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Voices of Remembrance Foundation oral history collection
Collection — Carton: 1
Identifier: MSS 8395
Scope and Contents
Collection contains transcribed interviews of 93 different people conducted by the Voices of Remembrance Foundation at Dixie State College, bound in seven volumes. The interviews occurred between 1968 to 1980, and the transcriptions produced through grant funding by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies.
Dates:
1968-1980
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Joseph Young affadavit of Haun's Mill massacre
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 791
Scope and Contents
Materials include Joseph Young's original eyewitness account of events that occured during the Haun's Mill massacre on October 30, 1838. His account was witnessed and sealed on June 4, 1839, by John Woods of the Circuit Court in Adams County, Missouri. Young describes the mob, his escape, and the conditions of the victims. Young also writes that he helped bury the dead. The account was later used by the Church as evidence of the sufferings of its members in Missouri. Dated June 4, 1839.
Dates:
1839 June 4
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections