The Ira Owen Horsfall Collection 
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box 1: (1900-1909)
Fd 1 March 1900 Fd 2 February 1902 Fd 3 June 1902 Fd 4 July 1902 Fd 5 August 1902 Fd 6 September 1902 Fd 7 October 1902 Fd 8 December 1902 Fd 9 January 1903 Fd 10 April 1903 Fd 11 June 1903 Fd 12 November 1903 Fd 13 December 1903 Fd 14 May 1904 Fd 15 September 1904 Fd 16 May 1905 Fd 17 June 1905 Fd 18 July 1905 Fd 19 August 1905 Fd 20 September 1905 Fd 21 October 1905 Fd 22 February 1906 Fd 23 July 1906 Fd 24 August 1906 Fd 25 September 1906 Fd 26 December 1906 Fd 27 January 1907 Fd 28 February 1907 Fd 29 July 1907 Fd 30 August 1907 Fd 31 January 1908 Fd 32 May 1908 Fd 33 June 1908 Fd 34 July 1908 Fd 35 August 1908 Fd 36 September 1908 Fd 37 October 1908 Fd 38 November 1908 Fd 39 December 1908 Fd 40 January 1909 Fd 41 February 1909 Fd 42 March 1909 Fd 43 April 1909 Fd 44 May 1909 Fd 45 June 1909 Fd 46 July 1909 Fd 47 August 1909 Fd 48 September 1909 Fd 49 October 1909 Fd 50 November 1909 Fd 51 December 1909
box 1: (1908-1913)
Fd 1 January 1910 Fd 2 February 1910 Fd 3 March 1910 Fd 4 April 1910 Fd 5 May 1910 Fd 6 June 1910 Fd 7 July 1910 Fd 8 August 1910 Fd 9 September 1910 Fd 10 October 1910 Fd 11 November 1910 Fd 12 December 1910 Fd 13 February 1911 Fd 14 March 1911 Fd 15 April 1911 Fd 16 May 1911 Fd 17 June 1911 Fd 18 July 1911 Fd 19 August 1911 Fd 20 September 1911 Fd 21 October 1911 Fd 22 November 1911 Fd 23 February 1912 Fd 24 March 1912 Fd 25 May 1912 Fd 26 June 1912 Fd 27 July 1912 Fd 28 August 1912 Fd 29 September 1912 Fd 30 November 1912 Fd 31 July 1913 Fd 32 August 1913 Fd 33 September 1913 Fd 34 December 1913 Fd 35 letter log, 1908-1909 Fd 36 miscellaneous- including pictures Fd 37 missionary cards- addresses, including articles of faith Fd 38 Nebraska notes Fd 39 newspaper clippings Fd 40 University of Utah grades Fd 41 various incomplete letters Fd 42 various invitations and regrets Fd 43 various undated letters Fd 44 various undated letters Biographical Note/Historical Note +/-Dr. I. Owen Horsfall, the son of Charles George Horsfall and Mary Brower Pettit, was born on May 20, 1885 in Oceanside, New York. He had a younger brother, Edward and a younger sister, Carol. After receiving his B.A. from the University of Utah in 1908, he embarked upon and LDS mission to Turkey and became the mission president of the branch at Aleppo, Asia Minor. After the Turkish mission was closed, he was transferred to the Athens, Greece mission were he remained for six months until traveling to Palestine and Egypt for three months. In June of 1910, he arrived in London England were he served several more months as secretary of the London conference until his return home in 1911. In December 1911, he was ordained a High Priest by James E. Talmage and set apart as first counselor to Bishop Albaroni H. Woolley. On March 9, 1913 he was ordained a Bishop by Francis M. Lyman and presided over the 9th ward. Upon his return home in 1911, he became a member of the faculty of the LDS college in Salt Lake City were he was the head of the mathematics department and director of the junior college until 1927. He was awarded an M.A. by the University of Chicago in 1929 and became a member of the mathematics department at Cornell University. He received his doctorate of philosophy there in 1932. In 1933 he was appointed president of Snow College in Ephraim , Utah , leaving in 1936 to take over as director of the Extension Division and as a professor of mathematics at the University of Utah. I. Owen Horsfall was married to Nora Pendleton, daughter of Andrew Jackson Pendleton and Elizabeth Ann Malsen Cooper on July 31, 1913 in the LDS Salt Lake City temple. Owen and Nora had five children, Chester Owen, Bruce Pendleton (died in infancy), Beth Pendleton (died in infancy), Warren Pendleton, and Hope. I. Owen Horsfall died of natural causes November 15, 1971 in Ogden, Utah. Content Description +/-The Ira Owen Horsfall Collection contains correspondence to Ira Owen Horsfall of Salt Lake City in the years preceding, during, and following his mission for the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The correspondence are from his family and friends during the years of March 1900 and February 1902 through December 1913. This collection also contains newspaper clippings, a few photographs, and Horsfall’s grades from the University of Utah. Collection Use +/-Restrictions on Access: Open to public research. Administrative Information +/-Arrangement: This collection is arrranged by subject group. Acquisition Information: Gift Processing Note: This collection was processed by a Special Collections processor. Creator: Horsefall, Ira Owen Language: Collection materials are in English. Sponsor: Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008 Quantity: 2 boxes Language of the Finding Aid: Finding guide is in English in Latin script. Author of the Finding Aid: Sarah Langsdon EAD Creation Date: 2011 Standard: Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Subjects +/-Subject Terms: Journals Personal Names: Horsefall, Ira Owen Geographical Names: Ogden, Utah |
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