Biographical sketch of George Cunningham
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Loveless writes about the live of George Cunningham. Cunningham was born in 1840 in England an later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with his parents. He migrated to Utah in 1856 with the James Willie handcart company. Most of the biography is Cunningham's account of the miseries of the trek in the handcart company, written when he was 30 years old. Cunningham settled in American Fork, Utah, and was a prominent citizen there. He died in 1913.
Dates
- 1870-1930
Creator
- Loveless, Pearl (Person)
- Cunningham, George (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
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 Biographical sketch of George Cunningham must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Loveless was a writer of family histories.
Extent
1 v. (7 p.)
Custodial History
This item was photocopied from the 920 microfilm collection, reel 51.
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Title
- Register of Biographical sketch of George Cunningham
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Rose Frank
- Date
- 3 March 2011
- 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