Collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, biographical
and family materials relating to Lot Smith. Smith was a Mormon soldier and
colonist, and leader of the mission to settle the Little Colorado River area in
northern Arizona beginning in 1876.
Collection Number:
AZ 186
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Library Special
Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL:http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
Biographical Note
Smith was a Mormon soldier and colonist, and leader of the mission to
settle the Little Colorado River area in northern Arizona beginning in 1876.
Scope and Content Note
Collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, biographical and
family materials. Correspondence consists chiefly of letters to Lot Smith,
while president of the Little Colorado Stake, from Brigham Young, Wilford
Woodruff, and other officials of the Mormon Church regarding colonization in
Arizona at Sunset Crossing on the Little Colorado River. Also included are
correspondence and commissions relating to Smith's earlier military service;
tithing receipts; minutes of a 1889 Mormon High Council meeting concerning
Smith; certificates of election to Utah Territorial legislative assemblies; and
a 1962 address list of Smith's descendants.
Originals are restricted. Users are required to use photocopies of the
collection.
Copyright
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish
from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record,
the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The
user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the
University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all
claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of
copyright.
Access Terms
Personal Name(s)
Woodruff, Wilford, 1807-1898 --
Correspondence
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 --
Correspondence
Corporate Name(s)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints -- Zion Stake -- Little Colorado