Group 7: Character Legends

Utah State University Student Folklore Genre Collection

Introduction

Date of Items:	1960 to present
Collection Processed by:	Originally processed by Barbara [Garrett] Walker and William A. Wilson and upated over the years by Fife Folklore Archives staff. Most recently updated by Sarah Casperson.
Register Prepared by:	Randy Williams and Tricia Harrison
Date Last Updated:	January 2005
Linear Feet:	.5
Restrictions:	Patrons must sign and comply with the USU Special Collections and Archives Use Agreement and Reproduction Order form as well as any restrictions placed by the collector or informant(s).

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Historical Note

The USU Student Folklore Genre Collection consists of folklore items collected by undergraduate students in Utah State University folklore classes from the early 1960s to the present and by undergraduate students in Brigham Young University folklore and anthropology courses during 1960 to 1978. The items are arranged by themes. The collection continues to grow. Click for complete USU Student Genre Collection history.

The items in the Student Folklore Genre Collection were collected by USU and BYU students in folklore and anthropology classes as part of course requirements and deposited in the Fife Folklore Archives by the instructor. Duplicates of BYU student items are housed at BYU’s William A. Wilson Folklore Archives. The materials in Group 7: Character Legend cover the period from approximately 1969 to the present. The collection was created in 1978 by William A. Wilson and Barbara [Garrett] [Walker] Lloyd.

Scope and Content

The USU Student Folklore Genre Collection: Group 7: Character Legends consists of approximately 750 individual items of character legends collected by undergraduate students. Most items include informant, context, text (the folklore item), texture (stylistic notation), and collector data. The materials reflect both insider (esoteric) and outsider (exoteric) views of a folk group and may be prejudiced or stereotyped. Click here for collection disclaimer. The collection is part of a larger student genre collection that is separated into ten distinctive categories. The materials do NOT circulate. Major breakdowns include:

Character Legends

Inventory

Box 15

4. Character Legends

4.A.1. Arnold, Benedict (Folder 1)
4.B.1. Brown, Hugh B. (Folder 2)
4.B.2. Brooks, Juanita (Folder 3)
4.B.3. Boggs, Governor Lilburn (Folder 4)
4.B.4 Bridger, Jim (Folder 5)
4.B.5 Buffalo Bill (Folder 6)
4.C.1. Cassidy, Butch (Folder 7)
4.C.2. Cowley, Matthew (Folder 8)
4.C.3. Clanton Brothers (Folder 9)
4.C.4. Capone, Al (Folder 10)
4.C.5. Churchill, Winston (Folder 11)
4.D.1. DuGuesclin, Bertrand (Folder 12)
4.G.1. Grant, Heber J. (Folder 13)
4.H.1. Hickman, Bill (Folder 14)
4.H.2. Hitler, Adolf (Folder 15)
4.J.1. James, Jesse (Folder 16)
4.J.2. Johnson, Lyndon Baines (Folder 17)
4.K.1. Kimball, Heber C. (Folder 18)
4.K.2. Kimball, J. Golden (Folders 19-21)
4.K.3. Kimball, Spencer W. (Folder 22)
4.K.4. Knight, Jesse (Folder 23)
4.K.5. Kennedy, John F. (Folder 24)
4.L.1. Lee, Harold B. (Folder 25)
4.M.1. McConkie, Bruce R. (Folder 26)
4.M.2. McKay, David O. (Folder 27)
4.M.3. Monson, Thomas S. (Folder 28)
4.M.4. McKay, Gun (Folder 29)
4.M.5. Merrill, Marriner W. (Folder 30)
4.M.6 Marshall, Peter (Folder 31)
4.N.1. Nibley, Hugh (Folder 32)
4.O.1. Oaks, Dallin (Folder 33)
4.P.1. Pratt, Parley P. (Folder 34)
4.P.2. Priest, Ivie Baker (Folder 35)
4.P.3. Puller, General “Chesty” (Folder 36)
4.R.1. Rockwell, Porter (Folder 37)
4.R.2. Roberts, B.H. (Folder 38)
4.R.3. Roosevelt, Teddy (Folder 39)
4.R.4. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Folder 40)

