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Beaver (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

George Arthur Parkinson and descendants papers, 1896-1981

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1565 Series 2
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The Thomas Parkinson family collection has been arranged in three series. The first series is comprised of personal items which belonged to Thomas and Mary Ann Bryant Parkinson and include his 1855 priesthood ordination in San Bernardino, his personal journal, and original letters from family members in England and Australia dating as early as 1856. These letters are written to Thomas and Mary Ann Bryant Porter Parkinson, and to Thomas's sister, Sarah Parkinson Rodwell Stapley....
Dates: Other: 1896-1981

Invitation cards

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338888]
Identifier: MSS 135
Scope and Contents

Printed invitations with handwritten notes. The items invite people to various events including wedding receptions and anniversaries, a cotillion party, and a birthday anniversary. Two of the invitations invite people to functions in Beaver, Utah.

Dates: 1890-1902

Mary May Clove Little autobiography

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308386]
Identifier: MSS SC 1050
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of handwritten autobiography. Mrs. Little lived in Garfield County, Beaver, and Panguitch, Utah, when young. She lived most of her adult life in Glendale, Utah. Little tells of her activities with the Mormon Church, her family life, and the illnesses and deaths of members of her household.

Dates: 1965

Parkinson family photographs and book, undated

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1565 Series 3
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The Thomas Parkinson family collection has been arranged in three series. The first series is comprised of personal items which belonged to Thomas and Mary Ann Bryant Parkinson and include his 1855 priesthood ordination in San Bernardino, his personal journal, and original letters from family members in England and Australia dating as early as 1856. These letters are written to Thomas and Mary Ann Bryant Porter Parkinson, and to Thomas's sister, Sarah Parkinson Rodwell Stapley....
Dates: Other: undated

John L. Smith and Iona Thompson papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1336
Scope and Contents

Letters, poetry, legal documents, and miscellaneous items. The materials relate to sections of southern Utah primarily in the last quarter of the nineteenth century.

Dates: 1862-1945

William Wilson Sterrett autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306331]
Identifier: MSS SC 879
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of photocopies of the holograph of Sterrett's autobiography and some patriarchal blessings he gave.

Dates: 1897

Thomas and Mary Ann Bryant Parkinson papers, 1855-1903

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1565 Series 1
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The Thomas Parkinson family collection has been arranged in three series. The first series is comprised of personal items which belonged to Thomas and Mary Ann Bryant Parkinson and include his 1855 priesthood ordination in San Bernardino, his personal journal, and original letters from family members in England and Australia dating as early as 1856. These letters are written to Thomas and Mary Ann Bryant Porter Parkinson, and to Thomas's sister, Sarah Parkinson Rodwell Stapley....
Dates: Other: 1855-1903

Thomas Parkinson family collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232542677]
Identifier: MSS 1565
Abstract

Letters, journals, scrapbooks and photos dealing with the Parkinson family.

Dates: 1855-1981

John F. Tolton autobiography, diaries, and histories

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230347228]
Identifier: MSS 409
Abstract

Includes typewritten copies of an autobiography, diary, and a history of Beaver, Utah.

Dates: 1884-1931

Birdie Van Natta family history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230320555]
Identifier: MSS SC 2181
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography. Van Natta writes of family matters and relations, her feelings on World War I, and the various places where she lived. Also included is a genealogy of the Van Natta family.

Dates: 1927-1931