Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1957-1986, predominant 1957-1960 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
71 cm of textual records. -- 25 microfilm reels. -- 108 photographs. -- 6 audio cassettes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
In 1957 Milton M. Merrill, a Glenbow Archives staff member, was commissioned to compile biographical information about Mormon pioneers in southern Alberta. From then until 1960 he gathered biographies from more than ninety Mormon families, conducted nine recorded interviews, and arranged for Glenbow to borrow and microfilm a variety of family genealogies, scrapbooks and diaries. A small amount of additional material was added to the collection from 1961 to 1964 and 1988.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
- The collection consists of biographies, recorded interviews, scrapbooks, photographs, and a few diaries.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
The material is in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Originals of the microfilmed records are held by the respective families.
Existence and location of copies
Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S39DKXI
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Notes area
Note
Title based on provenance and contents of collection.
Note
Manuscript entitled "Thomas W. Duce: His Ancestors, Wives and Children" in M 3865 file 20 is restricted.
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Microfilm-Lott
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Microfilm-Mormon-Ackroyd
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Microfilm-Mormon-Atkins
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Microfilm-Mormon-Blackmore
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Microfilm-Mormon-Coombs
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Microfilm-Mormon-Hacking
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Microfilm-Mormon-Hinman
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Microfilm-Mormon-Hull
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Microfilm-Mormon-Jacobs
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Microfilm-Mormon-Johansen
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Microfilm-Mormon-King
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Microfilm-Mormon-Layne
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Microfilm-Mormon-Leavitt
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Microfilm-Mormon-Phipps
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Microfilm-Mormon-Romeril
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Microfilm-Mormon-Ross
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Microfilm-Mormon-Wood
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Microfilm-Mormon-Woodruff
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Microfilm-Mormon-Matkin
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Microfilm-Mormon-Payne
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Microfilm-Mormon-Reid
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Microfilm-Mormon-Snow
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Microfilm-Mormon-Raymond
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Microfilm-Mormon-Taylor (Not found during inventorying 2020)
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Microfilm-Mormon-Bates
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