Box 16

4.S.1. Smith, Joseph (Folder 1)
4.S.2. Smith, Jessie Evans (Folders 2-4)
4.S.3. Smith, Joseph Fielding (Folders 5-6)
4.S.4. Shipp, Ellis Reynolds (Folder 7)
4.T.1. Tran-Hung-Das (Folder 8)
4.V.1. Villa, Poncho (Folder 9)
4.W.1. Washington, George (Folder 10)
4.W.2. Wilkinson, Ernest (Folder 11)
4.W.3. Woodruff, Wilford (Folder 12)
4.Y.1. Young, Brigham (Folder 13)
4.Y.2. Young, Harriet Cook (Folder 14)

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Register

Box 15

4. Character Legends

4.A.1. Arnold, Benedict

4.A.1.1 Arnold hanged because he lost battle with the Canadians. (Folder 1)

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4.B.1. Brown, Hugh B.

4.B.1.1 Humorous reply to compliment. (Folder 2)

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4.B.1.2 Tells upset general not to take himself so seriously.

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4.B.1.3 Tells a cigar smoking man that he is to be the next bishop.

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4.B.2. Brooks, Juanita

4.B.2.1 Wrote about Mountain Meadows Massacre out of duty. (Folder 3)

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4.B.3. Boggs, Governor Lilburn

4.B.3.1 His grave is in the shadow on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Los Angeles Temple. (Folder 4)

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4.B.4. Bridger, Jim

4.B.4.1. Jim Bridger said he would pay $1,000 for the first bushel of corn grown in Utah. (Folder 5)

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4.B.4.2 Bridger claim that Tetons were so cold that all sound was frozen until spring

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4.B.5. Bill, Buffalo

4.B.5.1 Buffalo Bill praises a woman's pies. (Folder 6)

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4.B.5.2 Angered when woman refuses to dance with him.

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4.C.1. Cassidy, Butch

4.C.1.1 Gives mortgage money to couple, then steals it from banker. (Folder 7)

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4.C.1.2 Faith protects people from Butch’s harm.

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4.C.1.3 Living in Star Valley, where he rode fifty miles to get medicine to help sick person.

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4.C.1.4 Often stopped at the “Strip” in Gusher, Utah.

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4.C.1.5 Cowboy wanders into Butch’s camp and is treated with dinner, breakfast, and place to sleep.

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4.C.1.6 Man gives Butch a horse to escape so he will not shoot his son.

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4.C.1.7 Pleasant View butcher in Cassidy’s gang.

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4.C.1.8 Family story of grandfather retrieving stolen horses from Butch Cassidy.

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4.C.1.9 Cassidy breaks into home; occupants hide under the bed.

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4.C.1.10 Sheriff, who was sent to arrest him, helped across river by Cassidy.

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4.C.1.11 Cassidy didn't die in South American, he stashed money in Southern Utah

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4.C.1.12 Cassidy hid money in Dingle.

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4.C.1.13 Findley Gridley tells Cassidy to stop robbing his payroll and Cassidy stops.

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4.C.1.14 Cassidy scrubs beautiful woman's floor.

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4.C.1.15 Cassidy wallpapers saloon with bank notes.

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4.C.1.16 Montpelier sheriff rides Cassidy out of town on a bicycle.

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4.C.1.17 Cassidy robbed banks to give money poor.

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4.C.1.18 In his youth, Cassidy was unjustly accused and thrown in prison.

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4.C.1.19 Man helps Cassidy hide from lawmen

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4.C.1.20 Cassidy shares food with hungry cowboys

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4.C.1.21 Cassidy's lookout man hides in barn to avoid sheriff

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4.C.1.22 Cassidy was very popular with women

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4.C.1.23 On the way to the store, a man was shot by Cassidy and gang member.

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4.C.1.24 Cassidy robs Montpelier bank

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4.C.1.25 Butch Cassidy was an excellent horseman

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4.C.1.26 Butch lived in Cokeville after his release from prison.

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4.C.1.27 Cassidy's gang mines for gold, kidnaps Amasa Alonzo.

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4.C.2. Cowley, Matthew

4.C.2.1 Blessed and healed blind and deaf child in South Seas. (Folder 8)

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4.C.2.2 Gives a talk a woman wanted him to give, but had not said so.

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4.C.2.3 House of his birth dedicated to shelter the birth of a prophet.

