Edgar Rubey Harlan research materials on Mormons in Iowa, ca. 1900-1929.

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Edgar Rubey Harlan research materials on Mormons in Iowa, ca. 1900-1929.

This collections contains correspondence; research notes; drafts of articles; Harlan's speech, The Location and Name of the Mormon Trail which was delivered at Keokuk, Iowa, on October 22, 1913; and several pieces of ephemera. The correspondence includes a set of letters from Joseph F. Smith, Jr.

.25 linear ft. (1 container)

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Smith, Joseph Fielding, 1876-1972

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American religious leader and tenth president of the Mormon Church. From the guide to the Joseph Fielding Smith letters, 1938-1945, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Smith was ordained as an Apostle on 7 April 1910, as acting president of the Twelve on 30 September 1950, as president of the Quorum of the Twelve on 9 April 1951, as a counselor in the First Presidency on 29 October 1965, and as president of the Church on 23 January 1970. From the guide to the MS 4...

Harlan, Edgar Rubey, 1869-1941

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Lawyer, author and curator of the Iowa State Historical Department from 1908-1937. Harlan earned a law degree from Drake University (Des Moines) and was admitted to the bar in 1896. Prior to his appointment to the position of Historical Department curator he served as Van Buren County Attorney (1898-1902) and practiced with a firm in Keosauqua, Iowa (1902-1907). From the description of Edgar Rubey Harlan papers, 1887-1937. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record ...