Handwritten and signed diary addressed to Phineas Young and dated 27 Oct. 1836. Joseph tells Phineas about the conditions of employment of a painter in Kirtland, Ohio. Young says that Brigham Young would be the best person to do the painting.

Photocopied holograph letters, patriarchal blessing, and a history of Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah. The letters are to and from Phineas Young and are largely about family matters. The history of Liberty Park was written by Phineas' wife Phoebe Young.

Typewritten biography of Phineas Howe Young (1799-1880) by his granddaughters Eleanor White Mackay, Seraph White Allred, and Naomi Wright. Phineas Young was a printer; building contractor; and Mormon bishop, missionary, and pioneer. He was a brother of the Mormon prophet, Brigham Young (1801-1877).

Handwritten and typewritten autobiograpy, diary, biographies, and genealogies of Young's descendents. The diary covers the years 1856 and 1857 and document Young's mission to England. Young's atuboiography covers his life to 1857. Also included are two biographies of Young written by family members.