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Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Ronald W. Walker research materials on the Mountain Meadows Massacre, approximately 1950-2016

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9005 Series 3 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contents include research materials on the Mountain Meadows Massacre that were collected by Ronald W. Walker. These materials consist of many written drafts by Walker, journal articles with annotations by Walker, indexes and bibliographies, and other notes and items concerning the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Materials dated approximately 1950-2016.

Dates: approximately 1950-2016
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 9005, Ronald W. Walker papers / Ronald W. Walker research materials

Henry Hopkins Sibley letter to E. H. Jones

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227642060]
Identifier: MSS 3992
Scope and Contents

Letter of Henry Hopkins Sibley to E. H. Jones, 24 July 1859, Ft. Laramie. Contains a reference to "the Mountain Meadow Orphans, Wards of the Nation," who were then at Ft. Laramie. Important letter tracing the route of the small children not killed at the Mountain Meadows Massacre, 11 September 1857.

Dates: 1859 July 24
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Henry Hopkins Sibley letter to E. H. Jones

Sidelights on the Mountain Meadows Massacre

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325851]
Identifier: MSS SC 2719
Scope and Contents

Mormon educator, historian, and author.

Dates: 1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sidelights on the Mountain Meadows Massacre

Stewart L. Udall research on the Mountain Meadows Massacre

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6936
Abstract

Research papers of Stewart L. Udall regarding the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

Dates: 1950-2003
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Stewart L. Udall research on the Mountain Meadows Massacre

Utah's black Friday : history of the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230240787]
Identifier: MSS SC 402
Scope and Contents

Unpublished typewritten booklength history of the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

Dates: 1969
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Utah's black Friday : history of the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857

Joseph C. Walker papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1461
Scope and Contents Collection includes histories, travelogues, correspondence, accounts of early settlers, a genealogical review and other genealogical information, and a chapter from Walker's memoirs. Tells of his travels, 1863-1865, family history and genealogy, Mountain Meadows Massacre, anti-Mormon sentiment in various localities, conditions in Iowa and Montana, an encounter with Reorganized Latter Day Saint Church members, origin of Montana place names, story of T.C. Everts' rescue during the...
Dates: 1864-1907
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph C. Walker papers

Edwin Dilworth Woolley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1403
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, diaries, notes, and miscellaneous items relating to Edwin Dilworth Woolley, Erastus Snow, and their families which were related through marriage. The materials deal with family associations with various Mormon Church leaders, the Grand Canyon, and a wide wage of Mormon and Utah history topics.

Dates: approximately 1850-1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Edwin Dilworth Woolley papers

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