Thales Hastings Haskell diary
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary. Haskell writes about his experiences with various Indian tribes in Arizona when he was serving as a missionary for the Mormon Church. He was accompainied by Jacob Hamblin and others. Fifteen pages of the item are written in the Deseret Alphabet. Some of the manuscript pages have been torn off and one page is missing.
Dates
- 1859-1860
Creator
- Haskell, Thales Hastings, 1834-1909 (creator, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English, in the Deseret alphabet.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Access
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Diary must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Thales Hastings Haskell (1834-1909) was a Mormon pioneer, scout, explorer, and missionary to the Indians.
Extent
1 v. (73 pages)
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- Deseret alphabet
- Diaries
- Electronic books
- Hamblin, Jacob, 1819-1886
- Haskell, Thales Hastings, 1834-1909
- Hopi Indians -- History
- Indians of North America -- History
- Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- Arizona -- History
- Latter Day Saints -- Arizona -- History
- Missions and Missionaries
- Navajo Indians -- History
- Title
- Register of Thales Hastings Haskell diary
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Leslie Evens
- Date
- 2011 October 24
- 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.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States