Post-manifesto polygamy : the 1899-1904 correspondence of Helen, Owen, and Avery Woodruff / edited by Lu Ann Faylor Snyder and Phillip A. Snyder.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Snyder, Lu Ann Faylor.

Snyder, Phillip A.

This book is freely available in digital formats through the Utah State University Library Digital Commons., funder.

Series:

Life writings of frontier women ; v. 11.

Life writings of frontier women ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Woodruff, Abraham Owen, 1872-1904--Correspondence.

Woodruff, Abraham Owen.

Woodruff, Helen May Winters, 1873-1904--Correspondence.

Woodruff, Helen May Winters.

Lambert, Eliza Avery Clark Woodruff, 1882-1953--Correspondence.

Lambert, Eliza Avery Clark Woodruff.

Polygamy--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Polygamy.

Polygamy--Religious aspects--Latter Day Saint churches.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2009.

Utah State University Press, [2009]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

These letters among two women and their husband offer a rare look into the personal dynamics of an LDS polygamous relationship. Abraham "Owen" Woodruff was a young Mormon apostle, the son of President Wilford Woodruff, remembered for the Woodruff Manifesto, which called for the divinely inspired termination of plural marriage. It eased a systematic federal judicial assault on Mormons and made Utah statehood possible. It did not end polygamy in the church. Some leaders continued to encourage and perform such marriages. Owen Woodruff himself contracted a secretive, second marriage to Ave--

Contents:

Letter 1, Helen to Owen, july 17

Letter 2, Helen to Owen, August 14

Avery's autobiography and recollections : excerpt A, 1900

Letter 3, Avery to Owen, October 25

Letter 4, Helen to Owen, November 4

Letter 5, Avery to Owen, November 7

Letter 6, Helen to Owen, November 10

Letter 7, Helen to Owen, November 10

Letter 8, Helen to Owen, November 11

Letter 9, Helen to Owen, November 12

Letter 10, Avery to Owen, November 17

Letter 11, Helen to Owen, November 19

Letter 12, Helen to Owen, November 21

Letter 13, Helen to Owen, November 23

Letter 14, Helen to Owen, December 2

Letter 15, Helen to Owen, December 4

Letter 16, Avery to Owen, December 8

Letter 17, Avery to Owen and Helen, December 16

Avery's autobiography and recollections : excerpt B, 1901

Letter 18, Avery to Owen, January 12

Letter 19, Avery to Owen, January 27

Letter 20, Avery to Owen and Helen, February 16

Letter 21, Avery to Owen, march 12

Letter 22, Helen to Owen, March 17

Letter 23, Helen to Owen, March 18

Letter 24, Helen to Owen, March 19

Letter 25, Avery to Helen, May 16

Letter 26, Avery to Owen and Helen, May 30

Letter 27, Avery to Owen and Helen, June 14

Letter 28, Owen to Avery, November 15

Letter 29, Helen to Avery, November 24, 1902

Letter 30, Owen to Avery, January 14

Letter 31, Owen to Helen, January 17

Letter 32, Owen to Helen, January 21

Letter 33, Owen to Avery, February 29

Letter 34, Owen to Avery, March 17

Letter 35, Owen to Avery, May 1

Letter 36, Owen to Avery, June 7

Letter 37, Owen to Avery, July 4

Letter 38, Owen to Helen, July 12

Letter 39, Helen to Owen, July 20

Letter 40, Owen to Avery, July 25

Letter 41, Owen to Helen, August 5

Letter 42, Owen to Avery, August 8

Letter 43, Owen to Avery, August 16

Letter 44, Owen to Avery, August 22

Letter 45, Owen to Helen, August 25

Letter 46, Owen to Avery, September 30

Letter 47, Owen to Avery, October 18

Letter 48, Owen to Avery, October 26

Letter 49, Owen to Avery, November 9

Letter 50, Owen to Avery, November 21,1903

Letter 51, Owen to Avery, January 19

Letter 52, Owen to Avery, January 29

Letter 53, Helen to Owen, February 4

Letter 54, Helen to Owen, March 5

Letter 55, Owen to Avery, May 2

Letter 56, Owen to Avery, June 29

Letter 57, Owen to Avery, September 2

Letter 58, Helen to Avery, October 4

Letter 59, Helen to Owen, October 27

Letter 60, Helen to Owen, November 1

Letter 61, Helen to Owen, November 11

Letter 62, Owen to Avery, November 14

Letter 63, Avery to Helen, Secember 22

Avery's autobiography and recollections : excerpt C, 1904 and aftermath

Letter 64, Owen to Avery, January 1

Letter 65, Owen to Avery, January 5

Letter 66, Owen to Avery, January 16

Letter 67, Owen to Avery, January 22

Letter 68, Helen to Owen, February 4

Letter 69, Helen to Owen, February 9

Letter 70, Helen to Owen, February 12

Letter 71, Helen to Owen, February 19

Letter 72, Helen to Owen, February 20

Letter 73, Helen to Owen, February 24

Letter 74, Helen to Owen, March 1

Letter 75, Helen to Owen, March 6

Letter 76, Helen to Owen, March 8

Letter 77, Owen to Avery, March 8

Letter 78, Owen to Avery, March

Letter 79, Helen to Owen, March 12

Letter 80, Helen to Owen, March 16

Letter 81, Owen to Avery, May 7

Letter 82, Owen to Avery, May 18

Letter 83, Owen to Avery, May 20

Letter 84, Avery to Owen, May 30

Letter 85, Avery to Owen, June 1

Avery's autobiography and recollections : excerpt D, Alonzo I. Taylor's journal

Kate Spilsbury's recollections

Emma Woodruff letters to Avery

Woodruff circle of family and friends.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-190) and index.

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ISBN:

9786612490453

9781282490451

1282490451

9780874217407

0874217407

OCLC:

502389458