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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
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Barzillai Frost travel journal
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3276
Scope and Contents
Journal kept by Barzillai Frost during his travels in the West in 1843. Includes an account of his visit to Nauvoo, Ill., and his meeting with Joseph Smith and other prominent Mormons. A photocopy and transcript of the diary are also included in the collection, as well as articles and biographical information on Frost.
Dates:
1843
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Genealogical Library collection
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6879
Abstract
Collection includes two boxes containing personal histories.
Dates:
1825-1975
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Andrew Locy Rogers autobiography and journal
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 835
Scope and Contents
Typescript of an autobiography and a diary to the year 1897 with photocopies of a handwritten diary for the year 1910 when Rogers was serving as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Scotland. Rogers writes about his early life in Utah, his migration to Arizona, his family, and his missionary activies in Scotland. Also included are photocopies of a handwritten diary of Andrew Locy Rogers, Jr. who writes about his life in Snowflake, Arizona. Rogers, Jr. also...
Dates:
1882-1946
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
J. Winter Smith collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8387
Scope and Contents
Collection of photocopies of handwritten transcriptions and original documents from the nineteenth century that pertain to the lives of members of the Joseph Smith family. The materials were collected by Joseph Smith's great nephew, J. Winter Smith. Includes copies of correspondence, diary entries, obituaries, life histories, and genealogical documents associated with the family. These include reflections on past periods of church history, personal problems in the Smith family, persecution...
Dates:
approximately 1840-1932
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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