Levi S. Peterson's collection of Juanita Brooks Papers, 1827-1987.

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Levi S. Peterson's collection of Juanita Brooks Papers, 1827-1987.

This collection is divided into nine series. The first eight series contain materials previously in ownership of Janita Brooks. These materials include corespondence dating from 1928 to the 1980s, diaries, drafts and galleys of her works, legal and financial records, published articles written by Brooks, and reviews of Brooks's works by others. The last series contains Levi Peterson's own notes and personal materials gathered h.

6.5 lin. ft. (12 boxes)

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Peterson, Levi S.

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Levi Savage Peterson was born in 1933 in Snowflake, Arizona. He received a Ph.D. in English from the University of Utah and taught English at Weber State University (Ogden, Utah). Peterson, a noted fiction writer, became interested in the life of Juanita Brooks and wrote Juanita Brooks: Mormon Woman Historian, published by Signature Books. The materials in this collection were gathered for this publication. Juanita Leone Leavitt Pulsipher Brooks was born in 1898 in Bunke...

Brooks, Juanita, 1898-1989

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Juanita Brooks was born in 1898 in the Mormon village of Bunkerville, Nevada. She married Ernest Pulsipher on 10 October 1919 in St. George, Utah. He died of cancer fifteen months later, leaving Juanita a widow with a four-month-old son. Following the death of her husband, Juanita decided to go to college. She was employed in several capacities as she worked her way through school, first at Dixie Junior College in St. George, Utah, and then at Brigham Young University. Following graduation, she ...

Lee, John D. (John Doyle), 1812-1877

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Mormon pioneer and author who was convicted of complicity in the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857. From the description of Letter, 1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435795 From the description of John D. Lee trial transcript, 1875. (Utah Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122480862 Mormon pioneer. From the description of Petition, 1853. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367398504 From the description of Collection, 1841-1876. (Utah His...