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Miscellaneous written and typed pages, memo sheets and trial copies of transcriptions; also the final copies in loose pages used by the H. E. Huntington Library for photocopy.

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Miscellaneous written and typed pages, including journal entries, a brief autobiography of Whitaker’s childhood, and notes from the family history and Utah history. Text sometimes on back of other pages with interesting information. Some notes in shorthand.

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Miscellaneous typed pages with autobiographical information by John M. Whitaker. Includes 6-page typed narrative of John M. Whitaker’s activities, June 1890 to May 1894; 12-page typed “notes from the daily journal of John M. Whitaker" with details of activities in Spring of 1886.

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Typescript pages with autobiographical information by John M. Whitaker. Includes Memorandum from daily journal (10 pages), 1863 to 1883, including childhood and education; Memorandum continued (11 pages), 1883 to 1889, including early work history.

Scope and Contents Typescript pages with autobiographical information by John M. Whitaker. Includes John M. Whitaker’s activities in 1888-1889 (5 pages), including business in New York and Washington, D.C., in 1889; work with John W. Young; an account of the securing of a pardon for Charles W. Penrose from President Grover Cleveland; work with the Salt Lake and Eastern Railway Company, the Bullion Dust Mining Company, and the LDS Church (including as general secretary and treasurer for the First Council of...

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Second copy of the typescript of John M. Whitaker’s activities in 1888-1889 (5 pages), including business in New York and Washington, D.C., in 1889; work with John W. Young; an account of the securing of a pardon for Charles W. Penrose from President Grover Cleveland; work with the Salt Lake and Eastern Railway Company, the Bullion Dust Mining Company, and the LDS Church (including as general secretary and treasurer for the First Council of Seventies).

Scope and Contents Typescript pages with autobiographical information by John M. Whitaker. Includes “Memorandum” typescript (5 pages) of John M. Whitaker’s activities regarding his family life, rearing the children; interest in horticulture; journal entries from 1894; “Memorandum” typescript (4 pages) of John M. Whitaker’s activities in 1895; “Memorandum No. 3, typescript (5 pages, describing his activities in 1895-1896, including work for the Sugar House Ward of the LDS Church; the case of Moses Thatcher;...

Scope and Contents Typescript pages with autobiographical information by John M. Whitaker. Includes text from previously untranslated material from John M. Whitaker’s journals, covering entries from February and March of 1896; Typescript “Memorandum” (9 pages) of John M. Whitaker’s activities from March 1896 through December 1897, when he left for his mission in the eastern United States; “Memorandum (7 pages), typescript of John M. Whitaker’s activities at the start of his mission, December 1897 and January...

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Typescript pages with autobiographical information by John M. Whitaker. Includes “Memorandum” typescript (pages) covering John M. Whitaker’s activities during his mission in New Brunswick, New Jersey, January and February 1898 (includes handwritten additions).

Scope and Contents Typescript pages with autobiographical information by John M. Whitaker. Includes text describing John M. Whitaker’s activities during his mission in the eastern United States from October 1898 to February 1899, including debates with members of the “Josephite” (Reorganized LDS) Church in October 1898; travels in the area of Providence, Rhode Island; Worcester, Massachusetts; writing articles and letters for newspapers in November; witnessing a gathering of Methodists at Boston in January...