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Diary and autobiography of Christian N. Lund [microform] : c.1860-1921
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- Description
- Microfilm of Christian N. Lund's diary and autobiography, which covers the years from the 1860s-1920. The microfilm consists of two reels. The first reel opens with Lund's extensive family genealogy, notes on his childhood in Denmark, his family's conversion to Mormonism (which he initially opposed, noting "I was very unfavorable [sic] impressed [with the Mormon Church], and felt indignant almost that my mother should bring this disgrace upon us"), and his time as a "traveling elder" in the mid-1860s. He then recounts immigrating to Utah in 1868, marrying his Danish fiancée, and settling in Mount Pleasant. Lund recalls that he first worked at picking potatoes and in the Flagstaff mine in Little Cottonwood Canyon before being called as a "home missionary" for the Sanpete Stake in 1872. He worked as a store clerk from 1873 and was a secretary and director in the United Order before it dissolved in 1877. Lund recalls his mission to the northwestern states from 1879-1880, the death of his wife following childbirth in 1882, his election as mayor of Mount Pleasant in 1884, and the death of his eldest daughter from typhoid in 1885. He recalls the election process preceding his selection as bishop of the Mount Pleasant South Ward in 1890 and of his appointment as U.S. Court Commissioner in 1894. Shortly after exalting in Utah's admission to statehood ("O glorious day!" he wrote), Lund recalls his reluctance to depart on a mission to Europe, where he served from 1896-1898. He gives a lengthy account of his time as a missionary in Denmark, as well as recounting visits to Norway, Sweden, Germany, England, Scotland, the Netherlands, and Belgium. Much of the rest of the first reel consists of diary entries from 1898-1913, including his attendance of Church conferences; the marriages, births, and deaths of family and acquaintances; and his impressions of events such as the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake ("The greatest calamity perhaps that has ever occurred in the Country") and the 1907 Reed Smoot case. The second reel consists of Lund's journal from 1913-1920. He specifically recalls his election as a patriarch in 1916 and injuries he sustained after being hit by a car in the same year. Lund concludes the volume with a chronology of his important life events, a list of his "Activities in Civil Life," and "Days Notable in My History." The volume contains several newspaper obituaries on Lund's death in 1921. Scattered throughout both reels are various family photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, texts of blessings, certificates, and other ephemera.
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