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Transcription of the Averett Family ledger book

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1303
Scope and Contents

Narrative of the history of members of the Averett family, including conversion, activities in Far West and Nauvoo, emigration westward, and settlement and activities in Utah Territory. The transcription was entrusted to P.T. Reilly.

Dates: 1972

Don C. Conley oral histories for The Pioneer Chinese of Utah

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 7633
Scope and Contents

Collection includes twelve sound reels containing interviews of either descendants of early settlers in the Utah Territory, such as Wallace Clay, or Utah historians, like Juanita Brooks. The interviews are oral histories that were used as part of Conley's master's thesis, published in 1976. Each reel includes one person's story, with the exception of reel number nine, which contains two interviews. Dated 1974-1975.

Dates: 1974-1975

Joseph M. Ferguson letter to Nancy W. Ott

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7529
Abstract

The Joseph M. Ferguson letter consists of one letter, written 11 August 1849, from J. M. Ferguson to his sister, Nancy W. Ott. The letter concerns his sister's resettlement in Salt Lake City.

Dates: 1849 August 11

Genealogical Library collection

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6879
Abstract

Collection includes two boxes containing personal histories.

Dates: 1825-1975

The handcart companies of 1856 and Arza Erastus Hinkley

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1770
Scope and Contents

Softbound typescript of an account of the rescue of the Martin Handcart Company, taken from journals and oral family histories.

Dates: 1980

Jesse M. Harmon family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1665
Scope and Contents Collection consists of materials by and about the Jesse M. Harmon family. Of particular focus are Jesse M. Harmon, who was a prominent member of the community in Provo, Utah, and his father Appleton Milo Harmon, who was an original pioneer to Utah in 1847, and was known for constructing the odometer invented by William Clayton. Includes biographical and genealogical sketches of several family members, newspaper clippings, journal transcripts, family newsletters, and other documents used in...
Dates: approximately 1868-1989

J. Taylor Hollist collection on Wilford C. Wood

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6760
Scope and Contents Collection includes research done by J. Taylor Hollist on Wilford C. Wood. It includes photocopies and typed summaries of information he collected from the Wilford Wood Museum in Bountiful, Utah, and the LDS Church Archives in Salt Lake City, Utah. The information describes how the Church came to own many of its associated historical sites. The collection also includes a typewritten biography of Wilford C. Wood written by A. James Faulkner in 2014, and an index and endnotes to this book...
Dates: 1800-2015

Oliver Boardman Huntington papers

 Collection — Box: 3
Identifier: MSS 162
Scope and Contents

Collection contains diaries, ephemera, and patriarchal blessings produced by Oliver Boardman Huntington and his son, Oliver B. Huntington. Items document the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Latter-day Saint exodus to the West, and the establishment and early development of Utah. Materials date from between 1843 and 1932.

Transcriptions of most items also available.

Dates: 1843-1932

Jacob Peart letters and diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3814
Scope and Contents

Contains the typed and transcribed work of Dorothy Jane Larson Bryson, as well as copies of the original diaries of Jacob Peart. Also includes photographs of various people related to the diaries.

Dates: 1801-1874

Robert Peirce letter

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2590
Abstract

Letter written by Robert Peirce August 31, 1848 to his family in Pennsylvania about his journey to Salt Lake City and his LDS faith.

Dates: 1848 August 31; 1848 August 31

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Cannon, Louisa Martha Wells, 1862-1888 2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2
Relief Society (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) 2
Wells, Emmeline B. (Emmeline Blanche), 1828-1921 2
Averett, Elijah, 1810-1886 1