The Kenneth W. Godfrey, Charles W. Penrose Papers, ca. 1997

A Register of the Collection at the
Utah State Historical Society
The machine-readable finding aid for this collection was created by the Collections Management staff, Utah State Historical Society, with financial assistance from an LSTA grant provided by the Utah State Library Division.

Utah State Historical Society
Salt Lake City, Utah

Copyright, 2000, Utah State Historical Society. All rights reserved.
Reproduction, storage or transmittal of this work, or any part of it, in any form or by any means, for commercial purposes, is prohibited without prior authorization of the Utah State Historical Society. This work may be used for scholarly and other non-commercial use provided that the Utah State Historical Society is acknowledged as the creator and copyright holder.
Summary Description | Background | Scope and Content | Administrative Info | Container List

Summary Description
Repository:Utah State Historical Society
Call number:Mss B 1009
Creator: Godfrey, Kenneth W.
Title:Kenneth W. Godfrey, Charles W. Penrose Papers, ca. 1997
Quantity:.5 lin. ft. (1 box)
Note: Available on microfilm. (MIC 1384-1385) Holograph available (Mss B 130)
Abstract:Penrose was born in Camberwell, London, England, on 4 February 1832. He joined the Mormon Church 14 May 1850 and at age 19 was sent on a mission to Maldon, Essex, England. He married Lucetta Stratford on 21 January 1855. He emigrated to Utah in 1861. He settled first in Farmington, then Logan, followed by Ogden in 1870 where he began his career as a journalist with the newspaper Ogden Junction. He served on the Ogden city council and 1872 Constitutional Convention. In 1877 he moved to Salt Lake City and became the editor of the Deseret News. He was ordained an apostle in the Mormon church 7 July 1904 and served as second counselor to President Joseph Fielding Smith and first/second counselor to Heber J. Grant. He died 16 May 1925 in Salt Lake City. The collection contains a typescript of the Charles W. Penrose journals located in USHS collections and Biography of Charles W. Penrose.

Topics:
Mormon Church -- Apostles.
Mormon Church -- Missions -- Great Britain.
Mormon Church -- Missions -- Europe.
Mormons -- Political activity.
Polygamy.

Persons:
Penrose, Charles W. 1832-1925.

Form or Genre:
Diaries.
Summary Description | Background | Scope and Content | Administrative Info | Container List

Background

Biographical Note

Penrose was born in Camberwell, London, England, on 4 February 1832. He joined the Mormon Church 14 May 1850 and at age 19 was sent on a mission to Maldon, Essex, England. He married Lucetta Stratford on 21 January 1855. He emigrated to Utah in 1861. He settled first in Farmington, then Logan, followed by Ogden in 1870 where he began his career as a journalist with the newspaper Ogden Junction. He served on the Ogden city council and 1872 Constitutional Convention. In 1877 he moved to Salt Lake City and became the editor of the Deseret News. He was ordained an apostle in the Mormon church 7 July 1904 and served as second counselor to President Joseph Fielding Smith and first/second counselor to Heber J. Grant. He died 16 May 1925 in Salt Lake City.
Summary Description | Background | Scope and Content | Administrative Info | Container List

Scope and Content

The collection contains a typescript of the Charles W. Penrose journals located in USHS collections and Biography of Charles W. Penrose.
Summary Description | Background | Scope and Content | Administrative Info | Container List

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation:

Kenneth W. Godfrey, Charles W. Penrose Papers, ca. 1997, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Gift of Kenneth W. Godfrey.

Restrictions on Use

The Kenneth W. Godfrey, Charles W. Penrose Papers are the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information:

Collection processed by Stephen D. Youngkin

Finding aid compiled by Stephen D. Youngkin

Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000

Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 2000 (RLIN ID: UTSX00-A44).

Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000.

Related collections

Charles Penrose Papers, Mss B 130.

Summary Description | Background | Scope and Content | Administrative Info | Container List

Container list

Box

Folder

Contents

Journals and biography

1

1-5

Journal; 1 January 1854-(undated)

1

6-14

Charles W. Penrose: His Life and Thought, by Kenneth W. Godfrey
1. The Early Years
2. The First Mission
3. The Mission, The Marriage, The Missionary
4. Missionary Still, 1857-1859
5. Zion at Last!
6. Back to England
7. The First Year of the Second Mission
8. The Second Year of the Second Mission
9. The Third Year of the Second Mission
10. The Last Year of the Second Mission
11. The Logan-Ogden Years--1868-1877
12. The Third English Mission
13. The "Exile" in Zion
14. The Pre-General Authority Years
15. Editor Penrose Again
16. The Apostolic Ministry
17. European Mission President
18. The Mission's Second Year
19. The Last Year of his European Mission Presidency
20. The Final Six Months of the European Mission Presidency
21. Apostolic Ministry Again
22. The First Years in the First Presidency
23. In Conclusion