Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
James G. Bleak diaries and letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1691
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten diaries and correspondence. Bleak's diaries cover the years 1864, 1869-1895 with a gap for parts of 1885 and for 1886. Bleak writes about his daily activities in St. George and in Santa Clara, Utah, about his activities while serving on the Southern Indian Mission, about his callings for the Mormon Church, and about his relationships with various leaders of the Mormon Church including Brigham Young (1801-1877), Jacob Hamblin (1819-1886), Erastus Snow (1818-1886),...
Dates:
1829-1918
Joseph Fish typescripts of histories and diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2010
Scope and Contents
The Fish diaries cover his life from the 1840s to 1926. His histories of Arizona and his series on Pioneers of the Southwest and Rocky Mountain Region cover aspects of western history from 1500-1905. The Joseph Fish typescripts include: "The Diaries of Joseph Fish," Fish's "History of the Eastern Arizona Stake of Zion and the Establishment of the Snowflake Stake," a "History of Arizona Territory," volumes 4-7 of "Pioneers of the Southwest and Rocky Mountain Region," and "History of...
Dates:
1902-1970
Edward Hunter Snow papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2051
Scope and Contents
This collection includes family correspondence, autobiographical and biographical material of Edward H. Snow, journals, notebooks, documents, and miscellaneous papers. There are also newspaper clippings and published materials about Snow, as well as several photographs of Snow family members. The correspondence is largely from Snow to his wife, Hannah, and was written at the time of Snow's mission to the Southern States in the 1880's. There are also letters from Snow's father, Erastus...
Dates:
approximately 1865-1993
Erastus Fairbanks Snow papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1419
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten diaries from about 1836 to 1857, a notebook from 1848, correspondence from 1847 to 1888, financial papers from 1855 to 1883, miscellaneous items from 1840 to 1879, and copy of a revelation given in 1836 which is now found in Doctrine and Covenants, Sec. 111. The materials relate to Snow's finances and activities.
Dates:
1836-1888
Edwin Dilworth Woolley papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 1403
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, diaries, notes, and miscellaneous items relating to Edwin Dilworth Woolley, Erastus Snow, and their families which were related through marriage. The materials deal with family associations with various Mormon Church leaders, the Grand Canyon, and a wide wage of Mormon and Utah history topics.
Dates:
approximately 1850-1920