Scope and Contents Actual and historical accounts of events at Winter Quarters as Mormons prepared for their trek to Utah, including the subject entry in Andrew Jenson's Encyclopedic History of the church; the Winter Quarters bishops' census; a December 16, 1846, report of the saints' destitution, published in the New York Tribune; "Justice for the Dead," a Deseret News article published July 18,...

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Andrew Jenson's historical series about the saints' stay at Winter Quarters, published in the Deseret News.

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A letter from John Taylor and Parley P. Pratt concerning preparations at Winter Quarters for the trek across the plains; and a lengthy report of church affairs from Wilford Woodruff while Taylor was in exile.

Scope and Contents Materials regarding Ann Hughlings Pitchforth Taylor, one of John Taylor's wives, including the will of her father, John Hughlings; a letter to her niece, Sarah; a letter she wrote to her parents upon her arrival in Nauvoo; a biographical sketch of her daughter, Sarah Barbara Pitchforth Kienke; letters to her sister and brother-in-law, Sarah and Samuel Jackson; and a letter to the editor of the London Times-News, concerning the search for genealogical...

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Index cards briefly chronicling events at Winter Quarters.

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Several short biographies of John Taylor, written by Matthias F. Cowley and H. J. Faust, among others.

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John Taylor's official explanation of his position on the settlement of the Brigham Young estate.

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Correspondence concerning a Coalville, Utah, couple's marital problems, compounded by the husband's desire to take a second wife; and the progress of political events in the church's fight against antipolygamy legislation.

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Revelations concerning organization and succession in the priesthood.

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Excerpts from John Taylor's personal journal about the migration and Mormon Battalion; and his written testimony of modern prophecy as petitioned by Brigham Young.

Scope and Contents Published accounts of John Taylor's failed attempt to bring France's sugar beet processing industry to Utah, including Beet Sugar in the West and Great Basin Kingdom by Leonard J. Arrington; The Beet Sugar Story by the United States Beet Sugar Association; "The Starting of the Sugar Industry in America," an essay by Kate C. Snow; and the Journal History...

Scope and Contents A list and brief biographical sketches of the wives of John Taylor; George Earl's written testimony that he guarded and resided with Taylor and several exiled apostles on John Woolley's farm in Centerville, Utah; a photograph of John Taylor, his son, George J. Taylor, and nephew, Angus M. Cannon; the "wanted" poster offering $800 for information leading to the capture of John Taylor and George Q. Cannon; a published tribute to Taylor in vol. 109, no. 179 of the ...

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The letter of Carthage, Illinois, physician Thomas Barnes, to his daughter, Mirand, relaying his knowledge of the martyrdom at Carthage jail; correspondence concerning the search for Barnes's heir and the issue of John Taylor's unpaid bill for treatment he received.

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Excerpts from the John Beck Papers, containing information about the Bullion Beck Mining Company and the sale of capital stock in the mine to the Mormon church; an essay about the actions of Utah Judge William W. Drummond in office and his effect on the state; and record of the posthumous reinstatement of the priesthood and blessings of apostle John Whittaker Taylor, John Taylor's son, under the hand of Mormon President David O. Mckay.