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Diaries of Oz Flake [microform] : 1896-1941

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Description: 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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