Correspondence, January - August 1968

Correspondence to and from Juanita Brooks for January through August 1968.

\ . .;- , 1 • • r. , • .' >, ) UTAH STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Board of Trustees Meeting April 22, 1967 10:30 a.m. Utah State Historical Society Building Present: Also present: Mrs. Naomi Woolley Dr. Dean R. Brimhall Dr. Everett L . Cooley T. Harold Jacobson Mr. F. T. Johnson Mr. Ed Cox, Bureau of Land Management Secretary of State, Clyde L h'iiller Mrs. Juanita Brooks Mr. J. Grant Iverson Mr. Theron Luke Mrs. Elizabeth Skanchy Mrs. A. C. Jensen Mr. Howard Price Absent: Mr. Jack Goodman lVIilton Abrams AGENDA I. CALL TO ORDER II. READING OF MINUTES III. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT PRESE NTATION (IS Minutes) IV. DIRECTOR'S AND DIVISION REPORTS V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS (1) (2) (3) (4) VI. Consolidation of Society Separation of Archives Lease of Coach House Repairs - SJR No. 19 NEW BUSINESS (1) Election of New Officers (2) Approval of 1967-68 Budget (including salary increases) (3) Use of Society Property - Policy for (a) Building (b) Books, Photos, etc. {c) Silver from the Battleship Utah B t tJ > t• ]_ ! (,7 (' "',,J:' p (? tr ' C ·r . e" 4. tl.e mt' C i t lE. ma., 1. v<~ 1" i3 !( L . l t t ~c ex ri. 1 r--:; t ':' O ti ;}) ± roe do . .J i.t1 1 :~ j, r 'j 10 n c 0r e J v , :· (~ r. Box 303, St.. G orge , Utah July 10. 1967 rs . a.m E· rich ei r• Id ho Dear Mrs. Emrich: I ha-ve b ·en commissioned to write a history of the Je•s in Utah and lso in Idaho. l s ent the 4th of July in :Boise, here I vi ·ted itb r. Alexandr Siaona nd r . Robert L. l!a rsley of le Congregation eth Isra 1. e talk d of the Jewish people who. lived in the small communities both in Utah and Idaho , where the numbere were not sufficient to orm a eongr&g tion . Otten only one family ould be in the town--the merchant . lie said th •t he th u ht the ton of eieer ~d more "1e ish eople itl percent ..~ge of the popul tion t an ny other in the tate , an.d stt sted that yo, couid tell me about the better than none el e. He mentioned a peddler, Mer eh e, who re ched ·ei er ri-th a cart load of gooda , and i ther his horse d.ied or hi c r broke down. Unable to o on, hEt r nted a small ~tore ad sold hi load of bus.in ea . .oods so well that he t ·yed ri It on in them rcantile He· n med Bernard Haas nd a broth :r, lao a Morris Sommers ho aa a met-chant there. It seems that this man Sommers as al · o trea ,rer of the Masonic Lodge , and th t durin the depression he di.d not e1o e his ccounts i t -h people ho ere all in bad circumstances, but tried to liv• it tbr ugh 1th them. f he na ed also a man i .r st name. It the 1920'a. oolf in th Uard are, b\lt did not kno~ the that the Jewish gr oup wae t i t hei ht in I sh 11 a preeiat in your town of Weiser. anything vou can ~ive me on th :rratefully yours, Juanita Brook Jews • I . ,. . ·~ ~_ J~ t U{ ~ · . THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SALT LAKE CITY July 13, 1967 SUMMER SCHOOL Dear Juanita: Not until I read your letter in this morning's Tribune did I know of the passing of Stanley Ivins. Thank you for the fine tribute to a noble human being. Only yesterday I was thinking of calling Stan to tell him of the lecture which Dick Poll will be giving on Sunday at Park City, as indicated on the enclosed program. Other lectures in our Park City series which may be of special interest to you are scheduled on successive Sundays by Jack Adamson, Milton R. Merrill, and Bowman Hawkes. If you happen to be coming to Salt Lake City any time during the next three or four weeks, you may be interested in attending one or more of these events. Pat joins me in sending you fond greetings and best wisheso Sincerely yours, Mrs. Juanita Brooks St. George, Utah American Fork,Utah July 13, 1967 Mrs.Juanita Brooks 3225 South 3690 West Salt Lake City,Utah Dear Juanita: I wish to thank you for your kind tribute to Stanley as published in this morning's Tribune. I am very proud of the research work Stan has done and I consider your letter recognizes the fact that some kind of public recognition was well deserved. All rmambers of our family will be grateful to you for your thoughtfuln ess in writing this letter. There is no one whose tribute I could appreciate more. Stanley admired you as a sound and capable scholar and writer,and I certainly concur in this estimate of your courage, honesty and ability. I have often regratted the lack of opportunity for me to visit and become better acquanited with you . As a Dixieite I have always felt a sense of pride in your accomplishm e Sincerely yours, P. S.Please remember me to Will. Juanita: -~ A July 18. I mailed this letter to Salt Lake and it has just been returned to me. Judge Crockett sent me a copy of his note. - ------ H. Grant Ivins American Fork · Utah Mrs. Jaunita Brooks St. George Utah 84770 July 13, 1967 Dear Juanita; Your lovely tribute to Stan Ivins in today's Tribune was such a lovely thing for you to do. I know he wanted everything held do\m,but he was such a fine person.And you are fine too. We have not seen him for two months.I have an arthritic knee due to a cold wet May and June. But Nednesday's will not ever be the same ·at Utah H.S. with Stan not there.I called Margaret Shepherd as to his funerll arrangemets. In case you have not heard.He was buried early one A. M. last week end by the S.L. City Cemetary Sexton.About 3.30 P . M. his family went to the grave and they held a small paayer etc. Charles is mailing your fine tribute on to Dale Morgan.I suppose Cooley will also do so. Seems we both sent the Obituary in last Friday ' s Tribune. We hope you and Will and family are very well and enjoying life .Also hope you h3ve air conditioning. We do not have, but this old stucco-with the help of a good electric fan keeps us comfortable. Have not had word from the 1lyrl Walker 's Xmas.I hope to hear soon.They are very wrapped up in those three grand children. Much love and hope Ne will be lucky enuff m see you one day while you visit Salt Lake ~ : ' / 'JI-, I J, I he Public Forum Stanley Snow Ivins a Edit or, Tribune? It seems ·stra nge that s Ivin Snow ley of the statu re of Stan notice ~ou id leave our :vanks with hard ly a sure ~r a word said. Knowing Stanley, I am and )hat he would not wan t .fuss or fanfare,to his his fan;lily has done well to conform his ·shes. But for tihose o! us who were and him with ed work have who e thos ds, ;rien sin• ide him, ther e is a need to express our his miss will We . tion ecia appr and 1ove !ere ety, his .egu lar days at the Historical Soci miss will We rest. inrte dly frien his wit, ~harp pis help and direction. time Few in our s:taite have spen t as much docu . rical histo of ies as he in the depositor ives Arch onal Nati the on nati our of men ts grea t in Washington, D.C., the libra ries of thes, and ction colle state us v~io the ies, universit Church. the earl y publications of the Mormon that is arch rese of type the been His has note s: ful care and reliable. He has made full rence refe and file tic ema syst a he has kept ry Eve . lable avai is cards so that wha t he has its of any in ry histo mon Mor y earl stud ent of done by phas es will be benefitted by the work s. Stan ley S. Ivin any He ha.is always been read y to help on to but , rove disp to or e prov to problem, not s of the find the facts. Always he was consciou rent diffe for ched wait and hum an element, orta nt accounts, by different people of imp ofte n events, knowing well that hone st men diffe r in thei r inte rpre tatio ns.' • Tha t Stan ley left quickly was God's bless are his who us of e thos But him. to ing and friends find an emp ty place in our lives ing. pass his at sorr ow JUANITA BRO OKS St. George, Utah SLC 7- 13-67 Deal.' Juanita: Yout' excellent letter in today ' s ublic F'oi-um inct"eased the guilt pangs I have suffet'ed ove t' the ti-eatment Stan Ivins t'eceived in the pl.'ess . I have an ''out", as usual . I am a pool.' newspaper readet' and when I heat'd of Stan ' s sudden demise I natut'ally pt"esumed (why do I say "natut'ally"? ) he would be given the standat'd obitual.'y tt'eatment . I did think of inquiring about editorial ti- i bute potenti~litie s but I have had bum luck in this department lately and did not pt'ess ito Then I learned t he obitu~ y had been "ki s sed off" in agate type . I ' ave not discussed the mattei- with anyone in authority het'e but I believe you touched on the heart of the mattet': the family did not want any special treatment--p robably in deference to Stan ' s wi shes. Lala attended a gathet"ing at the Ivins fuomument in the cemetery but anything resembling services was avoided . Anyway, as an admiret' of Stan Ivins--I not know him vel.'y well but had met him on several social occasions--I appt'eciate the tl.'ibuje you Wt'ote . You at'e; wonderful person with a t~lent for saying t ~e right t hing well on suc h occasions . This ~~ings me to expt'ess t'egrets t hat we haven ' t seem much of you and Will lately. Actually Lala and~ have t"espected wh~ t we believed ~as yout' desire t o be let alone while you had the Jewish history project undet' way . Now we are leaving late in August and our me ej ings in t ,1 !tuture will be even less frequent . We hope if anything brings you to Laramie, you will stay with us and give us an opportunity to make up fol'.' lost time . Oul.' best t'egat'ds to you both. Cordially, ½ t. ~~'-<- 574 J Street Salt Lake City, Utah July 8hl03 15, 1967 Mrs . Juanita Brooks St . George, Utah Dear vTrs . Brooks: Your letter in the Tribune Forum the other day was an eloquent tribute to one of our closest friends, St an Ivins , and we w.ant you to know we agree heartily with everything you said . Stan's sudden passing was a shock to everyone who knew him. It was utterly unbelievable to us . e were talking together about an episode in Utah history; he quietly took a deep breath, relaxed and was silent. We didn I t know he was dead until we got word from the hospital, and even then we couldn't believe it . We first met Stan about 45 years ago . For the past ten years or so we saw him at least once a week, sometimes oftener, as we got together to play Scrabble . There was usually some discussion about Mormon history-. • en though he was steeped in little-lmown but highly interesting facts, he never brou @lt up the subject himself . He would answer questions but would not sta:rlt any discussion . re suggested many times t hat he write the histor-y- himself from his vast knowleqge, but he was content to leave that to others. We are all glad to know that the notes, books and papers he assembled over the years -vrill go to the Utah State Historical Society where they will be available for study by anyone . They comprise a rich storehouse that must not be allowed to lie unexplored and