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The Gentry history: from Essex, England to the western United States
Collection
Identifier: 91-10
Abstract
History of the family of Samuel and Elizabeth Davis Gentry, Mormons who immigrated from England to Utah in 1864 and whose descendents settled in parts of Utah and southern Nevada. The collection contains material from 1983 created by Lillian G. Barnum.
Dates:
1983
Essay about Selina Walker Hammond
Collection
Identifier: 90-29
Abstract
Biographical essay about Selina Walker Hammond, 1841-1921, a Mormon who pioneered in the Eagle Valley of southern Nevada with her husband John.
Dates:
1952
Pioneering and polygamy: women on the Mormon frontier
Collection
Identifier: 83-30
Abstract
Collection created by University Nevada-Reno graduate student, Jimmie Sale. An examination of the roles pioneering and polygamy played among Mormon women, using personal accounts of a varied group of Mormon women. Material from 1983.
Dates:
1983
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