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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I w ish t o e x p r e s s my d e e p e s t g r a t i t u d e t o P r o f e s s o r M ilto n Newton f o r h i s s u g g e s t i o n s , c r i t i c i s m s , and s c h o l a r ­ sh ip . His s i n c e r e i n t e r e s t i n my r e s e a r c h t o p i c and h i s c o n s t a n t encou ragem en t have been o f i n e s t i m a b l e v a l u e . I a l s o w ish t o th a n k P r o f e s s o r s M ile s R ic h a r d s o n , Donald Vermeer, J a y E dw ards, John L o ss, and Sam H i l l i a r d f o r r e a d ­ i n g th e t e x t and making many h e l p f u l s u g g e s t i o n s . A sp e c ia l t h a n k s go es t o P r o f e s s o r Fred K n if f e n , whose r e s e a r c h and t e a c h i n g f i r s t l e d me t o an i n t e r e s t i n f o l k h o u s in g s t u d i e s . My r e s e a r c h i n Utah and Idaho was made more p r o d u c t i v e th ro u g h i n t e r v i e w s w ith many p e o p l e . I am g r a t e f u l t o P r o ­ f e s s o r A u s tin F i f e , Gary F o reb u sh , B e rry R oth, P r o f e s s o r Andrew K a r l L a rs o n , and B a rb a ra Matheson Adams, and I am e s p e c i a l l y in d e b te d t o th e numerous p e r s o n s who p e r m i t t e d me t o s t u d y t h e i r homes and who w i l l i n g l y t o l d me a b o u t t h e i r p a st. H e lp f u l a l s o were th e l i b r a r i a n s a t R ic k s C o l l e g e , The U n i v e r s i t y of U tah, Brigham Young U n i v e r s i t y , Snow C o lle g e , D ix ie C o l l e g e , t h e Utah S t a t e H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y , and t h e l i b r a r y i n t h e L .D .S . Church H i s t o r i a n ' s O f f i c e . F i n a l l y , I th a n k my f r i e n d and c o l l e a g u e , M elvin Aamodt, f o r h i s h e l p f u l s u g g e s t i o n s . And I o f f e r my d e e p e s t a p p r e c i a t i o n t o my w i f e , S a l l y , f o r h e r a s s i s t a n c e i n th e f ie ld w o r k , t y p i n g , and e d i t i n g , and f o r h e r en co u rag e m e n t, and t o our c h i l d r e n , L o r i and Mike, f o r t h e i r p a t i e n c e . iii Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.