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Mormon biographies.
BANC MSS P-F 319 FILMLOCAL
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Title:
Mormon biographiesCreator/Contributor:
O'Neil, Hugh, 1901-Creator/Contributor:
Historical Records Survey (Utah)Creator/Contributor:
Utah Federal Writers' ProjectCreator/Contributor:
Library of CongressAbstract:
About 400 biographical sketches of Utah pioneers prepared by the Historical Records Survey and Federal Writer's Projects Administration,
1935- 1939, deposited in the Library of Congress.
Chiefly typed transcripts of original Mss. (autobiographies, journals, and reminiscences) in private possession; biographical
sketches based on interviews and questionnaires; and related material. The Bancroft Library has separate copies (which in
some instances are the originals) of a small part of the Mss., the gift of Hugh F. O'Neil, a former Survey editor and supervisor;
q.v. Utah Biographies (BANC MSS P-F 314) and Utah Questionnaires (BANC MSS P-F 312 and BANC MSS P-F 313). A few historical
sketches of Utah counties and communities, and some miscellaneous items, 15 in all, are included.
Relating to early Mormon history in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois; Mormon migration west, including a number of overland diaries;
the march of the Mormon Battalion and its activities in California; Mormon pioneering in and travel to California, Arizona,
Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico; and old Mexico; missionary activities in Europe, Asia, and Oceania,
as well as in North America; Indians and Indian warfare, etc. The pioneer period described extends into the 1890's in some
parts of Utah and the West.
Subject:
Utah -- BiographyNote:
Key to microfilm collection : also available on microfilm.
Originals in: Library of Congress.
For index to names, see Utah State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, Logan Library, "Name index to the Library
of Congress collection of Mormon diaries."
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Type:
Biographies.Physical Description:
microfilm
13 microfilm reels : negative (Rich. 606:4-16) and positive.
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 550:4) and positive.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS P-F 319 FILMLOCAL