Abstract

Records consist of family papers created and collected by members of the Capps Family and Zieg Family. Collection predominately consists of diaries kept by Mydas Zieg (nee Capps) from her teenage years through the rest of her life. Also included are letters sent by Mydas and Reuben's son, Philip while serving in the military and working for the Bureau of Land Management.

Content Description Collection includes 2 photograph albums and 7 photographic prints with 7 corresponding negatives. The first photograph album belonged to Willard Kirkham Capps Byam with later additions by her daughter, Mydas Capps Zieg, and possibly other family members, 101 pages with 236 photographic prints. Subjects include family and friends, including many photographs of Mydas Capps as a child and the extended Kirkham family. The album also includes some newspaper articles, memorial cards, and...