Descriptive Summary
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Edward Bunker, Jr. Papers
Dates: 1875-1894
Collection Call Number: mssHM
63428-63492
Creator:
Bunker, Edward, Jr.,
1847-1914
Extent:
2 boxes
Repository: The Huntington Library,
Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts
Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection consists of
correspondence and papers regarding Edward Bunker, Jr. (1847-1914) and his duties as
a Mormon bishop of Bunkerville, Nevada.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Edward Bunker, Jr. Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Provenance
Purchased from Loren Leavitt through Juanita Brooks, April 4, 1945.
A typed transcript of the autobiography of Edward Bunker Sr. was a gift gift of Juanita Brooks, June 28, 1944.
Biographical Note
Edward Bunker, Jr., was born in Garden Grove, Iowa. The oldest of thirteen children,
his parents were Edward Bunker, Sr. and Emily Abbott. His father became a Mormon in
April of 1845 and Edward Bunker, Jr. followed his father into the Mormon lifestyle.
He married Arminta Araminta Zerasa McClellan on November 28, 1870, and they had 13
children. In 1877, Edward Bunker, Sr. and his family, along with several other
Mormon families, established Bunkerville in the southern part of Nevada. Located
along the Virgin River in Long Valley, Bunkerville was established upon the
principles of the United Order. Edward Bunker, Jr. was ordained as a bishop and
oversaw many of the financial, church-related, and day-to-day business in
Bunkerville.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of correspondence and papers regarding Edward Bunker, Jr.
(1847-1914) and his duties as a Mormon bishop of Bunkerville, Nevada. People such as
H.B. (Hiram B.) Clawson, Henry Eyring (1838-1901), and L. John (Leonard John)
Nuttall (1834-1905) are represented in the collection.
There are papers regarding the establishment of the United Order in Bunkerville, the
duties of a bishop, dispute resolutions, the running of the mail, food and
livestock, digging of an irrigation canal, taxes in Nevada, tithing receipts, and
other financial records and bills.
Indexing Terms
Personal Names
Bunker, Edward, Jr.,
1847-1914
Subjects
Clawson, H. B.(Hiram B.)
Eyring, Henry, 1838-1902
Nuttall, L. John (Leonard John),
1834-1905
Mormon Church--Bishops
Mormon
Church--Colonization--Nevada
Mormon Church--Finance
Mormon Church--Government--History--19th
century
Mormon Church--United Order
Mormons--Archival resources
Mormons--Correspondence
Mormons--Economics
Mormons--Government
Mormons--History--19th
century--Sources
Mormons--Nevada--History--19th
century
Mormons--Social conditions
Mormons--Social life and
customs
Mormons--Utah--History--19th
century
Nevada--Description and
travel
Utah--Description and travel
Virgin River
Genre
Letters (correspondence)--Nevada--19th
century
Letters (correspondence)--Utah--19th
century