The autobiography of Zina Kunz Hatch Fuit Cox
Content Description
Bound autobiography of Cox, which discusses her early life in a polygamous family in Idaho, her missions to the Eastern States Mission and New Zealand, and her later family life, both as a wife and as a single mother. Most of the events discussed occurred in Idaho and Utah. The autobiography covers her birth in 1900 to about 1978.
Dates
- after 1978
Creator
- Cox, Zina Kunz Hatch Fuit (creator, 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 autobiography of Zina Kunz Hatch Fuit Cox must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.
Biographical History
Zina Kunz Hatch Fuit Cox (1900-1995) was a Mormon author from Idaho and Utah.
She was born Zina Kunz on March 31, 1900 in Bern, Idaho, the youngest of her mother's fourteen children. Her father, Christian Kunz, practiced polygamy, and her mother Caroline Buehler was his second wife. She was a teacher for several years before becoming a newspaper columnist in Shelley, Idaho, and later in life she wrote "The Hills of Bern," her life history.
Zina Kunz married Lenord Hatch in 1932, and together they had two children. He passed away in 1937, and she later married John Fuit in 1943 and had one more child. After his death in 1970, she moved to New Zealand and served in the temple there until 1973. After returning home she met and married Orville Cox in 1975.
Zina Kunz Hatch Fuit Cox died on July 6, 1995 in Shelley, Idaho.
Extent
1 volume (0.2 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Donated by Blair. Holmes in January 2017.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Blair; Holmes; January 2017.
Appraisal
Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social, and relgious history (20th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy 5.V, August 2007).
Processing Information
Processed; Elizabeth Kane, student manuscript processor, and John M. Murphy, curator; 2017.
- Title
- Register of The autobiography of Zina Kunz Hatch Fuit Cox
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Elizabeth Kane
- Date
- 2017 February 17
- 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