Stephen K. Madsen Collection on Blacks in Utah (Accn 689)

University of Utah Marriott Library, Manuscripts Division

This information on Blacks in Utah (1879-1897, 1951-1980) was collected between 1965 and 1979 by Steven K. Madsen and consists of photocopies. Included are news clippings from The Deseret News; excerpts from Book of Marks and Brands and Book of Pioneer; deeds for property in the community of Union; Union Fort etery records; handwritten recollections of descendants of early black residents; and an announcement of a 1979 series of lectures, sponsored by the Utah State Historical Society, by university history professors on "Blacks in Utah and Universal Mormonism." An inventory is available.