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Title: Jacob Hamblin Papers
Dates (inclusive): 1857-1948
Bulk dates: 1857-1885
Collection Number: mssFAC 1307-1325
Creator:
Hamblin, Jacob, 1819-1886.
Extent:
43 pieces in 1 box
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection contains photostats of letters by and about pioneer Mormon Jacob Hamblin (1819-1886) and the Mormon Church's
Indian missions as well as photostats
of two Hamblin diaries (1862-1863 and 1868-1885) and copy prints of photographs of Hamblin's family and of locations associated
with Hamblin's career.
Language: English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader
Services.
Further reproduction of or quotation from these materials is prohibited since the location and current ownership of the originals
is unknown.
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.
[Identification of item]. Jacob Hamblin Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Copied from materials loaned by Otis Marston, February 2, 1953.
Jacob Hamblin was born on April 2, 1819, in Salem, Ohio. In 1850, after his conversion to Mormonism, he travelled west to
Salt Lake City, Utah to join fellow members
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in establishing the Mormon community. At this time, the Mormons were under
the leadership of Brigham Young (1801-1877),
who encouraged the settlement of the Intermountain West. Jacob Hamblin was called upon by Young to aid in the colonization
of southern Utah and the exploration of the Southwest.
Today, Hamblin is best known as a peacemaker and a missionary, especially to the Hopi and Navajo tribes. His years of work
not only helped to establish Young's policy of coexistence
between the Mormons and Indians, but also earned Hamblin a place in Mormon history as the apostle to the Lamanites. After
a long and productive life, he died in Pleasanton, New Mexico, on August 31, 1886.
Bailey, Paul. Jacob Hamblin:
Buckskin Apostle. Westernlore Press, 1948.
Brooks, Juanita. Jacob Hamblin:
Mormon Apostle to the Indians. Salt Lake City: Westwater Press, 1980.
Corbett, Pearson H.
Jacob Hamblin: The Peacemaker. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1952.
This collection contains photostats of letters by and about pioneer Mormon Jacob Hamblin (1819-1886) and the Mormon Church's
Indian missions as well as photostats
of two Hamblin diaries (1862-1863 and 1868-1885) and copy prints of photographs of Hamblin's family and of locations associated
with Hamblin's career.
The collection provides information about
Hamblin's missions to the Indians, early settlement in southern Utah, Hamblin family history, and Hamblin himself. Uncatalogued
material at
the end of the collection includes a diary fragment, family biographical sketches, and photographs. Because the collection
consists of
photostats or, in the case of the photographs, copy prints, where the location of the originals is unknown, reproduction of
these materials is prohibited.
Notable items include: Two journals of Jacob Hamblin, one dated 1862-1863 (FAC 1312) and the other 1868-1885 (FAC 1313).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Hamblin, Jacob, 1819-1886.
Snow, Erastus Fairbanks, 1818-1888.
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877.
Cotton growing -- Utah.
Hopi Indians -- Missions.
Mormon Church -- Missions -- Arizona.
Mormon Church -- Missions -- Utah.
Mormons -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Navajo Indians -- Missions.
Utah Expedition (1857-1858)
Arizona -- Description and travel.
New Mexico -- Description and travel.
Utah -- History -- Sources.
Copy prints -- 20th century.
Diaries -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century.
Letters (correspondence) -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century.
Snow, Erastus Fairbanks, 1818-1888.
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877.