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4.C.3. Clanton Brothers

4.C.3.1 Livestock theft. (Folder 9)

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4.C.4. Capone, Al

4.C.4.1 Al Capone had an underground tunnel connecting his “business establishment” with a golf course. (Folder 10)

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4.C.5. Churchill, Winston

4.C.5.1 Anecdote regarding Churchill talking to woman at a party. (Folder 11)

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4.C.5.2 "Never, never, never give up"

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4.C.5.3 Insults an ugly woman while drunk.

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4.D.1. DuGuesclin, Bertrand

4.D.1.1 As a young man, Bertrand DuGuesclin beat all the knights and was named the head of the French armies. (Folder 12)

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4.G.1. Grant, Heber, J.

4.G.1.1 As a joke, Heber J. Grant’s accompanist plays a different song than Grant is singing. (Folder 13)

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4.G.1.2 Grant called to be apostle by heavenly council

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4.H.1. Hickman, Bill

4.H.1.1 Bill’s brother helped him escape from Johnston’s Army.(Folder 14)

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4.H.2. Hitler, Adolf

4.H.2.1 Hitler ordered sick and injured into lower levels of tunnel, sealed them off, and flooded the tunnels. (Folder 15)

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4.H.2.2 Olympic athlete seated next to Hitler.

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4.H.2.3 Hitler gets battle plans from book.

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4.J.1. James, Jesse

4.J.1.1 Jesse never stole from doctors. (Folder 16)

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4.J.1.2 Hid in Meremac Caverns and escaped another way.

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4.J.1.3 Hid loot in mountains above Malad, Idaho; sun shows the spot.

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4.J.1.4 Seen in Salt Lake City to have picture taken.

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4.J.1.5 Gives lame dog to boys.

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4.J.1.6 Young man meets Jesse and they trade horses.

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4.J.1.7 Jesse James “steals” someone’s bed for the night.

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4.J.1.8 Money Jesse buries in a graveyard is stolen by a hidden observer.

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4.J.1.9 Woman feeds Jesse James.

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4.J.1.10 Boy receives revolver from his cousin Jesse James.

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4.J.1.11 Woman hides child from James, claims "Contagious Evil."

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4.J.1.12 Jesse James hides out in small ranches.

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4.J.1.13 Man started fight with Jesse James and won.

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4.J.1.14 Jesse James shot his own horse.

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4.J.1.15 Jesse's alleged romance.

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4.J.2. Johnson, Lyndon Baines

4.J.2.1 Johnson’s workers register and vote for him in names of dead people. (Folder 17)

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4.K.1. Kimball, Heber C.

4.K.1.1 Heber C. Kimball speaks eloquently. (Folder 18)

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4.K.1.2 Joseph Smith tests Kimball.

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4.K.2. Kimball, J. Golden

4.K.2.1 J. Golden can not read talk written from him and swears about it. (Folders 19-21)

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4.K.2.2 “Southern Utah is hotter than hell.”

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4.K.2.3 “No respect for the priesthood.”

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4.K.2.4 “I repent too fast.”

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4.K.2.5 “The Lord must enjoy a joke.”

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4.K.2.6 “Would you give your life for the Church?”

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4.K.2.7 Regarding tithing.

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4.K.2.8 “Microphone in front and general authorities in back equals no inspiration.”

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4.K.2.9 “Only ten percent of you would go to the Celestial Kingdom.”

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4.K.2.10 “Holes in expensive hat for a jackass.”

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4.K.2.11 Kimball is carried around on a machine, “I just passed you twelve times, and you didn’t speak to me.”

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4.K.2.12 “I’ll give the whole herd to the Lord.”

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4.K.2.13 “Hell, I stopped swearing two years ago.”

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4.K.2.14 “How many work in church offices? About one-third.”

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4.K.2.15 “All in favor of moving Mt. Nebo?”

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4.K.2.16 “Who the hell’s funeral am I preaching?”

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4.K.2.17 “You’re too ugly.”

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4.K.2.18 Starting talk with “Go to Hell.”

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4.K.2.19 “Sing, for hell’s sake, sing.”

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4.K.2.20 “President Grant says that I swear too damn much.”

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4.K.2.21 “We’ve damn near spoiled the boy.”

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4.K.2.22 “Regarding the Book of Mormon: read the parts that aren’t sealed.”

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4.K.2.23 “No man has ever laid in bed with a woman without doing something.”

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4.K.2.24 Swearing marks J. Golden Kimball’s presence.

