Alunite Branch records
Scope and Contents
The collection consists mainly of minutes of sacrament meetings, listing songs, prayers, talks, etc. Widespread problems of the day like smallpox and influenza epidemics are reflected in the collection as well as the unique problems faced by a small, out-of-the-way congregation. There is a list of branch members by family, births, baptisms and confirmations, and the priesthood status of adult men.
Dates
- Creation: 1917-1920
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 Alunite LDS Branch Records must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Historical Note
The records of the LDS branch at Alunite, Utah are of particular interest for the light they shed on the functioning of an LDSc congregation in a mining town. This is especially true since Alunite, just south of Marysvale, is a ghost town today. Alunite flourished during the First World War only to be subsequently abandoned. The branch records cover the period 1917-1920, the heyday of the town.
The congregation was a branch of the Marysvale Ward, four-and-a-half miles away. Hial B. Hales was the presiding elder. Alunite was a company town, and the lives of the Saints, like the lives of everyone else, depended on the vagaries of the company and the volatile mining industry. The branch met in the town's schoolhouse by permission of the mining company, Mineral Products Corporation. When the mill temporarily shut down for much of 1919, the branch stopped meeting.
Extent
1 box (.5 linear feet)
Abstract
Consists of minutes of meetings, membership lists, record of births, and baptisms and confirmations for the Alunite branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Piute County, Utah. Alunite was a company town for the Mineral Products Corporation. The branch was affiliated with the Marysvale Ward of the LDS Church.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in chronological order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information is unknown.
Processing Information
Processed in May of 2006.
- Title
- Guide to the Alunite Branch records 1917-1920
- Author
- Finding aid/Register created by Special Collections and Archives
- Date
- ©2011
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard)
- 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