unused . As old friends of Stan we express deep personal appreciation to you for your thoughtful letter in the Forum. Most sincerely, rie Tipton P . S. You won •t mind, we're sure, if we give Stan 's sister Flore nce (1.Jrrs . Gorgon T. Hyde) a copy of t his letter. SUPREME COURT OF' UTAJ-f THE CAPITOL SALT LAKE CITY J. ALLAN CROCKETT CHIEF JUSTICE July 17, 1967 M r s. Juanita Brooks St. G e orge Utah 84770 D e ar Juanita: Lala and I were greatly pleased and gratified to see your letter in the Tribune Forum concerning Stan Ivins. In your inimitable and artful way you expressed for many what they felt needed to be said. Be assured of our gratitude and esteem. Yours very truly, JAC:hks Chief Justice cc: Mrs. Gordon Hyde 231 - 10th A venue Salt Lake City, Utah 84103 H. Grant Ivins American Fork, Utah 84003 SEVIER VALLEY CHAPTER OF THE UTAH STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY RICHFIELD. UTAH July 17 , 1967 Mrs . Juanita Brooks 346 North Main Street St . George, Utah 8L770 Dear Mrs . Brooks: It was delightful to be able to talk with you the other day, and we are very happy that you have agreed to come to be our speaker in November . I believe that Saturday, November 18 , is our best date . Is that agreeable with you? I am sure that we can handle any problems regarding transportation . I have checked with the bus people, and this schedule seems to be the best: Greyhound Leave st . George 10: 55 am Arrive Beaver 1:30 pm For your return trip : Leave Arrive Beaver 1:25 pm,, st . George 3: 55 pnt-, The people here told me that the bus that leaves St . George at 10 : 55am stops at Cove Fort if there are passengers that want to stop there, so we could meet you at Cove Fort and bring you to Richfield. I don't believe that a southbound Greyhound bus stops at Cove Fort, but we could take you either to Fillmore or t·o Beaver . We would , of course, pay for your transportation and take rare of your other expenses. This also includes expenses for your husband if he would like to come with you,or any other companion . I am thrilled with the success that our Sevier Valley Chapter has had thus far . People really seem to enjoy our programs . Our meetings are dinner meetings, and this one will be held in the ~anquet room of the Rainbow Cafe , at 7:30 . Please let me know if November 18 is a satisfactory date, and if the transportation sugge stions are satisfactory. B st wishes to you . s~ .i t . U-Y 1 D ·a , , '"; e 1 1967 t ,' ? r . J c bson : een yo Si cc eJ. , ' ,' ; ( •\I I ':tir o ~ - - -... I :fr "-•-· '. Page J. CACHE COUNTY (M) DUP - ORU - Cache County Relic Hall, Logan Richmond Fort, Richmond Newton Reservoir, Newton Pioneer Builders, Logan Pioneer Church Farm, Logan Lewiston Pioneers, Lewiston The Providence Players, Providence Pioneer Mills of Cache Valley, Lagan (R) ~one (R) UHF - Railroad Station, Logan UPRC - (R) None usu - (R) Martin Harris Grave, Clarkston Old Pioneer Homes of Mendon First Settlement in Cache Valley, Wellsville The Old Fort Site, Richmond Marker in Memory of Ira Merrill, Smithfield Old Pioneer Homes in Hyde Park Old Pioneer Mill Wheels, Logan Providence 1st Ward Rock LDS Chu;r-,ch, Providence First Church Cattle Ranch in Cache Valley (E1khorn Ranch) Camp Hollow Springs, Site of First Settlers, Hyrum Fur Trappers Cache on Little Bear River, Hyrum LDS Temple, Logan LDS Tabernacle, Logan Old Horse Barn (Utah State Univer~ity Campus), Logan O1d Main Building (Utah State University Campus), Logan Preston Block (North of Tabernacle), Logan Temple Fork Saw Mill, Logan Canyon Be 3 ,:; , .S t .. l -.. l " 6-;· ~ul • . -'J: . ,,r ta er e, , ~.rvis !'t' . y r l'l .., l i s my cizen _ .Jl llll" h<: etn ·n c..., : ·ia,'"' :i.. .... ,, 1 J uini ·a Br o ,,,,. 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IRON COUNTY (M) DUP - Pioneer Cabin, 1851, Cedar City Public Uorks, 18,51, Parowan Pioneer Rock Church, 186J, Pa~owan Old Comedy Hall, 1870, Parowan Fint School and Council House; 1851, Parowan Old Rock Church Relic Hall, 1866, Pa rowan Fort Cedar, 1851, Cedar City Hamilton Fort, 1852; .5 miles South of Cooar City (R) ORU - Parowan Gap (R) UHF - Smelting, Cedar City Silver Reef Old Iron Town Limestone Kilns (R) UPRC - Hieroglyphic Gap, 10 miles West of Parowan (R) USU - Cedar First Ward LDS Chapel, Cedar City Old Cabin, preserved on the park, Cedar City UTLA - (M) Mountain Meadows, Southwest of Cedar City Pioneer Iron Mills, North edge of Cedar City P~ragonah Fo~t, Paragonah : Main Street Parowan Sundial, Parowan Main Street KANE COUNTY DUP - (M) · Orderville Cemetery, 187.5, Orderville Toquerville Settlement, 1858, Toquerville Glendale Pioneers, ld364, Glendale Powell Survey, 1870-76, Kanab Old Rock Schoolhouse, 1886-1887, Orderville United Industries, 1874, Orderville Augus t 2, 1967 Dear Sister Brook s, Here is the story of A. D. Young that I mentio ned to you when I visite d you last July 26th . I don't know what happen ed to page 16, but if I happen to find it, I will send it to you . I hope you will recall our visit as it was very enjoya ble to me to mee t you . As you know, I am very intere sted in collec ting anythi ng connec ted with the early period of Church Histor y, partic ularly as is pertai ns to Joseph Smith. Also, the doctri nes of the Church and their develo pment are intere sting to me . There are many enemie s of the Church who claim that the doctri nes of J. Smith evolve d, but I have discov ered that many of. these so-cal led "evolv ed 0 ideas were actual ly discus sed among the brethe rn much earlie r than they were before the public and the genera l body of the Church . So if you in your search es come upon anythi ng that may help in this attemp t to unders tand the early teachi ngs of the proph ets, I would be very gratef ul. I know there are many items in early journa ls of the settle rs that have bearin g on isolat ed ideas, but I have learne d that if you get enough of them togeth er, a patter n soon emerge s . If you are ever down in San Diego , I hope you will feel free to call me . We have an extra bed and plenty of ro9m. Here is my addres s in case you wish to write . Bruce Furr 4117 Dellwo od St . San Diego , Calif . 92111 Phone: [phone] Thanks again for your hospi tality during my short visit with you. Since rely yours, 8_µ,<.L1~ Bruce Furr Augus t 5, 1967 Greet ing s f rom sunny San Juan! Thanks to Mro Hoover, . we have the priviledge of living in the blue Carribean for t6e next two - th re e years . After vacationing for the month of J une in Utah , we returned home t o Hackensack and received a call f _rom the office saying that we were transferred to Puerto RicoQ ~o h~re we are-and we*re in love with it already. We hurri e.ly packed our belongings and left New Jersey 0 July 15. Our plan2 t rip down was delightful, mainly because a ll the tourist class S f.:. '1ts were takenj an d we had to come first class . We had a h~rd time choking down the filet mignon and cornish hen they served for lunch! What a shock it was to step off the plane and feel the humidity and be met by hundreds of Puerto Ricanso Our fr iends, the Mi llers, who were al r eady here , met us at the airport . We c\.L.'. pl led into the Mille ' s car, and were . giean a grand tour of San Juan. With all the honking taxis and bu~tling traffic, we thought we were still in New York. We then went grocery shopping, which was a reB,l experience for Jeannie, with everyone speaking Spanish. However, she soon felt a t home with Bordens Milk, an · Gampbe llqs Soups on the shelveso San Juan is very Americanize d, lflfith chain sotres like Sears, Gran d Union, Woolworths and othersj but the :: - ic es are qu j_te a bi.t higher than the States . Af t er shopping we came to our hotel, which is right on the beach. Palm trees, whit e sand, warm blue water., blue skies, and bright sun. Our room has a kitchenette, lots of closet space, balcony, air-conditioner, and a maid who makes the beds and cleans every day. We' 11 probably bE~ living here for about 1.-2 months until our furnitu•re arrives and we fin d a place to live. Kay leaves for work at 6:30 a.m., and it takes about 15 minutes to the office. He is on the security squad and enjoys his 1?lor k thus far. Three weeks ago ape isc ·te (special election) was ,,',l:ld to see if Pu e r-co Rico woulu 1"8ma.1.n a G ommonwealth, become a S·'Jat e., or become indepe ndent. The voting resu}.ted in favor of the s•: ,.9,tus quo, the Commonwe alth. 'I'here are about 60 agents in the office., and most are fairly young . 'I1he nFBI Wives" is a very active group Last week Jeannie att ended one of t heir luncheons., held at the Commandant' s Race Track. Aft er eatir ~:· tb saw the horse races . Jeannie isn't much of a gambler, and d n t win or lose any money" o L Brian a ~ J e annie pen most of i· ir time at the beach (where Brian tant a nd Jeannie burns.) Brian was afraid of the waves at first, b 1 t now he jumps in the oc ean with all his might. The people here are really friendly, and they love children. Brian has four or five playmates at the beach all the time. Our car finally camej and we have been house hunting for t he past two weeks. The houses here are quite different with concrete wall$, flat roofs, terazzo floors, fancy grill work (to keep unwanted visitors, both animal and human, out), and no gla ss panes-jus t ad~justable shutters and screens. The yards are -small, but are filled with nice tropical fruits and flowers, such as coconuts, bananas, mangos, and papayas. Everything here is ·i.. " d . green because of the rain. Suddenly it will down-pour for about 10 minutes, then stop as quickly as it s~arted. · Church is held in the 1~~t Protestant Chapel at the Navy base. The membership numbers about 80, so there is ample oppority for activity in t .e r ·h ~ . f . m stionary work. Kay t ght a Sunday School c ass the ~irst w eK we were here , Jeannie taught one the next week and then played for District Conference thi s week . What this letter is trying to say is that we already 1eally like it here, and it would be even greater if only our family and friends were here to share it with us. We do miss y ou all., and hope that you'll plan to spend your next vacation in t he Garribean because the Brooks' a.re here to show you a round, and we plan to have a niee guest room especially for you. Start saving your pennies now, and maybe you can come down to get away from the snow. Our love from the Brooksv Threei ~t:, a~,,_: Wd~ .v ~Li KAY., JEANNIE, AND BRIAN 1? .. s . Our address is: (HINT) C/0 F .. B. I. 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I it ' ! ,R orde.rPrl f;; tor .,..,. used, ar 11 rerso w ,JJy ff'r,J. thr, if a n . rwn cannot exprei:L' hir.self •1 oulc1 be nr tt.,r difficl1lt t(, ma.ke Y11 er-1.. :i.ng in tis o, n lanrr· 1a ·. , i 1n i. of an Adami c one that t!if..