Notes on the life of John M. Whitaker (1863-1887)

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Title Notes on the life of John M. Whitaker (1863-1887)
Alternative Title Transcript Journal; Miscellaneous written and typed pages, memo sheets and trial copies of transcriptions; also the final copies in loose pages used by the H. E. Huntington Library for photocopy; 1883-1943
Creator Whitaker, John Mills, 1863-1960
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955
Date Digital 2014-01-06
Spatial Coverage Utah; Salt Lake City (Utah); Centerville (Utah)
Subject Whitaker, John Mills, 1863-1960--Diaries; Utah--History; Latter Day Saint churches--History; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History; Whitaker family
Description Typescript with heading: "At the request of the Church Historian, I am making notes on the life of John M. Whitaker," (13 pages) commencing with the founding of Centerville in 1847; birth of John Whitaker in 1863; recollections from childhood; Father's farming and horticulture activity in Centerville; Construction of the Utah Central Railroad; Some excerpts from Whitaker's Journal "no. 3, early 1886 to September 1887, including marriage to Ida Taylor, work for the historians office, problems of the LDS Church with the federal government, etc.
Collection Number and Name 0002; John Mills Whitaker Papers
Type Text
Genre Diaries; Transcripts
Format application/pdf
Language eng
Rights
Relation http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv46572
Scanning Technician Halima Noor; Niko Amaya; Kendra Yates
ARK ark:/87278/s6qc1hzz
File Name 0002_04_12.pdf
Conversion Specifications Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in Adobe Acrobat Pro X as a pdf.
Setname uum_jmwp
ID 911333
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qc1hzz
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