Identifier |
/tanner/twelve_mormon.xml |
Title |
Twelve Mormon Homes : Twelve Mormon homes visited in succession on a journey through Utah to Arizona. |
Creator |
Kane, Elizabeth Wood (1836-1909) |
Subject |
Mormons; Polygamy; Mormon families |
Subject Local |
Utah--Description and travel--19th century; Kane, Thomas Leiper (1822-1883)--Relations with Mormons; Kane, Thomas Leiper (1822-1883)--Correspondence |
Description |
General Thomas L. Kane, friend to Brigham Young, was well known as a mediator between the Mormons and the federal government. He and his wife, Elizabeth, visited Utah in 1872-73. This publication is a collection of letters Elizabeth wrote to her father during the trip. The letters provide interesting descriptions of Mormon social customs, Mormon-Indian relationships, and insightful observations of the practice of polygamy among the Mormons. |
Publisher |
Tanner Trust Fund University of Utah Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. |
Contributors |
Cooley, Everett L. |
Date |
1974 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Format Creation |
Digital images scanned at 8-bit grayscale on an Epson Expression 836XL flatbed scanner, and saved as uncompressed TIFF files at 3678 x 5370 pixels resolution. Display GIF files generated In PhotoShop. |
Language |
eng |
Relation |
Is part of: Utah, the Mormons, and the West, no. 4; IsVersionOf Twelve Mormon homes, published in 1874 in Philadelphia. |
Coverage |
1872 |
Rights Management |
University of Utah, Copyright 2001 |
Holding Institution |
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
Source Physical Dimensions |
17 cm x 23.5 cm |
Source Characteristics |
Printed Hard Cover Book |
Scanning Device |
Epson Expression 836XL Flatbed Scanner |
Resolution |
TIFF: 3678 x 5370 pixels |
Dimensions |
GIF: 690 x 1007 pixels |
Bit Depth |
Text: 1-bit / Images: 8-bit (grayscale) |
Scanning Technician |
Karen Edge |
Metadata Cataloger |
Karen Edge; Jan Robertson |
Call Number |
F 826 .K1 1974 |
Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City (Utah) to St. George (Utah). |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6b27tj2 |
Topic |
Mormons; Mormon families; Polygamy; Utah |
Setname |
uum_ttb |
Date Created |
2005-04-20 |
Date Modified |
2011-04-07 |
ID |
328926 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b27tj2 |
Identifier |
080.gif |
Title |
Twelve Mormon Homes, page 059 |
Description |
younger baby nodding an accompaniment with quite a good notion of the measure. This Mrs. Thompson had grown up in the Mormon faith, our friend I? told me. Her mother died during the exodus, and she, then a mere child, had taken care of her younger brothers and sisters, and managed her father's house-"wagon-hold," I sup- pose one should call it-without aid from any one. Indeed, she continued to be her father's right hand until her marriage. Per- haps the rigorous training of circumstances in her youth made her consider what I thought such hard work, easy when it was done in her own home, working for her own children and her pleasant-faced husband. Ought I to despise that woman? She certainly came up to Solomon's ideal of a virtuous wife. You would have despised her less, if you had felt the difference between her household and that of another woman at whose stronghold of freedom I halted the day afterwards. Above her house was exalted a pole bearing a candlebox lid, on which was painted, "Old Boor- -bun. Segars." Upon the roof lay old boots and shoes reluctant to be reduced to the rank of fertilizers, but giving token of what was to be seen inside. Entering the cabin, I found that the dirt-begrimed win- dow prevented the household from needing a curtain, and the smoke-blackened logs of wall and ceiling were in keeping with the unmade bed and its tattered hangings. There was a very pretty baby here, too, which lay in its cradle and looked at me in silent wonder. The mother did no more. She never offered me 59 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
Twelve Mormon homes visited in succession on a journey through Utah to Arizona |
Setname |
uum_ttb |
Date Created |
2005-04-14 |
Date Modified |
2005-04-14 |
ID |
328835 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b27tj2/328835 |