H. Baxter Liebler papers 1910-1982

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H. Baxter Liebler papers 1910-1982

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Records of the St. Christopher's Mission to the Navajo in Bluff, Utah (1940s-1960s); Liebler's personal papers, including correspondence, writings, and subject files; newspaper clippings concerning Liebler's work; newsletters of St. Christopher's Mission to the Navajo and the Hat Rock Valley Retreat Center (1966-1985); 166 reel to reel tapes of Liebler's radio talks, religious services, and his other works; four 16mm films (silent, ca. 1949, color) about St. Christopher's and Navajo life and customs; Liebler's 1917 diary; and "Brother Juniper's Tales of Navajo land," an account of daily life at the mission with some details of Navajo beliefs, by Charles Hillyer Armour Ford (Brother Juniper).

37 boxes; 17 linear ft.

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Utah State University. Merrill-Cazier Library. Special Collections and ArchivesManuscript Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6624066

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Hat Rock Valley Retreat Center (Arizona)

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St. Christopher's Mission to the Navajo (Bluff, Utah)

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Lewis Weston Oaks graduated from Brigham Young University in 1915, and received his M.D. degree in 1919 at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. He specialized in eye, ear, nose, and throat, from 1920 to 1969 in Provo, Utah. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From the guide to the L. Weston Oaks papers, 1902-1965, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Liebler, H. Baxter (Harold Baxter), 1889-1982

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Church of St. Mary of the Moonlight (Oljato, Utah)

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Brother Juniper (Charles Hillyer Armour Ford), 1901-1990

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