~ s -i ck h,ve hoen rfstored throu h admini!:trc1Uon I nm .srnr I Bu i t m:.:. , . -c irne s • I lt ave ,· e r: a ri c U 0 0 ~i d t of t r 1c: Lord • the t r· er c cm c f o e :· CT < n "h u h g n u 0 y y d n h c t c1 v, I s c , d e earn 1 a 1 so a ·P, 0f 27, that no nmn er cf blessinp·s--P0trj [-ir c ha l or 0therwj s ""_ r-ave! r'nrP. : rj;:1n tErn , crary relief, c1l tJ- m r,;h t ·•0v did proMis Pithout rrn.?1:5. fie< ti0n tr rot 1p s . . 011ld be rcr;tore il , sLoula live t0 be c fatLer It really . ho0k me ot tte in Israel i?.nd +,0 r,r->r+'orm a vreci.t work . tL. e. Nov I realize 1"liat a terrib10. re pon. :i..bility re eif!011meF when he I cnn 1Jetj.tion Him , b t cnnnot c,rder presu11es to s ,ea< FOR God . o] 1 ow 1 iv j n P.: f td t 1 in th~ o 1 den t.i r'te s ; I j p· s rl i I 1.- n . , · t h P i, belie'fre tt ev do no J ci lsc , er t· TY n • Put v:e mu ' t re r e :r, ber that 1'he idea of 'l'HE Et-.. D w t. j ch Ollr nllnts. GC'd' s nl ns mav not b · .: • - •. "- ·- ,._ 1 ,.... 1 p), /"'\ ! ,.. r,"' ,~ ,,,11 ,... h •• , !l c- a T'\("\ lr .C-> n r f' c;'"' .,,,,, f"' rim. h For~"i ve m -' . I d id no t t ·1 ecrn to d i gr e s n Go ar • I tco en.i<\Ye d c 1·r v isi t very much, : nd shall be i.nteret::ted to see vibere your rearchin~ Jeads you . SincPre ~ood wj~hes , '"" .J1.lanitaBFrooks ,., ) 0 SCIEN CE OF Member of American Federation of Astrologers • ASTRO LOGY 1116 Stage Coach Road August 24, 1967 • Little Rock Arkansas 1 72204 Dear Mrs . Brooks It has been well over a month since my husband and I returned home from Utah . If you recall after I left your home, I was on my way to Cedar City to meet him, as this was the best plane connection s he could make in order to meet me out there . He was so ~erry that he¥ didn't have the priYilige of meeting you and Mr . Brooks as he like myself had heard Mr . J . K. Fancher speak of you . But from Cedar City, we drove on East and into Bryce Canyon. The drive was wonderful ••. such beautiful pountry. All through the country, mountains and caynons I couldn't keep from thinking of John Dr_ Lee . We drove into Pangritch and enquired about Lee's grave. They told us at a filling station where the cemetery was and we drove out finding it without difficulty ; it was past the middle of the afternoon , and my husband anxious to move on, finding a Motel before night. As we drove into the cemetery, I thought .. well I'm sure in for a long hunt, although I had remembere d; the picture of the stone (in your book I think) ••. and that the stone stood upright as tall, or maybe taller than most headstone s . ,We started~lo oking ..• and within about 10 minutes at the most a car drove up and stopped; a woman got ~ut .•• she seemed to be even walking toward us .•. so I yelled to her if she knew where the graveiof John Dd Lee might be. She said yes, and pointed t3ward it;, which was only a few feet from where she stood. Come to find out, she had married into the Lee family and her children were kfue descedent s of Lee. She told us quite a bit¥ ¥about the family ••• khat Brigham Young had left ;ity lots to John D. Lee , or deeded them to him (in Salt Lake City) ••• but they had never been able to recover them. Had you heard anything on this. It seems to me that if they ever change the historica l marker (at the rocks, grave site) ••. or if the people in Arkansas should ever erect their own monumentk which I think they should)¢ then theyshould clear Lee's name .•• especially the way they have it marked up now . They could just say, Mormon Fanatics under the pressures of war with the U.S. and Indians and then John D. Lee, Mormon Leader, Pioneer, Zealot, paid with his life for the Crime. At least it could be explained in this light and if ~ourists~a nted to go on, reading further about it there is always the history books. I told the woman ~t the cemetery, I surely had feeling and compassio n for his family and how¥ unjust I felt it was. She saidk some of the teachers even in the grade schools in that area were still blasphemin g not only Lee's name, but his family (telling the story the the "old way" she put it) . So evidentl y during recentk years , they are telling the story differen tly, adn no doubt your book, and all your research before you wrote the book has cleared up an awful ~ot . But someway on the ~¢iii i monumen t, historic al marker , there could bet changes; most certainl y improvem ents . The one which is down therejtJ / you can ' t even see it after you get down there . I ' m ashamed to admit it, but I haven ' t writt en Mr . Fancher since we have been back . Have been so busy with so much mail to get¢out through my work in Astrol ogy . My husband says we will just drive up to Harrison and see him, but I want to wri~e firsti . Anyway I think when we go up there I will also go to the Times (Harriso n}: ... the city Newspap er and talk to someone there •• see ifi somethin g can ' t be started in the way of raising funds for QUr own Arkansa s Monument . After all this is the duty of¥ Arkansa ss people , themselv es •.• and e s p ecially the people up in that area . Their Congress man should get after it; also another man I met~tou rist), I didn ' t even get his name ••• but we were discussi ng it (this was on my return to Cedar City ••• to ~et my ¥i¢~~:,1.Ji/ husband ); he was from Missour i . He seemed to think the question of a monument should be brought up , or to the congress man from Missour i; and if there was people from Illinois in the train , then the congress men from Illinois . Ss I don ' t know just h ow to go about it, not all togethe r ••. but it wouldn ' t take¥ long to raise the funds . The people back here who know¥ a bout the crime, in full ••• have as much disgust for the church in the fact they used Lee as a Scape - g oat . I ' m sure they would hold the same compass ion for the Lee Family and all the injustic e which has been placed upon them . I want to thank you so much for inviting me int o your home; your hospita lity ••. and taking the time to talk to me . I hope we can keep in touch with each other • .• and please remembe r me to your husband . I just wish wet could have visited more . If you are ever in Arkansa s • • • be sure and~ come see us . We will have so much to tell Mr . Fancher when we see him •.. as we will be going up there after it gets cooler. We love to drive up there , scenery in the fall, leaves; mountain s up around Harrison , so will go then if not sooner . ~y husband spent (and I) a month in Old Mexico right after Christm as last year ( mid January into mid Februar y), this year. He wants to go back just before Christm as this year ; spend Christma s in Mexi c o City .. and then go down the East Coast, Veracruz and maybe into Yuctan; be gone about 3 months, but I don ' t know whether we can be away from home that long or not . Being away from home takes me away from home and my clients and this isn ' t good . Bu t ¥ maybe I would have more time to write .•. do research on the history I have . I meant to ask you while I was there what hours during the day, do you do your best writing . I can ' t seem to write only after midnigh t and the wee hours of the morning . I have heard other writers say the same thing ••• but I wonder if I haved just fallen into this¥ habit, which certainl y keeps your househo ld upset. I wish I had thought to ask Mr . Frank r He certa inly woul d know~ all the book s Hobe rtson abou t this him to •.• he has writ ten . I wish my husb and could havest;metprec ise, yet such an inter estin g perso n . So frank ••• hone kind ly. rtI calle d the libra ry here with refer ence to Mr . Robe the ding inclu son ' s book s •. sure enoug h they ¥i have seve ral,most proud of. Ram & The Thic ket, whic h he said he was the few days ago . So I will get to read them . I wrot e him a to him •• • and tell When you see him agai n, plea se remem ber me conhim again how much I appr eciat ed all his¥ cour tsey and side ratio n. ••• or I gues s you wond er what kind of a typi st I am ed learn r neve Ihave what maybe wron g with the mach ine . Well do; to g havin to use the elec tric mach ine ••• and this I am loped the habi t make s me very nervo us to use it as I have deve e to think •• paus I of drop ping my fing ers on the keys , when not take it will ine try to spel l and punc uate and this¥ mach to have a had I but of cour se . I knew this was all comi ng, woul d one old my as new type write r; had put it off as long so I ••• etc irs, stil l writ e; but it becam e too cost ly , repaplug ging away have had to make the chang e •.• so have been mach ine now now¥ for the past 2 week s. Have had this new usmn g the old it, on for almo st a mont h ; tryin g to pract mce long er the ed seem it one when I had to write lette rs . And I ress prog less the I waite d to put the old one Wi away , e littl a ng getti am seem ed to make with this new one. But away one old the put to bett er swing now and will just have ... its an old and out of sigh t. Will keep it to trav el with •.. no trade pne good a Smit h Coro na and has certa inly been is a Faci t . one new in fiti valu e, so I just kept it . This ard size stand the than buil t in Swed en; price a littl e less out tried I oa; Corn (offi ce size ), in the Elec tric Smit h is h whic onet this the Underwood firs t, but decid ed on Port able . also offic e size , as I don' t like anyth ing in a on the speed er bett I can see I can real ly make a lot . e choic elec tric, so am not sorry in my cour se I gues s I told you my writi ng name , whic h ofk in all name this use I . es is on the lette rhea d; Cary l Holm my into got I re befo long my writi ng ••• start ed this way, work in Astr olog y . ¥ Do you reca ll that I told you that the U. S . woul d th of July like ly sufe er some loss aroun d the 29th , or25 our troup s pull t ;migh we htW~ this year •.• and that I thoug faced are we but en, happ 't out of Vieta m . Well this didn now .• ve belie not dare we than with poss ible grea ter losse s d aroun , rred occu h whic s citie this being the riots in our they than us serio more far is h this spec ific date and whic scope ••• we maybe telli ng us. Acco rding to the U.S . Horo , afte r some up ed chang e ~ayb can look for more troub le , of the mos~ one mber Dece ng maki the 10th of Dece mber , 1967 ••• into build to begin s ition cond ausp iciou s perio ds of 1967 ; next , 1968 l, Apri and arch M the 1st clim axing perio d by r peop le can get insur ance at all to prot ect thei year . they •.. ons stati mole r othe and homes agai nst fire, vand alism the bett erj~ / do ~o pefo re its too late .•• espe ciall y in h for watc we so t; a ~eas ;wher e the riots could sti~ ti star December, now¢ as December will be a stressfu¢lperiod •.• all over the world, as well as the beginning or new build up period for responsibilities for our own National Leaders . We can hardly tell how the political situations will go •.