Microfilm of a variety of essays and notes by Evans Coleman, primarily recalling pioneer life in Arizona. The essays and notes include "No.7 Pioneer Reunion, August 1930" (recalling "big reunion of the Apache County pioneer," which Coleman attended with W.W. Pace and others), "1880 Springerville (Round Valley) Horse Racing," "A Pioneer Incident II, 1884" (story about "Old Mase" Slaughter), "Along in the "˜90s: Do You Remember the Thrills of Yesterday?" , "The Apache County Treasury Robbery," "Alpine School House" (photograph and summary), "The Firsts in Bush Valley," "Thatcher, Arizona, in 1899," "Incidents in Thatcher in 1899," and miscellaneous notes and photographs. The reel also contains the diary of Coleman's father Prime Thornton Coleman, recalling his daily life in Upper Kanab, Utah, in 1879. All inquiries about this item should be directed to the H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator of Western Historical Manuscripts at the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. Microfilm. 1951. 1 microfilm reel 35 mm. Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. Evans Coleman (1874-1945) was born in Spring Valley, Nevada. He lived in Johnson, Utah, as a child before moving with his parents Prime and Emma Beck Coleman to Alpine, Arizona, in 1881. He moved to Thatcher, Arizona, in 1899, and served as a missionary to South Carolina from 1908-1910.
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