Eliza Jane Staker Day autobiography
Scope and Contents
Typescripts of autobiographical materials. Day writes about her early life in Mt. Pleasant, about the defenses in the town during the Black Hawk War, and about her family. Also included is a biography by Day of her mother, Eliza Cusworth Burton Staker, who was a pioneer and an early settler in Mt. Pleasant.
Dates
- 1842-1843
Creator
- Day, Eliza Jane Staker, 1860-1948 (Person)
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 Autobiography must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical note
Mormon woman in Mt. Pleasant, Utah.
Extent
7 items (ca 50 p.)(0.06 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- Black Hawk War (Utah), 1865-1872
- City and Town Life
- Day, Eliza Jane Staker, 1860-1948
- Home and Family
- Latter Day Saint women -- Utah -- Mount Pleasant -- History
- Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Mount Pleasant -- History
- Military
- Mount Pleasant (Utah) -- History
- Politics, Government, and Law
- Social Life and Customs
- Staker, Eliza Cusworth Burton, 1824-1914
- Title
- Register of Eliza Jane Staker Day autobiography
- Author
- Benjamin Sipes
- Date
- 2011 April 14
- Description rules
- Appm
- 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