Mormon Settlements In Arizona Collection (Ms 34)
Mormon Settlements In Arizona Collection (1857-1986) was initiated
in 1964 by George S. Tanner, who was born in raised in Joseph City,
Arizona. It holds diaries, journals, correspondence, account books,
histories, biographies, autobiographies, and other items relating to the
Mormon settlements in Arizona: Brigham City, Obed, Joseph City, Maricopa,
Moenkopi, Snowflake, Sunset, Taylor, Tuba City, Winslow, and Woodruff.
Included are the diaries (or excerpts) of John Bushman, John A. Blythe,
John L. Blythe, Daniel H. McAllister, John McLaws, Jr., Mary Ellen Owens
Bradshaw, Joseph H. Richards, John H. Standifird, Lorenzo H. Hatch, Joseph
Fish, and other men and women. John Bushman's account books (two are
business records of Joseph City and a third is an appraisal book for
properties turned over to the United Order), and John McLaws' account book
are present, as is correspondence between stake presidents and bishops in
Arizona with the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints. "The Minutes of the Little Colorado River Stake,
1878-1887" and the minutes of a committee appointed in August 1886 to
review and disburse the property of the Sunset United Order are also
included. Finally, the collection holds George S. Tanner's correspondence
from 1955 to 1971. An indexed register is available.