Joseph C. Loughran Collection, Approximately 1844-1953, bulk 1864-1946

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Summary

Creators:
Loughran, Joseph C. (Joseph Clarence), 1873-1957.
Abstract:
The collection consists of correspondence, essays, bibliographical notes, bound volumes, and ephemera either pertaining to or collected by Joseph C. Loughran. The majority of the items relate to Utah history from the 1860s to the 1940s and focus on Weber County, particularly the Ogden area.
Extent:
Approximately 340 items in 8 boxes and 1 oversize volume
Language:
The records are in English .

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of correspondence, essays, bibliographical notes, bound volumes, and ephemera either pertaining to or collected by Joseph C. Loughran. The majority of the items relate to Utah history from the 1860s to the 1940s and focus on Weber County, particularly the Ogden area. Items of note include genealogy records for the Fuller, Jacobs-Huntington, Hansen, and Young families; extensive bibliographical records related to Mormon history; a book of poetry and essays by Reba B. Pratt (1880); a book of annotated newspaper clippings by Mormon dissenter Lamoni Call; shopkeeper’s day books and account books kept in Ogden from the 1860s-1880s and which feature entries for Lorin Farr, Edwin Smout, George Lake, Seth M. Blair, R.D. Sprague, H.B. Scovill, and others; a wage and account book for Ogden gravedigger Joseph Compton (1880-1883); a record of temple work in Ogden (c. 1921-1922); record books of the Primary Association of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 11th Ward, Logan Stake, Utah (1931-1934); and a record book from the Ancient Order of United Workmen, Hall Fidelity Lodge No.3 of Ogden (1894-1900).

The collection is arranged in 8 boxes: 1) Correspondence, essays, and miscellaneous manuscripts, c. 1884-1952; 2) Notes and ephemera, c. 1866-1953; 3) Mormon History bibliography; 4) Mormon history bibliography volumes, c. 1871-1934; 5) Bibliographical notes and genealogical records, c. 1871-1932; 6) Miscellaneous small volumes, c. 1870-1944; 7) Miscellaneous volumes, 1864-1922; and 8) Miscellaneous volumes, c. 1931-1944. There is also one oversize volume. Each box is arranged chronologically.

Biographical / historical:

Joseph Clarence Loughran was born in Saunders County, Nebraska, on July 26, 1873. His parents were Joseph Fox Loughran (1850-1938), a native of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and English immigrant Margaret Hayes. Loughran served with the Utah Light Artillery, Battery C, during the Spanish-American War. After settling in Utah he worked as a railway carman. He married Mildred Luciel Toyer (1884-1974), the widow of Hyrum Harper (1880-1919), sometime after 1919. Loughran died in Ogden, Utah, on May 17, 1957.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Louis J. Loughran, October 1960.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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