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Microfilm of a diary kept by Lorenzo Dow Smith primarily from 1886-1888. The opening pages include a description of the Kirtland Temple and assorted diary entries from 1881 and 1885. Most of Young's diary entries focus on his poor health, the weather, attending Temple services, and visiting friends and family in Salt Lake City. He specifically mentions Franklin Richards, Eliza Roxcy Snow, and Feramorz Little, in addition to his many meetings with his brothers, sons, and nephews. He also mentions events surrounding the 40th anniversary of the first pioneer party to Utah, includes a list of donations made to help Franklin W. Young research Young family genealogy, and records the deaths of his wife Hannah and son Brigham (1860-1887). At the end of the volume is a short family record and brief autobiography by Young, recorded in 1887.
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The Singleton Collection is organized into four discrete yet interrelated units. The first consists of 79 photographs by Mathew Brady (1823-1896) and Alexander Gardner (1821-1882) of scenes of the Civil War taken between 1861 and 1865. Included are group portraits of generals with their staffs, important wartime sites and activities, and photographs of paintings depicting various skirmishes. While the photographs were taken by Brady and Gardner during the war, the images were printed around 1885 by John Taylor and marketed by the firm of Taylor & Huntington. These photographer-entrepreneurs hoped to capitalize on twenty-fifth anniversary war reunions and commemorations by reissuing the once-familiar views. On the verso of each image is a partial list of the photographs sold by Taylor & Huntington for 75 cents a piece. The second grouping of photographs depicts two views of Abraham Lincoln and portraits of the Lincoln conspirators and their execution. These were also taken by Brady and Gardner during the war and, as with the first group, printed and issued around 1885 by Taylor & Huntington. Of particular rarity are the fourteen photographs of the Lincoln assassination conspirators including portraits of David Herold, George Atzerodt, Edward Spangler, two views of Lewis Payne, two views of Michael O'Laughlin, and an unidentified conspirator. Additionally, there is a complete set of three images depicting the execution of Mrs. Surratt and the conspirators taken by Alexander Gardner on July 7, 1865, as well as three of the five known images documenting the execution of Captain Wirz, the notorious Keeper of Andersonville Prison. Eighty-three cabinet portraits of Confederate Generals and other Southern leaders by George S. Cook (1819-1902) comprise the third section of the collection. Cook was a friend and former employee of Matthew Brady, and he provided E.& H.T. Anthony Co. with portraits from the South, including the first portrait of Colonel Robert Anderson. These portraits may come from sources other than Cook as he purchased competing photographers negatives, issuing them on his mounts. These portraits were taken in the 1860s but printed between 1880 and 1890 when Cook operated his Richmond, Virginia studio at 913 East Main Street. The last grouping of photographs contains 210 images by William H. Tipton (1850-1929), the self-described "Battlefield Photographer." The imperial-sized photographs depict the numerous monuments erected on the Gettysburg battlefield to honor the soldiers who fought and died in this decisive battle. The photographs date from the 1880s. The Singleton Collection constitutes of one of the most complete historic archives of the Gettysburg monuments.
