Diary and record book of James Madison Flake [microform] : 1887-1929 (bulk 1887-1889)

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  Diaries of Oz Flake [microform] : 1896-1941

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  Microfilm of the diaries of Oz Flake, kept between 1896 and 1941. The first volume is identified as Book B and was kept while Flake was living in Arizona and Utah from 1896-1899, including at Holbrook, Snowflake, Salt Lake City, Provo, Fillmore, Beaver City, Lee's Ferry, Shumway, Pinetop, and Heber. Portions of the diary (p.105-164) were kept by Flake's wife, Elsie Abigail Owens Flake. The second volume is identified as Record G and was kept following Flake's return from his southern states mission in 1900. It primarily covers his life in Arizona, including Snowflake, Ellison, Fort Apache, and Mesa, from 1900-1913, and also has a brief section kept in 1925. The final, brief volume is identified as Record J, and was kept at Phoenix from 1935-1936. The second reel contains Book K, dated 1936-1938 (the early entries begin in 1917 before skipping to 1936). It was primarily kept at Phoenix, Randolph, and on a trip to California in 1937. Reel 3 begins with Record F, which was kept during Flake's mission to Mississippi and Louisiana from 1899-1900. Book H, dated 1915-1922, was kept at Snowflake and Phoenix as well as during a mission trip to Texas. Book I is dated 1922-1935 and was kept at Phoenix, Snowflake, Salt Lake City, and on a mission trip to North Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama. The final volume is Book L, which was kept at Phoenix, Snowflake, Mesa, and Salt Lake City from 1938-1941.

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  Diaries of Oz Flake [microform] : 1893-1899

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  Microfilm of the diaries of Oz Flake, kept from 1893-1899. The first volume is identified as Record of the Life of O.D. Flake, Snowflake, Book A, and is dated 1893. It opens with a brief autobiography of Flake's life through about 1893, and then transitions into diary entries beginning in about 1894. The diary covers Flake's life in Arizona and an 1896 trip to California. The second volume is identified as Record C and records Flake's 1897-1898 mission to the southern states, particularly Mississippi. The second reel contains a diary dated 1898, which covers the southern states mission in Mississippi as well as stops in Tennessee, New Orleans, and St. Louis. The final volume is identified as Record E and covers Flake's mission in Mississippi from 1898-1899.

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  Biography of James Madison Flake biography

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  This typescript is a brief biography of James Madison Flake written by his son Joseph Marion Flake. It contains anecdotes from his life and describes his work for the Mormon Church while living in Snowflake, Arizona and on his mission to England and Scotland

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  Diaries of Charles L. Flake [microform] : 1880-1892

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  Microfilm of six diaries kept by Charles L. Flake between 1880 and 1892. The first diary is identified as Brigham Young Academy and opens with a list of expenses for 1880-1882. The diary portion of the volume recounts Flake's arrival in Provo, his time in St. George, and traveling between Utah and Arizona, as well as activities such as shearing sheep and attending social functions. Volume two is also identified as Brigham Young Academy and is dated 1882-1883. It opens with a brief autobiography, and the diary begins in St. George and includes personal musings, notes on family members, and an account of the beginning of Flake's Mississippi mission. Volume three is identified as Sarepta, Calhoun County, Mississippi, and dated 1883-1884, and recounts Flake's mission work in Mississippi and Alabama. The fourth and fifth volumes were both kept primarily at Paris, Mississippi, in 1884. The sixth volume is identified as Sarepta and covers Flake's mission as well as his return to Arizona and life in Snowflake and Springville through 1892 (a letter transcript in the back of the volume is dated 1898).

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  Diaries of Ammon M. Tenney [microform] : 1887-1921

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  Microfilm of eight diary volumes kept by Ammon M. Tenney between 1887 and 1921. The first volume is dated 1887-1890 and recalls Tenney's mission to Mexico. The following seven volumes, identified as Books 1-7, were primarily kept while Tenney was living in Mexico avoiding polygamy charges from 1901-1911. The diaries describes Tenney's daily life primarily around Colonia Juarez, as well as Mormon Church and theological issues and his visits with missionaries and fellow exiles. The final diary was begun while Tenney was living in Thatcher, Arizona, and covers his life in and around Arizona from 1915-1921. The first reel contains the diaries dated 1887-1890, 1901, 1902, and 1904-1905; the second reel contains the diaries dated 1906-1907, 1907-1909, 1909-1911, and 1915-1921.

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  Diary and family record of May Hunt Larson [microform]: 1894-1942

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  Microfilm of a diary and genealogical and family record kept by May Hunt Larson. The diary, identified as Journal No.2, was kept at Snowflake, Arizona, from 1897-1907. In it May records her daily activities, her attendance of church and suffrage meetings, and news on family members and acquaintances. The second volume, identified as Journal No.1 and dated 1894, contains a detailed family history and genealogy. The family history includes a detailed memoir covering the years 1866-1896. It also includes a history of Jefferson Hunt, with references to his service in the Nauvoo Legion and Mormon Battalion, as well as copied biographies of various family members including John Hunt, Happylona Sanford Hunt, Sarah Jane Crosby Hunt, Belle Hunt Flake, Mons Larson, and Louisa Barnes Pratt. The genealogy in the volume goes through 1942.

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