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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Hugh F. O'Neil papers
Creator:
O'Neil, Hugh F.
Identifier/Call Number: mssONeil
Physical Description:
0.41 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1828-1938
Date (bulk): 1850-1938
Abstract: Papers belonging to Hugh F. O'Neil, writer, political activist, and resident of Utah.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item]. Hugh F. O'Neil papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Hugh F. O'Neil, June 1942.
Hugh F. O'Neil (born 1901) was a writer, political activist, and a long-time resident of Ogden, Utah. He worked for the Southern
Pacific Railroad and ran several campaigns in Weber County for Utah governor J. Bracken Lee. From 1937 to 1940, he edited
the Ogdenite, and between 1936 and 1942 he was an editor for the Historical Records Survey of the United States Works Progress
Administration for Utah.
The collection contains 58 pieces, including correspondence, diaries, documents, ephemera, essays, journals, legal documents,
manuscripts, and reports, which were collected by O'Neil while working for the Works Progress Administration. The great majority
of these materials are typescript copies. This collection focuses on Mormon history, from its earliest days through the 1930s.
Every aspect of Mormon religion, daily life and cultural expression is explored, including pieces of Mormon poetry and items
on the history of Mormon theater. Of particular interest are those items that portray the relationship Mormon settlers had
with their Native American neighbors. Subjects addressed within the collection include the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, the Federal Writers Project, the Historical Records Survey, Native Americans in Utah, the Mormon Church, Mormon pioneers,
Mormon poetry, Mormon social life and customs, Mormon theater, the history of Ogden (Utah), the Works Progress Administration,
Utah history, Jedediah Strong Smith (1799-1831), Joseph Smith (1805-1844), Charles L. Walker (1832-1904), and Brigham Young
(1801-1877). Also included are typescript copies of works by John Alexander Devan (1851-1935), Esias Edwards (1812-1897),
Emma Seegmiller Higbee, Maurice L. (Maurice Langdon) Howe, George Miller (1794-1856), and Theodore Albert Schroeder (1864-1953).
Collection was processed by Marisa E. Diehl in August 2001 and updated by Mitch Toda in June 2003. In 2022, Brooke M. Black
created a finding aid.
Arranged in the following series: 1. Correspondence, diary, journal, book and other publications; 2. Utah history and Mormon
culture; 3. Legal and governmental materials and ephemera.
Former call number: mssO'Neil papers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Indians of North America -- Utah
Mormon Church -- History
Mormon Church -- Utah
Mormon pioneers -- Emigration and immigration
Mormons -- Poetry
Mormons -- Social life and customs
Mormons -- Utah -- History -- 19th century
Mormons -- Utah -- History -- 20th century
Theater -- Utah -- History
Ogden (Utah) -- History
Tooele (Utah) -- History
Utah -- History -- Sources
Journals (accounts) -- Utah
Letters (correspondence) -- Utah
Manuscripts -- Utah
Devan, John Alexander, 1851-1953
Edwards, Esaias, 1812-1897
Higbee, Emma Seegmiller
Howe, Maurice L. (Maurice Langdon)
Miller, George, 1794-1856
Schroeder, Theodore, 1864-1953
Smith, Jedediah Strong, 1799-1831
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844
Walker, Charles L., 1832-1904
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Utah -- History
Federal Writers' Project
Historical Records Survey (Utah)