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4.K.2.25 Regarding the Word of Wisdom.

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4.K.2.26 “Do you remember? Why the hell should I?”

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4.K.2.27 “Too many called by relation, not by revelation.”

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4.K.2.28 Swearing helps people remember what he says.

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4.K.2.29 Has two choirs sing at the same time to illustrate sound of arguing.

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4.K.2.30 On the air: “What the hell is this damn note for?”

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4.K.2.31 “The temple wasn’t there yesterday.”

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4.K.2.32 “I love some brethren better than others.”

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4.K.2.33 “To make a go of marriage, use more than laying on of hands.”

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4.K.2.34 Affects woman’s life by saying she can not do so many things at once.

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4.K.2.35 Regarding adultery.

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4.K.2.36 While he fasted and prayed, someone else married his girl.

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4.K.2.37 Fell on woman.

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4.K.2.38 Convert the South.

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4.K.2.39 “Go get drunk and repent, but do something.”

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4.K.2.40 “It takes a damn good man to read the Deseret News.”

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4.K.2.41 The Prophet of the Lord.

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4.K.2.42 “No visions but damn good nightmares.”

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4.K.2.43 Kimball promises a congregation more than can ever occur.

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4.K.2.44 Kimball drinks coffee.

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4.K.2.45 Kimball regrets his words in a funeral address.

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4.K.2.46 "Why don't you go to hell?"

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4.K.2.47 Says he could pee half way across Jordan River.

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4.K.2.48 At time of his death, he wonders if it's all a big joke.

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4.K.2.49 Southern Utah destroyed if the people don't repent.

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4.K.2.50 Says members aren't fit to eat with the pigs.

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4.K.2.51 Tells of meeting crazy church members.

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4.K.3. Kimball, Spencer W.

4.K.3.1 “I had to pay thousands to sound like that.” (Folder 22)

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4.K.3.2 Confusion with Spencer Kinard.

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4.K.3.3 Girls do not recognize him.

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4.K.3.4 He said drought was a trial.

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4.K.3.5 He is told not to give rides to lone women.

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4.K.3.6 “You wouldn’t sleep if you knew what I know.”

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4.K.3.7 His reaction to long hair.

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4.K.3.8 Tells man to buy food storage instead of presents.

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4.K.3.9 Says three Nephites are at conference session.

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4.K.3.10 Refuses to speak to congregation because no one has food storage.

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4.K.4. Knight, Jesse

4.K.4.1 Dream mine discovered. (Folder 23)

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4.K.4.2 “I’ll donate chandelier, but I don’t think I can play it.”

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4.K.5. Kennedy, John F.

4.K.5.1 Kennedy not dead. (Folder 24)

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4.K.5.2 Kennedy killed by Lee Oswald look alike.

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4.L.1. Lee, Harold B.

4.L.1.1 Put “B.S.” in book margin for “Brother Skousen.” (Folder 25)

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4.L.1.2 At Oakland Temple, sign given that Lee would one day be church president.

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4.L.1.3 Devil told Lee he would be the prophet one day.

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4.M.1. McConkie, Bruce R.

4.M.1.1 Sang hymns when he and friends were dating. (Folder 26)

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4.M.1.2 On his deathbed, his mother tells him to prepare the way for her to die also.

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4.M.2. McKay, David O.

4.M.2.1 Tells joke to the Lord. (Folder 27)

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4.M.2.2 Speeding: “I haven’t slowed down a bit.”

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4.M.2.3 Thought Bruce R. McConkie was a vision.

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4.M.2.4 “Let’s go now,” – loved to drive fast.

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4.M.2.5 Sister McKay.

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4.M.2.6 “Few people die at 91.”

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4.M.2.7 Reads chauffeur’s thoughts: “I know I am a prophet.”

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4.M.2.8 That David O. McKay will never amount to anything.

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4.M.2.9 Picture of Christ not correct.

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4.M.2.10 Warns people off volcano platform.

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4.M.3. Monson, Thomas S.

4.M.3.1 Son puts egg in Brother Monson’s pocket. (Folder 28)

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4.M.3.2 High goals – $100,000 dog.

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4.M.3.3 Note is passed from Monson to Boyd K. Packer during General Conference.

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4.M.4. McKay, Gunn

4.M.4.1 Gunn McKay as a youth. (Folder 29)

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4.M.5. Merrill, Marriner W.

