Correspondence, newspapers, essays, bills, accounts, bank statements, and miscellaneous items. The materials relate to the operation of the periodical and its various policies.

Typewritten copies of a diary. The item talks about Berry's temporal and spiritual experiences in Utah and Nevada.

Photocopy of a handwritten diary. Bullock describes her journey from Provo, Utah, to the Muddy settlements of Nevada from December 1868 to January 1869. She writes about the difficulties of driving a team and describes the route.

Typewritten copy of a diary. Also included are a typewritten copy of a newspaper report of Joseph Ira Earl's death. The item was copied by Mabel Jarvis for the Federal Writers Projects of the WPA in 1936. Earl writes about his daily activities, his work for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and meetings with friends and family members.

Handwritten unsigned, autobiographical account believed to have been written by Huntington. The author writes of being called by Brigham Young and Daniel H. Wells to go with an expedition to Carson Valley and tell the Mormons there to return to Utah to meet the United States army, known as "Johnston's Army" in 1857. Huntington gives and account of this expedition and mentions those who participated in it.

Photocopy of a hand drawn map with a handwritten explanation. The map was for "Desert Camp" in Meadow Valley, Nevada. The site was examined as a possible location for a settlement of Mormons fleeing Utah at the advent of United States Army to Utah in 1858.

Phtocopy of a micrifilm copy of a handwritten autobiography. Hunsaker was born in Illinois and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1840. Hunsaker lived in Utah County, Utah, and writes about troubles with Indians. He was sent to settle in Carson Valley, Nevada, and returned to Brigham City, Utah. He metions the "Utah War" in 1857 and 1858.