• national electional trends for next year will go until after the t~ months of March and April, 1968, next year . The Zodiacal sign of Cancer rules this country ••• the Declaration of Inµependence was signed , July 4, 1776 and this sign of the ~odiac is under itribulation •• since the 3rd ofk March, 1967, this yeari Rommney ofk Michigan is also born under thisi sign of the Zodiac. It isi questionable how his chances will turn out as one of the presidential canadates ••. note it was his state, and in the Detroit area where the serious riots broke out. Well I must bring this to a close ••• and get tot bed •.• its the early morning hours. Hope you. enjoy the hankie; I love to chrochet around them in my spare time and usually make up my own c¥tti/ chrochet idesigns. I hope this letter reaches you; didn't recall your street address, or the Zip Code. But you are well known in St . George, so feel sure it will reach you . With my very best regards Mrs Heth E. Roller (Cleta) (Caryl Hol mes) AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge 104 South Fifth Street Philadelphia, Pa. 19106 September 5 , 1967 Dr o Junita Brooks 346 North Main St . George , Utah Dear Dr o Brooks : Tha k you for sending us a copy of the following article which y o u edited : "Dia _r y of the Mormon Battalion Mission" by John D . Lee . Yo u r acknowledgmen t concern i ng the grant is appreciated . Sincerely yours , C/ N Corner Officer o o ciety ' s Box 3 ,3 , fit . S ent 5, 1967 -ore, TT L h ·~ . J. K. F nch r 91 Nor h Pi n .: i..r e t Harri on, Ar ans s e r Kenner: It is 1 ay~ o d to he ar from you. ri al place of th ·om n nd childr n after the ma acre R: th th· t th . y th , Lou.n tain :eado s, I hav kno n 11 the ti en, f o r t e rea o n that t h ~Are in a J a r at e g rave rom th lkin ~ b e h i nd the ••Rons. The ere nearly a half dle a ot h r. re 1eld back on on m n the def n e pits ich th .Y shot ·. o u :--1 ~: t-- th 1 ~ ~.cJ u ,on o b· t: · · d non l at r m n pot . i _·.te 1 0 •t1 n n~ ro flo ods in, , flO easil, As . ar l .. i gh H. e e ra t . nr y corre pvnde ce hi cl I e ly. ! th"nk t h y ttin , p e mi sin to pl of the ·o en And ot ce 1966 , tti,e orrnon Churchi wi t ~i the last t 1 acr s of lend upon ·hich Mr. ,zr p rcriB."'ed fr ou ld seem that im edi-t ly ·ctu r d ~· en the onu~ r t . re "d:i sccnra e" vi.it r . On Jun 2. 1966 , t e t t~e . oli y . as pl c t th l1i h y polr ti t1; t Fo e . ·t it fro n tl enclosed letter of a trc:mge r, '' sto en." ce noti.i d the for t ra ~e r t t an No Bign as plac d unt · 1 afte r Dec. 2, o t ha t year, Ce ar ann that no tr uv ler coul fin ttle lace d t h.u a g i e. wh·c ·anc er--c: b 1 .n o th season, o th·t ca.r. f ~oad--no lc. d p sad ov r it by early January, 1967, it wa o much compla int There hes beon r .~ ·red, the lar st _ully fill d :v. b h t drive darn to the spot Jere can ear a in, there is rs. But i ifty t a l forte visi ors h ve top , d t et cann but ., plac h to don iet my ell , cars y t not hav laints com ted e e road. f the clay • kind r s1 h$rrl a ~ i ett·n .r or n ri s v ne lected and al oe t nan back. -mile h ke (.nt a in a b th@ Lytle to sell ·t .oc•,tio:rt, ·t ie · . Jy ncd by H .;1'.E d ke ac, have I Though 1- a:r d e ri.r-ht I mound r :L ed 0 h e o ... a thei.r th re. lain r , ct one t n ot the t h ?'??? ux • . n of ictr:res f r I to. , ,er vice one o tlie or< s boa.rd car / in . t l rro pointing tho d · .1.· oction. hti-::, he- o:r ·hy I w \~ V G l d te s t d b•t h VP op~ ., ~~ . er1 .~r to c rr~ t V ince e hh t ::d t d &. l· cc y s, J1B ·ta r ke'l Box Re oles: Dear C rvl 3 3, Ft. ~eor e, 5, l 6? h U t tave y u visit me, an d ond rful al s o to It as nd a double tha ks fort. lovely bro n hankie ou. h r f ro did you kno t hc t y wint r cot is with t he croch t ed e. i th it in cold eathe~ No lov bro, n nd I ear b on ri h t! Thanks a gc in! jue outfit m up thi · t m sharpens he rave at angui ch. yo f nd th. Jon D. L I'm ~lad th hesitat or id, once they a hi r o f a . olo~ize mily no 1 to c i eon ection as man dirl. ~: th onum nt at the M.M ., inc it ·s o on d by t h e LDS policy is to ' i s c ura Church, noth·n~ can b done. Tb i te w • t'e the h vi ·_t r~ , as ou c ld e • I th c hild ren a re buried s ho ld be ell any so that the rill rave, they should g et re i sion th re . b tative s o rect " o rnen and land t care for t e ·r n public 1 nd , poi . ·in t l sho t 0 0 r Edse d n[r. the gr ve. ed--at e ch h 11 h e nr in~ on th existin, ra rk ls .· erh out. en C~: strj be d hon s le~st the ords ''as lead r' ~n e he .. 1 w suggest you aa ucr s , orrlinp: itl a new in tt. ~ind s of Mor on better. ,in t the til ,h~ ·ncident is un lea<4ers thAv can .orgotte • t e~/ o!~ ncher, which you houl d lo ~ent · ~mt rial to ~r. I ha s 1907--si xty full years arly as ht tlrough. You will ee c on res SI en to ecure the y de m , in b er · a .o-- s or11e at t mpts site either b purcbAse o r trade, or at eat ~o g et it . rked. put u in ~e pteiJ:ber, 1932 y all nd hique on ra i ls · Lor doa rks As s' n. local peop l , . ki n r; ·i th th~ r redjction s I ~nal l iat ch cu ~ . ~in ' r ·ri t~n~ . ~h r. t~ Sa tP( · rn as to c n itionc in 'tab and i.'he pr ~sent t 1 Jt a P'O ·i_ t d ro o,. . j ~ -~ - -- - Gallup, New Mexico Oct. 15, 67 Mrs. Juanita Brooks , Box 303 84770 St. George, Utah Dear Mrs . Brooks Several times in your book, Mountain Meadows Massacre you mention Confessions of John D. Lee - Could you please let me know whether or. not these have been publis hed - by whom and where I could purchase a copy You may recal l having sent me a copy of your book - Mountain Meadows Massacre on December 7th of 1966 - I am a member of the chursh myself and history happens to be a very interesting subject to me I will appreciate he aring from you - Box 303, 84770 f, ..... t . Geor ,e, Et.Rh Octo ber 17, 1967 Mr . I.Av , 1ilson 306 Ze~c a Driv e r Rll 11p, New 1·.1exi co 87301 ear Mr . 1 il on: f"' Than' ~ yon for ym r lr-Jtt er cf' 0cto ber 1,5. .;,4'ovntf-Jin Meac:0 s If yell look into the Ribli o["ra phy of your rar 8 In >ebt if'ati nns , u ¥.aes acrf' volum e, mder "'Rec ord. of Cont .mn of from Stan fora you v :i.11 find th~ book s lif-~t ed. I . your copy ,ilan t tdll hf, ej tr er the Pres --t be FIRr T ec ' b on, th. h<H k you ' • ((>d. ) etc. etc. "Bi.. ho_, one liste d 0n the botto r1 of pe.rre 230, 231, undA r Lee, cross o the .ec nr to the botto m item on r, Or 1orm onism Pnve j_led . of' tl:-e s.:1me thi. . f!, both '....,he .... e nre esse ntiR lJy < i f f . rent ed· lions Tltc rli eren t print ing~: by diff ~rent pu lishe d thP sane e~r . nor,,~ nrlcii nr, extra edito r hn ve sc Me chr-i np:o R "'rom ea c} ot. her, supnl eme tal r teria l . In the 1963 /'· ttin8 tion is edtti on nut out by O Jtihom a Pres s , i.he r, the botto n o'" the chanA 'ed ACRn.se of plac ing the foot- n t s on on naye 300, and both _re oni=; J~ur,b l\.s editi on the citnti paP,e . form onis Un v iled , : pe n the on are thP foru th and ifth itPmR 1 1 Bish on:- etc. Hy nvm copy iF thP. HAit ed by '! . : • 1 boo storP s th, t Tbes e are rart1 book s no!, c~ec1!rerl only .rom ana or tU1iB f;·ef\s on U P-Y RrP. h . rd to ind, handl e- (1 lrJ b0ok s. lf myse I hem .. s f r d eaJ.er B s0r·1e time s ch-: rP-e exor1 bi ,n t nrice n kno heve I .. tor for $7 . 50, but picke d mine un in a Los Anr!'. 1 e nt. amou pcid three or f0 r t. ·rip~~ th . t o.P n110'1'.>J.e 1 ho h~ve m in ~alt J ,.-k e City next to see if I can 1P.n I ., shaJ l incrn irP loca te a c.m cnrl1 :· 1h t rrice . IN DOYLE L:EJ:; : ZEALOT , Do you h;,ve a co y of . v bio{t ranhy of J. e--JU pr in t in 1J;s no, and PI m~ER BUILDER , SCA.PE O.AT . It ha he. d three sells for t 9.50 . I have a fe I hone you can find \-hat you copi es on hEnd . t. (-; ince rei y' I: 1-.{,•f C::VJ ·1 Ju;,n ita 'CU r-·-·\ . .rook .~ 1 •"\ j ,1 J,,. /"- / COUNCIL HALL / CAPITOL HILL / SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114 / PHONE : ( 801) October 17, 196 7 Mrs. Juanita Brooks St. George, Utah Dear Juan i ta: Enclosed are some co p ies of the remarks I gave at the Taylor Creek Dedication, as you requested. I hope they might be of some value to the people down in Dixie. It was a real privilege to speak on the pr ogram, and I a p preciated your kind rema r ks. I feel very close to your p a r t of the state -- I guess I lived the r e long enough to get a rich pro portion of Dixie blood in me. The lives of my ancestors have always been an ins p iration to me. Please let me know if I can be of assistance or service to you at any time. . Pulsip h e r GLP: f m Enclosu r e TAKE TIME TO DISCOVER UTAH . IT ' S A DIFFERENT WORLD! 328 - 5681 St . '1<~orrre, rtRh October 26, 1967 Mr. G rreld L. Pulsipher U'l'AB TRAVEL CCUNCIL Ccun;il H·ll , Capitol Rill ~nlt Lake City, Utah 84-111+ near Jerry: Thank you sc rnJ.ch for the conies of your fine speech delifered I am glad to ha ve one in my at the rr•vylor Cr .. ek De<lication . files. You will he j_ntorected to kno 1. timt I He iled one to e ach of the following: Miss Ettie Lee , Los :nge les ; Mrs . M~netta Henrie, Pro vo; Mr s . S~;.m a r:1illiamson, C i'Jdar C5. ty; fl.nd 1ilda Cameron• P ngt itch . JUl are descenda:ttts of Jrhn D. Lee, an~ Ares, happy 1henever he is me ntioned in pu'blic as a r:~an vii th Fome good qt.ali ties--or, c1 t leaBt, is not rd.cti,rPn M .., t ne Arc h-villian of' t he r, r. urch . I,rrs . I mysPlf enjoyed the entire talk. It ~as well organized, cle~,:r , e:na el oquent . Conr:ratu j ations ! ·:f ncerely , f~:'/ ,_{ ,Ju~nfta Brnoke -,._ .-·,,;.,,-- 1,:. -- Box 303 , St . Gere , October 29 , 1967 tah Mr . G. Ba r rett epart .ent of Histcry BYU , Provo , Utah Defir 1r . BRrret t: Tharik vo,1 for F:enrlj _nf; e thE" excernt cl l~tter from the .reasury De~Rr. e . t to John M. Bernhisel regarding th e Babbitt acco1n t s . I h?-ve n~ver saAn it . Por t er Rockwell affida v it d hAve , hovever , c xerox of the rnc1de bE>fc-re ud;i:e ! • ·• An ,leby on Feb . 11 , 1857 , in which wrr th~t nnrin u: t ie last days of Av~ust , 1856 , .ockwell ( e xact date n t r e ,e bered) thct tie Jon . P. . 'J . B~bbit t, then or t . , ,..,erri tcry o Utah eMl"Jlo d 11ie1 t o .. e c r~ te1ry f'f S f, t. r eip-},t er trans-port fro . Fort A.e . rney , i ebrasKa '1'.'err'.tcry , to · t J, k Cit , Uta 1 Territory , L:. 3 cases of book and r.tatione y •• • w1.,i. . inp; a tc-t· 1 of 5(,li3 pouncis at tl1e rate of 14¢ frn n t .1(~ A . V, . Bc1bbi tt t . ft eaid a ff:i.trnt hnd receiveti , ?'rJr these servi c es . r fo ull in the sum of ,7 , 0 . 02 pa, met dc1e very little r~se~rch o ei her B~bhitt or Bernhis 1 , of n~ePret bein~ ~he ource I f"rst rk on thA H nei1 8to t D..:..Etries I rriet oth~ reference , cJear evid ncP o th fc1c th.:t B:-lhbitt had c:1 __ ..:.R :i lit. falle .n frC'm nrsce . For Feve J. reason h 8'=0"' . to 7i n. I hBV ale L . q rgan's Then <lurinfJ.' m.y used . In my discussions with my go d frie d, a a r ol ~chindlcr I Jid 1 I ins."s ed n J.? i.rr t the ' lling _or se ver . . . 