Minnie P. Grow letter
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a letter from Minnie to mother Grow, and another relative named Nell. Minnie writes about a trip she made from Sacramento, California to Salt Lake City, Utah. She writes that she went by railroad and describes the places in Salt Lake City that she saw. She mentions meeting the family of Brigham Young while in Utah. Included is a typed transcription of the letter. Dated June 20, 1871.
Dates
- Creation: 1871 June 20
Creator
- Grow, Minnie P., 1840-1917 (author, 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 the Minnie P. Grow letter must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.
Biographical / Historical
Minnie P. Grow (1840-1917) was a mother of two children and lived in Sacramento.
Minnie P. Grow was born in 1840 in St. Albans Franklin, Vermont. She was married to Charles A. Grow on June 5, 1866 in Vermont. Together they had two children while in Vermont: Arthur C. and Nellie Genevieve. Her family moved to California, where she lived in Sacramento and later ran a boarding house in Alameda. She and Charles traveled by train and visited Salt Lake City in 1871.
Grow died on December 1, 1917 in San Francisco, California.
Extent
1 folder (0.01 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Donated by Grace Ulp, in 2016.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Grace Ulp; July 2016. Owned; Robert E Lewis.
Appraisal
Utah and Western American and LDS cultural, family, social, intellectual, and religious history (19th Century Mormon and Western Manuscripts collection development policy IV.a.i.1 and 4, November 2013.)
Processing Information
Processed; Susana Zubeldia, student manuscript processor, 2016.
Subject
- Title
- Register of Minnie P. Grow letter
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Susana Zubeldia
- Date
- 2016 September 22
- 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