Theatrical and social affairs in Utah : Salt Lake City, 1884.

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Theatrical and social affairs in Utah : Salt Lake City, 1884.

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Interview by Matilda C. Bancroft with the widow of William Cooke, killed in 1858. Converted in 1852 en route to California, she taught music to Brigham Young's children, and became active in theatrical affairs; comments on Young and his famiy, polygamy, and Mormon attitudes toward the government. Includes some reminiscences of her music teaching, organ playing and work at the Social Hall. Criticisms of Mormonism.

Originals : 11 leaves ; 32 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (12 exposures) : negative (Rich. 111:4) and positive (Film P-F, reel 2)

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Bancroft, Matilda Coley Griffing.

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Cooke, William, d. 1858.

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Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918

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Ezekial Thatcher was clerk of the Parkville School District, Shasta County, Calif. He emigrated to California from Pennsylvania in 1850 and helped establish the first school district in the Parkville area. He is descended from the Thatchers of Uffington, England, the same family as Denis Thatcher, husband of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. From the description of H.H. Bancroft letter : San Francisco, Calif., to E. Thatcher, Parkville, Shasta County, Calif. : ALS (photocopy)...

Cooke, Sarah A.

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