Latter Day Saints -- Arizona -- History
Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:
Life history of Kenner Casteel Kartchner
Three binders containing a handwritten autobiography, one photocopy of two newsclippings, a typed list of approx. 150 violin pieces in Kenner C. Kartchner's repertoire, and a handwritten letter to his daughter Merlie.
Life sketch of A. Jay
Handwritten autobiography, a newsclipping about Aaron Johnson Sr. (1806-1877), a handwritten copy of the senior Johnson's biography by his daughter, Marilla Lucretia Johnson Miller, and handwritten copies of correspondence on the Johnson family genealogy. This correspondence consists of letters from Stephen Johnson, brother of Aaron Johnson Sr., and also from Frank L. Johnson and W.E. Johnson, distant cousins of Aaron Johnson Jr. All items are photocopies.
Little Colorado Stake minutes
Photocopy of typescript. Contains a short history of the Mormon Church's mission to the Navajo Indians in Arizona from 1876 to 1878 and the creation of the Little Colorado Stake. The history of the stake is then continued up to 1887. Includes history of the settlements making up the stake, activities of the members, minutes of meetings, and accounts of missionary work among the Indians.
Heaton and Virl Lunt oral history interviews
12 audio cassette tapes of oral history interviews with Heaton and Virl Lunt, 1965-1975.
William James Frazier McAllister autobiography
Minute book for William C. Allen's Company
Collection includes one volume containing minutes of the chapter's business meetings from 1876 through 1888 and a second volume containing handwritten copies of the company's business correspondence and letters from various Mormon church leaders.
Mormon difficulties at Tuba City in the Hopi country, Arizona
Photocopy of typescript. Correspondence and related documents exchanged between various Indian agents and other government officials relating to problems between the Mormons and the Navajo Indians concerning water rights along the Little Colorado River in northeastern Arizona.
Price W. Nelson journal and autobiography
Emma Wartstill Mecham Nielson diary
Contains the original handwritten diary of Emma Wartstill (or Waitstill) Mecham Nielson that includes the time period from 1887 to 1916, with diary entries spanning from 1887 to 1897 and financial records spanning from 1914 to 1916. Diary is during the seven-month period Nielson was living by herself with her children in St. George, Utah, her daily activities as a mother and active church member, and her relationship with her fellow plural wife. Dated 1887 to 1916.