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Box 1

 Container

Contains 19 Results:

Hector Lee; Report of the Director of the Utah Humanities Research Foundation, 1947

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries includes typescript copies of original manuscripts. Dates indicate the years in which the original manuscripts were written.

Dates: 1947

A Bibliography of the Archives of the Utah Humanities Research Foundation, 1944-1947

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries includes typescript copies of original manuscripts. Dates indicate the years in which the original manuscripts were written.

Dates: 1944-1947

Captain James M Brown.; Letter describing immigrant Saints as they arrived in New Orleans, 1854

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries includes typescript copies of original manuscripts. Dates indicate the years in which the original manuscripts were written.

Dates: 1854

Emily Stevens Dalton; Diary and letters, 1882-1935

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

This folder includes diary entries and letters of the first wife of Edward Meeks Dalton. Edward Dalton was shot during the polygamy raids in Southern Utah in 1886.

Dates: 1882-1935

William W. Flanagan; Diary describing developments in Zion National Park, 1901

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

This folder includes a excerpts from a diary recounting Flanagan's work building trails and a cable structure in the area that would later become Zion National Park.

Dates: 1901

Charles Franklin Foster; "Highlights in the Life of Charles Franklin Foster"

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

This folder includes an autobiography of an early settler of St. George, Utah, and LDS missionary to Great Britain.

Dates: 1944-1954

Julia Putma Foster; "Pine Valley Days"

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

This folder includes an account of childhood memories of one of Charles Franklin Foster's daughters.

Dates: 1944-1954

Joel H. Johnson; Life of Joel H. Johnson, Utah pioneer and colonizer

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

This folder includes an autobiography of an early convert to the LDS Church. The account describes his missionary work, his interactions with Joseph Smith Jr., and his role in settling Parowan, Utah.

Dates: 1944-1954

John E. Johnson; Early days in Utah, 1937

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

This folder includes an autobiography of an early settler of Sevier County, Utah, describing local happenings, community concerns about neighboring Indians, and events in Johnson's life.

Dates: 1937

Lucy W. Kimball; An account of persecutions of the Mormons in Nauvoo

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

This folder includes an autobiography of one of Heber C. Kimball's wives.

Dates: 1944-1954

Edward Kingsford; Autobiography and correspondence, 1894-1896

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

This folder includes an autobiography and correspondence of a settler of Franklin, Idaho. Kingsford describes his conversion to the LDS Church and trek West, the Utah War, the Bear River Massacre, and other events in his life.

Dates: 1894-1896

Platte D. Lyman; Describing exploration and colonization of San Juan County, 1879-1894

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries includes typescript copies of original manuscripts. Dates indicate the years in which the original manuscripts were written.

Dates: 1879-1894

William Marsden; Diary describing early days of Utah County

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries includes typescript copies of original manuscripts. Dates indicate the years in which the original manuscripts were written.

Dates: 1944-1954

Catherine Nielson; Letter to her husband, Jense Nielson, 1883

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

This folder includes a letter describing events in Cedar City, Utah. The letter discusses sermons by LDS Church leaders, including President Woodruff, who emphasized obeying the Word of Wisdom.

Dates: 1883

Benjamin Perkins; Cedar City and Bluff during period of polygamy

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries includes typescript copies of original manuscripts. Dates indicate the years in which the original manuscripts were written.

Dates: 1944-1954

Joseph E. Ray; Diary describing early Millard County

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries includes typescript copies of original manuscripts. Dates indicate the years in which the original manuscripts were written.

Dates: 1944-1954

John Lowe Sevy; Brief family history and an account of life in early southern Utah, 1891-1939

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries includes typescript copies of original manuscripts. Dates indicate the years in which the original manuscripts were written.

Dates: 1891-1939

Janet M. Smith; An early pioneer to Parowan, Utah, and Snowflake, Arizona

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries includes typescript copies of original manuscripts. Dates indicate the years in which the original manuscripts were written.

Dates: 1944-1954

Leonora Cannon Taylor; Diary, 1830-1845

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents

This folder includes a diary documenting Taylor's voyage from England to the United States, her conversion to the LDS Church, and other events in her life. The bibliography describes the manuscript as a "Diary describing polygamy and early days in Utah," but this is not an accurate description of the material that Taylor discusses.

Dates: 1830-1845