Howard O. Spencer Correspondence, 1874-1886

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Summary

Creators:
Spencer, Howard O.
Abstract:
Howard O. Spencer (1838-1918) served as a Mormon missionary in England and was an early settler of the town of Orderville, Utah. The collection contains eighteen letters, the majority of which are written by Spencer to his family while he was serving as a missionary in England. Also included is one letter written to Spencer by Brigham Young Jr. while Young was in England. The letters discuss Spencer's life in England, family news, and religion.
Extent:
0.2 linear feet
Language:
Collection materials in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Howard O. Spencer Correspondence, MC254, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains eighteen letters, the majority of which are written by Howard Spencer to his family while he is serving as a missionary in England. Also included is one letter written to Spencer by Brigham Young Jr. while Young was in England. The letters discuss Spencer's life in England, family news, and religion.

Arrangement of the Collection

The collection is arranged in three series: 1. Outgoing, 2. Incoming, 3. Third Party.

Biographical / historical:

Howard Orson Spencer was born on June 16, 1838 to Orson and Catherine Curtis Spencer in Middlefield, Massachusetts.

He served as a Mormon missionary in England from 1869-1870 and 1877-1879. According to his sister's book, Life Sketches of Orson Spencer: "In the Fall of 1874, he [Howard] was called by President Young to go to Long Valley in the southern part of Utah and preside. The next spring the people there commenced to live in the United Order, from which the settlement dervied the name Orderville."

Howard Spencer had several wives. He was married in 1860 to Louisa Cross (1841- ), married in 1875 to Percis Ann Brown (1857- ), and married in 1877 to Asenath Emmeline Carling (1858-1924).

He passed away on March 4, 1918.

Source:

Rogers, Aurelia Read Spencer. Life Sketches of Orson Spencer And Others And History of Primary Work. [Salt Lake City]: G. Q. Cannon, 1898.

Acquisition information:
Extracted from D-016, Mining Records Collection in 2013.
Processing information:

Sara Gunasekara processed this collection.

Physical location:
Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Howard O. Spencer Correspondence, MC254, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library
100 NW Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292, US
Contact:
(530) 752-1621
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
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