4.M.5.1 Disobeys the manifesto against polygamy. (Folder 30)

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4.M.5.2 Chose to ride his horse in the middle of the road to everyone else’s inconvenience.

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4.M.5.3 Merrill sells his company but hides gold from his wives.

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4.M.6. Marshall, Peter

4.M.6.1 Peter Marshall, famous Presbyterian minister and politician, had movie made after him. (Folder 31)

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4.N.1. Nibley, Hugh

4.N.1.1 Calls graduation robes a mockery in public prayer. (Folder 32)

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4.N.1.2 Met girl and knew he would marry her.

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4.N.1.3 Carved Book of Mormon passage into sandstone in Egyptian.

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4.N.1.4 Saves books and continues reading in flooded office.

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4.N.1.5 Lectured in English from non-English notes.

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4.N.1.6 Bought goat instead of mowing the lawn.

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4.O.1. Oaks, Dallin

4.O.1.1 Strongly-worded letter to follow. (Folder 33)

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4.O.1.2 Teenage prank.

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4.O.1.3 Banned movie.

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4.P.1 Pratt, Parley

4.P.1.1 Has a vision in which his first wife appears and answers his prayers. (Folder 34)

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4.P.2. Priest, Ivie Baker

4.P.2.1 Flops in a screen test. (Folder 35)

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4.P.3. Puller, General “Chesty”

4.P.3.1 Liked to be surrounded by the enemy so he could shoot in all directions. (Folder 36)

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4.R.1. Rockwell, Porter

4.R.1.1 If man is still alive, Porter did not shoot him. (Folder 37)

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4.R.1.2 Never cut his hair.

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4.R.1.3 Cut his hair once for a wig for a lady.

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4.R.1.4 Stole pants of Johnston’s Army.

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4.R.1.5 Disguised as a woman.

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4.R.1.6 Kills man after bluffing about other man’s gun.

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4.R.1.7 Shot two boys he mistook for thieves.

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4.R.1.8 “Don’t you have any respect for the priesthood.”

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4.R.1.9 Stole tired animals from gold rushers and sold them new ones.

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4.R.1.10 Developed drinking problem later in life.

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4.R.1.11 Rockwell's cane used to beat off bad guys.

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4.R.1.12 Bullets didn't hit him due to special blessing.

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4.R.2. Roberts, B.H.

4.R.2.1 About youth. (Folder 38)

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4.R.2.2 “My father knew your grandfather in the penitentiary.”

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4.R.3. Roosevelt, Teddy

4.R.3.1 Boy rides piggy-back on Roosevelt. (Folder 39)

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4.R.4 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano

4.R.3.1 Franklin Roosevelt died by committing suicide. (Folder 40)

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Box 16

4.S.1. Smith, Joseph

4.S.1.1 Blesses man to be a great doctor. (Folder 1)

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4.S.1.2 Sends Brigham Young to Canada.

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4.S.1.3 Tries to prove he can walk on water.

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4.S.1.4 Man’s arm shrivels trying to behead prophet’s body at Carthage.

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4.S.1.5 History of Joseph Smith’s gun given to the Allred family (photo included).

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4.S.1.6 Mantle of Joseph Smith Falls on Brigham Young.

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4.S.1.7 Child gives water to Joseph Smith as he goes to Carthage Jail.

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4.S.1.8 Origin of LDS Church.

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4.S.1.9 Jokes with man about giving up his land.

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4.S.1.10 Smith escapes from prison.

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4.S.2. Smith, Jessie Evans

4.S.2.1 Whistles. (Folders 2-4)

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4.S.2.2 Reminds Joseph to close his talk.

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4.S.2.3 Reminds Joseph to blow his nose in hearing of others.

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4.S.2.4 She waves at Joseph.

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4.S.2.5 Her brother paid to hear her sing.

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4.S.2.6 Turned down opera opportunity for spiritual reasons.

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4.S.2.7 Turned down Mother Superior role in play.

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4.S.2.8 Duets with Joseph.

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4.S.2.9 Joseph.

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4.S.2.10 “The opinions just expressed are not necessarily those of the management.”

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4.S.2.11 “He’s on my payroll.”

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4.S.2.12 “He presides, I conduct.”

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4.S.2.13 Message of family love had effect on child.

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4.S.2.14 She mellowed Joseph Fielding Smith.

