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Orderville (Utah) -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Harriet Adeline Fowler Allen autograph book and poems

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230317866]
Identifier: MSS SC 1942
Scope and Contents

Volume containing handwritten autographs and poems. The autographs were written to Harriet Allen and usually include poems.

Dates: 1888

James Franklin Carroll autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231044931]
Identifier: MSS 1013
Scope and Contents

Typed copy of an autobiography in eight pages. Carroll lived in Heber City, Orderville, Grayson, Blanding, and Salt Lake City, Utah. He also lived for several years in Mexico. Also included is a photocopy of a handwritten letter to his children in which Carroll states his faith in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The dates of the composition of these items are uncertain.

Dates: approximately 1950

Thomas Chamberlain diaries

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307875]
Identifier: MSS SC 990
Scope and Contents

Three diaries (1875, 1880-1882, 1893-1896), genealogical group sheets of Chamberlain's families, and ten photocopied photographs of Chamberlain and his wives and children. The two earliest items are photocopies of holograph manuscripts while the third is a typescript.

Dates: 1875-1896

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Orderville Ward record books

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 512
Scope and Contents

Handwritten records of the Orderville United Order. The items include minutes of board of directors meetings, laws, lists of members, and histories of varioius departments of the order. Also with the collection are three letters and a financial report. The letters relate to the function of the organization.

Dates: 1874-1896

Emma Carroll Seegmiller and Amy Carroll Stark Circleville, Utah, collection

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045706]
Identifier: MSS 1211
Scope and Contents

Two typewritten histories of Orderville, Utah, by Emma Carroll Seegmiller and Amy Carroll Stark. Also included are family histories of four Mormon families in Orderville. The items tell about life in the town and about the United Order established there.

Dates: approximately 1950

Priddy Meeks journal

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233284568]
Identifier: Vault MSS 58
Scope and Contents

A handwritten record by Meeks on writes about a wide range of topics including his reflections on his life, his various activities, and his revelations. He also records various faith-promoting stories he hears.

Dates: 1879-1903

Orderville (Utah) financial records

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318534]
Identifier: MSS SC 1985
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten records. The items deal with the finances and the value of property held by Orderville. Most of the materials are dated 1879 and 1885.

Dates: 1879-1898

United Order in Orderville, Utah record books

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 879
Scope and Contents

Handwritten record books. The materials include a certificates of stock book dating from 1881 to 1886, a ledger book listing items sold to members of the United Order from February to September 1877, and a ledger book of the sale of merchandise from 1894 to 1895.

Dates: 1877-1895

Twila Porter Rockwell family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7702
Abstract

Collection arranged by subject beginning with Anna Porter Seaman diaries, Norene Porter diaries, then other materials.

Dates: 1896-1993

United Order of Enoch records

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 919
Scope and Contents

Handwritten record books of the United Order in Orderville, Utah. The three volumes cover the years 1892-1916, 1886-1893, and 1889-1905. The materials document the finances of the Mormons living under the United Order in Orderville.

Dates: 1886-1916