New Discoveries in the Archives: Murder and Racism in 1893

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November 20, 2019

New Discoveries in the Archives: Murder and Racism in 1893

This blog post was written by Mariah Todd. She is the fall 2019 Outreach Intern at the Utah State Archives and Records Service. She is a senior at UVU majoring in History and she is particularly interested in primary sources. In 1893, seventeen-year-old Charles Arnup was arrested for killing a man. The following year, his attorney submitted a pardon application
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