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Emery County (Utah) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Reuben Gardner Miller daily memoranda books, 1868-1946

 Series
Identifier: MSS 418 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains memoranda books prepared by Miller, documenting his daily activities. Includes information on family events, his church service, and his work in telephones. Materials date from between 1868 and 1946.

Dates: 1868-1946

Reuben Gardner Miller diaries, 1842-1953

 Series
Identifier: MSS 418 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains several diaries and papers, dated 1842-1953. Also includes memos containing brief highlights of personal and family events and letters from Matthias F. Cowley and First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1842-1953

Reuben Gardner Miller genealogical papers, 1871-1949

 Series
Identifier: MSS 418 Series 7
Scope and Contents Contains text materials and photographs with dates of creation ranging from 1871-1964. It includes Winder Family temple records, an index to the genealogical records of Reuben G. Miller and Rhonda Ann Letts, various family biographies, and funeral services for James F. Whitney and David C. Gardner. Also contains Reuben G. Miller family records, including photos, certificates of ordination and temple recommends, and a sheet listing ordination dates and names of individuals involved for John...
Dates: 1871-1949

Reuben Gardner Miller miscellany, undated

 Series
Identifier: MSS 418 Series 9
Scope and Contents

Includes miscellaneous text materials, mostly undated. Includes Anna Miller's address book, medical notes dated 1871-1949, address book pages, and burial instructions for Miller. Also included is an inventory of household items, a funeral service program, Heber Bennion letter to President Heber J. Grant, an article copied from Deseret Evening news of May 21, 1898, and instructions for an L. C. typewriter.

Dates: undated

Reuben Gardner Miller papers on church service, 1857-1946

 Series
Identifier: MSS 418 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains various text materials from 1871-1946. It includes receipts from the Price Ward in the Emery Stake and the Forest Dale Ward in the Granite Stake, newspaper clippings and member and genealogical reports, patriarchal blessings of Mary Jane Gardner Miller, and notes pertaining to Reuben Miller and James J. Strang, and early Mormon apostate leader.

Dates: 1857-1946

Laura Wells Stewart collection on Victor, Emery County, Utah

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239251199]
Identifier: MSS 9197
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...
Dates: 1899-2008

Royal Swasey interview

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326545]
Identifier: MSS SC 2771
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: approximately 1970

Thomas S. Winter papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334911]
Identifier: MSS 1083
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1892