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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

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

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

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

Ignacio Garcia oral history

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8123
Scope and Contents

Contains the oral history of a Brigham Young University history professor who immigrated to the United States from Mexico with his family in 1956. Also contains his memories of the Vietnam War. The date is 2012.

Dates: 2012

Henry Rice Mann diary

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1348
Scope and Contents

Typed transcript of part of Henry Rice Mann's diary. Transcript begins June 22, 1849 and ends September 18, 1849. On the entry of August 10, 1849, Mann is 35 years old. The diary recounts his trip across the United States to become a gold panner in California. Mann describes the climate, surrounding nature, the wagon train, camping life, and the prospect of searching for gold in California.

Dates: 1849 June-September

Fernando Garcia oral history interview with Silvia Garcia

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8124
Scope and Contents

Contains the oral history of a Honduran immigrant who joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after immigrating to the United States. The date is 2012.

Dates: 2012

Oral history interview with Stanislawa Habel

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8934
Scope and Contents

Collection contains three cassette tapes with an oral history of Stanislawa Habel conducted by Dennis Campbell. Materials document her life story as she lived in Poland in the 1940s to 1970s as well as her immigration to Canada before finally moving to Utah in 1991. The materials discuss Stanislawa Habel's childhood in Poland, her family life, her conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and her career as a nurse. Materials dated August 2001.

Dates: 2001 August

Oral history interview with Stella McManus

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8118
Scope and Contents

Contains a transcript for an oral history of Stella McManus, an immigrant from England to Utah. The date is 2012.

Dates: 2012

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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