Utah's Negro pioneers of 1847
Scope and Contents
Typewritten research paper for a History 400 class taught by Gustive O. Larson in the Spring Semester of 1969 at Brigham Young University. Johnson writes about the three black men who accompanied the first Mormons into the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. These men were Green Flake, Hark Lay, and Oscar Crosby.
Dates
- Creation: 1969
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Utah's Negro Pioneers of 1847 must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Jeffery O. Johnson (born 1944) is an archivist in Utah.
Jeffery O. Johnson studied history as a student at Brigham Young University. After graduation he worked for the Historian's Office of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and later the Historical Department. He left Church employment to work for the State Archives, eventually becoming State Archivist.
Extent
1 item (10 p.)
Language of Materials
English
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
General
Title from item.
Subject
- Flake, Green, 1828-1903 (Person)
- Crosby, Oscar (Person)
- Lay, Hark (Person)
- Title
- Register of Utah's Negro pioneers of 1847
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Garrett Schroath
- Date
- 2011 March 31
- 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
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States