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Family records and diary of Delaun Cox Mills [microform]: approximately 1873-1900

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Description: Microfilm of family records and an autobiography and diary of D.M. Cox, which is inscribed Shelley, Idaho. The family records were kept by Cox's wives Charlotte Kelsey Cox and Susan Brown Cox and cover the years to about 1885. The autobiography and diary kept by Cox is dated 1873-1883 and primarily focuses on his time at Orderville. There are some notes about Cox's childhood, including working with his father and traveling to the Muddy River. The pages on Orderville focus on Cox's carpentry and construction jobs, including making doors and barrels and acting as a building superintendent. He also describes raising the first silkworms in Orderville. A note in the back of the volume is dated 1900.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1873-1900
Call number: MSS MFilm 00186 item 01
Creator: Cox, Delaun Mills (1850-1932)(Opens in new tab)
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Richardson family record and miscellaneous family material [microform]: approximately 1884-1894

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Microfilm of various materials related to the Richardson family, including a family record, autobiography, and unidentified diary. The reel opens with a family record kept by William Richardson through approximately 1884. It traces his ancestors primarily in Scotland, and includes birth and death dates as well as information on marriages and children.The reel also contains a brief autobiography kept by Mary Muir Hughes Bunnell (a sister-in-law of William Richardson), including descriptions of Mary's childhood in Scotland, her conversion to Mormonism, her move to Utah, and her marriage to Ross Burton Hughes. The reel also contains a diary kept by an unidentified man in about 1894 (although portions are dated 1884-1885 and 1890, and some pages may be out of order on the reel). It primarily chronicles daily activities in Utah such as agricultural work, attendance of religious meetings, and Church and community affairs. The second half of the unidentified diary is included on MSS MFILM 00160.

MSS MFilm 00180

Diaries of Allen Frost [microform] : 1874-1901. Reel 1

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Microfilm of nine diary volumes kept by Allen Frost between 1874 and 1901. The first volumes begins as an autobiography, kept while Frost was living at the United Order at Mt. Carmel in Long Valley in 1874. He describes his childhood in England, his journey to New York to live with an uncle, his work in machine shops in New York and as a farmer in Maine, his frequent illnesses, his conversion to Mormonism, his traveling primarily by steamer and rail through New York and Pennsylvania and on to Missouri on his way to Utah in 1861, and his settlement in Bountiful. The volume includes diary entries from 1874-1878 that focus on his life at the United Order at Mt. Carmel and also contains a list of names officiated for in the St. George Temple (January 15, 1878), some genealogy, account notes, a property appraisal, and various notes on the United Order. The diaries dated 1878-1890 primarily recount Frost's daily activities and labors in and around the United Order, St. George, Orderville, and Round Valley, as well as his travels through Utah and Arizona. The diary dated 1890-1893 commences when Frost had moved to Snowflake, Arizona, and the remaining volumes trace his experiences there through his death in 1901. The diary volumes are arranged on three reels of microfilm as follows: Reel 1 - autobiography/diary dated 1874-1878 and diary volumes dated 1878-1880 and 1880-1882; Reel 2 - diary volumes dated 1883-1893; Reel 3 - diary volumes dated 1893-1901.

MSS MFilm 00130

Diaries of Allen Frost [microform] : 1874-1901. Reel 2

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MSS MFilm 00130

Diaries of Allen Frost [microform] : 1874-1901. Reel 3

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MSS MFilm 00130

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Diary of unidentified Utah man [microform]: approximately 1894

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Microfilm of a portion of a diary kept by an unidentified Utah man (probably a relative of William Richardson). The diary was mainly kept in 1894, although portions are dated 1884-1885 and 1890 and some pages may be out of order on the reel. It primarily chronicles daily activities in Utah such as agricultural work, attendance of religious meetings, and Church and community affairs. The first half of the diary is included on MSS MFILM 00180.

MSS MFilm 00160

Diaries and autobiography of Anthony W. Ivins [microform] : 1875-1899

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Microfilm of diaries and an autobiography kept by Anthony Ivins between 1875 and 1899. The first diary volume, dated 1875-1882, focuses on Ivins's travels throughout Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona. The second and third diaries, dated 1882-1883 and 1883-1884, describe Ivins's mission work in Mexico. The fourth (1896) and fifth (1897) diaries were also kept during a later trip to Mexico. The fifth diary is in a notebook imprinted with "U.S. Indian Service" and has the handwritten notation "Oaxaca Land Adjustment." The sixth volume contains Ivins's autobiography, which is a mix of prose and diary entries through 1897. The seventh and final volume is another diary kept in Mexico from 1897-1899.

MSS MFilm 00208

Family records and diary of Delaun Cox Mills [microform]: approximately 1873-1900

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