Microfilm of a diary kept by Harriet Bunting at Kanab, Utah, in 1889. The first line of the diary states that "I...am impressed to make a brief memorandum of my acts toward Emily Nash, and her conduct toward me." Emily Nash had come to live with the Bunting family following the death of her grandmother in 1889, and she and Harriet seem to have gotten along well. The majority of the diary entries chronicle Harriet's daily life, such as attending church conferences and Sunday school, holding choir practices, doing housework such as washing clothes and sewing, and attending to ill neighbors. The cover of the diary is identified as James L. Bunting diary, 1883, and also contains a few brief entries from 1885 made by either James or Harriet. The remainder of the diary was kept by Harriet. On the same reel (frames 1-48) as MSS MFILM 00168, diary of James L. Bunting. 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. San Marino, Calif. : Huntington Library Photographic Dept., 1949. 1 microfilm reel : negative 35 mm. Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. Harriet Dye Bunting (1842-1892) was born in Norfolk, England. Her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when she was a child, and traveled to Utah in about 1852. She married James Lovett Bunting in about 1860, and they settled in Kanab. Harriet was active in the local Sunday schools, choirs, and Relief Society (she was briefly a member of the General Relief Society Board). She also accompanied James on one of his mission trips to England. In 1892 she caught pneumonia when returning home from a church conference, and died in Kanab.
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