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4.S.2.15 Member of Evans Sisters singing group.

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4.S.2.16 Jessie is president of church instead of Claire Middlemas.

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4.S.2.17 She feeds Joseph Fielding Smith vitamins so he will live to be president.

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4.S.2.18 Referred to Joseph Fielding Smith as “Daddy.”

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4.S.2.19 “Daddy, these kids want to talk to you.”

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4.S.2.20 Wore make-up.

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4.S.2.21 “He’ll learn to like lipstick.”

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4.S.2.22 Liked to drive fast.

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4.S.2.23 Miniskirts: “The end is in sight.”

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4.S.2.24 Waved to crowds.

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4.S.2.25 Did not know if she could fit into a Volkswagen.

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4.S.2.26 The body of an elephant.

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4.S.2.27 “Mary had a little sheep...” rhyme.

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4.S.2.28 Diamond pin.

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4.S.2.29 “I am not spoiled.”

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4.S.2.30 Joseph Fielding Smith.

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4.S.2.31 Sang at a lot of funerals.

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4.S.2.32 Liked to talk to people.

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4.S.2.33 Wanted step-children to call her “Aunt Jessie.”

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4.S.2.34 Joseph Fielding Smith and Jessie hold hands.

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4.S.2.35 Made pies with her husband.

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4.S.2.36 Helped Joseph Fielding Smith by telling story for him.

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4.S.2.37 Big feet.

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4.S.2.38 She straightened and combed Joseph Fielding Smith.

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4.S.2.39 Made choir men button their jackets.

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4.S.2.40 Waving at Joseph Fielding Smith when he wants her to come across the street.

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4.S.2.41 Selective about whom to marry.

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4.S.2.42 Mistakes bust of Lucy Mack Smith for a woman in Joseph Fielding Smith’s office.

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4.S.2.43 “Joe, come on!”

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4.S.2.44 Organized family reunions.

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4.S.2.45 Extended narrative.

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4.S.3. Smith, Joseph Fielding

4.S.3.1 “B.S.” for Brother Skousen. (Folders 5-6)

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4.S.3.2 Liked to relax by flying in jets.

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4.S.3.3 Boat name.

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4.S.3.4 Ordered Coke when nothing else was available.

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4.S.3.5 Practical joke – bitter olives.

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4.S.3.6 Tells woman she can serve mission in spite of bad heart.

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4.S.3.7 “Half of you are going to hell!”

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4.S.3.8 “Savior will come."

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4.S.3.9 Rain stops during dedication of Missouri Visitor’s Center.

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4.S.3.10 Lord's promise.

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4.S.3.11 Christ was greatest influence of his life.

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4.S.3.12 Home teachers contacted when he died.

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4.S.3.13 Liked to be punctual; once was aided by a pilot friend.

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4.S.3.14 Kissed his son.

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4.S.3.15 In Hawaii.

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4.S.3.16 Had more understanding of the plan of salvation than most people could accept.

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4.S.3.17 After Jessie’s funeral, could not face work; stayed at Bruce R. McConkie’s home awhile, then set back to work.

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4.S.3.18 Typed by Bible method: "Seek and ye shall find."

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4.S.3.19 Liked red ties.

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4.S.3.20 Had picture taken with little girl; later called on her birthday.

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4.S.3.21 M.G. Romney.

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4.S.3.22 Boycotted a store that opened on Sundays until it stopped.

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4.S.3.23 Cried as young missionary confessed to him.

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4.S.3.24 Shared his coat with a young boy.

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4.S.3.25 Expert handball player.

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4.S.3.26 Said he would not change any of his writing before he was president.

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4.S.3.27 Always blew a kiss to Jessie as he left for work.

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4.S.3.28 His parents paid tithing even during hard times.

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4.S.3.29 Wore old style garments. Fell asleep during a meeting.

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4.S.3.30 Should be banned.

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4.S.3.31 He was a nice, kind man.

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4.S.3.32 Used music to bring two general authorities together on an issue.

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4.S.3.33 Jessie got him to like singing.

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4.S.3.34 Jessie.

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4.S.3.35 Regarding Joseph Fielding Smith becoming president.

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4.S.3.36 Extended narrative.

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4.S.3.37 “Valiant ones in Church come back to the second session.”

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4.S.3.38 Played joke on cousin, Israel Smith

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4.S.3.39 Identity is mistaken by disappointed bride.

