Item Detail
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MSS 128
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Samuel Bateman papers
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Bateman, Samuel
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1868-1945
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Collection contains materials documenting Samuel Bateman's personal and family life. He was a Mormon polygamist and served as a guard to President John Taylor. Included are some of Bateman's handwritten diaries for the years 1886-1888, 1899-1901, and 1901-1909. Also included are typescripts, microfilm, and scanned copies of these diaries, and typescipts of some correspondence to and from Samuel Bateman. His correspondence dicusses guarding John Taylor, his friendship with Wilford Woodruff, and other personal and family matters. A typescript of a biography of Samuel Bateman written by James A. Oliver is also included. Dated circa 1868-1945.