1 k Indifin an of rn~rks er eel did n t bear th~ bu r y a body .r to to ubled o r t rer nA reas n~: l~t, t e IndianA f;eQ:i. l '1: any rennrtqd eirer bone No 2rid, it. of otherwisE> dj_,:;,.ose not ~r$,_!ue that Rockw~lJ. 1.r ·11 P..bbitt. f thP. ftne vestj r:,..e. of bodiee-- ku1J.s, ] f!f; bon°R, frafrnfmts detail a vJ e k h 1c Hl in described hRd Jc-:cq11es John whj_ch clothing we eks ear ier. 3rd , the burninp; 0f the b11ggy i s not ·J ic ,, _ of Indian . • 1he bus5.nP.SR of irni tirir; it Wf'11ld t ~ke differe r.t t -ol a th n t h y c arried and rnore mrk t h a n the y would lik e l y d o. The MOT an .n di.a n sum to t al of re por ts s e e m to me t o rriake th~ <l a c tion . Ho ~ather th .t yo·r int . r es t i s more de ini~ely vith J . M• Bernhisel. He Aeems to rne an excellen t st b,ie ct, ancl I shall be nu ch i nte r est ed in seeing the finisle<l ork . Thank yo1 for s e ndinrr thi s item f r f il es . ~:j_ncerely , J uanita Brooks j rnold H. Green 17626 BurJank )l vd . 01316 ncino , .)alif. L\Jo vembe r 2 , 1967 Jrs . Ju ani t a J rooks .:J OX 303 St . ~eorge , Utah ~4770 Dear u ister Brooxs : I feel quite fl a ttered to receive a letter from such ~n eminent historian , especially whe n it is seeking 'TIV help . May I s ay that I ' ve enjoyed your work and th a t I wish you success in yo ur history of the Jews in Utah . Lr . Zucker told 1e 1st year that you were both c ooperating on th e project . \1 y As you can see from :n y add re s s , I a m no 1 on e r a t B YU . I d ou b t that vou ' d wife and I a re in Los a ng eles to attend UCLA . ¼ant to journey to Ca liforni a ju s t to see me , but I t hink I c a n answer so~e of the s pec f f ic qu er tions in your lette r and then di rect y ou to other sources . I might add that this forthco·ning a rt i c 1 e i s b a s e d on :n y B YU ·n::1 s t er s t he s i s whi c h prob ab 1 y c on ta ins all the inforination and bibliography that I could give you in an There c..re copies of my thesis at t3YU (li or::i ry and intervisw . hist . d2µt . office) , Church Histori an 's Office , an d a t the College of bouthern tah . Or , if y ou li k e (and for the nominal f e e of ~5 . 00 ) , I coula ~ail yop t copy of it . "ith re Ea rd to J ew ish converts of the early group , I found fter searching for two months , e ight (not inclu ding Orson Hyd e) . .yon e Ors:::,n Hyde was Jewish . that evidence l s re no unc:::,ver C'Juld I LDS , on s Jen Andrew see ., e . of his bi:::,zraphies 'Tiention it (i 0 - 2 ; v'l'i 1 1 en n i a 1 S ta r , XV I , 7 4 2- 4 ; d i o ;,. r a phi ca 1 .C.: n c y c 1 o pe d i a , I , Ut3h Gen . & Hist . Aa gazine , IV , 53-64 ; a lso , see a lon obituary ekly , Dec . 11 , 1~7'3 , and a 1YU masters thesis in the :Ceseret ram these I learned th a t Or son n Or son · .~e by ~~rvin S . Hill) . embra cin g ~o r~on i sm , that fore be 'Tiinister ellite Cam b Hyde was his 'Tiother was a "~~ ethocist i J iscopalian , " and th a t his f a ther's f ami y had oeen in coloni 3 l Co nnecticutt f or five generations . 11 these would su L: est that he was definitely not Jewish (not at least in a n etonic or relieious sense) . The only au horitative statement I co ul d find in favor of his oeing Jewish was by B. H. ~oberts in the LHC (vol . IV) , wherein he s ay s (in the introduction) th:Jt "Orson Hyde , ~qo.JO~rJnr i t appears , was a me11ber of the tri b e of e then g ives his reason for this ju dg11eo t , whic h is th e t Judah . 11 "a y : )U o g ·ncn1 i n \v h om the re i s mu c h wi s d om 11 g a v e O. H. e o 1 e s s i n g and _.1 romi sed him tha t he would one dav o to erusale'TI , "the land of his f a t h-2r s . 11 I th ink that ~o be rts was SJcak in g in LLS te""'rns , ou ch as would a pa triarch in dcclarin someone's lineage ( ~u t e ven tnis is di1·fic ul t to oe ter nine , be c a use the file of patriarchal olessi~gs ut the Church Histo r ia n's office in~icat es that O. H. never received such a bl ssing) . In short , I hink t~ a t t~ e yuastion is whet~er )r no t O. t:: . was "of' Jucah" 9 S other L~; ttar-day baints ni~':h t oe 11 :::>f .i.!.i phr ·. dm'' or 11 :)f ·1am ss sh . 11 (I t::now h:o ~e :::, l) le , whose Jarer; ts were d0 cl ~red to be ''of . !., ~nra i'TI, 11 w~o wey,e d~ cl c: r~d i they> t1~ss of O. H. c0u ld t -:Jc: t l con I t t.1in to be 11 of Judah . 11 ) .c.. • J . g t i n t o I s r c. e 1 u n c -r th 2 13 w o f re t 1J r Y1 s ·..1 s e i n ,n- Je ws . rulli ~ge 'Tien ti :::>ns in his J iofraphy of ~ri ~ha rn ·~~n g t~3t Qr son Hyde w~s 9 Jew , .rn t I've Jeen unaole to rac dow n anv 3Uthor i t ·: tive S:)urce . It is an extre11 elv co nplic a ted ~r')ble11, a11d I w011l d ad vi se yo u to del ve into it a litte d e epe r ~ef~re PrintiY') th a t 1 { 2 1 ou are s~~eone whom peo ple ~eli~fe , an d Orson yde was a Jew . you :night be perpetuating a myth . If you have f:)Und avidence that O. H. wa s a Jew , howe v er , I'd li~e very ~uch to correct ~v present conceJtion . 3ut until I find s u ch evidence , I'll consider it a •ny th . The oth2r e a rly converts are as follows , with s01Je sources : 1 ex a ~de r e i oau r ; .Su s a Young Ga t es , '1A 1 e xa nd er e i b au r , 11 t{G lief ~oc . via p: ., IX , 135 ff. , & Utah J-en . & HI st . VJ.aP: ., V, 53 - 63 ; fate 3 . Carter , "· lexander _IJe ibaur , the 11brJ1on , 11 r reasures of ~ioneer History , I , 333-42 , and aughters of the Utah ione~rs essons , 1952 , 333 - 42 ; obituary in LesJret heekly , Dec . 19 , 1993 ; on his j Jurnal in the Church Histori2n ' s Office . ( .1 ) n .1. ( 2 ) ,::L, 1u 1 LUJlin; Jern ice .·dexander Ro c h , ''~:;__,.te LuJlin illex·-nder , ur ~iona0r rleritage (ed . by Kate Carter ), I , 47-49 . t (3) 1 orris David . osen .: )aum ; 1viaude R. Sorenson , 11 .1.'fo rris David 11 1 osenbaum , Treasures of ii::meer Ustory (ed . oy .Kate Carter) , I , j42- 3 ; and L~on ,rn t ters , i one er Jews of Utah . ;.,vv,J?t EQ,1101-'v'-..,. ( 4) ~dward Joseph I saa _c son ( a for'Iler_ Eabhi trans 3 te 3ook of 1:)r · nto Yiddish) ; ·atters , Pioneer Jews of Utah , '.:1nd enson Church Ghronolorry ,_ 169 : also , see the index to the JournGl History int e Church -H ist~rian's office , ~iving refarences to eseret 1 eg;~;::lv articles bt . Isa·, cson . ( 5 ) r au 1 l • 0 ch e· t t 1 er ( . ) ; Ra o Linc s a y s a y s t '.'1 a t he w s a Ger rna nBYU nasters thesis; out George A. Snith says he was from a farnily :)f J·1orav ian Christians , _,liaa R. Snow, Corresp:mdence of ~~lestine Tourists , p . 51 . J e w, (5) David Levi ; ratters , <=;-(6) ioneer Jews of Utah . / . Go1 · stic~rnr ; ~'/a tters . ~(7) Levi HL)raharns , \•a ttcrs . (3) John ~dwin dtein ; his a ught Jr , ertrude St ein Wise~an , lives in Provo (be car~ful , she ' s a hostile w tness) . 1 There ~i ht be two others . ~award J~seph Isaacson ~e'1tioned that he 31st a Jewish- .for'Il o rlf in Vienna who had :Jeen converted by Orson 1yde (you'll find the refs~ence in one of the Deseret ~eekly articl~s) . rllso , in 1922, a Jewish convert n3rned Her11~n ~i ller tr~nslated the ~oo~ of ~ar1Jon i~to Hebrew : see Sidnev S. Sperry , Our Book of Mor~on , 33-5 . . l * HS for the recent converts , Rose Abrie Reid (who is definetely 1~0T Jewish--she lives in 1)rovo, .3s1.{ her!) esti'Il'J es that t~ere sre about 300 Je~ish converts in the uhurch . I was able to uncover ~~out 90 , ~u t I have the nanes 1nd addresses pa c ~ed away at m, _ 3 re '1 ts home . l f you need th o t i n for 113 ti on , 1 e t rn e :rn ow , YJ d I 1 11 ciz it out . I'm enclosing a ~ailinE lirt for 3 1 n i Shala~ (I~ tna bacratary-Tr6~sure r), the per2~ns with red dots o:sice their n~nes are JG\lsh co nverts. I'n also enclosi~e a copv of t~e 11inute s fro1 the first neeti.: , so ,au c0n seJ who W3S ;r~sant . • (?;3in , y,Jc t·ots e~n uev,.1i sh C'.J":!Verts . 'or :no e info 11:3.tion · Jout ~ d k~r r ~vv,.Ac1"Y\..._ 11 3 B 'n a i 0h- lon ~ro p er , you mi : ht write to B~ rry Gl ' c ~ , ~reside~t . · n t ·" -;: ; p:... np h 1 e t , " h y I j o i n e d the Chu r c h , ":) y Je wi sh Co nv er ts , 1' t he ccrtifl ,J d u o . o. cc .s. 01Jntant 11 is Aich ae l Silver of Ghic3 c o , the doctor is Irving rL Cohen of '"' cotia , ~~ 2w York ; the "inoustrial aisigner 11 is x~~H~xxt~~X~XEXXE~±x ~~iRxixx~E~X~ ~XN~XX~~XXR ~~±xii~E~ ~@:i&.tNxEMk :;:x Harry Gli c k ; the 11 &.uthor of Peace to a Jew"is He r bert ona (not his son , La niel Ron~) , now of S. Dak .; and the "prominent woman" is Sidon Lame of Los Angeles : and the "prominent attorney 11 is Jerome l-iorowi tz of Ogden . 1 11 11 11 Rbout t he mission to the Jews whi ch took pl8ce from 1955 to ~bout 1959 , it is a verv l~n hthy topic--which I discuss a t length in my thesis . I've a class in 15 minutes ~nd I wan t to et this letter off to you right aw~y , so I ' ll c u t it N~~x shor t. I hope t~is wil l be of some assistance to yo u, please let me Know if I can be 0f any ·nore help . I hope to hear from you soon . Arnold H. Green Minutes of Meeting of Jewish. Converts Date: P1aee: October 1, 1965 Uarry L. Glick itesidence !'resent: f.la.rvin Mosa 549 Bast 2nd South Salt Lake City, Utab Phone: Daniel ·& Marilyn Rona 1936 Laurelhurst Drive Salt Lake City• Utah Pl1one: -- - CUol Anne Schuster 135 Bast 200 North Provo, Utah & Edith Horowitz Phone: Phone: ' Aluert Soloinon Arnold~ Lanigene Green Harry Uof f man LeGrande & Julia lh:ough Gary Vmlorn 1210 Hatcher Industry, California Phone: [phone] \vest 800 Nortll Bountiful, Utah Pbone: 29.S-4932 3371 llrook Street Granger, Utah Ilarry & Ruth Gliek 299-1644 300 nmerald Bay Laguna Beach, Cn.lifornia 494-6492 7500 Denrock Avenue Los ~ncelas, Califomia Phone: , 371-2567 344 ~Jest 400 Nortll Phone: Albert 1.1. Ostroff 374-0204 Provo, Utah I>hone: '37 3-2296 Phone: Disllop Robert E: LaDorna Perine 399-2534 2301 Bast Santa ~e Pullerton, California Phone: '- 467-07S2 27 S1 Duchanon Avenue Ogden, Utal1 Jer0'1e • 35S-0903 670-4432 3940 llale Drive Salt Lake City, utall I>llone: 277-39 2.5 page a P.r.,. The meeting was Called to order at SaOO Brother Albert P. OstRfl iaf'ormally condQcted: " Redeemer of Isreal " Opening Songa Openin, Prayer: Urotber llarry L. Gllclc T11e introduction and welcome were given by Brother Ostrof'f. The various members of the group introduced themselves, tben, bore their testimony of tile divinity of Jeaus Christ, Uis J.lesaiahship, and in the trulhfullness of the Restored Gospel. Those present held a brief open discussion regarding various attitudes and the missionary efforts s1, c.ifically cllrected tow rds the Jewish Peo1>le. It was unanimously decided that a Jcwisll La.ttcr-day Saint oraa.nization be · formed for the purpose of: 1. Fell01.1Sllipping new and existing Jcv,~sli converts into full Church activity. 