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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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