Ira N. Hinckley papers, 1882-approximately 1950, bulk 1882-1884

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Summary

Creators:
Hinckley, Ira N.
Abstract:
Papers belonging to Mormon pioneer Ira N. Hinckley, chiefly while on a mission in New Zealand.
Extent:
3.6 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Ira N. Hinckley papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains five diaries kept by Ira Hinckley during his travels in New Zealand from 1882 to 1884 and in Utah from 1885 to 1887. There are also letters written to Hinckley by fellow missionaries Walter Barber, William Bromley, Bennett Clark, Alma Greenwood, Joseph Morris, Ephraim Ralphs and W.T. Stewart. The collection also contains letters from family members, such as Adelaide Hinckley, his mother Angeline Wilcox Hinckley, his father Ira Nathaniel Hinckley, LaVern Hinckley, Emily Noble and Lucien Noble. Of note in the collection is one letter from a Maori family named Ihaia and another letter from two Maori individuals named Robert Manihera and Horiana Whakamairu. There is also one manuscript about Ira Nathaniel Hinckley. The ephemera includes a newspaper clipping and copies of photographs of the Hinckley family.

Biographical / historical:

Ira Noble Hinckley, son of Mormon pioneer emigrant Ira Nathaniel Hinckley, was called by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to a mission in New Zealand in 1882. He spent the next two years there in company with various other LDS missionaries, endeavoring to spread word of their faith among the European and Maori communities. He returned to Utah in 1884.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Parnell Hinckley, 1952-1957.
Processing information:

Processed by Brooke M. Black in July 2011. In 2021, she created a finding aid.

Arrangement:

Organized in the following series: 1. Diaries; 2. Correspondence and ephemera.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Ira N. Hinckley papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

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