Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
James Keeler diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 834
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of handwritten diaries. Keeler writes about his activities while serving as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii from 1850 to 1855 and from 1876 to 1878. Keeler also writes about his life in Utah as a carpenter and farmer. Also included is a diary of Eliza Shelton Keeler, James' wife, which she kept from 1891 to 1902. The Keelers lived much of the time in Richfield, Utah.
Dates:
1851-1902
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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James Keeler diaries
Laura Ann Keeler Thurber autobiography
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232484524]
Identifier: MSS 436
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiography which has been encapsulated and bound. The item starts with Thurber's biographies of her father, James Keeler, and her mother, Eliza Shelton Keeler. James Keeler's account was copied from his autobiography and diary. Laura lived in Santaquin, Goshen, and Richfield, Utah, and in Grass Valley, Nevada. Laura married Joseph Thurber in 1876, who entered into polygamy by marrying another woman in 1885. James Keeler joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Dates:
approximately 1900