2. Developing a Jewish ce~alogical program, in conjunction with the L.t>. s. Church Genealogical Socicrty, to assist in solving research problems peculiar to Jewish conve the Jewish d.tage. 3. Preparing tbemselvos and others for future JBissionary service among the Jewish people. 4. Assisting bo~h Jowisti and non-Jafish Saints in obtaining a. ~ccurate understanding of tlle Jewish pcopl4 more coq,lete , ldstozy, tradi'tions, J.anauase, customs, attitheir doct.ri tudes and problem. s. Asai.sting• when specifically called by those in authority, L. D.s. ssionaries in presenting the Gospe1 to Jew.sh investigators. Note: It vms conelusivcly determined that all of tlie aroup• s activities would be subject to prior approval by t11.e General Authorities of tbe Church or their presiding · autbodzcd agents. I t t1as sugaestcd tllat \'le bec()Jlt(! acqunintecl t1itb all knO\m Jmtish mel11bers meograph directories of same and send tllem to t llc of the Church, then. J ewis h members, thei interested non-Jmdsll L.n.::;. friends, and t:1e Chur c lissi~nary -.-v111Mt&,1ott • A comndttee consisting of Drotllers J erome ?Ioro\1itz o.nd Uo.rry Glick was f orme f or the purpo or a.rri ving at a. name f 02: the gr oup. After ~on,. sider@le dcliber0,tion tlie Ueb ew e<1uivalent of .. Children of p·eace " o "'D•nai Sbal.om" t.1 decidP.d upon. A film strip called 11 .Prophets Tllrougll tlle Ages" was next shown and recei ved f a.vorable c:omnent. Tbis sts:ip t'ia.s 1>rivatcly produced by sev• eral active members of the Church• with the idea in mind of using i t as a .suppU nt in- presenting tile Gospe1 to Jewisb investigators. At p resent• ·its use has not been autho2:ized on a Church-wide basis• but it is under consi dcza.tion. Br other and Sister Arnol d Green prc$et1ted a stirring report on tbe ., Yovail Dancers " trip to I sre last year. The closing prayer was offered by Sister Carol Anne Schuster, and tile mccti 1g uas adjorned n: 11:00 v.1-1. / o nf , ' ' S-1 Box 3 3 , ~t. George, 1'1ove ber 6 , 196? t~h Mr .A rn old H. Gr en BurbAnk Blvd Encino California 17626 91316 Dar rn l<l Gr .en: Than you so m ch for your m st hel pful letter o f No v. 2. sta r's t hesis, I encl ose my c h eck for 15 .00 f or a copy of your for it vil l an~wer a real nee d for me. in a ll ~or on h:st0rv One of he moRt puzzling charac ter / to me is Orson~ Hyd e; though I hove m~de no neci ic re se rch on hi m, I have met hi so often as I 1 orked on o e nroje ct or anothe r th?t I ha ve develoned a re al ambivalence toward him . Ro~ e a Stout mentioned him many time , often critically and ith scorn. Both men 1e re ith t he com any enroute to the Green River ission whe n young Jesse T . Hartley was murd ere d , evidently on orders of Hyde, ho waR in char~e o the g r o p. Ro. e of Hyde's Rpeech s as r ec rded in th e Journa l His ory make clea r hiR be J.iP.f that traitors or rliBsent ers sh nlo be done ( PeP.hn1 d s ay , in . tead, that in a t leaBt one public a• ay i th. speech on which I hcve notes h e IDA e hiA stat e me t.) In my st,dy of he Carp n Valley , .et lament.I came across him again . In fact, it Reom12d to me that rot h er Brigham kept him on t he fronti~r and in t~A ost di ffic ult situations: ~t Kan -~vill e , om the Green River Mission, nnnthe Carson Vally Mi sion. Is ~one o f thee pocitiona would hi s Je ish background h a ve be en any sn I am )ad to be disillusioned. Thi is on myth that , advant I u en the quotes from I hav . no r!es· re t o nerne tna te, cert etnly. Cebtennia l Histo ry (S.L.C. 1949) V. I:402 , and Jos eph ,rd Putton , Fie 0·.rw Fr.ith , ~s Ernntials in Chu rch History , (S.L.C ., 1950) 312-313. T folloven S0"1f) of his corree: ondence in the Millennial St.a r c1nd The irne8 an Ser:s0.ns, from which I had the gener·l imnrescion th--t ·:~sio n anrl his zeal to fulfill it gre out o f the Ud ,q re erence fact th0t h e was going back to his own h o mel and. ~u llirge' was eviaently founded on the Reneral belief, for I fctnd overal Ce rtajnly ~n those e arl y, such in tle ritin~R of non-for ens. kno , he did so rar aR c rrent writings he wan listed a~ a J ew; of my w rk, rt pa this re-~rite to ppy h am I Fo it. deny then not pt leaEt to thP adni~Fion that colld well hcve bPPn only a myth . Tt i~ ~ith there later converts thet lam moat in ereated . I not thRt of the Aix Tew~ yru ide tified form in the Pamphl Pt , only two no live in trtah , . r0ther Glick r--n<l verome Rorowltz . (Dr. Z cker as much disturbed by th~ recent ba tism cf Dr. Elliot Landeau.) Thank you apain for writing me, end for incl rlin~ ~o·r tel e 'one number. If or when I am down in your area, I RhaJ.l erbaps be abl e to meet ou. Until then, I'm hapny to vi it on paper. Gratefully, Juenit· Brook'S Route 1, Box 367 Fa l lon, Nevada November 13, 1967 Dear Mrs . Brook , Recalling that at one time I told you that John Young, father of Brigham, had married one Hannah Brown, I herein quote: Biography of Lovenzo Dow Young, by James A. Little page 132. Ut. Hist Quarterly, 1946. •~ I leBve the following on record regarding my father's family: My father, my stepmother, Hannah Brown , my four brothers and six sisters, with their wives and husbands , were all members of the Church, carried out their professions and lived like true Saints , with the exception of two brothers-in-law, of a family of twentythree~ twenty-one of them, if I pass away in the faith, will have lived and died Latterday S:: 1 ints . My hslf-brother, Edward , was baptized in his childhood, but in his ripe manhood withdrew from t r1e Church. Since the notorioa Nathanie}J • Brown w~s a baptized member of the churdh, was Siiel tered in Nauvoo ·after, the Hodges nad murdered itf!e Miller and his son-in-law Leiza in Montrose;' and then allowed to go with the original 1847 Pioneers t6 Utah~ isn't it more than likely he was a son of Hannah Brown, John Young's second wife? My summer was spent doing some music research at BYU; during spare time the library was combed for data on the C8 lifornia projecto I enjoyed a couple of sessions with Eu ene Campbell, who privately is quite as critical as myself of some of the policies carried out by the original founders . Also nd spent a half day with your protege, Luce, who is doing research for his PhD in Provo. He's quite confused regarding whether to believe his eyes or his emotional conditioning; logic and creed ha~.:..mixed him up considerably . ' hen the QUEST FOR EMPIRE first came out, I wrote Klaus J. Hansen a congratulation. He filei the letter away without c1nswering . Last week, he apologized for nis oversighto The point I wish to make is that he wrote me that you had mentioned my work on California as the intended goa l of Bro . Brigham, a point which I made in my letter to him 9 and sugeested that when Brigliam fled the U.S . deputies at Nauvoo, he had every intention of setting up the Empire in Californiao He showed unusual interest in that possibility. Dr. Campbell was surprised t~know that an indictment was out for the Twelve for counterfeiting, i.e . BY, 'v•l . Richards, John Taylor, P.P .. Pratt, cfson Hyde and Tt1eo 'l urleyo ~ifhat surprised me most was that Stanley s. Ivins, in a l l his meticulous research, had no note on the venture in his files; I examined them shortly a fter they came into the Archives of the Historical Society . I'm enclosing a Zerox copy of an interesting letter on the ma t tero 1 While In Balt Lake I twice called at the Bellvedere and found you were out. There are other details I like your opinion on, items I can 't think of when I write . One is who was the other Battalion man mentioned in connection with Levi Fifield as conspiring to capture (kidnap) Rockwell's daughter? you told me; it has slipped my memory . B st wishes, r.:. Olit,. :J-;: Allen FifieJ,d Box 30 3 84770 f t . Geor ,e , Utah C V• ha k you for you r 1 tter of fov. 13. again. 15, J.967 It is gooa to hear ro . y u Nath,rniel Thomas Bro n--I too wish that I coul d connect him rd.th · rs . Ra~nah Br in ho in 1836 fa ce d ria l by the Ki rtland Hicrh Councel for unch:rj stianlike co nchl ct .. d who c onf e ssed to have t ol d f aLehoods f..Doc, Hi8t. V. 2:44Y I hc1v~ n t leen abl e o c onne ct them . J ce enh Yeung ~irl ma rr y a Hannah rown , evidently this woman. But he died on Octobe r 12, 1839 seven or eight years before l~t . Tom Br n n<l ar;ain I . m not st1re. co me" in to ac t · vi ty L D<' C. Hi ~t. v. V: 14-1.2/ Re: tbe er} e.ns VI o der if cC'l me t h~v rt:i.ntui ti ve" sources ince further, s thi pursue ll sha J ickman. by o . ro ,n a killAd the t n allnsi "'or:1 made diary r lrn in ~now . R I un lerstena t h · t Eliu1 From so me rather tl§st'Jl. of 4.J rown. He WAS in th -pio n eer com pa ny; he One Uinp, of hich I ar.1 certain: I believe h was DID ret u rn with the Vpnguard uncler for to n Jacob . rried man wi th a chil a or chi ldren , so no • I cm on at this tiMe a the look-out for des c endants . I think I lf•t y ,11 reBd r1y . rticl , not f the rec0rd ." "One Other Ma.n"--nanin p- him a that rna.n , 11 w,ose n nMe I Ja m gild ·o get the definite c itation ab 0u t t h e c oun ter eiting. I knev of it earli r, and considered it the reaso n for th e ,b ly m ~e jn ,,. ' ebruary. Tt a Ams th8t the th .r ~a n named as c on nirin ~ to kidnap Roc kwell' daur.:ht:er as Hi ra m G tes, but I don't think he wt1.s with Le B ttalion. 1 e' v ca ptain a t the Ba t t 1 e of Nern vo o , one of the l .F\ s t He wfl s that plBce. He later opPned a butcher Bhop at Winter Quarte rs, ~nd I s aw he ca me tot' e valley with the 1848 emigr8tion , I feel su re. of out it Shindlflr' s notes on t h1.s and his first dr ft, but he c11t the ms., so I can't quote it exa ctl y . This at tP.r:T't to write a hi , t ry n f t 1e J ev s in tah i~ a ! a. ther frustr ·tin~ hin~, and takes e fro the Ma in lin ~ of my inte r eRt . I cio s till I'll be P'lcrl to have it finL_hed and out of my hair. mu c- h o my rlo o t Anend s0~P t irre at the ~elbe<iere, but h ve triea 1 riting I'm sorry I mi sed you . here at home. ~his fiAld of research doee lead into interesting by- ys, ancl often a ch~e t11rnR up in the most unex oct~ d ple1c e. .So I ha ve a list nm ,rh to cinswe r, of pe r nan en t questions which I may no t l i 1 e lon hich in the eanti a do kee m e yes open fo r • b t J • jncere good wish e s , Juard. a ,.._r0oks Millard Coun t y Chronicle - - Thursday, Novembe1· 16, 1967 MISS SALLY AN N JOHNSON Vows Planned Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Johnson of Delta,, Utah, ann ou:nc,e the en~ gagement of their daughter, Sally Ann, to Mr. DeRay Brush son of Mr. and Mrs. ·wayne Sorensen of Delta, Utah. A December 16t h w eddin1g is arranged, to be fo llowed by an open house at the h ome of the bridegroom's pare n ts at 129 North 200 West, between t h e hours of 7:00 and 10:00 p .m. AH friends are cordially invited to call. The newlyweds will return to pursue further studies a t Weber State College w h ere both haive employment in a d ditio1n to their college classes. PAUl J·. HUGHES