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The International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers (ISDUP, DUP) is a women's organization dedicated to preserving the history of the original settlers of the geographic area covered by the State of Deseret and Utah Territory, including Mormon pioneers. The organization is open to any woman who is: (1) A direct-line descendant or legally adopted direct-line descendant with a pioneer ancestor. (2) The pioneer ancestor is a person who traveled to or through the geographic area covered by the State of Deseret/Utah Territory between July 1847 and 10 May 1869 (completion of the railroad, May 10, 1869). (3) over the age of eighteen, and of good character ^[1]

History

The Daughters of Utah Pioneers was organized 11 April 1901 in Salt Lake City. Annie Taylor Hyde, a daughter of John Taylor, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, invited a group of fifty-four women to her home seeking to perpetuate the names and achievements of the men, women and children who were the pioneers in founding this commonwealth. (Carter, 11:329-428) Although the original organizational structure and titles of officers were based on those of the Church's Relief Society, the DUP (ISDUP) followed the lead of other national lineage societies, such as the Daughters of the American Revolution, in acting as a nonpolitical and nonsectarian organization. In 1925, the now International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers (ISDUP) and its local units were legally incorporated.

Achievements

In later decades, the ISDUP (DUP) has worked to conserve historical sites and landmarks, to collect artifacts, relics, manuscripts and photographs, and to educate its members and the general public. The society maintains small meeting and display halls in the intermountain west, eighty-six of them in Utah, and manages an extensive and valuable collection in its Salt Lake City museum (Pioneer Memorial Museum). Numerous books have been published by the society, including community and family histories, cookbooks, history texts, children's stories, and a four-volume collection of biographical sketches "Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude" (1998).

Organizational structure

File:Orderville Utah ISDUP museum.jpg

The ISDUP museum in Orderville

ISDUP headquarters are located in the Pioneer Memorial Museum in Salt Lake City, Utah. The international organization is administered by a corporate board. Membership is organized into "companies," whose presiding officers oversee the activities of "camps" of ten or more members in a geographic area. In 2006, the ISDUP consists of 185 companies overseeing 1,050 camps in the United States and Canada with a total living membership of 21,451.

The current officers of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers (ISDUP, DUP), 1 January 2010, consist of President Bette Barton, 1st Vice President and Museum Director Maurine Smith, and Recording Secretary Cheryl Searle.

References

^ International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers "Membership in the DUP". Accessed 23 March 2010

Carter, Kate B., editor. "The Daughters of Utah Pioneers", article within the 12 volume series, "Heart Throbs of the West." Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, Salt Lake City, 1939-51.
Official Web Site of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
Official Web Site of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, Membership Information

External links

[1] International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers "Membership in the DUP". Accessed 23 March 2010

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-The '''International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers''' (ISDUP, DUP) is a women's organization dedicated to preserving the history of the original settlers of the geographic area covered by the [[State of Deseret]] and [[Utah Territory]], including [[Mormon pioneers]].  The organization is open to any woman who is ''"over the age of eighteen, of good character, and a lineal or legally adopted descendant of an ancestor who came to the [[Utah Territory]] before the completion of the railroad, May 10, 1869."''<ref>International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers "[http://www.dupinternational.org/membership.html Membership in the DUP]". Accessed 23 March 2010</ref>
+The '''International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers''' (ISDUP, DUP) is a women's organization dedicated to preserving the history of the original settlers of the geographic area covered by the [[State of Deseret]] and [[Utah Territory]], including [[Mormon pioneers]].  The organization is open to any woman who is:
+(1) A direct-line descendant or legally adopted direct-line descendant with a pioneer ancestor.
+(2) The pioneer ancestor is a person who traveled to or through the geographic area covered by the [[State of Deseret]]/[[Utah Territory]] between July 1847 and 10 May 1869 (completion of the railroad, May 10, 1869).
+(3) over the age of eighteen, and of good character
+<ref>International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers "[http://www.dupinternational.org/membership.html Membership in the DUP]". Accessed 23 March 2010</ref>
 ==History==
 The Daughters of Utah Pioneers was organized 11 April 1901 in Salt Lake City.  [[Annie Taylor Hyde]], a daughter of [[John Taylor (1808-1887)|John Taylor]], president of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], invited a group of fifty-four women to her home seeking to ''perpetuate the names and achievements of the men, women and children who were the pioneers in founding this commonwealth.'' (Carter, 11:329-428)  Although the original organizational structure and titles of officers were based on those of the Church's [[Relief Society]], the DUP (ISDUP) followed the lead of other national lineage societies, such as the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]], in acting as a nonpolitical and nonsectarian organization.  In 1925, the now International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers (ISDUP) and its local units were legally incorporated.