Scope and Contents Handwritten account of Keith's overland journey from St. Joseph, Missouri to Weaverville, California, in 1850. Keith paid a "Mr. Platner" to guide him and seventeen others to California. After being swindled and abandoned at Fort Laramie, Keith was furnished with provisions by the fort's commanding officer. The diary describes difficult travelling conditions, lack of feed and clean water for the company's animals, and problems with Indians. Keith also passed through Salt Lake City and gives...

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Contains manuscripts, correspondence, drafts, and other papers relating to the works of Willard and Celia Luce. It also contains various other materials that include a Provo High yearbook, gifts from friends, etc.

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Contains correspondence to and from Robert S. Ellison, mostly incoming letters. Letters document Ellison's collection and research activities and his interactions with other devotees of the American West, such as booksellers, scholars, amateur historians, journalists, and surviving western pioneers such as William Henry Jackson. Dated 1906 to 1945.

Scope and Contents note Contains various book manuscripts and related correspondence between Willard and Celia and potential publishers. The books include The Mystery of the Stolen Bicycles, William Henry Jackson: Pioneer Artist and Photographer, Troubled Land, and Utah!. In addition there are several short story manuscripts. Contains manuscripts for books, particularly Utah!, a textbook used in fourth grade classrooms across the state of Utah. It also contains drafts of multiple short stories written by both...

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Contains magazines that include the Luce's writings and photography.

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These boxes contain various pamphlets, magazines, and poetry booklets. Also included is a Provo High School yearbook from 1933 and a booklet for a 50 year reunion, held in 1983, for the graduating class of 1933.