- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Pierce, Norman C., 1906-1976
- Title:
- Norman C. Pierce Papers
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dj52w4754
- Dates:
- 1920-1975
- Size:
- 16 boxes and 7.2 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box 1-16
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of papers of Norman C. Pierce, an American Mormon author, including personal correspondence, financial papers, a photograph album of a trip to Germany in 1927, family photographs, clippings, travel memorabilia and notes, articles (by others), and printed matter relating to Mormonism in Utah.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists of papers of Pierce, including personal correspondence, financial papers, a photograph album of a trip to Germany in 1927, family photographs, clippings, travel memorabilia and notes, articles (by others), and printed matter relating to Mormonism in Utah. Also present are Pierce's manuscripts for many articles, such as "The Jewel of Wo" and "Mormon Gold of '49," and two of his books, The Dream Mine Story (1958) about John Hyrum Koyle and The 3 1/2 Years (1963), a book of prophecies.
- Arrangement
Unprocessed.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Pierce, Norman C., 1906-1976
Norman C. Pierce was an American Mormon author.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Donated in 1976.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Box list added by Peter Runfola '2012 in 2011.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Credit this material:
Norman C. Pierce Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dj52w4754
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box 1-16
Find More
- Existence and Location of Copies
Published under same title: The Dream Mine Story (Salt Lake City: [Privately printed], 1958), and The 3 1/2 Years (Salt Lake City: [Privately printed], 1963).
- Subject Terms:
- Gold mines and mining -- Utah -- 19th century.
Koyle Relief Mine (Utah)
Mines and mineral resources -- Utah -- Religious aspects -- 19th century.
Mormon church -- Utah -- Doctrines -- 20th century.
Mormon church -- Utah -- History -- 20th century.
Mormons -- Utah -- 20th century.
Prophecies.
Twentieth century -- Forecasts. - Genre Terms:
- Correspondence.
Manuscripts.
Photographs. - Names:
- Koyle, John Hyrum, 1864-1949
- Places:
- Germany -- Photographs.
Utah -- History -- 20th century.
Utah -- Religious life and customs -- 20th century.
