Walter Joshua Stevens and Walter Joshua Stevens account books and journal
Scope and Contents note
The two volumes of the Walter Joshua Stevens journals are as follows:
Volume 1: Account book pages of Walter Joshua Stevens Sr., 1901-1903. 26 pages in pencil. Some pages are smudged badly.
Volume 2: Mexico Mission Journal for Walter Joshua Stevens Jr., 1908. Brief daily entries discuss Stevens’ visiting of backsliders,
attending meetings, giving lessons and tracting. He served in the cities Avenida, Ozumba, Tecalco, Toluca and Tlalpam. President Pratt was the mission president. Some Elders he served with were Elder D. V. Farnsworth, Elder N. W. Thayne, Elder Law, Elder Williams, Elder Le Ray, Elder Allen, Elder Whipple, Elder Simon Y. Beck, and Elder Cardon. Written in a Spanish Agenda for 1908. 68 pages. 3 by 5.5 inches.
Dates
- Creation: 1901-1908
Creator
- Stevens, Walter Joshua, 1856-1912 (Person)
- Stevens, Walter Joshua, 1883-1959 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use note
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Walter Joshua Stevens and Walter Joshua Stevens account books and journal must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Walter Joshua Stevens Sr. (1856-1912) married twice. He had fourteen children with his first wife and one with his second wife. He was killed during the Mormon Exodus.
Walter Joshua Stevens Sr. was born in Pleasant Grove, Utah on December 21, 1856. He married Elizabeth Alma Kenney on September 25, 1879 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Together they had fourteen children: Phebe Elizabeth (1881-1934), Walter Joshua Jr. (1883-1959), Rebecca “Becky” (1885-1968), John Alma (1886-1890), Ella Stevens (1889-1955), William Alden (1891-1969), Ammon Cannon (1893-1978), Emma (1895-1976), Abigail Elizabeth (1897-1979), Elmina Gloria (1898-1970), Vivian (1900-1978), Daniel Edward (1902-1976), Brigham Ezekiel “Brig” (1903-1988) and Marian Joseph (1907-1975). He also married a Sarah Ellis Hawley (later divorced) on November 30, 1900 in Colonia Garcia, Old Mexico. Walter Stevens Sr. and Sarah had one daughter, Grace Hawley, on September 5, 1901 in Colonia, Garcia, Old Mexico. He was killed during the Mormon Exodus from Mexico in Pacheco, Chihuahua on August 26, 1912.
Biographical History
Walter Joshua Stevens was born 27 February 1883 in Fruitland, San Juan, New Mexico. He served an LDS mission in Mexico in 1908. He married Cora Alzenia Sweat on May 1910 in Holden, Millard, Utah. Walter died May 1959 in Cortez, Montezuma, Colorado.
Extent
1 folder (0.1 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Account books belonging to Walter Joshua Stevens dated 1901-1903, and a missionary journal belonging to his son, Walter Joshua Stevens, 1908.
Custodial History note
Donated by M. Doyle Lamb in 1987.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donated; M. Doyle Lamb; 1987.
Appraisal note
Utah and the American West (Collection development policy for 19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts, August 2007).
Processing Information note
Processed; H. Christine Swindler; 29 June 2007.
- Title
- Register of Walter Joshua Stevens and Walter Joshua Stevens account books and journal
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Karen Glenn and H. Christine Swindler, student processors and John Murphy, curator
- Date
- 2009
- 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