Descriptive Summary
MSS 2232
Zina Young Card Brown Family Papers,
1835-1968
Zina Young Card Brown Family
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
1 box (.25 lin. ft.) + 1 microfilm
reel
Zina Card Brown, daughter
of C. O. Card and Zina Presendia Young, was a granddaughter of Brigham Young.
She was born in 1888 and died in 1974. She married Hugh B. Brown in
1908.
Contains papers relating to Zina Card
Brown and her ancestors, including her parents; her grandmother, Zina D. H.
Young; and her great-grandfather, William Huntington. Includes a notebook kept
by Zina Card (Brown) for a sewing class at Brigham Young College in Logan,
Utah; correspondence; a Daughters of Utah Pioneers notebook belonging to Zina
Y. Card, 1912-1914; a list of Brigham Young's daughters and granddaughters,
1947; a postcard image of the C. O. Card home in Cardston, Alberta; and
photocopies of other photographic images. Also includes a letter from Jane E.
Molen to George F. Richards, 1928.
Provenance
Most of the material was donated by Mary Brown Firmage to Brigham
Young University, via John A. Peterson of the LDS Church Historical Department,
in 1986. The Zina Y. Card Daughters of Utah Pioneers notebook was donated to
BYU by Mary Firmage Woodward, via Maureen Ursenbach Beecher, in 1990.
Access
Microfilm copy is open without restriction. Permission to view
original materials must be given by the Supervisor of Reference Services
Conditions of Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary
copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Zina Young Card Brown Family
Papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L.
Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: MSS 2232; Zina Young
Card Brown Family Papers, 1835-1968; University Archives; L. Tom Perry Special
Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.
Following Citations: MSS 2232, LTPSC.
Biographical History
Zina Card Brown, daughter of C. O. Card and Zina Presendia Young, was
a granddaughter of Brigham Young. She was born in
1888 and died in
1974. She married Hugh B. Brown in
1908.
Scope and Content Note
Contains papers relating to Zina Card Brown and her ancestors,
including her parents; her grandmother, Zina D. H. Young; and her
great-grandfather, William Huntington. Includes a notebook kept by Zina Card
(Brown) for a sewing class at Brigham Young College in Logan, Utah;
correspondence; a Daughters of Utah Pioneers notebook belonging to Zina Y.
Card,
1912-1914; a list of Brigham Young's daughters
and granddaughters,
1947; a postcard image of the C. O. Card home
in Cardston, Alberta; and photocopies of other photographic images. Also
includes a letter from Jane E. Molen to George F. Richards,
1928.
Alternate Format Available
Microfilm copy is available for entire collection.
Subject Tracings
Institutions
Brigham Young College--Students
Daughters of Utah Pioneers
People
Card, Charles Ora, 1839-1906
Young, Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs Smith,
1821-1901
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877
Huntington, William, 1784-1846
Richards, George F. (George Franklin), 1861-1950
Card, Zina Young Williams, 1850-1931
Molen, Jane Elizabeth Hyde, 1843-1934
Places
Cardston (Alta.)
Genre/Form
Letters
Notebooks
Postcards
Container List
Inventory
Inventory
Folder
Contents
1
Zina Y. Card (
1850-1931), Daughters of Utah Pioneers
notebook,
1912-1914.
2
Jane E. Molen, letter, Logan, Utah, to George F.
Richards,
1928 May
20.
- Inquiring about temple work for her Ballard ancestors.
Mentions that Zina Y. Card had suggested that she write.
3
Zina Y. Card (Brown,
1888-1974), Brigham Young College sewing class
notebook, [n.d.]
- Includes notes and sewing samples.
4
Notebook, [n.d.]
- Volume contains poetry written on loose sheets. Joseph Y.
Card’s name, with others, written inside front cover, but handwriting appears
to be similar to that of Zina Y. Card (Brown) in Brigham Young College sewing
class notebook. Covers and several sheets are moldy.
5
Zina Card Brown (
1888-1974), incoming correspondence,
1919-1953.
- Includes postcards from her parents,
1919-1920; letters from Sterling Williams,
1949; letter from Labinia Card,
1949; and carbon copy of letter from Joseph Y.
Card to C. Frank Steele,
1953, with note directing copy to Zina.
6
Information on Zina D. H. Young (
1821-1901), [n.d.]-
1963.
- Photocopy.
- Includes a letter from Eliza R. Snow to Zina D. H. Young,
1885
Feb. 4.
7
Information on William Huntington,
1835-1846.
- Photocopy.
8
Family history information and miscellany, [ca.
1900]-
1968.
- Includes postcard image of Card home in Cardston,
Alberta; list of daughters and granddaughters of Brigham Young,
1947; information on funeral services of Loila
Williams,
7
March 1949; obituary of Oliver B. Huntington; and notes.
9
Photographic images,
1855-1964.
- Photocopy.
- Originals housed in Special Collections at BYU under call
number P 541.