essay

Golden memories: remembering life in a Mormon village

nearly everything imaginable : the everyday life of utah's mormon pioneersProvo • Published In 1999 • Pages: 47-74

By: Walker, Ronald W. (Ronald Warren).

Abstract
This study is based on biographies, sketches, and questionnaire responses of Utah's surviving pioneers collected in the 1930s and 1940s by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration and Utah Writers' Project. It portrays pioneer communalism in aid given to newcomers, sharing of resources, nursing the sick, cooperative work teams, and holiday celebrations. In the author’s opinion, the social bonding of the time turned hard days into good ones.
Subjects
Historical and archival research
External migration
Labor and leisure
Rest days and holidays
Dance
Visiting and hospitality
Medical care
Adolescent activities
culture
Mormons
HRAF PubDate
2018
Region
North America
Sub Region
Southwest and Basin
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Historian
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
Analyst
Ian Skoggard; 2012
Field Date
1935-1943 (source material)
Coverage Date
1850-1900
Coverage Place
Utah, United States
Notes
Ronald W. Walker
Includes bibliographical references
LCCN
98058057
LCSH
Mormons