Tanner, George S.

George S. Tanner began collecting materials on the early Arizona settlements in 1964. His first major project was the collection of the diaries of John Bushman. These diaries had been the source for John Bushman's Journal, which Bushman finished in 1918. Upon completion of the Journal, the diaries were scattered among family members in Utah, Arizona, and California. George S. Tanner began the task of gathering these diaries (more than forty in number) which he typed and bound into two large volumes. This was the beginning of a long and fruitful search for diaries, journals, correspondence, and other items relating to the history of the Mormon settlements in Arizona. George S. Tanner's interest in this subject was a personal one. He was born and raised in Joseph City, Arizona, where his parents were early Mormon pioneers--Henry Martin and Eliza Ellen Parkinson Tanner joined the settlement of Joseph City in May 1878 and spent their lives there. In 1964 George S. Tanner wrote a short biography of his father, Henry Martin Tanner, and since his father did not keep a diary or journal, it was necessary for him to gather information concerning his family from other diaries and sources. This added impetus to his collecting. Other writings to Mr. Tanner's credit are a biography of his grandfather, John Tanner, and a history of Joseph City. The latter is a complete study of the settlement and incorporates the wealth of information he has gathered.

From the guide to the Mormon settlements in Arizona collection, 1857-1986, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah)

Mormon pioneer in Utah and Arizona, Bishop for the Mormon Church in Snowflake, Arizona.

From the guide to the John Bushman papers, 1871-1923, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Mormon missionary to the Indians in Arizona.

From the guide to the Andrew Smith Gibbons diary, 1858-1878, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

From the guide to the Andrew Amundsen journal, 1873, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Mormon pioneer in Arizona, colonist, and missionary to the Navajo Indians.

From the guide to the Ammon M. Tenney papers, 1874-1889, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Daughter of Lois A. Smith Bushman.

From the guide to the A brief sketch of the pioneer life of Lois A. Smith Bushman, 1937, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Mormon settler in Arizona.

From the guide to the Willard Whipple diary, 1897, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Early Mormon pioneer and colonizer.

From the guide to the William Coleman Allen biography, 1843-1917, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Early Utah resident and Mormon pioneer in Arizona.

From the guide to the Andrew Locy Rogers papers, 1932, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Arizona pioneer, businessman, and local Mormon Church official.

From the guide to the David King Udall papers, 1879-1880, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Mormon pioneer and historian.

From the guide to the Typescripts of histories and diaries, 1902-1970, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Mormon pioneer in southern Utah, missionary for the LDS Church in northern Arizona.

From the guide to the Levi Stewart letter from Kanab, to Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, Utah, undated, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

The William C. Allen Company, established in 1876, was a local chapter of the Mormon Church's communal United Order organized in Allen City (later St. Joseph), Arizona. The name of the organization was changed to St. Joseph United Order Company in 1878.

From the guide to the Minute book for William C. Allen's Company, 1876-1888, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Utah school teacher and businessman. Mormon missionary to Great Britain (1884-1885) and stake president of the Beaver Stake (1908-1916). Unsuccessful Democratic candidate for governor (1912). Member of the Utah Territorial Legislature (1894-1896) and Utah State Legislature (1905-1907, 1917-1927), and Deputy U.S. Marshall (1894-1895).

From the guide to the From the halls of memory, 1931, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

George S. Tanner is a Mormon historian who was born and raised in Joseph City, Arizona.

From the guide to the George S. Tanner, 1876-1977, (Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department.)

One of the four original leaders called in 1876 by Brigham Young (1801-1877) to establish settlements for the Mormon Church on the Little Colorado River in northern Arizona.

From the guide to the Jesse C. Ballenger letters, 1876-1877, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Mormon pioneers in eastern Arizona.

From the guide to the Coleman family histories, 1942, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Local Mormon Church official, Arizona businessman and public official, early resident of St. Johns, Arizona.

From the guide to the James W. LeSueur histories, 1939, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Farmer, colonizer, and Mormon Church leader. One of the original settlers of Joseph City (St. Joseph), Arizona.

From the guide to the Henry Martin Tanner letters, 1885, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Converts to the Mormon Church, early settlers in Utah.

From the guide to the Mitchell family biographies, 1948-1951, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Journalist, author, Arizona State Historian.

From the guide to the Arizona historian tells of early 'Mormon' settlement in that section : gives high praise to pioneers, circa 1920, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Convert to the Mormon Church, polygamist, and Mormon Missionary to Scotland and to the Indians in Arizona.

From the guide to the John Law Blythe papers, 1870-1880, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Mormon missionary to the Navaho Indians (1883-1884), early settler of Joseph City (St. Joseph), Arizona, and local Mormon Church official.

From the guide to the Account book and letters published in the "Deseret News", 1881-1931, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Arizona settler, Mormon missionary to the Indians in Arizona.

From the guide to the An Indian vision by a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of LDS of the Moenkopi : Little Colorado Stake of Zion, 1881, 1881-1890, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Mormon pioneer in eastern Arizona.

From the guide to the Journal David H. McAllister : northern Arizona period, 1876-1877, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Mormon historian.

From the guide to the Joseph City : on the Little Colorado, 1972, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Arizona pioneer, head of the Mormon mission to the Navajo Indians in Arizona (1875-1876).

From the guide to the James Stephens Brown diary, 1875-1876, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

George S. Tanner was a Mormon historian who was born and raised in Joseph City, Arizona.

From the description of George Tanner collection, 1876-1977. (Nogales-Santa Cruz County Public Library). WorldCat record id: 55762915

Arizona pioneer, missionary, local Mormon Church official in Arizona.

From the guide to the Frihoff Godfred Nielson diaries, 1875-1935, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Missionary for the Mormon Church, journalist, veteran of the American Civil War (1861-1865), and Arizona pioneer.

From the guide to the Thomas Walter Brookbank reminiscences, 1922, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Mormon converts, Arizona pioneers.

From the guide to the Westover family history, 1967, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Early Mormon pioneer, settler in Allen's Camp (later Joseph City), one of the Mormon communities on the Little Colorado River in eastern Arizona.

From the guide to the Journal of John A. Blythe, 1876-1877, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Utah pioneer, Mormon church official, polygamist, missionary to Canada (1857-1858), and mayor of St. George, Utah (1872-1880).

From the guide to the History of Robert Gardner, Jr. : written by himself at St. George, Utah, 1884, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)