PUBLIC RELATIONS, INC. SUITE 102 • 1439 NORTH FIRST STREET • PHOENIX . ARIZON A 85004 Jo e . r,r.r • t. € e l"' 2 • , DIAL 252-882 8 7 1 u nit r e, r .rs . roo s : it • 0 , .... .,,. .. V • C t i .t the l.1 s MEMBER COUNSEL ORS SECTION OF THE PUBLIC RELATION S SOCIETY OF AMERICA : - 2- 0 e I .J.. a n 0 n t b s It r Box 303 , St . GP.orge , Utah No v ember 28 , 19h7 Miss A~nP.s Vilson Richfiel d, Utah De· r Agnes: I am returning tod~y your Grandfather, George D. Wi l son , dia r y . I call d The ~1ntin~toi Library Monday morning to leprn th~t Mr. Bli. s was on an extP.nrled trip to the north; thev did no t kno rr when he wouJ d be back . I knew h0 lk.d nassed r<-, tirement a~e, but haP Rtill kent an nffice there an<l has handled Bll the thin~s I have sent in . '!'hen I nsked for Miss Noya, ho is in c harge _. of th mannscrirt colJection , but she was off for the ThPnkR,,iving hol i day . She could ha v e a cc ented this diary and held it until r. Bliss rPturned, but they vere o indefinite about it that I decided to do ~1 hat I cot1ld now and p:et it back into your h nds . The machine--sunr,oee<l to be the best in Salt Lake - -nicken up the ink ri tinp.;, but did nothing with the ·penc i.l . ~o I myself , i n my hotel room at n:i.P.'ht, wrote ou t,IJ what I could rea < bv on the nayes them elves line by line. wo other c onies made , nne for you and one for me, and tyned what I had been able t decipher 8t the bottom o . e ch P" Re • I tried to b e ?cc1rate, thou~h now in proofing I find some type erro r s . As you know, this is fragmentary . His first entries on Sunday , October 24, 1846, wa made when they ,ere nassinr thrcu~h scuthe r n Ne, Mexico. The Henry Stand~ge Journal which was edited ~nd published by F.A. Goulder in 1928, tells of passing thro1 1gh Spenish e nd Indian to ns, 0 of r mors that 1 Kenrney had been attacked . 0n N9t. 4, f: tar..dA;ze wr o te, " ••• Br. 1 /oolR ey overtnnk u this evening on his wat, rn t0 Puehlo •••• Capt. ,U.gp-in s of D. Con any receivin rthP nrivilepe at Santa F e ••• t0 return ;:me! winter ~·ith his faMil . " 0 f;()veral dieirj sts hr1ve @~8 <:-f the t n soldiers wltm were rmninhed for not E;ettin.;" un to P<'lrade. We have many referencf?s from Oto Be who went on to Snn DiP-go of the 'Pcrtinft ·dth those se .. t back a thts roin t to .i oin the e ?rlie r ~roup in Pueblo. They had _one ~ast s~nt a Fe, and founrl the return even to that poin most tryin v ad difficult, . . . .,!h:.1 r am trv1n,,. to say 1.c- thflt i:J11.s fits 1.nt0 what e r. lready know of conditi0ns at Puehlo. 'T1Le diary of J0hn Steele has been nrinted on v in p0rt, but the Q\1ote which I uced on the l e st page of the notP.A (p .?09) show thet the Cfficer. cit Pueblo r.id NOT have the 1 : elf .n :re o-r tr~e F0ldiere at heart . En c yclo . xeroxed nh . rt b:_o ,. ranhy .. ror. the LS 1..,,n . Pe r sonally , thL, off bnv'us e I vanted to no1J rn re about by himself to beck _o lt r i ~ht proud of i m th t h e should I e ordArs unreasonabl repent ther u the sick , ~~ thR he should John rr . a,a on~re~Rio . ) thPt All ~88 D t I have eP.n 0t er J. nrb.catJ. n. . -;n ' (f1 t TH~t'l . 0\!'001::;ey & ycnm r-/'l ippet ts fnuro l:Lfe therP so u hearc1 le hr- . t l• y slipped c 1t and adetLei r ~inter Qu8rters intPr we· t~ Pr all the av lack o w. y t ,r01a 2 days with just from .ece ~ ber 23 to I' . b. 15-- ut for tra e i what they could carry . J ~ot t f' 11, I ~u~t not p on a 1d on, ht t r C n. ,; rer this fl V f>ry V luable ' n f cn rara anr' hig-h ideAls and hum~n d cu~Pnt rittAn by· totRl . edic•tion to the Chur c h . 1 P hen yr-11 c ffi).- .re my intP pr .tption , i.,..j_tl y ur ovm yp scr5.pt , you b don b ~ore th .none Prson m. y ind ~rrnrs. Thi ~ by lin9 , . t 1 c0uld , interrretin~ li conAjdprin~ 1 , b, t I jstor:i.cal F. ciety have '11 he as n . for public u -e until u t tteir co y in ihe r .•. tric ted file iv~n p .r~ie s i .n fro~ the f ao·1y. 'C h as I feel a photorrra 1iuhc cony h' v u t J11l<l l i e I still li.Frn, .r . of return e t!i ai must I t l ri Htmt:inv.t n couJ.c i he th vi acquainted r bAtt become t n do i r t c P. m.?i·~ anr thf> . thiF handle t t ·a vill ey h t that sure feel I n , • j_rector. . t11 eB tjrn , I feel tha t I shou d ret11rn it to you , where ynu ?! t c.n kAen it until we ATA cert in o . havin~ ·t <lone promntly at th€>- un · rw·t0n T:i.. rary. na ·el Tyler acconnt , the Rob~rt t! . rii0 ch.tP. I h;:ive sb1ciierl the J11ly l v31 h,b e o the lJtah fu stor."cal Ue in hep.:an ,Lich Diary Bliss the John ]) • Ctu~r terly, the Henry ft ta 1dag . on rn n tionerl a ove , Lee ne, hich I sent to you, a}ad th Journrl isl ry n lli1e LDS Church, h ich iB rn,. de UT) fro. mapy r • c1ries, an< thiR : s certa · ly a VcJuahle cddition. been :l.nterrl;pteo in tlii several t · rm~ by th tel e one or vi~dtor ·, iA it :i~ rc1 ,ht->r 0·R-.i int d. I hop you will f j_nd Thahk y0u very much for let tin,v me t nke this. hat I have don hel~ful. ~ell, I hRV~ , uani ta Br oks Box 303 , S t. Geo r ge , Utah Nev. ?.8, 19G7 Mr. Fred JesE n Hilld,· P, Utah 1 e ar Br othPr JesRop: me and my '1.'h e xerox conj s of ?fr. Paul J • . Uf!'her- lPtter t d e c i pl e r an c you t th;., ve , li :r but dim, te aui . ar nswrrr h rr:'hey exnlain thernFelves . 'o pub l ish; I hHve no rle~ ir~ to •ef> s11ch a book aR he nropoEee 10 Jm:i,ic e ( tilr1 1 C( yl.e 10r Gover of friend o~ cJ a that I d 0 1h he1 p 'might i l th j ", k 1 t e , hand other th to y Oll r ri e o 1 e • C'n ·, r fect l y n v ho seH to him elp r or , .on b him t0 unoerstrrnr your r,osi w1:1r. r idic11lc1Ji:; t h i: w' le -rr ceeiing e1ke thiq p,estllre the t I may say I Bn t thiq is n ot 'Y prob] em . If t}, e c ns ;e r is an h0neetly th~t I he.v e- mad an inrpdry . 1 m ! th , iP fine • j ~th ni • I i v s t aRk~d . If it un e qutv cal YES , I Rbc.ll he .lad 1·o tel 1 him . is a q R1ifj f'd 'T'he d ec L ion is y0urs . Ju ~n itn rooks AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge 104 South Fifth Street Philadelphia, Pa. 19106 November 30, 1967 Dr. Juanita Brooks Box 303 si. George, Utah 84770 Dear Dr. Brooks: Many t hanks for the co py of your recent article which you have edited by John D. Lee entitled, "Di ary o f the Mormon Battalion Mission." With appreciation, I am Sincerely yours, GWC/ 1s GA~rg , Ut·h c . 2 , 1967 ft . L • J.. rnol • ,re n 17 26 Burba nk Blvd n cino, Cili if . 91316 D ~r Br t r Gren: 1 To 1 t w 'l'h rat ·· ;i vin -., i i ; o v .r , '"nd I a hack in to rII.Y wo rk on th Jews in Uta h, I h8 Ve bePn sp nrlin~ some nrofit able time with your 'T'hesit==: . You h c1, 1 e certai nly done a c o prehe nsi v f> piece o rvo k here, nnci c ns:;ratu J.Ate you o i t. I inr. thRt mnf"t ,:·nend a fE=?w days at the BYU Libra ry to 1 ok T . Mcrn' s "Simo n arr,ber p er: a J w in A MorMon 1 Co mr1 nv.re~ lth . '' '.'}!:i le I ta ve con.·i der nb le mater ial on this ma n, I ca 1 no dov bt fmrlo mor e ln1r e . B:v th Mt-J.Y , IT(,EH·Hi Alexa nde r wa~ p:overn <)r o Idaho for t ·'O termR , v;inn in 1.r in 1914 . He claim s to h e ve been the first elect d p; vernc. r in r .. . , tl,our h son.e Je, in the -~a~ t as ap ointe t · act follo~ ing the dea t b of th electe d an . I do not h ve detai ls on this • .Ale x nnc-1 ander' ..: , ecr,nd t rm co incide d ·Jith Bambe r!!er ' only one . at Fr n r~ I should lso sneno RcHne time ·Ti th Ma rv in S. Hill '. rson Hyd e, ,iu~t to see how fr1ctu l he dares to be . study of I h 11 also bft c rjous to se . this t ic e f ,r . Zu cker' s hich he ha.· n~vPr MP.nti neo to :ri : nM rmon and c.IP. "I • •• " ll hlish n in thP. BYU ,xtem d on Public a ion._ f r 1961. Dr. 7,ncke r Ahm1J. d hn ve tol d r-ie of this . The BernE>s , 11 /1 Mi racle \! r ke r in he Deser t" in The 'B reede r's Gazet te f r July ?.2 l 920 I smo lcJeac i nHI- . lB?egB~ • th e cbUS> ·yI B ,o i§t~flr le . h~ p8pec 7,prox ed of . But more than any of the c1hov , I think I shou d like to have th e item tc whi ch yo ,1 refP-r red in a~e 77:"Us inP: a 1 9 51 Fnited Jewish PoT'U lPtion Ctrnt-111s for AAlt La e Cit , t } Mormo ns \' .n t Abo llt the ir rosly ti ctivi ties ••• '' I hAVP Aenrch erl in vai n for na~es and addre ss s of "fews in t:;alt L1=1ke Ci ty . The Am eric an lTewi h .1e a rbook P.:'iVeG onJy e""tirir -t d tntals c"lf' the nu r., er in Utah each y ... r . 'l'hen I am really excite d by th r:, ta temen t on P'~ r: 159 /1 , end ix C where in 1957 V~ro • .Sherm an Young v,rite s t ~ Geo r rre /posh ian tha t "l'e have alphab tj_cal card inriex file of rve r 500 tTe i h fa mil ur1its or annrox iri~te1 :v 1c;oo or 2000 Je~•is h pPonlP . ••• " Do you FU . nose hf' Ltill has th.-~t? V' ll ci he, I onde r, a ll o me to n , P it? 1 " ould I 00 w 11 to write him , or choulc i I call hin at his office r:r home? Tn ·s woul<l pi vP me more f a ct ual rlRta than I ha v e f•und in Pirrhte en lon~ m nth or .eR rchin~ . I hr.lVf> ,iu ~t· tri d to cnll you by telPph one, hut rr t thf' btisy RiP:-na l f.h 11 t r v a train. In t .. P Tl'lef•) ntime , cert in ] y do 8nnre d. 8 te a 1 he h Pl -n T r u "" i , ,l - - -· . 0 !'.I Box 303 , .St . Georf-!P, Ptcih , ecerri er 2 , 1967 Mr . ~her~ n Vrung Xennecott B1ilrlin " 1 t L t' 1 e Ci t y , Ht , h ~ A . omf' time aFo I was c 1 mmi r-1 sionP.d to writP. " History of thE" Jf'ws i trtah" for the FnivPrs i t.v of Utah and the lJewi~h cor.rpm1nity in ntah . One f YIY v- re c': test T1r c h1emf; li:Hi bee tc l earn who the Je •Js are, for I ca .not tel l .y hpjr a s. 1'h ey ~eem not to h . cc1reful r cord-k~enerB as our neonl~ are. Recentlv I ~ecured a c oy of Arnold H. Green's MAster's Thesis dea]inp with Knrmrn rroR l ytin~ amon~ the Jews . ~ hile thjR iB not mv major intPrePt, he does indicate tho t so~e lists o f J e ws avail~ble . For exnMnlA , on PA~e 77 he savs , 11 • • • U,inp- a Un i ter! Jewish Council Jewif:h ·nonulation CernrnR for .SFJlt Lc-1ke City (195l)t' the Mormon riiss · onaries ·Hare p_,i en nr1m . find ad<l r es.,eE to r~uide them. Although Dr. 7,ucl~er is sunnoRed to be helninr- me find rrJ!1terial, he has nev~r mentioned this sourc e, and it would he mor- t h~ fu l to me. Later on Pc'lr-e 1S9, Annendix C , he auotes frorri R notation mn de hy you the t " We have al ph<--he t :Lcr1l c~rd index file ·cf ovPr SCO ,fowish frnn'lv units or cr:iproxim~ tely 1500 or 2000 J~ dRh neor,lP- ••• 11 This ·at'-i dBted J mrnr y 19S7 . 'Phis : ould be of f)'r~at.P.c:::t VRlue to m~ , Hince J th~n co11lcl leHrn with Vt1hom I abouln bf> concerned Ri: this, the closinp: neriod of my study. I spend Rome tirne each month t the belvPdere Hotel there , E1nd should like the o . r:ior tun· ty of MP-et in f" ;vm1 c1 o visi U.np; ·ith y011 ahe11t m:v nroblems. Natnrally , m ·ant to lo a ere di table r,i - c of ork, and I need hel r trn ci sup-p-tH:1tions . Verv sincere1 v .)rvm 1 r8, l I tTU -: I · ,,- i-'v.- v, lv- /·_.