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4.S.4. Shipp, Ellis Reynolds

4.S.4.1 Shipp, one of the first woman doctors west of the Mississippi, lived in polygamy. (Folder 7)

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4.T.1. Tran-Hung-Das

4.T.1.1 Vietnamese general outwits his enemies. (Folder 8)

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4.V.1. Villa, Pancho

4.V.1.1 Villa punished men for bothering Mormon women. (Folder 9)

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4.V.1.2 Valuable watch is missing; Villa orders the watch returned.

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4.V.1.3 Villa releases captured man and punishes renegades who took him.

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4.V.1.4 Villa made headquarters at woman’s house.

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4.V.1.5 Mormons with supplies for missionaries help-up by Villa.

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4.V.1.6 Pancho's men steal a boy's horse; the boy steals in back.

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4.V.1.7 Pancho Villa's pistol stolen.

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4.V.1.8 Villa kills man, claims it's "the ultimate excommunication."

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4.V.1.9 Villa threatens to kill a man for horses.

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4.V.1.10 Pancho Villa was really killed by campesino.

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4.V.1.11 Villa was really Dorotes Arango, a poor farm peasant.

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4.V.1.12 Villa killed by earthquake, his body was never found.

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4.V.1.13 Town protected from Villa by cleverness.

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4.W.1. Washington, George

4.W.1.1 Old couple take Washington in for a night. (Folder 10)

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4.W.1.2 George Washington’s watch.

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4.W.1.3 John Honeyman was George Washington's spy

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4.W.1.4 Indians believe Great Spirit protected Washington from harm.

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4.W.2. Wilkinson, Ernest

4.W.2.1 He finds fiancé of a distraught girl at midnight. (Folder 11)

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4.W.2.2 Promise to student regarding tuition.

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4.W.2.3 Did not know that W.C. (Wilkinson Center) stood for water closet.

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4.W.3. Woodruff, Wilford

4.W.3.1 Woodruff goes fishing to avoid being arrested for polygamy. (Folder 12)

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4.Y.1. Young, Brigham

4.Y.1.1 Tells people of Moroni to change town’s location. (Folder 13)

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4.Y.1.2 Woman having trouble with husband.

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4.Y.1.3 “If bread is dry, soak it in the creek.”

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4.Y.1.4 Rhyme attributed to Brigham Young against trading at Walker Brothers.

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4.Y.1.5 Snappy comeback to Tom Thumb: “When I was your size...”

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4.Y.1.6 Regarding angel.

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4.Y.1.7 States that a spot is where the Gadianton Robbers were.

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4.Y.1.8 Hits staff against podium in [LDS] temple, saying three men should not be in temple.

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4.Y.1.9 Brigham Young brings up Indian girl.

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4.Y.1.10 People supposed to throw tenth of wood off at Eagle Gate for Brigham.

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4.Y.1.11 Brigham Young placed spittoons at end of benches in tabernacle.

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4.Y.1.12 Evades federal officers.

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4.Y.1.13 Brigham disputes with Hosea Stout.

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4.Y.1.14 Moves wagon in the night and avoids disaster.

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4.Y.1.15 Brigham tells John Neff his descendants would never hunger for bread.

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4.Y.1.16 Brigham's father fought in Revolutionary War.

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4.Y.1.17 Brigham feuds with General Pat Connor.

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4.Y.1.18 Tells Ezra Benson to sell his home and move.

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4.Y.1.19 Proclaims an "eternal curse" on city of Corinne.

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4.Y.1.20 Tells Erastus Bingham to ignore green rocks in what is now Kennecott.

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4.Y.1.21 Bingham curses man for committing crime; the man's hand withers.

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4.Y.1.22 Says Cedar City's soil is unsuitable for a town.

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4.Y.1.23 Makes daughters' suitors leave for turning lights down.

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4.Y.1.24 Brigham's first reaction to Utah.

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4.Y.1.25 Carried tobacco with him to prove that he could abstain.

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4.Y.1.26 Young believes Peter Nebeker over his son.

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4.Y.2. Young, Harriet Cook

4.Y.2.1 She saves seed potatoes in spite of Brigham Young’s begging for them. (Folder 14)

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4.Y.2.2 When Brigham Young is going to reprimand her says, “I’m just praying for you to get through.”

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