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 |
115.gif |
Title |
Twelve Mormon Homes, page 094 |
Description |
leading us into the sight of an appetizingly-spread table. A woman (was she a stepmother?) was placing a pot of steaming coffee on it, and another woman (another stepmother?) was withdrawing a pan of hot rolls from the oven, when Miss Julia suddenly paused, and saying, " I beg your pardon; you will have to wait a few moments!" closed the door between us and her- self. Not, however, before I had seen the outer door of the kitchen thrown open, and Bishop Macbeth enter, followed by the Indians, he saying to the women, "Now, good people, you'll have to satisfy these folks first." Sitting hungrily beside the parlor window, I soon saw our copper-colored supplanters returning to their horses' company with their hands and mouths full of our good breakfast. Our hostesses seemed to have taken it as a matter of course, for in less than half an hour we were demolishing more hot rolls, coffee, chickens, and other good things, which were smilingly pressed upon us from an apparently inexhaustible larder. The Indians had come, I suppose, to see President Young; but, if so, they were disappointed, for we started immediately after breakfast. BUCKHORN SPRING-RED CREEK The storm which had been following us so long threatened to envelop us all the forenoon; occasionally snow-flakes falling from the low clouds that had hidden the surrounding mountain- tops. A party of men from Beaver rode out some miles on the plain with us. Passing a group of horses, closely fenced in with wattles, we saw several Indians waiting for us, who approached 94 |
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 |
328870 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b27tj2/328870 |