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Diary of James Lovett Bunting [microform] : 1892-1898

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  • Diaries of James Lovett Bunting [microform] : 1857-1920

    Diaries of James Lovett Bunting [microform] : 1857-1920

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    Microfilm of five diaries kept by James Lovett Bunting between 1857 and 1920. The first half of the first volume is dated 1857-1858 and begins while Bunting was living in England. He writes of reading about the Mormon War in the newspaper, sailing to the United States, his arrival in New York, and traveling overland to Utah. The second half of the volume skips to 1866 and covers Bunting's life in Utah through 1874, including the Sanpete Expedition, the 1873 Southern Expedition, and the completion of a telegraph line, as well as containing some genealogy. The second volume, identified as Volume "A," begins while Bunting was living in Kanab in 1878 and covers the beginning of his British mission in the same year. The third volume, begun at Liverpool and dated 1879-1881, describes Bunting's British mission through 1880, his travels back to Utah on the Union Pacific Railroad, and his life in Kanab to 1881. The fourth volume is dated Kanab 1882, and records Bunting's daily activities, including working in a shoe shop, agricultural and irrigation work, and attending meetings. The fifth volume begins in 1905 and describes Bunting's life in Kanab sporadically through 1920.

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    Diary of James Lovett Bunting [microform] : 1883-1885

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    Microfilm of a diary kept by James L. Bunting from 1883-1885. It mainly chronicles his life in Kanab, Utah, including his attendance of prayer meetings and Sunday school, conferences, and ward and stake meetings, as well as his daily activities such as visiting local acquaintances and digging ditches. He also recalls traveling to Salt Lake City.

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    Diary of Harriet Dye Bunting [microform] : 1889

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    Microfilm of a diary kept by Harriet Bunting at Kanab, Utah, in 1889. The first line of the diary states that "I ... am impressed to make a brief memorandum of my acts toward Emily Nash, and her conduct toward me." Emily Nash had come to live with the Bunting family following the death of her grandmother in 1889, and she and Harriet seem to have gotten along well. The majority of the diary entries chronicle Harriet's daily life, such as attending church conferences and Sunday school, holding choir practices, doing housework such as washing clothes and sewing, and attending to ill neighbors. The cover of the diary is identified as James L. Bunting diary, 1883, and also contains a few brief entries from 1885 made by either James or Harriet. The remainder of the diary was kept by Harriet.

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

    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 Charles L. Flake [microform] : 1880-1892

    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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  • Diaries and account books of James Stephens Brown [microform]: 1849-1900

    Diaries and account books of James Stephens Brown [microform]: 1849-1900

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    Microfilm of assorted diaries, account books, and notes kept by James Stephen Brown. The microfilm includes fragments of diaries dated Ogden City 1860, Calhoun, Iowa, 1849, and Salt Lake 1859; a diary identified as Nottingham, England, which opens in 1857, when Brown delayed his mission work to participate in the Utah War, and traces his travels through Utah, his overland journey to New York, and his mission in England from 1860-1861; a second diary covering Brown's mission in England; an 1872 diary tracing his mission work in New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts; an 1875-1876 diary describing his travels through Utah and mission to Navajos in Arizona; assorted family notes dated 1900; a typescript of Brown's 1875-1876 Navajo diary; an 1875-1876 Utah diary; a diary dated 1892 tracing a mission to the Society Islands; an account book dated 1863-1866; and a diary dated 1870, which mainly contains account notes from 1866-1870.

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