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Rhoda J. Allred and Sharon Allred Jessup collection on Rulon C. Allred

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8750
Scope and Contents Collection contains materials pertaining to the life of Rulon C. Allred. Included are typed and handwritten journal entries and letters, handwritten financial records, and his handwritten autobiography. A typed scrapbook made by his daughter Rhoda as well as Allred family recordings, family histories, and an interview with John Stewart on compact discs are also included. His religious materials include a book with records of work Allred did for the dead in Mesa, Arizona, and diary entries...
Dates: approximately 1930-2005; Majority of material found within 1958-1978

James H. Andersen papers

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 9283
Scope and Contents

CD-R containing JPG photographs of pages from the missionary journal of James H. Anderson documenting his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the northern states, primarily Iowa. The disc also contains a word document of the transcription of the journal, which includes a photograph from James' mission. Dated 1919 to 1921.

Dates: 1919-1921

Eliza Ann Bennion diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS SC 1128
Scope and Contents Includes a 149-page holograph diary kept by Eliza Ann Bennion from 1871 to 1876, while living on the "Bennion Ranch" near Vernon, in Rush Valley, Utah. Records the daily activities of a young woman in 19th century Utah, including helping her mother, doing chores, and going to church and school. She also tells of visits to family members in Taylorsville, Utah. Most entries are brief and recount simple incidents. Also includes a typed transcript, dated 1996, prepared by her granddaughter, Dawn...
Dates: 1871-1876; 1996

Biography of Samuel Miles the son of Samuel and Prudence Marks

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7599
Scope and Contents Manuscript autobiography, labeled by the author as a biography, with thirty-two pages of a handwritten life story by Samuel Miles. The story includes a life summary from 1826 to 1851, and short yearly summaries for each year between 1852 and 1881. The text includes information that is particularly familial and spiritual, but often references broader historical events that contextualize his life. He mentions several events in Latter-day Saintn history including the violence in Missouri, his...
Dates: approximately 1852-1881

Louis Orson Brandley journal

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 9175
Scope and Contents

Contains a thumbdrive with a transcribed copy of journals written by Louis Orson Brandley between 1950 and 1983. Materials record daily life in Utah and Alberta, Canada, and focus particularly on family, including Louis's wife, children, and grandchildren. Emphasis is placed on family activity in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also contains an autobiographical life history about Louis's early childhood.

Dates: approximately 1950-1983

William F. Carter journal

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 3092
Scope and Contents

Typescript of William Carter's mission journal to East India. Relates his call, his journey from Utah to California, his ocean voyage to India, and his missionary labors in Dinapore and Calcutta. Also describes homeward journey via Boston, Mass.

Dates: 1852 October-1853 December

Harold Glen Clark papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 7959
Scope and Contents

Contains the personal papers of Clark, including his diaries, daily planners, scrapbooks, high school yearbooks, photographs, letters, sound recordings of his speeches, and transcripts of his diaries created by children. Dated approximately 1896 to 1985.

Dates: 1896-1985

Diary on Mormon overland travel

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8296
Scope and Contents

Transcription of a diary by an unidentified Mormon pioneer describing an overland journey from Missouri to Utah. Author may have been part of the James Brown Company, and includes mention of a Danish company that may be the Hans Peter Olsen Company. Journal is dated June-September 1854. Transcription is dated 1990. Includes a copy of Emily Christiansen's original transcription dated 1960.

Dates: 1854 June-September

John Edwards journal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8367
Scope and Contents Materials include photocopies and transcriptions of John Edwards' journal written four years before his death. Included is Edwards' life history from 1831 to 1894. The autobiographical journal provides details about his joining the church in Wales, immigrating to the United States with his family in 1849 (as well as the deaths of his family around the same time), and his account of settlement and family life in Salt Lake City, Utah. Among other recollections, he writes about his faith,...
Dates: 1894

Norma Elliott collection of Addison Pratt materials

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8660
Scope and Contents

The collection contains transcripts of letters from Addison Pratt to his family, a transcript of Pratt's missionary journal from his time in Tahiti, genealogy research of Addison Pratt's family, and a rubbing of Pratt's gravestone. Dated approximately 1950.

