b0674 Volney LeRoy King Papers, 1873-1924 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 674 King, Volney LeRoy, 1847-1925. Volney LeRoy King Papers, 1873-1924 .5 lin. ft. (2 boxes) Former rancher, LDS church member. Resident of Fillmore, Grass Valley and Bicknell, Utah and of Cowley, Wyoming. Active in United Order. Diaries and memorandum book. Topics: Black Hawk War (Utah), 1865-1872. Farm life -- Utah. Farm life -- Wyoming. Places: Antimony (Utah). Cowley (Wyo.). Fillmore (Utah). Fremont River (Utah). Garfield County (Utah). Kingston (Utah). Millard County (Utah). Paiute County (Utah). Utah -- Discovery and exploration. Form or Genre: Diaries. Background Biographical Note

Former rancher, LDS church member. Resident of Fillmore, Grass Valley and Bicknell, Utah and of Cowley, Wyoming. Active in United Order.

 Scope and Content

Diaries and memorandum book. Diaries cover the nearly 50 years between 1873 and 1925 with almost daily entries. Subjects represented are life in the Mormon Church's United Order of Enoch, farm life and activities, exploration of the Fremont River, community events and church service. The bulk of correspondence concerns brother William's service as a missionary to the Sandwich Islands, genealogy and Volney's service in the Black Hawk War. Some legal papers that settle his estate are also included.

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Volney LeRoy King Papers, 1873-1924, Utah State Historical Society.

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Processing Information: Collection processed by Stephen D. Youngkin Finding aid compiled by Stephen D. Youngkin Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000 Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 1999 (RLIN ID: UTSX99-A176). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000. Related collections

See Mss B 36 for holograph copy of diary.

Container list Box Folder Contents 1 1-13 October 1873 - 25 April 1924, autobiographical introduction [photocopy of holograph] 2 1-4 October 1873 - 25 April 1924, autobiographical introduction [photocopy of holograph] (cont.)