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Beaver (Utah)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Lucy H. Flake journals

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 13
Scope and Contents

Holograph journals which contain Flake's autobiography, covering the years 1842 to 1894. Includes details of her life in Beaver, Utah, and a detailed account of her life colonizing Snowflake, Arizona. Also included are details of her funeral by her daughter, Roberta Clayton, and Flake family genealogical data.

Dates: approximately 1894-1899

William Fotheringham letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227642078]
Identifier: MSS 3994
Scope and Contents

Letter of W.[illiam] Fotheringham, with a long postscript by Josiah Rogerson, to John Steele, 12 November 1876, Beaver, Utah. Discusses land issues, and the growing concerns of mining in southern Utah.

Dates: 1876 November 12

Jacob Hamblin papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 815
Scope and Contents

The letter from Brigham Young to Jacob Hamblin in this collection was written about one month before the Mountain Meadows Massacre took place. In it, Young appoints Hamblin to be president of the Santa Clara Indian mission and tells him to keep good relations with the Indians. This collection also contains four blessings given to Jacob Hamblin.

Dates: 1857-1885

Reinhard Maeser photograph collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4209
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 33 original black and white photographs and 8 identifying photocopies of the Reinhard Maeser family.

Dates: 1855-1926

Oral history interview with Anna Elizabeth Stark

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231023844]
Identifier: MSS 6818
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Anna Elizabeth Stark, conducted by Helen Candland Stark on January 11, 1982. Anna discusses her early childhood in Leland, Utah and parents, her Danish ancestry, her teaching career at Weber State, Duchesne, Beaver and her retirement. The collection includes a rough draft, original transcript, a newspaper clipping about Anna and a bound copy of the interview.

Dates: 1982