Diaries of Oz Flake [microform] : 1893-1899

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

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  Microfilm of the diary and record book of James Madison Flake, primarily focusing on his British mission from 1887-1889. The diary opens with his departure from Snowflake in 1887, his overland travels by rail to New York, and his sailing across the Atlantic to Liverpool. It then describes his mission work in Scotland, primarily in and around Glasgow and Dunfermline, and England, where he lived in Stockton. He also describes trips taken to London and Paris in 1889 and his return voyage home. There is one 1891 entry made in Snowflake. The end of the volume includes a brief autobiography of Flake, records of baptisms he performed in Arizona and Britain, and various family records to about 1929.

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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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  Diaries of Joseph H. Richards [microform] : 1876-1893

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  Microfilm of the diaries of Joseph H. Richards, covering the years 1876, 1881, 1886, and 1892-1893. All of the Utah and Arizona diaries consist of brief entries recalling Richards's daily life. The 1876 volume records his life in Utah and his call to colonize Arizona; the 1881 volume records his life in the St. Joseph United Order; the 1886 diary recalls his travels from Arizona to Utah and California; and the 1892-1893 diary recounts in more detail his mission to England and Scotland, and also includes a brief autobiography.

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  Diaries of Frihoff Godfred Nielson [microform] : 1874-1935. Reel 1

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  Microfilm of the diaries of Frihoff Godfred Nielson, covering the years from 1874-1935. The diaries primarily consist of brief entries describing Nielson's daily life in Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico, including local news, trading with Indians, Church affairs, and agricultural work. The diaries also chronicle his mission to the Northern States and his work on the Temple in Mesa, Arizona. The diaries are arranged on three reels as follows: Reel 1 - 1875-1876 diary identified as "Peters and U.P.R.R., Morgan County, Utah;" a diary dated 1874-1875; and two diaries identified as Sunset, Yavapai County, Arizona, and dated 1876-1879 and 1879-1886; Reel 2 - continuation of the same diary from 1886-1897; a diary dated 1898; a diary dated 1899-1900 and identified as Ramah, New Mexico; and a diary begun at Marshall, Illinois, and dated 1900-1902; Reel 3 - diary dated 1902-1935 and a brief, chronological autobiography.

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