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Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:

Jens and Mary Emma Jensen papers

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 392
Abstract

The collection chronicles the lives of Jens and Mary Emma Baker Jensen and their children along with the early history of Mendon, Utah.

Dates: 1882-1965

Abby Groesbeck Jenson diaries and account books

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 123
Abstract The diaries of Abby Groesbeck Jenson contain a virtually daily account of her life from 1928 to 1963. She originally lived in Brigham City, moving to Logan after the death of her husband in 1939. Entries are mostly ordinary household matters, concerned with her literary and gardening interests, and probably give a good day by day account of average household work in a middle class northern Utah home during the period. While her entries are daily during World War II, there is very little...
Dates: 1924-1963

Kit Flannery papers

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 542
Abstract

This collection contains materials related to Hyde Park, Utah artist Kit Flannery's personal life and art career, including journals and files that document her art and the process of creating it.

Dates: 1973-2014

Hyrum Larsen journals

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_CAINE MSS 17
Abstract

Two missionary diaries (1898-1902), daily farm diary (1901-1954), and notebook from chemistry course. Also includes a photograph of Larsen (1900).

Dates: 1898-1956; Majority of material found within 1918-1951

Thomas E. Lloyd journal

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 400
Abstract

Thomas Lloyd was born in England on August 19, 1850. In 1856 his family departed for the Great Salt Lake Valley; however, due to the length of the trip and the birth of his sister, they settled instead in Newton, Iowa. In 1866 a missionary converted Lloyd to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and he became an active member. This collection contains a photocopy of Thomas E. Lloyd’s journal as well as the original.

Dates: 1871-1887

Betsy Jane Tenney Loose papers

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 177
Abstract

Letters, documents, and one diary that chronicle Loose's life from the 1840s through 1904.

Dates: 1809-1900

Michael W. Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 372
Abstract

This collection contains materials pertaining to Michael W. Johnson, a public historian involved in the Utah State History Fair, the Jensen Living Historical Farm, and the Golden Spike National Monument.

Dates: 1865-2006

James C. Miller Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 35
Abstract

This collection consists of the personal papers of poet and writer James C. Miller.

Dates: 1950-1972

Floyd T. Morgan journals

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 531
Abstract

This collection contains the journals of Floyd T. Morgan, former head of the Theatre Arts Department at Utah State University.

Dates: 1987-1996

Oliver L. Peterson diaries

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 101
Abstract Daily record of Peterson's farming activity in Petersboro, Utah (1895-1923 and 1941-1951). Includes record of daily farm routine of plowing, planting, harvesting, and winter livestock care. In addition to these entries, he often ended the year with an inventory of equipment, livestock, and the amount of feed that had been put up for the winter. Also includes a record of weather conditions and of natural occurrences, such as earthquakes, and describes the physical geography, flora, and fauna...
Dates: 1895-1951