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Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Orderville -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

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

History of the beginning of Orderville, Utah

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045318]
Identifier: MSS 1203
Scope and Contents

Mimeographed copy of a typewritten essay. Heaton describes the founding of Circleville, Utah, and the organizing of the "United Order" of the Mormon Church in that community.

Dates: approximately 1967

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

Benjamin Black and Willard Carroll newspapers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233283461]
Identifier: Vault MSS 39
Scope and Contents

Handwritten newspapers. One item is dated 11 Jan. 1879 and is listed as volume 2 number 4. The first page on the other item is missing. The newspaper was edited by Willard Carroll and Benjamin Black and tells about important events in Orderville, Utah.

Dates: Publication: 1879

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

The story of Isaac's new trousers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313428]
Identifier: MSS SC 1610
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of a fictionalized story based on the courtship of Isaac E. Black and a carbon copy and photocopy of a typewritten story of Isaac's out-of-body experience.

Dates: 1935

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

Voices from within : the story of the United Order

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349208]
Identifier: MSS 522
Scope and Contents

Carbon copy of a typewritten history. Seegmiller writes about the history of the United Order of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Orderville, Utah. The information in the study was furnished by men and women who lived in the area, from Seegmiller's personal memory, and from the records of the United Order.

Dates: approximately 1934