P.T. Reilly collection, 1966-1973.

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P.T. Reilly collection, 1966-1973.

The P.T. Reilly collection contains interviews with seven individuals who have strong ties to the Southern Utah and Arizona Strip area. Topics discussed in the interviews include life in the Mormon Church, settlement of the region, and the Colorado River. The time period covered by the narrators is roughly the late 19th century through the mid 1970s. Of particular interest is the interview with prominent Utah and Mormon historian, Juanita Brooks, who wrote a biography of John D. Lee, among other works.

7 interviews.

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Chaffin, Arthur L.

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Arthur L. Chaffin operated the ferry across the Colorado River at Hite, Utah until the site was covered by Lake Powell in the 1960s. He was also extensively involved in mining in southeastern Utah. From the description of Arthur L. Chaffin papers, 1920-1976. (University of Utah). WorldCat record id: 51013100 ...

Tanner, Louetta Brown

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Clark, Owen Wilford, 1887-1976

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Hoskininni, Chief.

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McGill, William C.

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Fish, Silas Leavitt, 1880-1976

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Educator and local Mormon Church leader in Snowflake, Arizona. From the description of Silas Leavitt Fish papers, 1899-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553710 From the guide to the Silas Leavitt Fish papers, 1899-1976, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Fish, Joseph, 1840-1926

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Pioneer merchant, bookkeeper, amateur historian; Arizona. Stake recorder for Eastern Arizona Stake and Snowflake Stake, 1879-1893. From the description of History of the Eastern Arizona Stake of Zion and of the establishment of the Snowflake Stake, 1936. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31530213 Pioneer merchant, bookkeeper, and amateur historian; Arizona. From the description of History of Arizona, ca. 1896-1901. (University of Arizona). WorldCat rec...

Reilly, P. T. (Plez Talmadge), 1911-1996

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Plez Talmadge Reilly, b. June 9, 1911, Dallas, Tex.; Colorado River boatman and Grand Canyon conservationist. From the description of Papers, 1932-1994. (Nogales-Santa Cruz County Public Library). WorldCat record id: 32664446 ...

Sindar, Helen

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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 ...