Mormon settlements in Arizona collection 1857-1986

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Mormon settlements in Arizona collection 1857-1986

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The Mormon settlements in Arizona collection (1857-1986) consists of primary sources relating to the Mormon colonization efforts along the Little Colorado River and the surrounding area. The major part of the collection consists of materials collected by George S. Tanner. Included are photocopied or transcribed diaries, histories, correspondence, financial records, biographies and autobiographies, and clippings from and about the Arizona settlements.

10 linear feet

eng,

J. Willard Marriott Library. University of Utah Manuscripts Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6372076

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Little Colorado Stake.

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Eastern Arizona Stake

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Tanner, George S.

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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 volu...

Tanner family

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