Crookston family papers, 1857-1976.

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Crookston family papers, 1857-1976.

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The Crookston collection spans four generations, beginning with Robert Crookston and ending with Burns Ballantyne Crookston, his great-grandson. The majority of the collection consists of the records of Nicholas Welch Crookston, including correspondence (1917-1927); personal papers (1886-1932); scrapbooks, diaries and memoranda (1857-1930); an autobiography concerning his activities as Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Bishop of the Greenville Ward; Crookston family genealogy; and papers concerning a business deal with the Boston Land Company and Frederick Steigmeyer (1917-1918) to develop the desert in the San Joaquin Valley. Also includes Alice Melvina Rice Crookston correspondence (1897-1918) and personal papers (1892-1925); Nicholas Oscar Crookston correspondence (1917-1927), personal papers, and diaries (1905-1919), including one recording his daily activities as a soldier in WWI (1918); Spencer Cleveland Crookston correspondence (1917-1918); Newell James Crookston writings (1890-1976) including his autobiography and North Logan community history; Burns Ballantyne Crookston writings (1960-1976); and Robert Crookston autobiography (ca. 1910).

4.5 linear ft. (9 boxes)

Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Greenville Ward

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Crookston, Burns B. (Burns Ballantyne), 1922-1975

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Professional educator, serving as the Dean of Men at the University of Utah in 1954; from 1962 to 1971, in various positions at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, and in 1971, he joined the graduate faculty of the University of Connecticut as Professor of Higher Education. From the description of Papers, 1960-1983. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 755592135 ...

Crookston, Spencer Cleveland, 1893-1983.

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Steigmeyer, Frederick,

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Crookston family.

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Crookston, Robert, 1821-1916.

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Boston Land Company.

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Latter-day Saints' College (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was formed in 1830 in New York by Joseph Smith, Jr. Its members later migrated to the American West, specifically the Salt Lake Valley in Utah. Shortly after the founding, missionaries were sent out to teach their message. From the guide to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints flannel board missionary discussions, Circa 1950-1970, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The documents in this collection span the early year...

Crookston, Alice Melvina Rice, 1860-1925.

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Crookston, Nicholas Oscar, 1885-1944.

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Robert Crookston was born on September 21, 1821, in Anstruther, Fifeshire, Scotland. After converting to Mormonism, Robert moved to the United States where he married Anne Welch June 20, 1847, in Winter Quarters, Nebraska. The couple had twelve children, including Nicholas Welch Crookston, their seventh child, born October 22, 1857, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Nicholas married Alice Melvina Rice on November 8, 1883, in Salt Lake City, before moving north to Cache Valley. There he served as sheriff ...

Crookston, Nicholas Welch, 1857-1932.

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Crookston, Newell James, 1890-1976.

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...