Bunkerville (Nev.) -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Myron Alma Abbott autobiography
File — Box 1: [31197232504610]
Identifier: MSS 661
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiography of Abbott written in 1917. Includes a description of Abbott's life including his birth in Weber County, and life in Tocquerville and Plymouth, Utah, before moving to Bunkerville, Nevada, in 1877. He describes the stay of the Mormon Apostle, Wilford Woodruff, when he was in Bunkerville while dodging federal officials for polygamy. Also includes Abbott's marriage to Mary Leavitt in 1881 and life in Annabella, Sevier County, Utah, from 1886-1910, where he was involved in...
Joseph Ira Earl diary
File — Folder 1: [31197230338896]
Identifier: MSS 136
Scope and Contents
Typewritten copy of a diary. Also included are a typewritten copy of a newspaper report of his death. The item was copied by Mabel Jarvis for the Federal Writers Projects of the WPA in 1936. Earl writes about his daily activities, his work for the Mormon Church, and meetings with friends and family members.
Interview with Eva Leavitt Miles
File — Folder 1: [31197230321173]
Identifier: MSS SC 2268
Scope and Contents
Typewritten transcript of an interview conducted by Albert Winkler (1949- ) on 22 Aug. 1982. Miles talks about her family, her experiences in growing up in Bunkerville, and about working one summer in the Provo, Utah area.
Nephi Lowell Morris letter
File — Folder 1: [31197230323948]
Identifier: MSS SC 2465
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter dated 15 Jan. 1943 and addressed to Berkley L. Bunker in Washington, D.C. Morris writes about what he has heard about Edward Bunker, a Mormon Biship in Bunkerville, Nevada.
Pulsipher family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 558
Scope and Contents
Contains family genealogical data and biographical sketches, 1708-1970, by Juanita L.P. Brooks including an account of her marriage to L. Ernest Pulsipher, his illness and death, 1920-1921. Also includes two later accounts of this and a biographical sketch of Mary H. Leavitt by Brooks. The papers also include a handwritten collection of abridged speeches made by Mormon general authorities extracted from sermons and general conferences by John Pulsipher, 1854-1856, and minutes of Pulsipher...
This is your life Mary Hafen Leavitt
File — Folder 1: [31197230234178]
Identifier: MSS SC 94
Scope and Contents
Typewritten biography which describes Mary Hafen Leavitt's childhood experiences in Santa Clara, Utah and Bunkerville, Nevada; marriage to Henry Leavitt; and settlement in Delmar, Utah.