Isabel Modalena Whitney Sears correspondence, 1865

Sub-Series

Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 7

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Contains two letters by Whitney focusing on family and personal matters, dating from around 1865.

Dates

Creation: 1865

Creator

Sears, Isabel Modalena Whitney, 1848- (creator, Person)

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Condition restricted; permission to use original materials must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services. Patrons should use microfilm copies.

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 History

Isabel Modalena Whitney Sears (1848-1941) was a Mormon woman in Utah and Kentucky.

Isabel Modelena Whitney, also known as Belle, was born on November 2, 1848 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Newel Kimball Whitney and Emmeline Blanche Woodward. She worked as a school teacher in Salt Lake City prior to her marriage to Septimus Wagstaff Sears (1844-1903) on April 11, 1869. They had eight children. Sears died on December 1, 1941 in Campbell, Kentucky.