b0173 Rulon E. Porter, Little Colorado River Valley Collection, 1876-1934 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 173 Porter, Rulon E., 1882- Rulon E. Porter, Little Colorado River Valley Collection, 1876-1934 0.5 lin. ft. (2 boxes) Manuscript. Also includes typescripts of church records. Topics: Mormons and Mormonism in Arizona. Mormons and Mormonism -- Colonization. United Order -- Joseph City (Ariz.). Places: Joseph City (Ariz.) -- History. Little Colorado River Valley (Ariz.) -- Colonization. Background Background Note

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Manuscript. Also includes typescripts of church records.

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Rulon E. Porter, Little Colorado River Valley Collection, 1876-1934, Utah State Historical Society.

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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-A197). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 1999. Container list Box Folder Contents Diaries and miscellaneous materials 1 1 Diary; 1894-1904, 1914-1917, 1924-1934; R.E. Porter, miscellaneous writings; Rulon E. Porter - Book Two; Joanna Westover, undated 1 2- 5 Porter, Rulon E., The Little Colorado River Valley: Its Description, Its History, Its Settlement by the Mormons, photocopy of typescript, 116 pp. 1 6- 11 Porter, Rulon E, The Little Colorado River Valley: Its Description, Its History, Its Settlement by the Mormons, photocopy of typescript, 231 pp. 1 12- 20 Porter, Rulon E, The Little Colorado River Valley: Its Description, Its History, Its Settlement by the Mormons, photocopy of typescript, 380 pp., 1935; accompanying documentation includes articles of agreement, minutes of meetings, time line, statistics, reports, list of officers and members, roster of pioneers, ca. 1876-1887 2 1- 5 Porter, Rulon E, Mormon Colonization of the Little Colorado River Valley, 167 pp.; Notes from Various Writers 2 6 Little Colorado River Mission; historical account, photocopy of manuscript [original in USHS vault] 2 7- 8 Rulon E. Porter, "Early History of Joseph City, Arizona," accompanying documentation, 1876-1877 2 9 Sunset, Arizona; map, 1881 [photocopy]