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Across the continent by overland stage in 1865
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 501
Scope and Contents
In this autographed reminiscence, Colfax describes his stagecoach trip from Missouri to California in 1865. It is likely he made the trip in his capacity as chair of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Account includes his detailed observations regarding trail terrain, arable lands, mining, and the people he encountered. Colfax also indirectly considered the issue of the transcontinental railroad. He spent a few days in Salt Lake City and met Brigham Young, president of the Mormon...
Dates:
1865
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Infatuation : a fiction founded on fact
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 509
Scope and Contents
Typewritten manuscript of an unpublished book entitled; "Infatuation: A Fiction Founded on Fact." This work is a novel based on the author's negative experiences with Mormonism.
Dates:
1858
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Levi Jackman diary
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 79
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary. Jackman made the overland journey from Illinois to Utah in 1847 with the first company of Mormon pioneers. He writes about travelling conditions, weather, frequent encounters with Indians, and buffalo hunting. Jackman's company was led by Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Jackman records disagreements, occasional poor behavior in the company, and Young's instructions as well as rebukes. He also writes about early life in Salt Lake City, Utah: the influx...
Dates:
1847-1849
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Henry W. Lawrence papers
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 3079
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of letters, deeds, legal papers, and other materials collected by Lawrence through his business dealings. These include the estate papers of William W. Phelps, Heber C. Kimball, Julia Kimball, as well as miscellaneous legal papers relating to Henry W. Lawrence, and the legal papers relating to the property dispute case of William H. Folsom vs. Thomas Fitch (1881).
Dates:
1873-1908
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Legal instruments relating to Mormons in Utah
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 707
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous legal documents. The collection consists of an account balance slip signed by Brigham Young, a stock certificate signed by Wilford Woodruff, John Bernhisel, among others; an incorporation bond; a record of trespass action against Lyman E. Johnson; a record of a court action; four receipts of per diem signed by Heber C. Kimball, Jedediah M. Grant, Orson Hyde, and Parley P. Pratt; and a petition for payment to E. D. Mecham, a member of the Mormon Battalion, from the estate of...
Dates:
1838-1895
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
An overland journey from San Francisco to New York by way of the Salt Lake City
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2217
Scope and Contents
Handwritten copy of an article published in the "Good Words and Sunday Magazine" on 1 June 1866 (vol. 7, pp. 380-393). After serving as a gunboat captain in British Columbia, Verney made the overland journey by stage coach from San Francisco, California to New York City in 1865. Verney was a well-educated traveler and his description of the overland route is extensive. Stage coach traveling was exhausting and Verney describes both the rough conditions and his fellow travelers. Trouble with...
Dates:
1866
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Pack letters
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 67
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten and signed letters dated 1847, addressed to family members, describing difficulties of the journey to Salt Lake City, Utah and Pack's associations with Mormon Church leaders Brigham Young and Heber Chase Kimball.
Dates:
approximately 1847
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Heber C. Kimball and Brigham young stock subscription certificate
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 229
Scope and Contents
Handwritten subscription certificate signed by nine persons and two corporations and dated 3 March 1866. The item was signed by Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church, and Heber C. Kimball, an apostle in the same faith.
Dates:
1866 March 3
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Anthony W. Street photographs
Collection
Identifier: MSS P 174
Scope and Contents
Collection includes 51 photographs of Salt Lake City, Utah, and carte de visites (some photocopied) and Mormons living in Utah. The shots of Salt Lake are largely of buildings in the downtown area. Some of the visiting cards are of prominent Mormon leaders such as Brigham Young (1801-1877) and Heber C. Kimball. Most of the photographs came from the studios of Savage & Ottinger and George H. Johnson.
Dates:
approximately 1850-1880
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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