Hagop Gagosian papers
Scope and Contents
Contains the Armenian Bible of Hagop Gagosian, a typescript of an autobiography of Hagop Gagosian from 1939 translated into English, an Armenian language book that belonged to John Taylor Woodbury, Jr. (Gagosian's son-in-law and a missionary in Turkey), and a CD with scanned images of parts of the Bible and language book plus translations.
Dates
- 1882-1939
Creator
- Kakosean, Hakob A. (creator, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English and Armenian.
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 Hagop Gagosian collection must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Hagop Tumas (born 1868) Gagosian was an Armenian convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Hagop Gagosian was born in Zara, Turkey, on January 25, 1868, son of Tumas and Marrow Sherinian Gagosian. Hagop married Arake Kalug Setigan in 1887. They had five children. Gagosian converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Turkey in 1894 and was one of the first Armenian converts to the Church. He later immigrated to Utah with his family.
Extent
1 volume (0.3 linear ft.)
2 folders (0.2 linear ft.)
Custodial History
Donated by C. Kent Chamberlain in 2011. Chamberlain is a great-grandson of Gagosian.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; C. Kent Chamberlain; 2011.
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
Processing Information
Processed; Elisa Visick; May 2011.
- CD-ROMs
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Missions -- Turkey -- History
- Kakosean, Hakob A.
- Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Turkey -- History
- Latter Day Saints -- Turkey -- History
- Missions and Missionaries
- Woodbury, John Taylor, Jr., 1884-1953
- Title
- Register of Hagop Gagosian papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Elisa Visick
- Date
- 2011 May 3
- 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