Pioneer Journals of Rhoda Ann Dykes Burgess: A Project in Documentary Editing

Authors

Amy Lindsey, Brigham Young University
Dr. Leslee Thorne-Murphy, Brigham Young University

Keywords

pioneer journals, Rhoda Ann Dykes Burgess, documentary editing

College

Humanities

Department

English

Abstract

The published journals of Mormon pioneers have served as a great asset to our understanding of American history, but these have largely been the journals of prominent pioneer men. Surprisingly, most of the journals of common pioneer women have not been published, and so, are not accessible to genealogists or scholars interested in the history of the LDS Church and in America’s nineteenth-century women writers. Maureen Ursenbach Beecher, Professor Emeriti in English from BYU is compiling significant unpublished writings of Mormon pioneer women for publication in the “Life Writings of Frontier Women” series published through Utah State University Press. Upon publication, the journals are available to a scholarly audience such as historians and literary critics and become a valuable possession for descendents of the diarist.

Recommended Citation

Lindsey, Amy and Thorne-Murphy, Dr. Leslee (2013) "Pioneer Journals of Rhoda Ann Dykes Burgess: A Project in Documentary Editing," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 708.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/708