T. B. Miller letters
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letters plus memorabilia glued into a bound book. The collection consists of a series of letters from Miller to Sir Walter Gilbey of London describing an extensive tour of North American from 5 May to 29 July 1876. Miller was joined by the American journalist, F. B. Thurber. Miller describes majory cities, Ute Indians, a visit with Colorado's governor, William Gelpin, and other aspects of the American West.
Dates
- Creation: 1876
Creator
- Miller, T. B. (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 T. B. Miller letters must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
English tourist.
Extent
35 items (ca. 100 p.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Purchased in 1979.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased; 1979.
Appraisal
19th Century Mormon and Western Manuscripts.
Subject
- Thurber, Francis Beattie, 1842-1907 (Person)
- Gilpin, William, 1813-1894 (Person)
- Gilbey, Walter, Sir, 1831-1914 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Register of T. B. Miller letters
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Elisa Visick
- Date
- 2010 June 16
- 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