Letters
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Diggle family papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197223103141]
Identifier: MSS 2208
Scope and Contents
Mainly letters to the Samuel and Sarah Diggle family, in Iowa, from relatives, including Elizabeth W. Andrew and George Openshaw, Salt Lake City; Nancy W. Butterworth, Mary Diggle, and Mary Banks, Heywood, Lancashire, England; and Robert B. Whitaker, Kenosha, Wisconsin. Topics include family news, plural marriage, Brigham Young, and the family of Joseph Smith Jr. Envelopes accompany several of the letters. Includes letters from children of Elizabeth Andrew and Nancy Butterworth. Also...
Dates:
1854-1893
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Diggle family papers
Joseph C. Walker papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1461
Scope and Contents
Collection includes histories, travelogues, correspondence, accounts of early settlers, a genealogical review and other genealogical information, and a chapter from Walker's memoirs. Tells of his travels, 1863-1865, family history and genealogy, Mountain Meadows Massacre, anti-Mormon sentiment in various localities, conditions in Iowa and Montana, an encounter with Reorganized Latter Day Saint Church members, origin of Montana place names, story of T.C. Everts' rescue during the...
Dates:
1864-1907