Jane Elizabeth Hyde Molen diary
Scope and Contents
Materials include a compact disc labeled, "J. E. Molen Diary 1878-1881." Disc contains a copy of the missionary journal of Jane Elizabeth Hyde Molen during her mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Hawaiian Sandwich Islands. Dated from 1878 to 1881.
Dates
- 1878-1881
Creator
- Molen, Jane Elizabeth Hyde, 1843-1934 (author, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Jane Elizabeth Molen diary must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.
Biographical history
Jane Elizabeth Hyde Molen (1843-1934) was an early pioneer and missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Jane Elizabeth Hyde Molen was born on February 12, 1843 in Nauvoo, Illinois, to William Hyde and Elizabeth Howe Bullard. She married Simpson Montgomery Molen on August 7, 1859 in Utah and together they were the parents of five children. Jane and Simpson served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Hawaiian Sandwich Islands from 1876 to 1879. When they returned, she was called to serve in the Utah Primary Association presidency in Hyde Park. She remarried George Orrin Pitkin in 1903. She died on December 25, 1934 in Hyrum, Utah.
Extent
1 folder (0.05 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Appraisal
"Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history" (20th and 21st Century Western and Mormon Americana collection policy; II, B, 5, VI; February 2020).
Processing Information
Processed; Grace Bithell, student manuscript processor, and John M. Murphy, curator; 2019.
Processed; Meghan Hoesch, student manuscript processor, and John Murphy, curator; 2020.
- Title
- Register of Jane Elizabeth Molen diary
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Grace Bithell
- Date
- 2019 August 5
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States