Manuscripts

Diary of Theodocia Keeler Collier [microform] : 1885

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Description: Microfilm of a diary kept by Theodocia Collier in 1885. The diary, kept at Provo, recounts her daily activities including domestic chores, farm work, church activities, and family news. She also writes of the difficulties of raising children.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1885
Call number: MSS MFilm 00178
Creator: Collier, Theodocia Keeler (1858-1912)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Microfilm of original loaned by Mrs. Clara C. Richardson, November 1, 1949.
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Diary of Joab Daniel Collier [microform] : 1899

Manuscripts

Microfilm of a diary written by Joab Daniel Collier in Vernal, Utah, in 1899. The diary was kept while Collier was attending Uintah State Academy, and primarily follows his school activities.

MSS MFilm 00179

Diary of Ethan Pettit [microform] : 1855-1878

Manuscripts

Microfilm of the diary of Ethan Pettit, kept from 1855-1878. The volume opens when Pettit was serving on his Indian mission to the Elk Mountains in Colorado. The remainder of the volume from 1856-1881 focuses on Pettit's life in Utah, and primarily recounts farm, livestock, and agricultural work.

MSS MFilm 00242

Diaries and autobiography of William Wallace Flanigan [microform]: 1875-1925

Manuscripts

Microfilm of a total of thirteen diary and autobiographical volumes kept by William Wallace Flanigan from 1875-1925. The reel opens with a three volume autobiography and diary, which was begun at Kane County, Utah, in 1875 and covers Flanigan's life in Utah through 1903. The diary volumes, which are not in chronological order on the reel, are dated 1899, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1917, 1921, 1923, and 1925. They chronicle Flanigan's daily life in Utah, including at Rockville, Washington, Springville, Provo, and St. George. He writes frequently about his daily activities and labors, agricultural work, attendance of meetings, the weather, and his work at a school house. The reel also contains some loose pages with autobiographical writings to about 1895.

MSS MFilm 00221

Autobiography and diaries of Joab Collier [microform] : 1874-1905

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Microfilm of Joab Collier's autobiography, written in about 1905, and two diaries covering 1874-1875. In the autobiography Collier recounts his father's death in a coal mine in 1856, living with his mother on her earnings from a cotton factory, moving to Yorkshire to work in a wool factory after the cotton factory was closed during the American Civil War, attending parish school in Newton (he left at age 13 to work in the factory full time, and describes his work schedule there), starting for the United States in 1869 and arriving in Utah in 1870, working on the railroad in Draper in 1871, returning to school and working herding sheep in 1873, living with Dr. R.M. Boyers and his family, meeting Theodocia at a dance, briefly attending Brigham Young Academy, various livelihoods including agricultural work and sheep herding, and of beginning to raise bees in the 1880s. He also describes specific memories such as the wedding of Prince Albert of Wales in 1863 and trying to pay back a $36 loan his mother took out on arriving in Utah. The 1874 journal was kept while Collier was living with Dr. Boyers, and the entries focus on his work in a store, going to dances, buying livestock and picking up coal, and attending religious meetings. The 1875 journal focuses on Collier's social activities, including his courtship of Theodocia. Some portions of the diary were written in the Deseret alphabet.

MSS MFilm 00182

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

Manuscripts

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).

MSS MFilm 00123

Diary and account book of Joseph W. McAllister [microform] : 1882-1885

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Microfilm of a diary and account book of Joseph Warrington McAllister, kept at Glendale and Salt Lake City from 1882-1885. The volume opens with co-op accounts for individuals and institutions, including the Glendale Trustees and Night School, in Glendale from 1882-1883. It also includes miscellaneous accounts kept from 1884-1885.The second half of the volume consists of McAllister's 1882-1884 diary, which commences with his move from Kanab to Glendale to teach school. McAllister writes of his life in Glendale, his attendance of meetings at Orderville, his move to Salt Lake City in 1883, and working in the Salt Lake Temple through 1884. Portions of the diary appear to be in pencil and may be partially illegible.

MSS MFilm 00214

Diary of Theodocia Keeler Collier [microform] : 1885

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