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Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 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

Oz Flake family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1564
Scope and Contents Holograph diaries of Osmer Flake including an autobiography of his life from 1868 to 1893. The diaries cover 1893-1898, 1899-1913, 1935-1954. Also included is a diary of Osmer's first wife, Elsie Owens Flake 1897-1900 and a diary of his second wife, Ethel Ray Flake 1925-1926. Also in the collection is Osmer's biography of his father William Jordon Flake and an autograph book compiled at the Beaver Stake Academy, 1887-1888. His first wife Elsie kept a diary when he was serving on the...
Dates: 1887-1958

William Jordan Flake diary

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1453
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary kept while Flake was kept in the Yuma, Arizona, prison for polygamy. Also included is a map of the lay out of the facility. The diary includes descriptions of the treatment of the Mormons by the guards, including work by the prisoners to repair and unload railroad cars. Also includes poetry and information from letters he received from his family.

Dates: 1884-1885

William Jordan Flake diary

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS1453_F1
Dates: 1884-1885