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Zina Young Card Brown family papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2232

Scope and Contents note

Contains papers relating to Zina Card Brown and her ancestors, including her parents; her grandmother, Zina D. H. Young; and her great-grandfather, William Huntington. Includes a notebook kept by Zina Card (Brown) for a sewing class at Brigham Young College in Logan, Utah; correspondence; a Daughters of Utah Pioneers notebook belonging to Zina Y. Card, 1912-1914; a list of Brigham Young's daughters and granddaughters, 1947; a postcard image of the C. O. Card home in Cardston, Alberta; and photocopies of other photographic images. Also includes a letter from Jane E. Molen to George F. Richards, 1928.

Dates

  • 1835-1968

Creator

Conditions Governing Access note

Microfilm copy is open without restriction. Permission to view original materials must be given by the Supervisor of Reference Services

Conditions Governing Use note

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Zina Young Card Brown family papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical History

Zina Card Brown, daughter of C. O. Card and Zina Presendia Young, was a granddaughter of Brigham Young. She was born in 1888 and died in 1974. She married Hugh B. Brown in 1908.

Extent

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

1 microfilm reel (0.25 linear ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Contains papers relating to Zina Card Brown and her ancestors, including her parents; her grandmother, Zina D. H. Young; and her great-grandfather, William Huntington. Includes a notebook kept by Zina Card (Brown) for a sewing class at Brigham Young College in Logan, Utah; correspondence; a Daughters of Utah Pioneers notebook belonging to Zina Y. Card, 1912-1914; a list of Brigham Young's daughters and granddaughters, 1947; a postcard image of the C. O. Card home in Cardston, Alberta; and photocopies of other photographic images. Also includes a letter from Jane Elizabeth Hyde. Molen to George F. Richards, 1928.

Other Finding Aids note

Folder-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS2232.xml

Custodial History note

Most of the material was donated by Mary Brown Firmage to Brigham Young University, via John A. Peterson of the LDS Church Historical Department, in 1986. The Zina Y. Card Daughters of Utah Pioneers notebook was donated to BYU by Mary Firmage Woodward, via Maureen Ursenbach Beecher, in 1990.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Donated; Mary Brown Firmage via John A. Peterson; 1986.

Donated; Mary Firmage Woodward via Maureen Ursenbach Beecher; 1990.

Appraisal note

19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.

This collection has relation to the history of Brigham Young University as well as a accounts from the settling of the pioneers which pertains to the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Existence and Location of Copies note

Microfilm copy is available for entire collection.

Processing Information note

Processed; Brian D. Reeves; 2000.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Register of the Zina Young Card Brown family papers
Status
Completed
Author
Brian D. Reeves
Date
2000
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Sponsor
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

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Contact:
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States

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