Manuscripts

Myron Abbott diaries

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Description: Two volumes containing Myron Abbott's daily diary record from 1880-1886. Abbott includes accounts of his daily activities and family life, and of his work as a miller, farmer, and dam builder in southeastern Nevada. He also includes references to Joseph and Wilmer Earl, Dudley Leavitt, and Stephen and Edward Bunker. Also included in volume II is a 'Family Registry of Stephen and Abigail Abbott' (parents of Myron Abbott). Bound.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1880-1886.
Call number: mssHM 73033-73034
Creator: Abbott, Myron (1837-1907)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Thomas Abbott, April 4, 1945.

The story of my life by William Elias Abbott

Manuscripts

Typescript copy of William Elias Abbott's autobiography and family record. It begins by tracing his ancestors and gives a detailed history of his mother, Abigail Smith Abbott. The majority of the manuscript consists of Abbott's reminiscences of his life and family experiences as a pioneer in Nevada, specifically in Bunkerville and Mesquite, as well as his dedication to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Included is a Military History of Private Israel Abbott, which recounts the wounding of Abbott's brother Israel in France during World War I, typescript copies of several of Abbott's church certificates, and a brief history of My Grandfather, Orville Morgan Allen (1805-1893). Also include are typescripts of several letters, including those to Abbott from Heber J. Grant (1929), Thekla Schaerr (1930), Grace Stirling (1935), Key Pittman (1939), Barbara Adair (1941), and Ruth Cram (1942?); those from Abbott to his nephew Austin Abbott (1941) and to the Moapa Stake Presidency (1941); a letter of recommendation for Abbott as Justice of the Peace from Las Vegas lawyers (1936); a letter from Gordan B. Hinckley to "Leon" (1941); and an exchange of letters between Joseph Smith and John Arlington Bennett (1843). Bound.

mssHM 51999

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Helen Abbott correspondence with M. Lee Miller ; manuscripts and printed material

Manuscripts

The material in this collection includes: letters and cards from Helen Abbott to M. Lee Miller (HM 83539-83555); a copy of a 1942 letter from M. Lee Miller to Bart Abbott (HM 83556); a manuscript entitled "Addenda" written by M. Lee Miller (HM 83557) and a printed "In Memoriam: Joan London Miller (HM 83558). The letters are personal and detail health struggles and family issues; there is some discussion of socialist issues, Jack London, Joan London and Helen Abbott's on-going battle with the "male dominated groupies" involved with Jack London's legacy. The letters and cards are autograph and computer generated, some with envelopes.

mssHM 83539-83558

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Myron Hunt papers, (bulk 1915-1932)

Manuscripts

The collection consists of papers dealing chiefly with the work of Myron and Virginia Pease Hunt with philanthropic and civic organizations in Pasadena, CA, from 1917-1946. There are also two sketchbooks by Myron Hunt (1894) and thirteen journals (1893-1913) of his first wife, Harriette Boardman Hunt, written from Europe, Evanston, NC, and Pasadena and Palm Springs, California, from 1893-1913. The collection also contains sub-groups consisting of the papers of Myron Hunt's son, Robert Nichols Hunt, and of the Boardman and Nichols families.

mssHunt, Myron papers

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William Whittlesey Abbott letter to Mrs. James F. Whitin

Manuscripts

Abbott wrote this letter from Los Angeles to his aunt in Whitinsville, Massachusetts. In the letter he describes the "hustle and bustle" of downtown Los Angeles, local businesses, agriculture and viticulture, his daily activities, and health reasons. He also has a detailed description of Mission San Gabriel Arcangel in San Gabriel.

mssHM 84025

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J. J. Abbott letter to J. P. Carpenter

Manuscripts

Letter, written by J. J. Abbott to his friend and fellow teacher in Alabama, J. P. Carpenter. Abbott describes his journey to Mississippi, the city of Hudsonville, the school at which he is working, some school clubs that he founded, and his intent to attend Andover Theological Seminary in Massachusetts. Abbott also gives opinions about the South, slavery, and abolitionists.

mssHM 84005

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Bart Abbott and M. Lee Miller photographs and negatives

Manuscripts

Two undated black and white photographic prints. One photograph is identified as being Bart Abbott, M. Lee Miller, and brother as children, taken in approximately 1925. The other photograph is a studio portrait of Bart Abbott and M. Lee Miller, taken in approximately 1945. Also enclosed are two black and white negatives of the photographs. The photographic prints and negatives were made from original photographs which were supplied by M. Lee Miller; the original photographs were returned to her in 1995.

mssHM 83787

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