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John Mills Woolley: his writings

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Description: Collected writings of John Mills Woolley (1822-1864), transcribed, edited, and annotated by Richard Woolley Jackson. The transcriptions include Woolley's 1851 autobiography and selected passages from his 1853-1859 journal. The autobiography focuses on Woolley's early life, including becoming an orphan at the age of eleven, moving from his home in Pennsylvania to Ohio, his introduction to the Mormon Church, following the Mormons to Nauvoo, serving on missions throughout the eastern United States, and traveling westward in 1846, including stays at Council Bluffs and Winter Quarters, before arriving in Salt Lake City in 1847. The diary passages were taken from diaries kept by Woolley while he was living in the Salt Lake Valley from 1853-1859. The volume's supplementary material includes quotes from secondary sources, maps, and occasional commentary by Jackson.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1976.
Call number: mssHM 75877

Edwin Thomas Woolley diaries

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Series of six diaries kept by Edwin Thomas Woolley from 1884 to 1906. The first four volumes recount Woolley's experiences as a missionary in England from 1884-1886, and also describe a trip he made to Paris during that time. Another family journal was kept in Ogden, Utah, from 1900 to 1903, and includes entries from Woolley, his wife Emma Rumel Woolley, and their children Heber R., Florence, and Orlindo (Orlie). The final volume was kept by Woolley in Ogden from 1903-1906.

mssHM 31169-31173

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In the wake of the pioneers : novel

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Manuscript of a novel by Heber R. Woolley, originally written under the pseudonym of Joshua Tobin. The novel tells the story of Johnny Grant, a devout Mormon living in Salt Lake City in the second half of the nineteenth century. It opens with a sixteen-year-old Johnny (born "ten years after the first band of Mormons had come to Deseret") growing up in a polygamous family as the son of the neglectful Bishop Grant and his second wife. The novel traces Johnny's life as he tries and often fails at a variety of business endeavors, moves to Idaho, serves on a mission to England, and is made a Bishop. It also tells the parallel story of Johnny's less-devout wife, Martha. Toward the end of the novel, Johnny leaves the Church and turns to Darwin and Freud, at one point declaring that he has become an atheist. The story is set against a backdrop of debates over polygamy and tithing, and is apparently intended to criticize perceived hypocritical doctrines of the Mormon Church.

mssHM 72908

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Joshua R. Clark and Mary Louisa Woolley Clark extracts of diaries and records

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This typescript includes meeting minutes from the Grantsville School of the Prophet and Theological Class, in Grantsville, Utah. Minutes were recorded on a bi-weekly basis from September 11, 1871 to May 6, 1872, with additional entries from December 1872 and February 1873. Primarily focuses on matters of school policy and finance, but also includes references to marriage, testimony from the Sandwich Islands, and discussion of possible westward travel. Includes a list of names of school brethren from 1871-1873. Minutes were kept by J.R. Clark, secretary. Although entitled "Diaries and Records of Joshua R. Clark and Mary Louis Woolley Clark, 1840-1938," there seems to be nothing here written by Mary Clark, and it appears that portions of the original document are not included.

mssHM 70259

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Assorted writings of Howard Coray

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Collected writings of Howard Coray assembled by Brigham Young University in 1961.The volume includes a brief biography of Coray, a genealogy, his autobiography, and typescripts of various letters written to and from Coray.

mssHM 27972

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Andrew Jackson, Fort Strother, Mississippi Territory, letter to Rachel Jackson, Hermitage, near Nashville, Tennessee :

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Jackson discusses his health and state of his injured arm, his admiration for Lieutenant Harmon Hays, and mentions preparing for a movement from Fort Strother. He also discusses Theodore and Lyncoya, two Native American infants that Jackson was in the process of adopting. He mentions the recent death of Theodore, who died after his arrival at the Hermitage, and arrangements for Lyncoya to be sent to his home.

mssHM 22991

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Andrew Jackson, Washington, D.C., letter to Andrew Jackson, Jr. :

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Jackson is happy to hear that Sarah (Andrew Jackson Jr.'s wife Sarah Yorke Jackson) and Rachel (their daughter) are doing well. Provides instructions and guidance for various tasks at the Hermitage including sales of cotton crop and stock, use of stud colt, and the need for housing for fowl and stables. Jackson also mentions the illness of Sampson, an enslaved laborer at the Hermitage, and others (text damaged). Discusses financial details on purchase of land from Alexander. Jackson expresses his gratification that the tomb for Rachel Jackson is complete. Item is slightly damaged, some text missing.

mssHM 23117

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