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Nebeker (William Perry) Papers
mssHM 63538-63606
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: William Perry Nebeker papers
Creator:
Nebeker, William Perry, 1836-1910
Identifier/Call Number: mssHM 63538-63606
Physical Description:
1.50 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1867-1888
Abstract: Papers of Mormon pioneer William Perry Nebeker.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item]. William Perry Nebeker papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Adele Parks, March 1950.
William Perry Nebeker (1836-1910) was born on September 5, 1836 in Butler, Ohio, the son of John Nebeker and Lurena Fitzgerald.
In 1847, Nebeker and his family came west to Utah. In 1870 Nebeker married Sarah Ivins McKean (1849-1880). They settled in
Laketown, located in the northern part of Utah near Bear Lake. Sarah Nebeker died in 1880 and Nebeker married Phoebe Stafford
Tingey in 1885. Nebeker died in Salt Lake City in 1910.
The collection consists mostly of the family correspondence of William Perry Nebeker. Much of the correspondence deals with
family affairs and the acquiring of provisions, but also covers subjects related to Mormons as a whole. These subjects include
politics and the United Order. Of note is a letter from William Clayton and letters regarding the divorce of Frederick Kesler
and the imprisonment of George Q. Cannon for polygamy. In the collection Sarah Ivins McKean is represented as both an author
and addressee and Theodore McKean as an addressee.
Processed by Mitchell W. K. Toda in April 2002. In 2022, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.
Arranged alphabetically.
Related to the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mormon Church -- United Order
Mormons -- Archival resources
Mormons -- Correspondence
Mormons -- Economics
Mormons -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Mormons -- Law and legislation
Mormons -- Social conditions
Mormons -- Social life and customs
Mormons -- Utah -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Polygamy -- Utah -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Utah -- Description and travel
Letters (correspondence) -- Utah -- 19th century
Cannon, George Q. (George Quayle), 1827-1901
Clayton, William, 1814-1879
Kesler, Frederick, 1816-1899
McKean, Theodore, 1829-1897
Nebeker, Sarah Ivins McKean, 1849-1880