Microfilm of original diary containing three distinct sections. The first, 102 pages, deals with Henry William Miller's mission to the Cherokee and Creek Nations in Oklahoma. The next section consists of a short journal entry, 14 pages, of Elmira Pond Miller that describes her life and her Mormon experience. The last part, 10 pages, describes a vision that Elmira experienced in 1889 of writing that appeared in the air from her deceased husband. Additionally there are 4 pages of notes that tally the number of descendants of Henry William Miller and his wife. There is also a 2 page index to the diary. Other versions available at the Utah State Historical Society, the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University, and at the Church Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Huntington also has the original diary (HM 64432). 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., 1947. 1 microfilm reel : negative 35 mm. Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. Henry William Miller (1807-1885) married Elmira Pond Miller in 1831. The couple was baptized into the Mormon Church in 1838. Henry was called to preside over the Church's Cherokee Mission in 1855. He was later released from his mission in 1856 on account of his poor health. After returning to the Cherokee Nation to finish his affairs he returned home to his family in Farmington, Utah.
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