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Meeting minutes of the Canaan Cooperative Stock Co. [microform] : 1875-1880

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Description: Microfilm of a record book containing the meeting minutes of the Canaan Cooperative Stock Co. from 1875-1880. The entries primarily relate to the cattle business, including the hiring of employees, the management of ranches, and the building and repair of houses, corrals, and fences, as well as financial transactions such as the disposal of butter and cheese and the selling of ranches, capital stock, and steer. Some portions of the document are very faint and partially illegible.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1875; 1876; 1877; 1878; 1879; 1880
Call number: MSS MFilm 00239 item 03
Creator: Canaan Cooperative Stock Co(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Microfilm of original loaned by Juanita Brooks, August 7, 1951.
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Diary and autobiography of Christopher Jones Arthur [microform] : c.1875-1915

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Microfilm of Christopher Arthur Jones' diary and autobiography, covering events from about 1859-1915. The diary is in multiple hands and is not always in chronological order. It begins with a brief account of Jones' birth and young adulthood, including the death of his father after being struck by lightening in 1859. It also recounts his arranged marriage to Caroline Haight, the daughter of Isaac C. Haight, and includes diary entries for 1860-1862. A section entitled "A Brief Sketch of my History for the year 1874" includes notes on his work with the United Order in Cedar City and lists of general births, marriages, and deaths. An added note lists Arthur's own death in 1915 (he may actually have died in 1918). Diary entries for 1877-1878 record Arthur's experiences in Beaver, Parowan, and Cedar City. A brief note from 1883 recounts his mission to Great Britain. Portions of the diary are very faint and partially illegible, but the rest of the volume appears to be Arthur's autobiography, focusing on his life in Cedar City and elsewhere in Iron County, Utah. Scattered throughout the volume are records of blessings, dreams, letters, accounts, copied notes such as "the History of King Arthur" and "Facts About the Bible," a list of account notes for the Cedar City Co-op (1889), and a list of volumes Arthur gave to the Cedar City Public Library in 1910.

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Diaries of Thomas Judd [microform] : 1876-1908

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Microfilm of the diaries of Thomas Judd, covering the years 1876-1878 and 1906-1908. The first two diaries, dated 1876-1877 and 1877-1878, cover Judd's mission to Britain. The 1906 diary covers Judd's activities in La Verkin, his business trips around Washington County, and a trip to Las Vegas and California, including Los Angeles, Pasadena, several beaches, and Santa Catalina Island (where he took a glass bottom boat ride). The 1907 diary describes a second trip to California, including San Francisco, as well as Utah business activities, and the 1908 diary traces Judd's sea voyage from New York to Los Angeles. Portions of the diary are very faint and may be partially illegible.

MSS MFilm 00043

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 of Thomas L. Kane [microform] : 1858

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Microfilm of a pocket diary kept by Thomas L. Kane from January-May 1858. A notation inside the front cover states that it "contains confidential entries for my dear wife." The diary opens when Kane is at sea, sailing from Philadelphia to Aspinwall, Panama. Once there he describes the native people and his impressions of Panama from the sea. While continuing on to California, Kane writes of his constant sea sickness and dislike of ocean travel, of constellations he as observed (with illustrations), and of talking onboard with "California miners, drovers, and adventurers." He then writes of his arrival in and observations of San Francisco, of traveling to Utah, and of some experiences in the Salt Lake Valley. Portions of the diary are very faint and partially illegible.

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History of Mary Brown Pulsipher [microform] : 1872-1880

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Microfilm of the autobiography of Mary Brown Pulsipher, dated 1872 and which gives a very brief account of her childhood and her family's conversion to Mormonism, spending the winter in Far West, the death of her mother near Nauvoo, the family's move to Salt Lake City, and her husband's death in 1872. In 1880 she added a more thorough account of her religious background and conversion. Following Mary's death in 1886, her son John added an account of the last years of his mother's life to the volume, focusing on her time with family in St. George and Hebron, Utah. He also transcribed some of his mother's earlier writings, including her account of an 1879 celebration of her 80th birthday and her "Farewell Address to Hebron" (1883). The last few frames include diary entries Mary's daughter Eliza Terry made during a 1907 trip to Idaho. The very brief entries focus on traveling by train to Salt Lake City and Idaho, and her return trip to Salt Lake through Brigham City, Willard, and Ogden.

MSS MFilm 00095 item 02

Diary of Christopher Jones Arthur [microform] : 1884

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Microfilm of a diary of Christopher Jones Arthur, kept in 1884. Arthur was living near Salt Lake City and writes of his daily activities, his attendance of meetings, visiting acquaintances, the weather and his health, news of the British and Welsh mentions, and going to a circus.

MSS MFilm 00239 item 01

Meeting minutes of the Canaan Cooperative Stock Co. [microform] : 1875-1880

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