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Diaries of Ammon M. Tenney [microform] : 1887-1921

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Description: Microfilm of eight diary volumes kept by Ammon M. Tenney between 1887 and 1921. The first volume is dated 1887-1890 and recalls Tenney's mission to Mexico. The following seven volumes, identified as Books 1-7, were primarily kept while Tenney was living in Mexico avoiding polygamy charges from 1901-1911. The diaries describes Tenney's daily life primarily around Colonia Juarez, as well as Mormon Church and theological issues and his visits with missionaries and fellow exiles. The final diary was begun while Tenney was living in Thatcher, Arizona, and covers his life in and around Arizona from 1915-1921. The first reel contains the diaries dated 1887-1890, 1901, 1902, and 1904-1905; the second reel contains the diaries dated 1906-1907, 1907-1909, 1909-1911, and 1915-1921.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1887; 1888; 1889; 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921
Call number: MSS MFilm 00347

Diaries of Frihoff Godfred Nielson [microform] : 1874-1935. Reel 1

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Microfilm of the diaries of Frihoff Godfred Nielson, covering the years from 1874-1935. The diaries primarily consist of brief entries describing Nielson's daily life in Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico, including local news, trading with Indians, Church affairs, and agricultural work. The diaries also chronicle his mission to the Northern States and his work on the Temple in Mesa, Arizona. The diaries are arranged on three reels as follows: Reel 1 - 1875-1876 diary identified as "Peters and U.P.R.R., Morgan County, Utah;" a diary dated 1874-1875; and two diaries identified as Sunset, Yavapai County, Arizona, and dated 1876-1879 and 1879-1886; Reel 2 - continuation of the same diary from 1886-1897; a diary dated 1898; a diary dated 1899-1900 and identified as Ramah, New Mexico; and a diary begun at Marshall, Illinois, and dated 1900-1902; Reel 3 - diary dated 1902-1935 and a brief, chronological autobiography.

MSS MFilm 00624

Diaries of Frihoff Godfred Nielson [microform] : 1874-1935. Reel 2

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MSS MFilm 00624

Diaries of Frihoff Godfred Nielson [microform] : 1874-1935. Reel 3

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MSS MFilm 00624

Diaries of Samuel W. Richards [microform] : 1851-1909. Reel 6b

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Microfilm of forty diary volumes kept by Samuel Whitney Richards from 1851-1909. The first three volumes, dated 1851-1852, 1853, and 1854, were kept during Richards's mission to Great Britain. The fourth diary, dated 1857-1858, was kept in Utah and includes commentary on the Utah War. The fifth diary, dated 1869-1870, was kept while Richards was traveling through Utah and also includes some poems and genealogy. The fifteen diaries dated 1870-1889 were kept yearly (excluding 1873, 1875-1878, and 1887) and include almost daily entries on Richards's life in Utah, specifically the Ogden area, and focus on his temple work, agricultural and farm labors, visiting friends and relatives, church news, the weather, and his health. The three diaries dated 1895-1897 were kept during Richards's time on the Eastern States Mission, primarily in New York (mainly the Nassau County area) and New Jersey. The remaining seventeen diaries, dated 1898-1909, also describe Richards's daily life in Utah. The diaries are arranged on eight reels as follows: Reel1 - diaries dated 1851-1879; Reel 2 - diaries 1880-1885; Reel 2(b) - diaries dated 1886-1889 and 1895-1897; Reel 3 - diaries dated 1890-1894; Reel 4 - diaries dated 1898-1898; Reel 5 - diaries dated 1900-1904; and Reel 6 - diaries dated 1905-1909. Reel 6(b) contains miscellaneous diary fragments from 1854, 1870, 1882-1883, 1890, 1895, 1897, 1902-1904, and 1909.

MSS MFilm 00193