O. B. Huntington journal, 1849-1856

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6

Identifier: MSS 162 Series 1 Item 2

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Image of Oliver Boardman Huntington diary

Scope and Contents

Diary written by Oliver Boardman Huntington between April 1849 and September 1856. Entries describe his daily routine during an overland journey east in 1852, which included violent encounters with Indians. Describes difficult family relations with his wife and her parents on an 1852 trip. Huntington also writes of his participation in exploring the route to Carson Valley, Nevada in 1853, his mission to the Ute Indians in 1855, and his part of an exploring expedition in 1856. He lived in the St. George, Utah, area for two years and later returned to Springville, Utah, to teach school. There are many gaps in the record. Diary includes references to prominent Latter-day Saints such as Joseph Smith, Orson Hyde, Heber C. Kimball, Zina and Presendia Huntington.

Dates

1849-1856

Conditions Governing Access

Condition restricted; permission to use item must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services. Patrons should use photocopies.

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.

Extent

96 pages ; 17 x 22 cm

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS162.xml

Existence and Location of Copies

Transcription available in Box 3, folder 11.

General

Cover made out of enough newspaper to seem as thick as thin cardboard, labeled in purple ink "Book 11th." Thin paper, lined faintly in blue. Numbered in the upper corners in pencil. Written in faded black ink, looks brown in places. Pages 1, 2, 29, 96 and 87 blank. A section of pages located between pages numbered 86 and 87 has been removed. There were 22 pages in this section. The binding of the book consists of pages sewn together with coarse black thread. The pages are no longer attached to the outside cover of the journal.