Coray family papers, 1843-1965.

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Coray family papers, 1843-1965.

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Collection includes holographs (some photocopies), typescripts, printed documents with holograph entries, printed materials. Collection includes correspondence, journals, autobiographical and biographical sketches, certificates and legal documents, financial records, notebooks, clippings and memorabilia relating to the lives of Howard Coray, a personal friend and secretary to Joseph Smith, Jr.; Coray's wife, Martha Jane Knowlton Coray; and the families of two of Coray's children, Howard K. Coray and Mary K. Coray Roberts. Much of the collection centers around Coray's granddaughter, Edna Coray Dyer, a twentieth-century Utah musician. Other papers in the collection relate to the lives of twenty-one other descendents of Howard Coray.

930 items.

Harold B. Lee Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7380586

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Coray, Howard, 1817-1908

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Howard Coray was born on May 6, 1817, in Stevens County, New York. He married Martha Jane Knowlton in Illinois in 1841. The Corays moved to Utah in 1850, and Howard served on the board of directors as Brigham Young University. He was also a missionary, secretary to Joseph Smith, school teacher, books keeper, and accountant, among other occupations. Coray died in Salt Lake City on January 16, 1908. From the description of Assorted writings of Howard Coray, 1961. (Huntington Library, A...

Coray, Howard K., 1842-1928.

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Coray family

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Dyer, Edna Helen Coray, 1875-1960

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Coray, Martha, 1821 or 1822-1881

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Smith, Joseph, jr., 1805-1844

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First president of the Mormon Church and mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois. From the description of Arrest warrant, 1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367395229 First president of the Mormon Church and Illinois militia leader. From the description of Letter, 1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435774 Founder of the Mormon Church and its first president. From the description of Diaries, 1832-1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122609014 ...