that the L.D.S. Church has the original of Thomas D. Brown's Southern Indian Mission.
Dates: 1951 November 20

Letter, 1951 December 9

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5, Item: 9
Scope and Contents Brooks has an interview with A. William Lund of the Church Historians' Library. Morgan writes of the L.D.S. Church's view of truth in Mormon history and of the problems writers encounter in trying to secure materials from the church archives. He also writes of his work in evaluating western materials for Eberstadt's Book Store.
Dates: 1951 December 9

Letter, 14 December 1951

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5, Item: 10
Scope and Contents Morgan comments on reviews of Brooks' book.
Dates: 14 December 1951

Letter, 1952 January 2

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 1
Scope and Contents Warner Brothers movie proposition to Brooks has fallen through. Morgan mentions the "Record of Norton Jacob," and of Jacob's being a member of the 1947 company that arrived in Utah. He writes about his friends Fawn Brodie and Charles Kelly, and tells Brooks that the Utah State Historical Society is lending him the microfilm of the Elias Smith journal.
Dates: 1952 January 2

Letter, 1952 January 26

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 2
Scope and Contents Morgan reports having eyestrain. He is working on his Jedediah Smith book and doing relatively little on his Mormon history book. Morgan also comments on Brooks's plans to edit the John D. Lee diaries with Dr. Cleland of the Huntington Library.
Dates: 1952 January 26

Letter, 1952 February 23

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 3
Scope and Contents Morgan is preparing to go west to work on the Jedediah Smith book. He reports that he has yet to hear from the Smithsonian Institute about a possible job there. He is returning to Salt Lake City after a stop in St. Louis to use the "Missouri historical collections," and tells Brooks that he has applied to the Guggenheim Foundation for a grant.
Dates: 1952 February 23

Letter, 1952 April 11

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 4
Scope and Contents Morgan is back in Salt Lake City doing research at the Utah State Historical Society in the Hudson Bay Records. He comments on the historical society and their plans to move to the Kearns Mansion.
Dates: 1952 April 11

Letter, 1952 April 28

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 5
Scope and Contents Morgan writes that he is continuing his work on the Jedediah Smith book. He asks Brooks to check on Smith's trip along the Santa Clara River.
Dates: 1952 April 28

Letter, 1952 May 28

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 6
Scope and Contents Morgan reports that the University of Utah has offered him a job of surveying their western and Mormon collections but that the job depends on state legislative funds being granted.
Dates: 1952 May 28

Letter, 1952 June 13

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 7
Scope and Contents Morgan tells Brooks how to plan changes in her book for a revised edition. He reports that no funds were appropriated for the job at the University of Utah.
Dates: 1952 June 13