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Contains one mining deed for land in Tooele, Utah.

Scope and Contents Handwritten autobiography and diary. The account is retrospective until 1856. Edwards writes extensively about his conversion to the Mormon Church in 1839, life at Nauvoo, Illinois, and the death of two of his wives. There is a lengthy discussion in the opening pages of the diary about astronomy and a family cooperative city, "Edwardsville," which he hoped to build. Edwards made the overland journey from Iowa to Salt Lake City in 1848 by ox team and writes briefly about the scarcity of feed...

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Photocopy of a typed copy of an obituary of Joseph Elich. Dr. Elich was born and died in Tooele, Utah. He was granted a PhD in mathematics and taught at Utah State University for many years.

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Includes letters from Shields to his children, and talks given by Shields on gospel subjects. Talks and letters usually include talks by church leaders.

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Handwritten autobiography. Starkie writes about his early life in England, his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his migration to Utah in 1878, and his life in Tooele, Grantsville, and Ashley Valley, Utah. Starkie concentrates on the early years of his life in England. Also included is a two-page typewritten biography of Starkie by his daughter, Mrs. Isaac M. Jones.

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Copies of WWII photographs taken by Harry D. Guido, newspaper clippings.