Copley family papers
Scope and Contents
Handwritten personal correspondence and printed business letters pertaining to silver mining in New Mexico (1861-1904), diary by Edward Copely about his journeys as a gold miner through Washington (1861), and genealogy of the Saunders, Little, and Abbott families. Also available are photographs of Edward and Susan Copely in the BYU Photo Archives.
Dates
- 1847-1904
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 Copley family papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Extent
5 folder (0.04 linear ft.) : 35 p.; 23 items
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Donated in 1974.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; 1974.
Appraisal
19th Century Mormon and Western Manuscripts.
General
Unpublished register available in repository.
- Abbott family
- Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Copely family
- Diaries
- Genealogies
- Gold mines and mining -- Washington (State) -- History
- Letters
- Little family
- Mines and Mineral Resources
- Oregon Territory -- History -- Sources
- Saunders family
- Silver mines and mining -- New Mexico -- History
- Washington Territory -- History
- Title
- Register of Copley family papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Elisa Visick
- Date
- 2010 June 16
- 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