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Memoirs and family histories of Edna Zyl Modie

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Description: Includes two memoirs of Edna Zyl Modie which recount her early life, a brief family history, and various travels in southern California. Also includes a typescript Modie's grandfather William T. Harvey's brief autobiography and family history, and a retelling by Modie's father's counsin Andrew Snyder of his experiences in a store robbery by Tiburcio Vasquez in Monterey in 1872.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1945-1971.
Call number: mssHM 73986-73989
Creator: Modie, Edna Zyl (1886-1981)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Edna Zyl Modie, August 12, 1971.

Sinclair, Marjorie: correspondence regarding Tiburcio Vasquez

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Two letters about the activities of outlaw Tiburcio Vasquez in the 1870s and a document of excerpted material from "Scouting on Two Continents" by Frederick Russell Burnham.

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Statements on John D. Lee and the Mountain Meadows Massacre, assembled by Edna L. Brimhall, Marion Lee, and Sarah Virginia Lee [microform]:

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Microfilm of typed statements, letters, and other documents assembled by John D. Lee's grandchildren Edna L. Brimhall, Marion Lee, and Sarah Virginia Lee. The stated purpose of the manuscript is to "teach the truth about a much misrepresented affair [the Mountain Meadows Massacre], and to show that the family need not be ashamed of John D. Lee, but can be proud of him." It begins with a brief biography of Lee and some letters to and from Mormon Church officials regarding Lee's life and the teaching of the Mountain Meadows Massacre in school history books. The majority of the document consists of statements on Lee's character and perceptions of the events of Mountain Meadows made by his relatives and acquaintances, including Lehi Smithson, Samuel B. Curtis, Lorenzo Watson, Juliette Low, Walter J. Winsor, Samuel B. Tenney, Thomas Kimball, Frances Kimball, Alice S. Harris, John D. Young, B.W. Richardson, William N. Young, Lucinda Lee, John Amasa Lee, Evans Coleman, William Franklin Lee, Edith Robinson, Amorah Lee Smithson, and Benjamin Samuel Johnson.

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My own experience with the Vasques Bandits

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This manuscript is Snyder's account of his experiences in the mercantile business in Monterey County, California beginning in 1872. He ran a "branch store" and a "hotell." At length and in detail, Snyder describes an incident where his store was robbed by armed "Spanyards," the leader of whom he names as "Vasques." The bandits shot and killed a partially deaf man when he did not heed their demands for him to submit, and shot a second man hiding in a nearby barn. After killing a third man, Vasques declares that "he had only one way to make a living and that was by robbing, and as long as other people had any money he intended to have his Share of it if he had to kill a man to gett it." The bandits did not kill Snyder because he "submitted." The bandits stole eleven horses, including one that had been a present to Mrs. Snyder, loaded them with the stolen goods, and rode away. Snyder called the aftermath "a Mournfull looking Site." He reports that Vasques was eventually captured in San Jose and hanged. With typewritten card containing a brief biography of Snyder.

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Becket, J.W. Family. 1 letter (1918, Jan. 21) to Edna Cudahy, 1877-1949

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Collection consists of the papers of John P. "Jack" and Edna Cudahy family. Includes correspondence and ephemera. The correspondence contains 228 letters, many written to Edna Cudahy. These are arranged alphabetically by author. These letters contain information relating to theater and society life in the early twentieth century, Michael Cudahy's life at Belmont School for Boys, Jack's experience as an officer at Camp Lewis, Washington, during World War I, and some correspondence related to Jack's business interests and trust funds. There are also 91 pieces of ephemera, including calling cards, report cards, greeting cards, and some receipts for goods and services. The ephemera is organized alphabetically by type. Most of the correspondence and ephemera relates to intimate family life and the social connections between members of the industrial and entertainment elite of the first decades of the twentieth century. A letter from Edna Cudahy Browne to John, Box 1 (11), discusses the young woman's decision to become a nun, though she married Percy Browne the following year. Subjects in this collection related to film distribution include: Associated First National Pictures, W.W. Hodgkinson, Marcus Loew, Paramount Pictures, and Adolph Zukor. Other subjects include: Catholic schools, Catholic women, Santa Catalina Island, and World War I.

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-----, Edna. 7 letters (1901-1906) to Edna Cudahy, 1877-1949

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Skelton, Red and Edna, residence

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Exterior and interior views of house; views of swimming pool and tennis court; views of soldiers at the house (appears to be images of a party/war relief effort thrown by the Skeltons). Red and Edna Skelton are pictured in some images.

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