Logan Chapter of the Mormon Battalion Association historical records
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the group’s annual historical records which record the group’s and members’ activities throughout the year. Included are such items as articles written by members, newspaper clippings, official declarations and recognitions from community, municipal, and government bodies, obituaries of its members, etc. Also included is a folder of 3 photos from the groups' activities.
Dates
- Creation: 1981-2004
Language of Materials
Material in English
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Logan Chapter of the Mormon Battalion Association historical records must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Biographical Note
The Mormon Battalion was a unit of the United States Army, organized from July 1846-July 1847 during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). At the request of U.S. President James K. Polk, the battalion enlisted more than 500 men, accompanied by 35 women and 42 children, who marched nearly 2,000 miles from Council Bluffs, Iowa Territory to California. The Battalion was instrumental in the colonization and settlement of many parts of what was to become Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah and it demonstrated Mormons’ loyalty to the American government despite having recently fled persecutions in the city of Nauvoo, Illinois and having been denied a redress of their grievances.
Formerly titled the Mormon Battalion, Inc., the Mormon Battalion Association was instituted by LDS Church President David O. McKay in 1954. It was reinstituted as a nonprofit service organization and renamed in 2006. The group seeks to keep alive the memory and stories of the men and women of the original Mormon Battalion who served from 1846-1847 and it engages in service and outreach in its communities.
Extent
3 boxes (1.25 linear feet)
Abstract
This collection contains the historical records of the Logan Chapter of the Mormon Battalion Association.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in chronological order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The materials in this collection were donated to the USU Special Collections and Archives by Lyman Willardson through his daughter Laura W. Huffman in 2011.
Processing Information
Processed in August of 2011.
Genre / Form
Topical
- Artifacts
- City and Town Life
- Clubs and Societies
- Correspondence
- Expeditions and Adventure
- Images
- Journalism
- Maps
- Media and Communication
- Military
- Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
- Oral Histories
- Overland Journeys to the Western United States
- Pioneers
- Public Works
- Scrapbooks
- Territorial Government
- Texts
- Title
- Guide to the Logan Chapter of the Mormon Battalion Association historical records 1981-2004
- Author
- Finding aid/Register created by Andrew Izatt and Clint Pumphrey
- Date
- ©2011
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English.
Revision Statements
- 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
scweb@usu.edu