Dates: Approximately 1950

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Japan -- History -- Meiji period, 1868-1912 1
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 11
Brigham Young University 4
Brandley, Louis Orson, 1889-1984 2
Cannon, Louisa Martha Wells, 1862-1888 2
Lyon, Ted 2
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Relief Society (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) 2
Smith family 2
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 2
Ursenbach, Charles, 1903-1985 2
Wells, Emmeline B. (Emmeline Blanche), 1828-1921 2
Allred, Rhoda J., 1943- 1
Allred, Rulon C. (Rulon Clark) 1
Andersen, James H., 1891-1969 1
Apostolic United Brethren 1
Arrington, Leonard J. 1
Barrus, Mary Elizabeth Clark, 1873-1961 1
Barrus, Orlando Clark, 1902-1922 1
Barrus, Orrin Orlando, 1870-1958 1
Beecher, Maureen Ursenbach 1
Bennion, Eliza Ann, 1853-1946 1
Bennion, Lowell E. 1
Brigham Young University. Department of History 1
Brown, James, 1801-1863 1
Bryson, Dorothy Jane Larson,1923-2006 1
Carroll, Paul Wayne 1
Carter, William Fulsbury, 1811-1888 1
Christiansen, Emily 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Library 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Northern States Mission 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Northwestern States Mission 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Southern Indian Mission 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Southern States Mission 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Spanish-American Mission 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Swiss and German Mission 1
Clark, Harold Glen, 1902-1984 1
Clark, Lucy A. Rice 1
Cutler, Virginia F., 1905-1993 1
Edwards, John, 1831-1898 1
Elliott, Norma Larson, 1916-2009 1
Flake, John T., 1882-1973 1
Frost, Barzillai, 1804-1858 1
Gividen, Harold V., 1924- 1
Hamblin, Jacob, 1819-1886 1
Hanks, Marion D. 1
Hansen, Hans Martin, 1856-1939 1
Harmon (Family : Harmon, Jesse M. (Jesse Martin), 1868-1922) 1
Harmon family 1
Harmon, Appleton Milo, 1820-1877 1
Harmon, Jesse M. (Jesse Martin), 1868-1922 1
Hart, Charles Henry, 1866-1934 1
Harvey, R. C. (Richard Coope), 1865-1950 1
Hawaii Temple (Laie, Hawaii) 1
Hoglund family 1
Hoglund, Connie 1
Holmes, Blair 1
Huntington, Oliver Boardman, 1823-1907 1
Hurst, Carol Bayles, 1914-2004 1
Hurst, William Riley, 1908-2000 1
Hutchings, Ralph Bay, 1917- 1
International (Ship) 1
Jardine, Stuart B. 1
Jardine, Winnifred C. 1
Jessop, Sharon Allred, 1942- 1
Llewellen, Ethel Edith Johnson, 1892-1973 1
Lyon, John, 1803-1889 1
Lyon, T. Edgar 1
Mann, Henry Rice, 1814-1852 1
Miles, Samuel, 1826-1910 1
Murphy, Castle Hadlock, 1886-1985 1
Norby, Clinton O. 1
Olsen, Hans Peter 1
Olsen, Merle Barrus, 1913-2007 1
Olsen, Orrin James, 1953- 1
Palmer, Asael E. (Asael Exile), 1888-1984 1
Palmer, LeRoy Arthur, 1911-2003 1
Peart, Jacob, 1801-1874 1
Pierson, Chesley N. (Chesley Nels), 1928- 1
Pierson, Ole Franc, 1848-1922 1
Pratt, Addison, 1802-1872 1
Richards, Karl 1
Robison, Joseph Vickery, 1832-1914 1
Rogers, Andrew Locy, 1854-1943 1
Rogers, Andrew Locy, 1880- 1
Salmon, Louise Linton, 1917- 1
Salt Lake Institute of Religion 1
Sandberg, Dawn Bennion, 1929-2020 1
Scarritt, Josiah A. (Josiah Atkins), 1790-1865 1
Smith, Elias, 1804-1888 1
Smith, Elizabeth Fern Wood, 1896- 1
Smith, J. Winter (Jesse Winter), 1880-1979 1
Snow, Max 1
Sorensen, Frederick Chester 1
Sorensen, Virginia, 1912-1991 1
St. George Temple (Saint George, Utah) 1
Stark, Helen Candland, 1901-1994 1
Stevenson, Edward, 1820-1897 1
Stucki, John R. 1
Stucki, John Ulrich, 1837-1918 1
Thomas, Elijah, Jr., 1876-1967 1
Thomas, Mary Ann Petersen, 1881-1962 1
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