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Black Hawk committee meeting minutes

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2233
Scope and Contents

Handwritten entries into a book of blank pages. The entries relate to the meetings of the "Black Hawk Committee" of Springville, Utah. The organization commemorated the Black Hawk War between the whites and Indians of Utah. Also included are financial records and a list of men from Springville who participated in the war.

Dates: 1897-1959

Black Hawk War company roster sheet

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8857
Content Description Handwritten roster, in dark pencil, for the second and fourth platoons of an unidentified "Company D." There are twelve men listed in the 2nd platoon and 13 in the 4th platoon. Along with names, there are columns to indicate the number of horses, saddles, sabers, guns, pistols and rounds of ammunition. A number of men are listed as being sick, absent or unavailable. The date on the document corresponds to the beginning of the last period of active service for the Utah Territorial militia,...
Dates: 1865 November 2

Henry Schler Buckwalter autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1739
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed autobiography of Henry Shuler Buckwalter who served in Indian wars and helped Utah immigrants.

Dates: approximately 1906

Eliza Jane Staker Day autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 492
Scope and Contents

Typescripts of autobiographical materials. Day writes about her early life in Mt. Pleasant, about the defenses in the town during the Black Hawk War, and about her family. Also included is a biography by Day of her mother, Eliza Cusworth Burton Staker, who was a pioneer and an early settler in Mt. Pleasant.

Dates: 1842-1843

Ray Carl Howell collection of John and Etta Sidwell papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8465
Content Description

Contains materials relating to the Black Hawk War. Included are the writing of John and Etta Sidwell documenting the story of the pioneers and the first settlers in the Salt Lake Valley as well as his speeches, music scores, letters, journals, and three notebooks used at war veteran meetings. Materials are dated approximately 1880-1910.

Dates: Other: Approximately 1880-1910

Milas Edgar Johnson autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1350
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography. John writes about his life in Fountain Green and Huntington, Utah, his experiences in Utah's Black Hawk War, his employment as a postmaster, and his service in the Utah state senate.

Dates: 1926

L. John Nuttall papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 790
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries, correspondence, lists, minutes, patriarchal blessings, and notes. The materials relate to Nuttall's involvement in numerous Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Utah Militia activities. Nuttall's position as secretary to the president of the Church allowed him to record various observations on Church conduct and doctrine. He records many of the meetings of the Church's ruling bodies. Nuttall also recounts campaigns against the Ute Indians during the Black Hawk...
Dates: 1857-1904

William B. Pace military campaign record

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 190
Scope and Contents

Handwritten record of a campaign by the Utah County Militia against the Ute Indians from April to August 1867. The entries are often presented in the form a daily happenings. Also included are handwritten copies of military orders and correspondence between the members of the militia and local leaders.

Dates: 1867

Samuel W. Richards diaries

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 732
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of excerpts from handwritten diaries. The items cover the years 1846-1847, 1857-1859, 1868, 1869, 1873, and 1875-1876. Richards lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, presided over the European Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, prepared Utah Militia units for an expedition into Sanpete County, and served on another mission to the Eastern United States. Also included are patriarchal blessings and miscellaneous items relating to Richards and his family.

Dates: 1846-1876

Azariah Smith diary

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 554
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten diary. Smith writes of his early life until he started his diary in 1846. He tells about his experiences in the Mormon Battalion and the discovery of gold in California in 1848. Smith also writes about his coming to Utah and his life in Manti, Utah. He also relates incidents in the Black Hawk War when the whites fought the Ute Indians. There are many gaps.

Dates: 1846-1912

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Utah. Militia 5
Buckwalter, Henry Shuler, 1831- 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1
Day, Eliza Jane Staker, 1860-1948 1
Howell, Ray Carl 1