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John A. Powel journal
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1199
Scope and Contents
Handwritten journal of Powel's overland journey from Illinois to Linn County, Oregon in 1851. Includes daybook of receipts and expenses and a record of marriages performed by Powel. Daily diary entries mostly deal with traveling conditions and the geography of the trail. Early entries mention passing through a Mormon settlement. Powel also briefly notes the death of his daughter, Therissa, from complications related to childbirth.
Dates:
1851-1878
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
President Amasa M. Lyman discourse on the nature of the mission of Jesus Christ
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8910
Scope and Contents
Typescript of discourse given by Lyman on the "Nature of the Mission of Jesus Christ" in Dundee, Scotland, on March 16, 1862. The text is from the version that was printed in the "The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star" no. 14, Vol. 24, April 5, 1862. There is writing at the top of the copy indicating that this copy was given by Edna Lyman Houtz, granddaughter of Amasa M. Lyman. Materials dated 1862.
Dates:
1862 March 16
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John H. Purdy correspondence to James L. Purdy
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 862
Scope and Contents
Handwritten correspondence from John Purdy to his brother, James, about his overland journey by ox team from Columbus, Ohio, to California in 1849. Purdy is an intelligent and detailed writer. He describes various companies' rules and regulations and his attempts to join a suitable group traveling to California. Purdy's company encountered Native Americans and two of his party were killed. He also mentions his visit to Salt Lake City and how the company made their own road to Los Angeles,...
Dates:
1849-1851
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Radmall family histories
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2942
Scope and Contents
Includes recopied autobiography of Henry B. Radmall; a biographical sketch of his wife, Caroline Severn Radmall; and a biographical sketch of their son, Alma Radmall. Also includes a few Latter-day Saint patriarchal blessings. Some of the information relates to Pleasant Grove, Utah.
Dates:
approximately 1958
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Remembering Winter Quarters/Council Bluffs writings of the Mormon pioneers at the Missouri River
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2964
Scope and Contents
Compilation by Karen and Paul Larsen, of excerpts from diaries and reminiscences of Latter-day Saints who resided in the Winter Quarters/Council Bluffs area between about 1846 and 1852. Includes writings of Job Taylor Smith, Eliza Maria Patridge Lyman, Helen Mar Kimball Whitney, Aroet Lucius Hale, Anna Clark Hale, Jane Snyder Richards, Joseph Fielding, Bathsheba Wilson Bigler Smith, Lucy Meserve Smith, Richard Ballantyne, Sarah Studevant Leavitt, Alfred Boaz Lambson, Allen Joseph Stout,...
Dates:
1998
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
James W. Flint report on Buckley Mine, Provo, Utah
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 3971
Scope and Contents
Report on Buckley Mine, Provo, Utah, 1907, is six leaves of notes on the Monarch Group of Mining Claims.
Dates:
1907
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Seymour Kenneth Robbins autobiographical sketch
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2999
Scope and Contents
Contains brief information on his early life in Salt Lake City, education, church service, family, and employment.
Dates:
1999; 1999
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Saga of Parowan
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3048
Scope and Contents
Typewritten copy of a poem (14 pages) written to celebrate the settling of Parowan, Utah, by Mormon pioneers.
Dates:
approximately 1920
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
A short history of my life
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2947
Scope and Contents
Reviews his early life in Provo and Spanish Fork, Utah, including references to activities on the family farm; attendance at Brigham Young Junior High, High School, and University, including comments about playing on basketball and tennis teams; marriage to Patricia Peterson, 1956; training and work as a dentist; service as a bishop at BYU, 1964-1969; teaching religion classes at BYU beginning in 1969; other church and community service; and his family. The first six pages of narrative,...
Dates:
1976-1985
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Andrew Jackson Shupe diary
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 817
Scope and Contents
This is a typescript of a diary of a Mexican War soldier who served in the "Mormon Battalion." The diary was kept from 16 July 1846 to 10 Sept. 1847 with a few entries for the years 1848-1855. He was also among the first groups to enter Salt Lake Valley in July of 1847. He went to Winter Quarters in August 1847 and went to Ogden, Utah in 1852. There are numerous gaps in this diary. The entries tend to be short but some are lengthy and detailed. Two small biographies of Andrew Jackson...
Dates:
1846-1855
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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