Box 33a
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Contains 116 Results:
Elizabeth Wood Kane writings, 1856-1921
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents
Contains autobiographical and literary writings by Elizabeth Wood Kane. Most of the documents, including travel accounts, focus on her life and experiences. She writes about her husband Thomas L. Kane serving in the Civil War, her experiences with the Mormons in the West, and Also includes family history projects, getting to meet President Ulysses S. Grant, and other family affairs. Materials also include family history writings like the autobiography of her father. Dated 1856-1921.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1856-1921
Elizabeth Wood Kane writings from Utah trip, 1860-1877
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents
Contains letters, notes, clippings, and other materials relating to Kane's visit to Utah in 1872. Includes information on their travels, conditions in Utah, and the publication of her account in the book Twelve Mormon Homes. Materials date from between 1860 and 1877.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1860-1877
1874, some Mormoniana and letters to and from the near great, 1874
Item — Box: 33a, Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4 Item 1
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook Covering and Binding labeled, “ 1874. Some Mormoniana and letters to and from the near Great” on the spine, front cover is engraved as “Scrapbook,” in gold lettering. The letters previously compiled in this letterbook have been removed and appear below. The letters are listed in sequential order as they were found pasted in the letterbook. Dated approximately 1874.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1874
Letter, 1874 June 14
Item — Box: 33a, Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4 Item 2
Scope and Contents note
Letter address to "papa," nearly illegible. Dated June 14, 1874.
Dates:
1874 June 14
Plural Marriage, 1870
Item — Box: 33a, Folder: 2
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4 Item 1
Scope and Contents
Copy of Dr. Newman's sermon on plural marriage and Orson Pratt's answer, printed at the Deseret News Office, Salt Lake City, Utah. Dated approximately 1870.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1870
Elk County railroad and mining gazette, vol. vi, no. 43, 1874 February 26
Item — Box: 33a, Folder: 2
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4 Item 2
Scope and Contents
Copy of the Elk County Railroad and Mining Gazette Vol. VI, No. 43, 26, dated February 1874.
Dates:
1874 February 26
The McKean County miner, vol. xi, no. 17, 1874 February 19
Item — Box: 33a, Folder: 2
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4 Item 3
Scope and Contents
Copy of The McKean County Miner Vol. XI, No. 17. 19 February 1874; newspaper clipping of article entitled “The Mormon Conference: Captain Codman’s Estimate of the Position and Prospects of Brigham Young’s Church,” dated October 11, 1874.
Dates:
1874 February 19
Newspaper clipping, 1875 May 8
Item — Box: 33a, Folder: 2
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4 Item 4
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper clipping from The New York Scotsman and Caledonian Advertiser, saying that William Wood is appointed by the mayor to fill the vacancy in the Board of Education, dated May 8, 1875.
Dates:
1875 May 8
Newspaper clipping, 1875 May 15
Item — Box: 33a, Folder: 2
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4 Item 5
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper clipping from Harper's Weekly, mentions the appointment of William Wood to the New York Board of Education, dated May 15, 1875.
Dates:
1875 May 15
History of Philadelphia, approximately 1875
Item — Box: 33a, Folder: 2
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4 Item 6
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clipping, “History of Philadelphia,” dated approximately 1875.
Dates:
Majority of material found in approximately 1875