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Photocopy of a handwritten list placed in a ledger book with the title, "Register of Births." Christensen lists the births of 463 children in Carbon and Emery Counties of Utah. She gives names, sex, nationality, color, date of birth, names of parents, and the location of the family's residence.

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Photocopy of a typewritten history of mail delivery in Emery County, Utah. Also included is a one-page history of "Cattle Rustling" in Emery County. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain.

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Photocopy of a typewritten history. Jewkes writes about the history of his family and the descendants of Samuel Jewkes. The family consisted of Mormons who lived in Orangeville and other places in Emery County, Utah.

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Photocopy of a handwritten account book. The item includes records of various financial transactions including tithing paid to the Mormon Church. Also included are receipts and notes on various activities relating to positions held by Howard in state and local government.

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Photocopies of typewritten biographies. The subjects of these biographies were Mormons living in Emery and Sanpete Counties of Utah. The date of composition of most of these items is uncertain, but some were composed apparently in 1969.

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Diaries, correspondence, memoranda books, financial and genealogical records, biographical sketches, and miscellaneous papers. Diaries include mission labors in the Southern States for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Biographical sketches are about parents, relatives, and friends including Mary Jane Gardner Miller, James R. Miller, Frank J. Taylor, E. J. Winder, Robert Gardner, and Reuben Miller.

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Handwritten minutes of the meetings of the Emery Stake Academy Board of Education kept by the clerk, William John Seely of Castle Dale, Utah. The meetings were about Mormon Church education in Emery County, Utah. Issues included facilities and curriculum.

Content Description Contains disks of digitized photographs and recordings of an oral history relating to life in Victor, Emery County, Utah. Dated January 2008. Laura Wells Stewart was born in Victor, Emery County, Utah in 1917 and was the last known resident of Victor when these recordings were made. The collection contains digitized photographs of residents of Victor, mainly Laura's family, and personal documents of her parents and relatives. Also contains recordings of Laura Wells Stewart describing life...

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Typewritten transcript of an oral history conducted by Kent Powell at Swasey's home in Ferron, Utah. "The purpose of the interview is to gather information about a cabin that was constructed at the head of Eagle Canyon on the San Rafael Desert in Emery County and also to learn of the activities of the men who ran horses in this area.

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Photocopies of handwritten certificates, a contract, and prescriptions. The materials relate to Winter's cures of hemorrhoids.