Erastus Fairbanks Snow report to Historian's Office

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  Erastus Fairbanks Snow autobiography

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  Bound typescript of the autobiography of Erastus Fairbanks Snow, covering the years from approximately 1818 to 1847. The text essentially begins with Snow's baptism into the Mormon Church in about 1833 and traces his travels to Kirtland, Ohio. The rest of the autobiography focuses on Snow's itinerant preaching of the Mormon religion, particularly in the Virginia area.

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  Diaries of John B. Fairbanks [microform] : 1877-1902

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  Microfilm of nine diaries kept by John Fairbanks from 1877-1902. The first diary opens in Payson in 1877, and recounts Fairbanks's mission to the southern states, including Alabama and Tennessee, in 1883; the second opens with a list of subscriptions for the Zion's Cooperative Mercantile and Manufacturing Institution in Payson (1869) and also includes an 1881-1882 diary kept at Payson and on the southern states mission; the third diary opens in 1881 when Payson was traveling to St. Louis and tracks his mission through 1882; the fourth diary is a continuation of the third diary; the fifth diary is another notebook and diary kept during his mission from 1882-1883; the sixth diary is also from 1882; the seventh diary is undated but also appears to be from the southern states mission; the eighth diary is dated 1890 and was apparently kept in Utah; and the ninth diary was kept while Fairbanks was traveling in Central and South America, including to Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Colombia, in 1901-1902. It closes with a brief biography by an unknown author tracing Fairbanks's artistic endeavors from 1914-1917. Also included on the reel is a typescript by an unknown author entitled "South America Trip," which recalls Fairbanks's travels there.

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  Sketches of pioneer days in Southern Utah and Arizona [microform]: 1923-1924

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  Microfilm of a collection of typed anecdotes about early Mormon pioneers in Utah and Arizona, primarily written by Sullivan Calvin Richardson. The text opens with a general story of Mormons crossing the plains to Utah and early descriptions of settlements and the landscape. It also notes difficult working condition of laborers on the canal from the Rio Virgin, the building of settlements in Dixie, the construction of Call's Landing, and the giving up of homes on the Muddy River after some were found to be across the Nevada state line (where taxes were too high). The account includes quotes from settlers such as Charley Curtis, William Halladay, George A. Smith, Orville Allen, Lorenzo Watson, and Ammon M. Tenney. The microfilm also includes two poems identified as "The Transformation of the Pioneers," consisting of "Someone's Opinion of Arizona" by Charles O. Brown and "Answer to Some-one's Opinion of Arizona" by S.C. Richardson; a sketch of early Arizona by 'Lige Hancock; sketches of 1870s Arizona pioneers Peter O. Peterson, Andrew Anderson, Andrew Woods, O.C. Oveson, M.H. Peterson, and Andrew Locie Rogers by S.C. Richardson; the text of the "Arizona Song" by "some of the Salt Lake Boys;" and a sketch of Arizona pioneers by Joseph H. Richards.

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  The trail of sixty snows : poem

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  Typescript of two poems, "The Trail of Sixty Snows," by Cass Hite and "The Death of Hoskinini," by Cy Warman. "The Trail of Sixty Snows" is an autobiographical poem written by Hite on his 60th birthday. It recalls his childhood in "the old prairie State" (Illinois), the departure of his father for the California gold mines, and Hite's decision to travel westward in the 1860s, gold prospecting in Idaho, Arizona, Mexico, and Utah, where he searched for a Navajo mine he calls "El Mino Peso La-ki." The poem is largely in the third person, with Hite referring to himself by his Indian name of Hosteen Pish-la-ki. The second poem, "The Death of Hoskinini," was written by Warman upon the death of Navajo chief Hoskinini. The beginning of this poem describes the roaming spirit of Hoskinini, while the final pages are a continuation of "The Trail of Sixty Snows" and contain more biographical information about Hite, including a reference to the murder charges against him.

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  Historical survey of the St. Joseph Stake Academy, pioneering antecedent of Gila Junior College of Graham County

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  Thesis presented by LaRoy DeVar Saline for the Master of Arts in Education degree at Arizona State College at Tempe. Focuses on the development of the Mormon-chartered St. Joseph Stake Academy (the current Eastern Arizona College), and attempts to "narrate historically six decades of [its] development as a pioneer institution...[including] the successive stages of the Institution from its parochial grammar school origin through its academic, normal, and junior college levels." Chapters include a history of the Gila Valley (focusing on Mormon settlement), the educational background of St. Joseph Stake Academy (including early education in the territory of Arizona, Mormon philosophy of education, and early education in Utah), the founding of the St. Joseph Stake Academy in 1890, and its academic evolution over time.

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  Portiforium, use of Sarum : [manuscript]

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  Part 1. ff. 1-45v. [Portiforium, Sarum use]. Latin. ff. 1-7v: Day offices and mass of Thomas of Canterbury; ff. 8-19: Day offices and mass of All Saints; f. 19: Variant blessings for the seventh lesson at matins, depending upon the gospels; ff. 19v-20v: Memoriae of the Cross, the Virgin Mary, and All Saints.; ff. 21-45v: Variants for the office of the Virgin Mary on different days and during different liturgical seasons. Part 2. ff. 46-62v, f. iv verso. [Prayers]. Latin. ff. 46-52v: The Fifteen Oes of St Bridget; ff. 52v-53: Prayer, written for a female supplicant: "Deus qui Susannam a falso crimine liberasti. . ."; ff. 53-54v: Prayer to the Name of Jesus; ff. . 54v-55v: Prayers to be said at mass beginning: "Ave verum corpus natum. . . "; ff. 55v-56v: Four prayers to the Trinity; ff. 56v-58v: Three prayers to the Virgin Mary, the first written for a male supplicant; ff. 58v, 60r-v: Prayer to Christ; f. 60v: The opening words of a prayer "Te deprecor sancta maria mater; f. 59r-v: The prayer Obsecro te, to be said by a supplicant named William, beginning imperfectly; f. 59v, A prayer to the Virgin; f. 61: A version of the Arma Christi; ff. 61-62: The Verses of St. Bernard; f. 62: A suffrage of the Archangel Gabriel; f. 62r-v: A prayer for strength against the devil; f. iv verso: An excerpt from a Passio of Thomas of Canterbury.

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