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This law by the Utah State Legislature banned undesirable marriages according to the mores of Utah culture at the time. Passed on March 9, 1888.
This is a letter from O. J. Jensen to Governor Herbert B. Maw discussing Japanese American relocation. Jensen discusses how his fear of what people will think of him if he hired a Japanese American man to work on his farm, but explains to Governor…
This is a letter from the Midvale City Council to Utah Governor Herbert B. Maw, dated April 8, 1942. The letter describes a "colony of Japanese" in the Salt Lake area who the council deemed to be a "definite hazard" to the community. This letter is a…
These are the meeting minutes from Utah's County Commissioners on the subject of Japanese American relocation, held in the state capitol on March 16, 1942. The manuscript has a list of responses from various counties as to whether or not they would…
A photograph of Henry G. Hughes, the first bishop for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Mendon, Utah.
Photograph of a Salidago Accidentalis, more commonly known as a goldenrod flower, pollinating.
Photograph of a butterfly on a Salidago Accidentalis, more commonly known as a goldenrod flower.
An article titled "The Races" in the Utah Journal on September 2, 1882. The article is about horse racing in Mendon, Utah.
A handful of hand-carved marbles in various colors and materials, found in an abandoned Utah town, now belonging to the Golden Spike National Historic Site.
A handful of hand-carved marbles in various colors and materials, found in an abandoned Utah town, now belonging to the Golden Spike National Historic Site.
A hand-carved domino found in Utah, on loan from the Golden Spike National Historic Site.
A hand-carved domino found in Utah, on loan from the Golden Spike National Historic Site.
This pickle bottle was found along the railroad in Utah. On loan from the Golden Spike National Historic Site.
This pickle bottle was found along the railroad in Utah. On loan from the Golden Spike National Historic Site.
Stereoview photograph by Charles Roscoe Savage for the Union Pacific Railroad collection entitled "Mouth of Tunnel No. 3." Photograph features 5 railroad workers (probably Chinese) in a cart on the tracks leading into the tunnel.