Box 1
Container
Contains 80 Results:
Newspaper Article, "The Pioneer," San Jose, California, 1877
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
An article written by Alex P. Murgotten about the families that were murdered at Mountain Meadows and of the journey of the wagon train up to a few days before its destruction. The article also tells of people who left the wagon train at Fort Bridger to take the northern route to California.
Dates:
1877
John Wolcott Phelps Diary Excerpt, 1859
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Tells of the Mountain Meadows massacre scene as soldiers saw it two years later and of the story they heard about the attack.
Dates:
1859
Juanita Brooks Statement
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
Brooks tells of her decision to find the truth in the Mountain Meadows massacre matter and to tell it to the public.
Dates:
1941-1993
Correspondence, Warner Brothers, 1951
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Juanita Brooks and Finlay McDermid of Warner Brothers Pictures concerning their agreement to make a motion picture based on Brook's book Mountain Meadows Massacre. In the end, Brooks calls the movie deal off.
Dates:
1951
Correspondence, Juanita Brooks to Everett Cooley, 1969
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
The first letter concerns John D. Lee's reinstatement in the L.D.S. Church on May 12, 1961. Attached to the letter is a copy of a letter from Miss Ettie Lee to Brooks concerning the same subject. A second letter tells of Brooks meeting with the Lee family in Phoenix, Arizona. The family asked her to refrain from printing the fact that Lee was reinstated as a member of the church. Brooks refused the request.
Dates:
1969
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1968
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Juanita Brooks papers (1941-1993) is comprised mainly of photocopied letters from Dale Morgan to Juanita Brooks concerning her book, Mountain Meadows Massacre, published in 1950. Also included are some short stories, letters concerning John D. Lee, and an oral history transcript.
Dates:
1968
The Utah Alumnus, 1965
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
In this issue, Leonard J. Arrington reviews Juanita Brooks' book, On The Mormon Frontier: The Diary of Hosea Stout.
Dates:
1965
Newspaper Clippings Concerning Juanita Brooks, 1975-1977
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Juanita Brooks papers (1941-1993) is comprised mainly of photocopied letters from Dale Morgan to Juanita Brooks concerning her book, Mountain Meadows Massacre, published in 1950. Also included are some short stories, letters concerning John D. Lee, and an oral history transcript.
Dates:
1975-1977
Miscellaneous
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Juanita Brooks papers (1941-1993) is comprised mainly of photocopied letters from Dale Morgan to Juanita Brooks concerning her book, Mountain Meadows Massacre, published in 1950. Also included are some short stories, letters concerning John D. Lee, and an oral history transcript.
Dates:
1941-1993
Correspondence with Martha Schack, 1968, 1993
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Juanita Brooks papers (1941-1993) is comprised mainly of photocopied letters from Dale Morgan to Juanita Brooks concerning her book, Mountain Meadows Massacre, published in 1950. Also included are some short stories, letters concerning John D. Lee, and an oral history transcript.
Dates:
1968; 1993