Diary of Henry W. Bigler

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Title Diary of Henry W. Bigler
Creator Bigler, Henry William, 1815-1900
Contributor Utah Humanities Research Foundation; Jessie E. Empey
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950
Date Digital 2014-02-13
Temporal Coverage Oct. 8, 1849 - November 15, 1850
Spatial Coverage United States; California; Utah
Subject Bigler, Henry William, 1815-1900; Latter Day Saint pioneers; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Old Spanish Trail; Gold mines and mining
Keywords Overland journeys
Description Typescript (47 pages), a transcript of part of John W. Bigler's journal covering the period Oct. 8, 1849 - November 15, 1850, including Bigler's return to California via the Old Spanish Trail, further work in the gold fields, and preparing to depart on a mission. Copied from the original, owned by Mrs. Myrtle Branson of St. George, Utah, by Jessie E. Empey of St. George in October 1936 as part of the Federal Writers' Project, Utah Historical Records Survey
Type Text
Genre Autobiographies
Format application/pdf
Language eng
Rights
Relation http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv47195
Scanning Technician Halima Noor; Niko Amaya; Kendra Yates; Tim Arnold
Conversion Specifications Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in Adobe Acrobat Pro X as a pdf.
ARK ark:/87278/s60c6b15
Setname uum_uhrf
ID 1049261
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60c6b15