-. , ni ta Brooks · . ' · • • 196 ~~est 3rd North Richfield, Utah Dec . lh, 1967 Dear Juanita, W.e are so happy with what you have done on the diary . You are so thorough . How you ever got so m~ch from those dim pages is a miracle . I still wish I could have been there when y ~u and Lula went over it . The reason I am so long answering is because I had intended to get a gppd copy of the diary as we interperated it for you to loo k at. But I am not a good typist and there are so many things to stop me that I am sending you my old copy to l ook at and you may return it . There are many places where y ou got words we didn't a nd some the other 1i,ray about but mostly there is a question . Hope you did not misunderstand me over the phonerbout th at one spot . Sometime 1 111 get your thoughts on that part . As you willnotice we just left that part out sinc e we could not understand 11 who 11 or "V "hat n and it s eemed so crude and unlike anything we had he ard of grandfather . Now, Juanita, I kn TN these things do not come free and I vant to do my share on the expense . Please let me know what it~s. 11 e do so appreciate your efforts . Pe have some other things we woul d like to have c Jpie s made from . I told you a , out the old lett ers . They were written in Kirtland in 1830-31 in an effort to convert the sister nd family vho were left in Vermont . The family neve r did join the Church but they did save the letters . Eunice got them from a descendent who ha s done so much in tra cing ancest ors but had no particular interest in the message of the letters . Thanks again for your interest , ef f ore and ability . Best wishes to all the fami l y for a Merry Chris t mas and a Happy New Year . Love, Bt . Gr-o r p; , ft.Rh 1 cP mber 1~ , 1q67 By a str<1nr,-e coi ciden t e I awakened with this rnBn Nathanie l Thomas is Mother wa no t a i .. t er Br non my mind . I hp,d lP.arn e ci th q t rrt~e~m • s f ~ther , h d but t a t J oseph You n g ~s rip:-ham Young , o . mar ri ed a cert·in Wido Br own Aft0e'his firs t wife ' s death , and .h t this 18dy h~d a wild ,, deg n rate son. I have not eatabliBhed . et thet this son wa N~ haniel Thomas Brown . But i f he were, he .rr111lcf h \Je h .en well known by Rrip-hflm Younp.; b e forf! tlie murnP. r This mip-ht explain al o why BroVi h }urn erl . or v hich the Hodges w r ~at~ rr ven a coveted nosi tion d th the 18L1-7 nione ~r s. ogive herf> , that fhBve aho11t d e cid~d , by evi(lence tea Jong Dr Cooley hAS inrlicrt d th t if "ckman as killed by Rill Bro I c n e t~h 7 i "h a few of t s e it s as facts, he w1.1<k Ntbl:i. h he st ry of' thP- ONF. O~ HL:R ·-;AN . Ano I I did run across our friRnd Bonni e a ain , and i n an orj~inal ource . It as the r!i ry of Ale xander Ne ib8u r, of wliich I h d a x erox ~ince I workAct ith this only one cony o th~ hana - iri ten one . afternoon , I did not finish it . A nart of the entry for ~-BV 24L!1844 / c allf)<l flt J . ~Mi th 10 Oclk forn on ( re;:3d G rn x & Fox Indians to 0k Dinner a~tPr dinnPr Met the Br J L at called ?4 -Dan c ed their war Dane. fj_r. t call -th~ us told lloseph Bro met Mr Bonnie . • .•••• g i ee 1 Reviv to He had . een I shAll not complete it, hut it fille<l o e paRe of the Diary and as chiefly interested th~t I account cf the } ' j rst Vision . is }here Br the r Neibanr calls thiR man Mr. Bonnie jur;t a short month before J~sAph was kill.cl . f.. o much r~r~a:i.n._ to he foun ont ah011t so Ma ny thL f"S ! 'Phank you f'or the C!:r:i_ tmas rem mbr,rncP ~L:i.ch nrrj vec rth-~hile year Bhe~d. :1 H have a hapnv, f' inc~~rely, 1.lnani ta p.rooks tcviay I hope f-Kj f:F- ).(,6 /.I D"TI EH;; i] '1 S Box 30_; , '->t . GPor(l"P. , lltah ne c Pmhrr l , 1~67 n jrrl H<,rth Rj cl i fj Pld, Ltnb 1; 1est 'rhc1rk v0H r-r '!""llCh fC'r y01,r J.e1 t r of Pf>c . 11.i. , r.p- rre v 11r c0ny of the G . 1P . ·Jil ~o n diAr • Vi 1 .ndi (:; ~ r, n:v cony with i t last nip-ht , d I r P.nn th r ou~th cH1<l ccmr,:;rerl ont th@ Sflme . ~rn~ c nc--Br1:v hnw at aroa7.~rl t'.4 d I am -r r lrnt my o n 1 •ork o n it w~s shall · lvn-l:VS feP.] I Histcrjcal So c iety at tli out it p-ot I le. c r:riirEi a r so~ne !.jnp-, c iled napes but nen the on tiM some cnent I ~nrl ~na. rs. nyA at all out of it -se11Rf' any g-et to enc:,wh 011t just co1.1l<ln' t mt1ke n0thi P' t0 but , c•rd v a of t twr a bere or a letter h(')r~ fl.nrl mit i c-vether. I CBmP- ack to my rrom a~ter fivP. o ' clock , tired d~fl cur~p-E>d, ~tea t~it 0f SUT'-Per, ~-.,_rl lc-1y r!r •v·n across ri ;irk , }J. t it ... 1" s _11 fter a r,hort r eFt , I rot vr, Anrl f0und t}.e r'ect . dinry the b, hl P lf' mp resiciP m:v tyT"P'n•Ti t er . urn~n rE=;O 111 ,-t v r;rer1t surnriBP- , I couJ.d was; l_vinf>' Ui(>re , s0 I onerif'rl it. , !::Ind t'"' h, I Jt Sf:flrred i. he- t tLe let ,Pr~ wer ,iu st 1iftf)d ,11,t ! Tf'ad it! this g:<>t t , mu I t j_ t , hut it r:ee,(led tlw rlon' t qPi tP. kn0 , h0 •1 t(' tel cnrl ThP down , Fnrl ~et it in~ediat~l y. So I took the f irst x e r 0x co y , v,hi ch was plei ced i n o v•ay C1n<l star te0 thP cent@ r o f the nf-lFP., Ftn<i set Uu:) tyne ',Titer Y u 'l l writP. by hand , lin for J.i eon tlw copy , aE it Cf.'lmf) t.o me . VJ~ll , I wrote h;.vA tr Re e tl:ds f•d.,.im-11 ~ork c:heet to t ndf>r.stcirrl it . one o 'c l c, clr in tL0 nip- t , WhP.n m:v as f'af't rR I c011J.ci 1rntil cift t •r L~a v inp, ~verything- o . en ancl r PcH~Y , I •· ent o eveF ·w€'r<' tired a_cr;i:i n. .iuRt after .('i,re , c·nd finish r. up h~fore nine • p.·aro r-~t Up hPt, j_t, alJ. l)A<'k tc the Hic.:;t ricRl .·oc iP-ty c,nrl told cc1rne out cPr- , mj_racle -- U 1ai f·.t-rn v.crd.~ @Xn~rif' --1rs. D:'f' tb,.it I ha<~ • P. s d e onen re we inr' underRtPnd 0wn my of .l'or me, or elsP- thf' ~v~n have t mu~: it t ;-, tl d rlec:irl~:. WP. f:0 0ut, bef· r., 1e c o ,17 d ~HkP n0th::i.nr.r ly exact at t i and irrht snot-. the y 0nJ bP-t?n th . rlar".<ened r0C"lm, wi 1:h n ti n n( · nl x e what e r CA t ' don I t hE'.> riid1 t anr;le to hrinp.- 011 t the \'!orf s . perfect not i tyninr: My v e use, J 'TYl ,iust f1'ln<l th: ·t I ,,·nt what I ,iin . hen I c o nare.tth e m I am .Maz e rl and I did make som_~ e rrors , hut 1w t i J. s f'-1 r • B1 u; R s n y s u 7 a he ~H t Re P. n it ye t • • d ,, f ., •t }10v. J. rfS" r et-1 J . • ew ,e 1 , n r eb1 r t0 r11i::;h R Chrir·tr1r th~ aon0, but he will W. i t until after Then shA wjl1 . crme down anri we'll go throuRh i t to~eth. r. hf' ) et t f' r s- - bu re P-i ,=; tere ci , fir st Rv a 11 ea nfl, D0 senci . Th er P is no c oFt . 0ut riFht cJ ~ss Msil, an~ I ' l l ~et thP~ . t00 11 ' . )'f(. -- .ood "ishes , L o vf" anr.~ ' ,,~ r;, : V '£'~_/'yf .' 1',.., De1ta, UtPh, December 24,1967 Sund~y DeQr friend, I'~ ~Jw ys sending or Asking for newsp per c1ippings,~m I not? nyw~y, I thi k th tis the quickest WQY to exp ~in thqt our wedding-Ch istfil'!ls-b izz rd ~ndic~p is now 1 through. We hq d q beq utifu wedding, the u kids II were overwhe ~ed with mre y Qnd -~ u afu gifts nd Pl e now hqppi ly instQ11e in their fl"'J'ew Home", worl i g ~t every odd job ePch cqn find during the v~cqtion weeks between qUq ter qt Weber St~te . They wi mQke it on their own, we re sure from here on. ow, to turn to the int igu·n d p1eAs~nt tqsk of writi g . MVe done much reqd ·n Qt odds .,nd end of spAre time ~nd be ieve Oz qnd I together cqn out ine (or see, very di y) trend, or deveiopment f~cets in the two sett1ements we hAve co1 ected source ~teriq on. There wi 1 be weqry dcys of trying to put those e _usive deqs down on ~per, I know; Qnd m ny m., y rewr·tes but, ~t qst, I c~n see qn over~.l . sweep And c mpPri on between the McCor ick boom which sted ten ye rs qt the most generous c-,1cu1qtion of its ifetime And the sti - our1s1ng, sti1l-existi ng orth Trqct of De1tn Are qs reve _ din the Joly Stitchers' h f century of records. Being snowed orb izzPrded in }S sufficient excuse to not p y ttenti n to Qnything e se but concentr te on getting the gr,;, t outline o these histories down on p:lper ~nd pro°bqb y triple sp,:tced to incike some of the first revisions eqsier. Of course, we do h~ve q dozen or so cqts . round which h ve been fed wqrm new mi k twice d~y A 1 thei fe ine ives ! 1' of which necessitqte s our keepi g two mi1k cows ''wrung outn twice eAch d~y even though we no onger hqve chi d home to be cooked for. s~, y is our younge t; her brother P~u is only 14 months o1der th~n she And just p~ssed physic~, ~nd c~demic exAms ~nd mqde it into the R.O.T.C. --~vy,th~t is. So, we don't need cows with 11 the cho estero1 in their guernsy milk l Except of course to feed: E1eqnorA , Roger DeR.Ay1en- (thought we h~d q boy kitten but turned out to be q gir1 c!)t),_ tus, Si vertip(C oR1 b1q_ck 1ike his d d,~s) wh hAS A white t p on every single 1ong b1Qck one the tomaat possesses . Then there ~re: B1Ackie :Midnight t~m:t, GrqyCqt M~mq, opsy, The1mq 1 B1~ckie oo5,B1ue--some new b ood somehow got in this imbred 1 ine 1 In tod~y• Tribune, p~ge B1_ is ~n r.irtic1e:"teg q &tt .e Stirs St~-r..e Probe of Mill~rd Schoo s n. This is ~rn outcropping of the seetn:in1g resentment of us We t 1i. qrd rents Qinst U.E ••dominqted schoo _s in this district. US -ers who ive here,thqt is . Fi more, AS one need not remind you, w~s one of the worthy T .D.S. settlements which survived, du in ~na ~,,owed no gentile living or bre~thing room within its envir nso De1tq or orth TrAct is the opposite. st~rted in ~bout 9 or 19 3 qnd hqs surprising y ~rge numb r of gentiles on the f rms--especi~ 1 y 1wr:iy 'wr:iy out yonger. On y the Mormons were !l11owed to 11dr~w for f rms 11 on the 1r,nd ne~rs ours o c ose to De1tq. Woodrow, non-existen t Sunf ower,etc. ere, And Are, 6~ed then qs n w, by ~on-Mormon • •• the Jo 1y Stitchers' crowd. Yet, the officiA1s of the M:>rmon Church in Suther Ad Word(our WArd) ond the three Mormon w~rds in De1t~ proper, hold the entire schoo1 system hostAge. This Represent tive RichArd Brough is from Fi1 more but cAmpAigned open 1y for the House of Respresent~ tive thAt church ond stqte shou .d be se r~te ond shou d not be diet~ ted to--the s·choo s--by t e church. He won with A whopping m~ j ority in the e1ectiono Yet, the 11i1 ord Educotion ~ssociqtion , o i~s the Mormon Church, Deseret Stoke hqv so wo11ed him off, ot him fired by the schoo1 bo~rd,etc. thRt he is iost 011 time q fr ~s being on effec ·ve te~cher ever gAin . Once you get fired in yolh- home ~i iwick, guess you hAVe no ri ht to represent this district in the egis ~ture, h~ve you? Which brings me to the point, in such o devious ~~ner, ond thAt is this: Ol th tour youngest child Ms gone oWAY to co1 _ege, it is no longer possible to ignore A11 the proof-o g inst-, ·be1 moterio1 st~ched AWqy which w~s SAVed for A somedt1y-book The Emperor H-,s o Ciot es On! So get busy ond write, Pd better, eh? Hope you h~d p1eosurob1e ho1idoy seqson ond do hope we might be ob e to see you occQssiono1 y from tis time on. Sincerely, r _!': tu .. ., f.__.; --1-,.!_., L { /. 'v/I, /;•' t I I. I