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Prisoners -- Arizona -- Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

William Jordan Flake diary

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1453
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary kept while Flake was kept in the Yuma, Arizona, prison for polygamy. Also included is a map of the lay out of the facility. The diary includes descriptions of the treatment of the Mormons by the guards, including work by the prisoners to repair and unload railroad cars. Also includes poetry and information from letters he received from his family.

Dates: 1884-1885
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Image of William Jordan Flake diary
Image of William Jordan Flake diary

William Jordan Flake diary

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS1453_F1
Dates: 1884-1885
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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