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Orville Stanley and Alice Taylor Cox papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9577

Scope and Contents

Includes color slides of images of the Mormon Pavilion at New York City World's Fair in 1964, and other slides labeled "Hiltons, Wests, Wilsons, McMullins, Blackburns, and others," presumably Latter-day Saints who helped staff the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' exhibit, dated October 1965. Also includes an original handwritten and typed transcript of a letter to Fred Whitaker Taylor, John Taylor's son, from L. John Nuttall, John's Taylor's son-in-law, dated approximately 1885-1887.

Dates

  • approximately 1885-1887
  • 1964-1965

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Access

Condition restricted. Items kept in cold storage; access requires 48 hours advance notice.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Biographical / Historical

Frederick Whitaker Taylor was born July 18, 1866 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is the son of John Taylor, the third president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Sophia Whitaker Taylor who was John Taylor's fifth wife. On December 14, 1887 he married Amelia Richards and together they had eight children. He recieved his medical degree in 1893 and practiced until 1914 when World War I began and he entered the Medical Corps as a captain, and served in the Fort Douglas hospital. He died January 11, 1952 and is buried in the Provo, Utah cemetery.

Biographical / Historical

Leonard John Nuttall was born in Liverpool, England in 1834 to William Nuttall and Mary Langhorn. He emigrated to Utah Territory in 1852 after converting to Mormonism, settling in Provo. Here Nuttall became involved in many civic affairs. He served in the militia in Utah County and was first elected to the Provo City Council in 1861. Nuttall served in various positions in Provo, including justice of the peace, alderman, auditor and recorder. From 1864 until 1875, he served as Utah County Clerk and clerk of the county probate court. He served as the secretary of the Provo Co-Operative Mercantile Institution from its inception in 1869. Nuttall was also the first person to operate a printing press in Utah County, doing so in 1870.

Nuttall was also involved at the territory level. In 1872 he was made chief clerk of the Utah Territorial Legislature. For several years starting in 1880 Nuttall was a member of the University of Deseret board of regents. From 1881-1887 he served as Utah Territorial Superintendent of Schools.

Nuttall married Elizabeth Clarkson in 1856, and would later take two additional wives: Catherine Ann Conover and Sophia Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of President John Taylor. With Elizabeth he had seven children, and had six with Sophia.

Nuttall served for a few years in the 1860s as a member of the high council of the Utah Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which covered all of Utah County at the time. From 1874-1875 he served as a missionary in England. Nuttall was made bishop of the Kanab Ward in 1875. He also served as the first recorder of the St. George Temple. Nuttall served as the first president of the Kanab Stake when it was organized in 1877. In 1879, Nuttall became a private secretary for John Taylor, replacing George Reynolds, who was serving a prison term for practicing polygamy. He continued in this position first to John Taylor and then to Wilford Woodruff until 1892. From 1880-1905, he was a member of the Council of Fifty. Starting in 1897 Nuttall served as a member of the General Board of the Deseret Sunday School Union.

L. John Nuttall died in Salt Lake City, Utah, in February 25, 1905.

Biographical / Historical

Alice Richards Taylor was born January 6, 1902, in Provo, Utah to Frederick Whitaker Taylor and Amelia Richards. She married Orville Stanley Cox on September 19, 1923, in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had five children. Alice died on June 5, 1986, in Provo, Utah.

Biographical / Historical

Orville Stanley Cox (1899-1987) was born March 28, 1899, in Fariview, Utah to Walter Cox and Nancy Sanders. Orville married Alice Taylor Cox on September 19, 1923. He served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Northern States Mission from 1920-1921. Orville died April 17, 1987 in Provo, Utah.

Extent

2 folders (0.08 linear ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

Donated by Lee Taylor Cox in October 2019.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated; Lee Taylor Cox; October 2019.

Appraisal

Photographs (Photograph Archives).

Processing Information

Processed; Karen Glenn; May 2022.

Title
Orville Stanley and Alice Taylor Cox papers
Status
In Progress
Author
Karen Glenn
Date
2022 May 24
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English in Latin script.

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

Contact:
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States