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This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, and documents of English abolitionist Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846), chiefly dating from 1787 to 1847 and related to slavery and slave trade in the United States and Africa, including the Sierra Leone Colony; activities of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society; and the private affairs of Thomas Clarkson and his family. The papers include an unpublished manuscript of Clarkson's "History of the African Institution as connected with the Abolition of Slavery and the Foreign Slave Trade," circa 1839 (CN 33); a speech by Clarkson used in forming anti-slavery committees in 1823-1824 (CN 73); Clarkson's report on Sierra Leone, circa 1792 (CN 54); and "A letter to the Clergy and slave holders in the Southern parts of the United States of America," [1841?] (CN 78); as well as drafts of Clarkson's letters to the Comte de Mirabeau, Alexander I of Russia and others on slavery, and reports and speeches on the subject. Individuals represented by 3 or more pieces in the collection include: John Beaumont (8 pieces); Charles Buller (3 pieces); Maria Weston Chapman (5 pieces); Thomas Clarkson (48 pieces); Henri Grégoire (4 pieces); William Jay (3 pieces); Gerrit Smith (6 pieces); Joseph Soul (4 pieces); Joseph Sturge (15 pieces); Lewis Tappan (3 pieces); and Henry Clarke Wright (8 pieces). Notable correspondence in the collection includes: Thomas Clarkson letter to Comte de Mirabeau with the story of an African sold into slavery, November 13, 1789 (CN 35) Thomas Clarkson letter to Roberts Vaux regarding the settlement of free blacks from the United States in Haiti, March 8, 1819 (CN 63) William Buck Cripps letter regarding conditions of settlers and prospects for newcomers in New Brunswick, November 30, 1822 (CN 89) William Lloyd Garrison letter on slavery in the United States, August 19, 1846 (CN 98) John Jay letter making Clarkson an honorary member of the New York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, September 1, 1788 (CN 111) Francis Scott Key letter regarding Americans who plan to visit Sierra Leone, November 8, 1817 (CN 117) Report by J.W.C. Pennington, a free African American minister, September 25, 1844 (CN 137) Granville Sharp letter on the formation of the settlement at Sierra Leone, October 13, 1788 (CN 147) Philip Evan Thomas letter to James Cropper regarding slave labor in the United States, August 22, 1822(CN 182) John Greenleaf Whittier letter regarding the progress of anti-slavery movements in the United States, July 10, 1844 (CN 190) Dorothy Wordsworth letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson, May 10, 1808 (CN 201) This collection complements the Clarkson Papers in the British Library (Add. Mss. 41262-41267). Both groups of papers were consulted by Earl Leslie Griggs in the preparation of his biography, Thomas Clarkson: the Friend of Slaves (London : Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1936).
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Microfilm of a letterbook kept by James G. Bleak at St. George, Utah, from 1874-1887. The first reel includes letters dated 1874-October 1881, while the second reel dates from October 1881 through 1887. Included throughout are references to operations in the St. George Stake, including the procurement of supplies, descriptions of land in Washington County, records of ordinance work, records of quarterly stake conferences, and work on the St. George Temple. The St. George United Order is also referenced throughout, including a letter urging conciliation over minor disagreements as per "the interests and spirit of the United Order" (May 6, 1874). Individual letters discuss Indian affairs (see for examples letters dated March 26, 1874, April 6, 1874, and April 14, 1874), including a letter from Jacob Hamblin (Indian agent in Kane County) following the death of several Navajos in which he asks that their goods be returned to their relatives (March 20, 1874) and a letter signed by Brigham Young, George A. Smith, and Erastus Snow noting that the "Indians have expressed a repugnance at being baptized in water that is not clear" (February 9, 1875). Other letters describe plans for an expedition from Harmony and Kanarra to Black Rock Canyon to work on a "Hurricane Edge" (May 1874), the completion of a wagon road to Mt. Trumbull (May 5, 1874), relations with local Lamonites (1875), letters from Brigham Young to his sons Ernest J. Young, who was serving on a mission to England (February 4, 1875), and Willard Young, a cadet at West Point (February 6, 1875), the return of St. George brethren from the Manti Temple (October 27, 1877), a list of articles inherited from the estate of Brigham Young (February 23, 1878), a comparative statistical statement of the Salt Lake and St. George Stakes (1879, p. 352), a biography of Richard Moore Bleak (p.250), a report on the exploration of the head waters of the Cottonwood in 1878 (p.295), an history of the establishment of the St. George Ward (p.425), a letter from John D. McAllister to John Taylor asking for the definition of adultery and whether offenders should be excommunicated after the first offense ( February 13, 1882), and an account of the funeral service of Artisima Beaman Snow 1882 (p.701). Authors of the letters include Brigham Young, George A. Smith, John W. Young, Robert Gardiner (President of the United Order of St. George), James Nixon, and John D. McAllister. Addressees include Jacob Hamblin, Thales Haskell, Ammon Tenney, William Snow, Wilson D. Pace, Edward Bunker, Edward Hunter, Williard and Ernest Young, Thomas Judd, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, George Q. Cannon, Franklin D. Richards, and a "Moqueak [Indian leader] and his men" (March 24, 1874).
