Hugh F. O'Neil Papers: Finding Aid mssONeil
Marisa E. Diehl, Mitch Toda, and Brooke M. Black
The Huntington Library
February 2022
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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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Preferred Citation
[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.
Biographical / Historical
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.
Scope and Contents
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).
Processing Information
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.
Arrangement
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.
General
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)
Correspondence, diary, journal, books and other publications
1828-1937
Box 1, Folder 1
J. H. Bennett letter to J. Brinker
1887
Box 1, Folder 2
T. W. Bockes letter to Hugh F. O'Neil
1937
Box 1, Folder 3
Dee Bramwell letter to Hugh F. O'Neil
1927
Box 1, Folder 4
H. S. Emerson letter to Weber Co. Commissioners
1898
Box 1, Folder 5
Martin H. Harris letter to "the honorable County Court of Weber County"
1972
Box 1, Folder 6
Lester I. Herrick letter to "the honorable County Court of Weber County"
1860
Box 1, Folder 7
C. F. Impey letter to Hugh F. O'Neil
1937
Box 1, Folder 8
J. P. Ledwidge letter to W. S. Stone and Sons
1891
Box 1, Folder 9
George Miller correspondence
1855
Box 1, Folder 10
M. A. W. Spiers to "the honorable county court of Weber Co. Utah"
1876
Box 1, Folder 11
L. L. Young letter to Maurice L. Howe
1936
Box 1, Folder 12
Dilworth Woolley letter to Hugh F. O'Neil
1937
Box 1, Folder 13
Esias Edwards diary
1856-1882
Box 1, Folder 14
Maurice L. Howe "Excerpts from the journal of Jedediah Strong Smith, 1799-1831"
1828
Box 1, Folder 15
John Bevan "Events in the early history of Tooele"
approximately 1920
Box 1, Folder 16
Emma Higbee "Voices from within: the story of the United Order"
1933
Box 1, Folder 17
Theodore Schroeder "Mormonism and Intoxicants"
1914
Box 1, Folder 18
Charles L. Walker poems
1861-1903
Utah history and Mormon culture
1850-1938
Box 1, Folder 20
Utah - History - Ogden
1925
Legal and governmental materials and ephemera
1852-1938
Box 1, Folder 23
Historical Records Survey (Or.)
1852-1855
Box 1, Folder 24
Historical Records Survey (Or.)
1936
Box 1, Folder 25
Walter Thompson "Result of Election, Aug. 1, 1864"
1864
Box 1, Folder 26
Legal documents and receipts
1855-1937
