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92 days in the saddle
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2649
Scope and Contents
Typewritten book draft with handwritten corrections. Butler and his wife took a bet to ride on horseback from the Canadian-North Dakota border to the town of Deadwood, South Dakota in twenty days. They actually started near Winnipeg, Canada and rode 1,550 miles to Steamboat Springs, Colorado in 92 days. The item was submitted to the Old Army Press for publication.
Dates:
1976
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
James H. Buck papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6941
Scope and Contents
Contains a journal from Buck's mission to England, some books regarding his mission, postcards, photographs, a booklet of newspaper clippings, and documents stating ordination and draft registration. Materials date from between 1886 and 1962.
Dates:
1886-1962
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Andrew Jenson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 325
Scope and Contents
Correspondence; autobiography of Jenson's life from the time he lived in Denmark to his residence in Utah; drafts of writings for the newspaper column, "Jenson Travels," appearing in the Deseret News newspaper; travel notes; photographs; and memorabilia. Jenson's writings largely pertain to Mormon and Utah history.
Dates:
1850-1935
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Joseph City : on the Little Colorado
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1094
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typed draft of a book by George Shepard Tanner and Joseph Morris Richards. The work in a revised form was published in 1977 under the title: "Colonization on the Little Colorado: the Joseph City Region." The book is about Mormon settlement and colonization in the Little Colorado area of Northern Arizona.
Dates:
1972
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Eugene Fairfield McPike papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2390
Abstract
Contains McPike's genealogy research in the Halley, Pyke and MacPike families (all English, among others) and his research for the publications: Hevelius, Flamsteed and Halley: Three Contemporary Astronomers and Their Mutual Relations (London: Taylor and Francis, 1937), and Correspondence and Papers of Edmond Halley (London: Taylor and Francis, 1937). McPike also collected and wrote about Sir Isaac Newton. The papers also includes McPike's research materials related to his publications on the...
Dates:
1898-1946
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Pike in Colorado
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2666
Scope and Contents
Typewritten book draft with handwritten corrections. Also included is the blueline proof also with handwritten corrections. The draft is an account of Zebulon Pike's explorations in Colorado. The item was submitted to the Old Army Press for publication.
Dates:
1978
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Doreen Rappaport literary manuscripts
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 8889
Scope and Contents
Collection contains the literary manuscripts of Doreen Rappaport's book, The Flight of Red Bird: The Life of Aitkala-Sa. Materials dated approximately 2012-2013.
Dates:
approximately 2012-2013
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Nelle Spilsbury Hatch research papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1139
Scope and Contents
Research notes, book drafts, articles, diary excerpts, letters, and biographies. The materials relate to the Mormon exploration, colonization, and missionary work in Mexico, primarily in the Colonia Juarez area. The materials were used as resources for Hatch's book, "Colonia Juarz."
Dates:
1954
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Salt desert trails : a history of the Hastings Cutoff and other early trails which crossed the Great Salt Desert seeking a shorter road to California
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1165
Scope and Contents
Galley proofs with handwritten corrections made in 1969.
Dates:
1969
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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