b0120 John Wolcott Phelps Papers, 1857-1859 A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 1999 Finding aid encode in EAD 1.0 by Craig Ringgenberg using XMetaL 1.0, 1999. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss B 120 Phelps, John Wolcott. John Wolcott Phelps Papers, 1857-1859 1 reel

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 0.5 lin. ft. (1 box) Diaries and letters of an artillery captain under Col. Albert Sidney Johnston during the Utah Expedition. Transcribed and annotated by Hamilton Gardner. Topics: Soldiers -- Diaries. Soldiers -- Diaries. Utah Expedition, 1857-1858. Weather. Places: Camp Floyd (Utah). Utah -- Description and travel. Form or Genre: Diaries. Background Background Note

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Diaries and letters of an artillery captain under Col. Albert Sidney Johnston during the Utah Expedition. Transcribed and annotated by Hamilton Gardner.

Series Descriptions

Diaries

Correspondence

 Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

John Wolcott Phelps Papers, 1857-1859, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Gift of Hamilton Gardner.

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The John Wolcott Phelps Papers are the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information: Collection processed by staff Finding aid compiled by staff Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000 Collection cataloged by Richard Saunders, 1988 (RLIN ID: UTSX88-A101). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000. Container list Box Folder Contents Diaries 1 1-2 30 September 1857 - 24 October 1859 1 3-4 Book A: 30 September 1857 - 1 January 1858 1 5 Book B: 12 March 1858 - 18 April 1858 1 6 Book C: 19 April 1858 - 17 June 1858 1 7 Book D: 8 October 1858 - 8 December 1858 1 8 Book E: 9 December 1859 - 13 March 1859 1 9 Book F: 14 March 1859 - 23 May 1859 1 10 Book G: 23 May 1859 - 3 August 1859 1 11 Book H: 4 August 1859 - 18 September 1859 1 12 Book J: 19 September 1859 - 24 October 1859 Correspondence 1 13-20 Correspondence: 3 November 1857 - 10 May 1859 1 21 Letter book: 11 July 1857 - 29 December 1858 1 22-23 Annotated footnotes to Phelps's diary and letters