Emily Lydia Snyder Thompson autobiography
Scope and Contents
Emily Lydia Snyder Thompson writes about her immigration to Utah in 1848, her father taking the family to California in 1850, her father starting a boarding house, a flood, being threatened by Indians, food shortages, following Brigham Young's counsel and abandoning her home in 1858, her husband's call to go to Sanpete in 1866, the Black Hawk War and other topics.
Dates
- 1920
Creator
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 Emily Lydia Snyder Thompson autobiography must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Emily Lydia Snyder Thompson is the daughter of George Gideon Snyder and Sarah Wilder Hatch Snyder. She was born in Nauvoo, Illinois on January 27 1846 and died in Scipio, Utah on December 12, 1928. She married Orvil Browning Thompson, son of William "G" Thompson and Elizabeth McAulay.
Extent
1 folder (0.08 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
These items were donated to Special Collections in 1988.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donation; Evan Tye Peterson; 1988.
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Title
- Register of Emily Lydia Snyder Thompson autobiography
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Rose Frank
- Date
- 2011 June 21
- 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