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Diaries and letters of John D.T. McAllister [microform]: 1881-1963 (bulk 1881-1906). Reel 1

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Description: Microfilm of the diaries of John D.T. McAllister, kept from 1881-1906. The diaries were kept while McAllister was living in St. George and primarily chronicle his Temple work, attendance of Church conferences, local news, including births, marriages, and deaths, Church events, and daily activities. Reel one contains the diaries dated 1881-1891, reel two contains the diaries dated 1892-1902, and reel three contains the diaries dated 1903-1906, as well as assorted letters and notes dated 1857-1963.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1881; 1882; 1883; 1884; 1885; 1886; 1887; 1888; 1889; 1890; 1891
Call number: MSS MFilm 00518
Creator: McAllister, John Daniel Thompson (1827-1910)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Mircofilm of originals loaned by the Office of the Church Historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1963.

Diaries and letters of John D.T. McAllister [microform]: 1881-1963 (bulk 1881-1906). Reel 2

Manuscripts

Microfilm of the diaries of John D.T. McAllister, kept from 1881-1906. The diaries were kept while McAllister was living in St. George and primarily chronicle his Temple work, attendance of Church conferences, local news, including births, marriages, and deaths, Church events, and daily activities. Reel one contains the diaries dated 1881-1891, reel two contains the diaries dated 1892-1902, and reel three contains the diaries dated 1903-1906, as well as assorted letters and notes dated 1857-1963.

MSS MFilm 00518

Diaries and letters of John D.T. McAllister [microform]: 1881-1963 (bulk 1881-1906). Reel 3

Manuscripts

MSS MFilm 00518

Diaries of Samuel W. Richards [microform] : 1851-1909. Reel 1

Manuscripts

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

Diary of Daniel H. McAllister [microform] : 1876-1877

Manuscripts

Microfilm of the diary of Daniel H. McAllister, kept from 1876-1877 while he was traveling between Utah and Arizona. The volume opens with a brief autobiography, including McAllister's decision to travel to Arizona in 1876. He records in detail his journey from Salt Lake City to Pima County. Once in Arizona his entries focus on daily activities such as digging ditches, cutting timber, agricultural work, and attending meetings. Later entries also cover his 1877 visit to Utah, including stops in Salt Lake City and St. George.

MSS MFilm 00258