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The general trends and characteristics of Utah pioneer dress from 1847 to 1875 [microform] : 1947

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Description: Microfilm of a thesis entitled "The General Trends and Characteristics of Utah Pioneer Dress from 1847-1875," written by Fairfax Proudfit Walkup for her M.A. from the University of Utah in 1947. Based on research from the Utah Pioneer Costume and Manners Research Project, the paper set out to "discover in what particulars Utah pioneer dress followed the prevailing general lines and characteristics of current fashions and why it did so". The study focused on women's dress, including "whole costumes ... to items of women's underwear- chemises ... corsets, drawers ... nightgowns, petticoats, and stockings; and to certain items of children's clothing." Includes illustrations and bibliography.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1947
Call number: MSS MFilm 00215
Creator: Walkup, Fairfax Proudfit (1887-1976)

The Deseret News and Utah, 1850-1867 [microform], 1949

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Microfilm of Arlington Russell Mortensen's doctoral thesis from the University of California, Los Angeles, entitled "The Deseret News and Utah, 1850-1867," written in 1949. The preface to the paper notes that "in addition to being a history of the birth and early years of a western newspaper, this study proposes to examine significant events and conditions in pioneer Utah as reflected in the pages of its oldest newspaper." The paper is divided into six sections: Genesis and Early Problems, News Gathering and Later Editors, Federal Relations 1850-1856, The News and the Utah War, Federal Relations 1859-1867, the Breaking of Isolation, and Zion Grows. Includes bibliography.

MSS MFilm 00185

Annals of the Southern Utah Mission [microform] : 1847-1869

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Microfilm of typescript abridgement of James G. Bleak's annals of the Southern Utah Mission, 1847-1869, Volume 1. The stated purpose of the ledger is "recording events of importance with reference to the founding, growth, and development of 'Utah's Dixie'," including Fort Harmony, Santa Clara, Washington, St. George, Virgin City, Toquerville, Clover Valley, Panaca (in modern day Nevada), Kanarra, St. Thomas, West Point, and Spring Valley. Included are lists of settlers; notes on irrigation, agriculture, and the construction of mills; records of local elections; accounts of various floods; records of local exploring expeditions; and descriptions of encounters, both peaceful and violent, with local Indians. Some specific events recounted include the coming of the Utah War (1857), the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the founding of the San Bernardino (California) ranch, and George A. Smith's expedition to Parowan. Individuals frequently mentioned include Parley P. Pratt, Brigham Young, John D. Lee, Erastus Snow, Heber Kimball, and Orson Pratt. Includes partial index.

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Essays on pioneer life in Arizona [microform] : approximately 1930

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Microfilm of a variety of essays and notes by Evans Coleman, primarily recalling pioneer life in Arizona. The essays and notes include "No.7 Pioneer Reunion, August 1930" (recalling "big reunion of the Apache County pioneer," which Coleman attended with W.W. Pace and others), "1880 Springerville (Round Valley) Horse Racing," "A Pioneer Incident II, 1884" (story about "Old Mase" Slaughter), "Along in the '90s: Do You Remember the Thrills of Yesterday?", "The Apache County Treasury Robbery," "Alpine School House" (photograph and summary), "The Firsts in Bush Valley," "Thatcher, Arizona, in 1899," "Incidents in Thatcher in 1899," and miscellaneous notes and photographs. The reel also contains the diary of Coleman's father Prime Thornton Coleman, recalling his daily life in Upper Kanab, Utah, in 1879.

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Sketches of pioneer days in Southern Utah and Arizona [microform]: 1923-1924

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Microfilm of a collection of typed anecdotes about early Mormon pioneers in Utah and Arizona, primarily written by Sullivan Calvin Richardson. The text opens with a general story of Mormons crossing the plains to Utah and early descriptions of settlements and the landscape. It also notes difficult working condition of laborers on the canal from the Rio Virgin, the building of settlements in Dixie, the construction of Call's Landing, and the giving up of homes on the Muddy River after some were found to be across the Nevada state line (where taxes were too high). The account includes quotes from settlers such as Charley Curtis, William Halladay, George A. Smith, Orville Allen, Lorenzo Watson, and Ammon M. Tenney. The microfilm also includes two poems identified as "The Transformation of the Pioneers," consisting of "Someone's Opinion of Arizona" by Charles O. Brown and "Answer to Some-one's Opinion of Arizona" by S.C. Richardson; a sketch of early Arizona by 'Lige Hancock; sketches of 1870s Arizona pioneers Peter O. Peterson, Andrew Anderson, Andrew Woods, O.C. Oveson, M.H. Peterson, and Andrew Locie Rogers by S.C. Richardson; the text of the "Arizona Song" by "some of the Salt Lake Boys;" and a sketch of Arizona pioneers by Joseph H. Richards.

MSS MFilm 00189

Early Records of Utah [microform]: 1852-1867

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Microfilm of a record book kept by the Church Historian's Office tracing the early history of Mormon settlement in Utah, also referred to as history of Brigham Young (it may have been kept in Young's name). The volume opens with a section entitled "Early Records of Utah," which covers 1847-1851 and begins with Orson Pratt and Esratus Snow's arrival in Salt Lake City. Subsequent sections are entitled "Incidents in Utah History" (1852-1854) and Utah Historical Incidents (1855-1867). Topics covered include a history of the Mormon Church, history of Mormon settlement in Utah, establishment of political and religious councils, experiences of Church leaders, interactions with local Indians, and colonization missions.

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Life sketches of Arizona pioneers [microform]:

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Microfilm of 17 brief typescript biographies of Mormon pioneers to Arizona. Many of the biographies were written by Belva Willis Ballard, including those of Samuel Parish (1798-1873), Frances Reed Willis (1840-1924), John Henry Willis (1835-1886), William Wesley Willis, Sr. (1811-1872), Shadrach Roundy (1789-1872), Priscilla Parish Roundy (1833-1914), and Lorenzo Wesley Roundy (b.1819). Also included are a life sketch of Lulu J. Hatch Smith (b.1876) by her daughter Alice Smith Hansen, a sketch of Samuel Francis Smith (b.1873) by his daughters Alice Smith Hansen and Emma Smith Dewey, a sketch of Lois B. Hunt (1837-1885) by May Hunt Larsen, a sketch of May Louise Hunt Larson (b.1860) by Nettie Hunt Rencher, and biographies by unnamed relatives of Alice Hansen Hatch (b.1837), Smith Doolittle Rogers (b.1852), Eliza Snow Smith (1859-1927), John Albert Freeman (b.1860), Sarah Adaline Hall Freeman (1860-1901), James Irving Youngblood (1837-1883), and Susan Hamilton Youngblood (d.1926). Included throughout the biographies are references to conversions to Mormonism, the death of Joseph Smith and the expulsion of the Mormons from Nauvoo, overland journeys to Utah, life in Toquerville, Parowan, and Beaver, Utah, life in Snowflake, Arizona, and experiences in the Mormon Battalion (see William Wesley Willis). Most of the sketches appear to have been written from 1929-1940.

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