Diary of Martha Spence Heywood [microform] : 1850-1856

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  Heywood, Martha Spence. Typescript, Journal of Martha Spence Heywood Recorded during the years 1850 to 1856

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  This collection consists of typescripts of interviews and diaries collected by Kimball Young (1893-1972) in regard to his research into the Mormon practice of polygamy. The information he gathered was to be used for his book, Isn't one wife enough? (New York : Holt and Co., 1954).

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  Diary of Theodocia Keeler Collier [microform] : 1885

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  Microfilm of a diary kept by Theodocia Collier in 1885. The diary, kept at Provo, recounts her daily activities including domestic chores, farm work, church activities, and family news. She also writes of the difficulties of raising children.

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  Autobiography and diary of Thomas Sirls Terry [microform]: 1856-1859

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  Microfilm of two volumes by Thomas S. Terry, one containing an autobiography of his life to 1856 and one containing a journal kept from 1857-1859. The autobiography describes of Terry's teenage years spent working in cotton and calico mills, his conversion to Mormonism and decision to quit his printing job and leave home in 1845, of his odd jobs throughout the mid-Atlantic, and of finally joining the Mormons in Missouri in 1847. Terry also writes of his arrival in Salt Lake City, his marriage to Mary Ann Pulsipher in 1849 (he would later marry her sister Eliza Jane), of the family's move to Little Cottonwood, of trouble with Chief Walkara's tribe, and of his departure for a mission to the eastern states in 1856. The volume also contains family blessings from 1858 and 1875, as well as genealogy of both the Terry and Pulsipher families. The second volume is a diary Terry kept while leading a company of Mormons across the plains to Utah following his eastern states mission (it is identified as "Book Number 4" and covers June 1857-December 1859). Terry writes of the death of Parley P. Pratt, of his company's progression across the plains, of meeting Jesse B. Martin's company, of moving the Springville upon his return to Utah, and of the family's move back to Cottonwood in July 1858. The rest of the diary describes Terry's daily life in Utah.

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  Diaries of George W. Bean [microform] : 1855-1856, 1891-1897

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  Microfilm of two of George W. Bean's diaries, one kept from 1855-1856 and one from 1891-1897. The 1855-1856 diary details interactions between Mormon missionaries at Las Vegas, New Mexico, and local Indians, including baptisms, trade, and some hostilities. Included are Bean's account of a journey from Las Vegas to California across the Mojave in October-November 1855 (which included stops in San Bernardino, Los Angeles, the San Gabriel Mission, and El Monte) and of travels between Las Vegas and the "Colorado Muddy" in 1856. Bean also references an encounter with the "murderers" of J.W. Gunnison, an Army captain killed in an Indian massacre in 1853; remarks on the camp visit of explorers Jules Remy and Julius Lucius Brenchley, who published "A Journey to Great Salt Lake City" in 1861; mentions his attendance of a performance of J.H. Martineau's "Missouri Persecutions;" and describes various interactions with Las Vegas Mission President William Bringhurst. Portions of the diary are in pencil and are partly illegible. The 1891-1897 diary centers on Bean's daily life in Utah, including trips to visit family and friends and attend conferences in Provo, Sanpete, Salt Lake City, Parowan, and Bunkerville. It also includes a description of the Bean Company entering construction bids and a High Council trial for allegedly breaking contracts, and includes a biographical sketch of George Bean.

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  Diaries of Joseph L. Heywood [microform]: 1855-1857

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  Microfilm of Joseph L. Heywood's diaries for the years 1855-1857. The diaries begin with Heywood accompanying Orson Hyde to help settle Carson Valley, Nevada. He then describes a subsequent trip to California; his trip to Washington, D.C. as part of a delegation to petition Congress for Utah statehood; his visits to his family on the east coast; and his journey back to Utah via St. Louis and Independence, Missouri. Of particular interest is Heywood's description of his trial and acquittal on a charge of bribery brought against him by a clerk in the First Auditor's Office of the United States Treasury Department.

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  Life sketches of Lydia Ann Smith Johnson, Martha Jane Stratton Johnson, and Seth Guernsey Johnson [microform]: after 1910

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  Microfilm of volume containing life sketches of Lydia Ann Smith Johnson (1847-1910), Martha Jane Stratton Johnson (1848-1910), and Seth Guernsey Johnson (1839-1927), written by one of Lydia and Seth's sons. The biography of Lydia begins with her birth in Worcestershire to a Mormon convert and missionary, and their immigration to Utah in about 1855. It then recounts their move to Cedar City; the death of Lydia's mother in 1856 and her subsequent difficult relationship with her father and his plural wife; a serious illness she contracted while attending school in 1860; her engagement to schoolteacher Seth Johnson on her 14th birthday, their marriage and move to Summit in 1862, and the continuing warnings that Lydia should not have children due to her frail health (she ultimately had 14 children); Seth's contraction of mountain fever in 1863; their move to Kane County until a harsh winter and murder of some neighbors by a band of Navajos in 1866 forced them to move to Toquerville; their subsequent move to Hillsdale, which was organized in 1877 with Seth as bishop and Lydia as president of the Relief Society; their move to Cannonville; and an invitation to a homecoming at Virgin City in 1909. The account ends with a note on Lydia's distribution of her property and instructions to her children before her death in 1910. The biographies of Seth and his plural wife Martha recount many of the same events. The sketch of Martha recounts her birth in Iowa, moving with her family from Nauvoo to Provo and ultimately Cedar City, and her marriage to Seth in 1865. Seth's biography includes references to his birth in Carthage, Illinois, various childhood anecdotes, notes on his teaching career, and encounters with Navajos (including those sentenced to death and apparently spared by Johnson). The volume ends with a note to "Dear Son and family" that accompanied the life sketches.

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