Manuscripts

Jarman Family Papers

Description: The collection primarily consists of correspondence related to the Jarman family, Mormon converts who immigrated from England to Utah in the 1860s. It includes statements by Maria Bidgood Jarman Ford Barnes regarding her divorce from her abusive, polygamous first husband; 26 letters sent to Maria from her son Albert while he was serving on a mission trip to England from 1894-1895; and various letters from other family members and friends, including the Dickert family, who describe their life in Germany, and a friend who served on a mission to Switzerland in 1897.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1883-1962
Call number: mssHM 79906-79951
Creator: Ford, Maria B (1832-1924)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased by William Reese Company on behalf of The Huntington from Swann Americana Sale 2310, Lot 192, April 16, 2013.
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Coulam, John]. List of Jarman/Bidgood family baptisms

Manuscripts

The collection primarily consists of correspondence related to the Jarman family, Mormon converts who immigrated from England to Utah in the 1860s. It includes statements by Maria Bidgood Jarman Ford Barnes regarding her divorce from her abusive, polygamous first husband; 26 letters sent to Maria from her son Albert while he was serving on a mission trip to England from 1894-1895; and various letters from other family members and friends, including the Dickert family, who describe their life in Germany, and a friend who served on a mission to Switzerland in 1897.

HM 79909.

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