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Microfilm of a letterbook kept by James G. Bleak at St. George, Utah, from 1874-1887. The first reel includes letters dated 1874-October 1881, while the second reel dates from October 1881 through 1887. Included throughout are references to operations in the St. George Stake, including the procurement of supplies, descriptions of land in Washington County, records of ordinance work, records of quarterly stake conferences, and work on the St. George Temple. The St. George United Order is also referenced throughout, including a letter urging conciliation over minor disagreements as per "the interests and spirit of the United Order" (May 6, 1874). Individual letters discuss Indian affairs (see for examples letters dated March 26, 1874, April 6, 1874, and April 14, 1874), including a letter from Jacob Hamblin (Indian agent in Kane County) following the death of several Navajos in which he asks that their goods be returned to their relatives (March 20, 1874) and a letter signed by Brigham Young, George A. Smith, and Erastus Snow noting that the "Indians have expressed a repugnance at being baptized in water that is not clear" (February 9, 1875). Other letters describe plans for an expedition from Harmony and Kanarra to Black Rock Canyon to work on a "Hurricane Edge" (May 1874), the completion of a wagon road to Mt. Trumbull (May 5, 1874), relations with local Lamonites (1875), letters from Brigham Young to his sons Ernest J. Young, who was serving on a mission to England (February 4, 1875), and Willard Young, a cadet at West Point (February 6, 1875), the return of St. George brethren from the Manti Temple (October 27, 1877), a list of articles inherited from the estate of Brigham Young (February 23, 1878), a comparative statistical statement of the Salt Lake and St. George Stakes (1879, p. 352), a biography of Richard Moore Bleak (p.250), a report on the exploration of the head waters of the Cottonwood in 1878 (p.295), an history of the establishment of the St. George Ward (p.425), a letter from John D. McAllister to John Taylor asking for the definition of adultery and whether offenders should be excommunicated after the first offense ( February 13, 1882), and an account of the funeral service of Artisima Beaman Snow 1882 (p.701). Authors of the letters include Brigham Young, George A. Smith, John W. Young, Robert Gardiner (President of the United Order of St. George), James Nixon, and John D. McAllister. Addressees include Jacob Hamblin, Thales Haskell, Ammon Tenney, William Snow, Wilson D. Pace, Edward Bunker, Edward Hunter, Williard and Ernest Young, Thomas Judd, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, George Q. Cannon, Franklin D. Richards, and a "Moqueak [Indian leader] and his men" (March 24, 1874).
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The collection contains 208 semi-cataloged items housed in two boxes (with one oversize volume). The majority of the collection deals with Alice Parsons Millard's estate and assets at the time of her death. There are documents and five volumes of inventories of the house and "museum," as well as 52 inventory note cards. These inventories list items (including furniture, books, etc.) owned by the Millards and often include the price they paid for it and/or the price for which they sold it. There is also a twelve-page, typed memoir of Alice Parsons Millard by Lucille V. Miller (1984). The correspondence includes 31 pieces, sixteen of which were written by Alice Parsons Millard. Many of the letters and postcards were written while Alice was abroad. One of her letters is to her client, collector Estelle Doheny. A number of her letters were to the Vanderhoef family, particularly Francis Bailey Vanderhoef, Jr. and his mother, Cornelia Young Vanderhoef. Ten letters by Alice Parsons Millard's secretary, Gertrude E. Treat, revolve around Alice's failing health, death, and the distribution of her estate. The photographs consist of 57 black and white photographs (and two negatives) of the following: the Millard's Highland Park house, the exterior and interior of "La Miniatura," the house's exhibits, the South Pasadena House, and three gates Alice contemplated purchasing while in London. There are also several personal photographs of Alice Parsons Millard, George Millard and various family members. There are five pieces of ephemera including Alice Parsons Millard's passport (1926) and copies of three of her obituaries (1938).
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