Microfilm of the diaries of John Bushman, covering 1871-1923. The diaries chronicle Bushman's life in Utah and Arizona, and include references to Church activities, news and visits to family and acquaintances, agricultural work, and Bushman's colonization activities in Arizona. The first reel also contains a combination autobiography and diary covering the years 1843-1926, and which references the Black Hawk War, settlements in Arizona, and Indian affairs in Utah. The rest of the diaries are organized on three reels as follows: Reel 1 -- Diary No.1, January-May 1871 Diary No.2 , July 1871-April 1872 Diary No.3, May 1872-March 1873 Diary No.4, March-December 1873 Diary No.5, January-December 1874 (partially illegible) Diary No.7, February 1875-January 1876 unnumbered diary, January-December 1876 unnumbered diary, January 1877-May 1878 (partially illegible) Diary No.8, January-December 1878 (partially illegible) unnumbered diary, January-December 1879 and Diary No. 9, January-Dec ember 1880 (partially illegible). Reel 2 -- Diary No.10, January-May 1881 Diary No.11, January-December 1881 Diary No.12, May 1881-April 1883 Diary No.13, May-December 1883 Diary No.14, January-November 1884 Diary No.15, December 1884-February 1886 Diary No.16, March 1886-June 1887 Diary No.17, June-December 1887 Diary No.18, January 1888-January 1890 unnumbered diary, January 1890-December 1892 Diary No.19, January-Dec ember 1893 unnumbered diary, January 1896-December 1897 Diary No.20, January 1898-December 1899 Diary No.21, January 1900-December 1902 and Diary No.22, January 1903-October 1905. Reel 3 -- Diary No.23, August-September 1909 Diary No.24, January 1911-May 1914 Diary No.25, June-August 1914 Diary No.26, January 1916-April 1917 Diary No.27, June 1917 Diary No.28, June 1917-March 1918 Diary No.29, March 1918-June 1919 Diary No.30, July 1919-March 1920 Diary No.31, September 1921-August 1923 and Time Book No.6, approx.1879. Microfilm reproduction from originals in Brigham Young University. All inquiries about these items should be directed to the H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator of Western Historical Manuscripts at the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. Microfilm. Salt Lake City : Brigham Young University, 1969. 3 microfilm reels : negative 35 mm. Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. John Bushman (1843-1926) was born in Nauvoo. His family emigrated to Utah in 1851 and settled in Lehi City. Bushman participated in the Black Hawk War of 1866-1867 and in 1876 helped colonize St. Joseph, Arizona. He also served as a bishop, member of the Board of Education, justice of the peace, and director of the Bank of Northern Arizona. He died in Salt Lake City in 1926.
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