Joseph Eckersley papers
Scope and Contents note
Microfilmed diaries (1886-1958), correspondence, newsclippings, and ephemera (advertisements, programs, and a prohibition poster). Some letters include correspondence with Mormon leaders Francis M. Lyman, Heber J. Grant, and Charles W. Penrose. The diaries concern his missions for the Mormon Church in England, and life in Loa, Freemont, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dates
- 1886-1958
Creator
- Eckersley, Joseph, 1866-1960 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use note
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Joseph Eckersley collection must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Joseph Eckersley (1866-1960) was a prominent leader in Wayne County, Utah, state legislator, lawyer, educator, legal advisor in the Presiding Bishopric's Office of the Mormon Church, and Mormon patriarch in the Salt Lake Stake.
Prominent leader in Wayne County, Utah, state legislator, lawyer, educator, legal advisor in the Presiding Bishopric's Office, and patriarch in the Salt Lake Stake, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Extent
7 microfilm reels (0.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Microfilmed diaries (1886-1958), correspondence, newsclippings, and ephemera (advertisements, programs, and a prohibition poster). Some letters include correspondence with Mormon leaders Francis M. Lyman, Heber J. Grant, and Charles W. Penrose. The diaries concern his missions for the Mormon Church in England, and life in Loa, Freemont, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
Arrangement note
Arranged in 2 series: 1. Joseph Eckersley diaries, 1886-1958; and 2. Joseph Eckersley papers.
Originals in Archives, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT.
Other Finding Aids note
A more detailed finding aid is available in print in the repository.
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSSFM8.xml
Appraisal note
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
Processing Information note
Processed; Constance Thorpe; 1976.
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Eckersley, Joseph, 1866-1960 -- Archives
- Educators -- Utah -- Loa -- History -- Sources
- Grant, Heber J. (Heber Jeddy), 1856-1945
- Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- England
- Latter Day Saint missionaries -- England -- History
- Latter Day Saints -- England -- History
- Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Loa -- History -- Sources
- Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History
- Legislators -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History -- Sources
- Letters
- Loa (Utah) -- History
- Lyman, Francis M. (Francis Marion), 1840-1916
- Material Types
- Microfilms
- Patriarchs (Mormon theology)
- Penrose, Charles W. (Charles William), 1832-1925
- Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History
- Title
- Register of the Joseph Eckersley papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Constance Thorpe
- Date
- 1976
- 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.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States