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Asay town, now a ghost town, in Garfield County

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2731
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten history of Asay Town, Utah. The town was founded in 1872 along Asay Creek by Mormons and was later abandoned. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain.

Dates: approximately 1950

Bette B. Ashworth memorial collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 3280
Scope and Contents Collection contains letters from famous Utah residents, letters to Max Lachman during World War II, booklets, scrapbooks, photo albums, receipts, photographs of Price and Carbon County, Utah, and marriage certificates. Also contains glass plate negatives by Charles Ellis Johnson and corresponding prints. Also contains articles, postcards, Bingham Canyon and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and other ledger books, artwork, legal documents, and other manuscripts collected by Brent Ashworth...
Dates: 1802-2017

Milas Edgar Johnson autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 948
Scope and Contents

Typewritten excerpts of an autobiography. Johnson was born while his parents were migrating to Utah. He lived in numerous places including Fountain Green and Huntington, Utah. He states that he knew Black Hawk, recounts incidents with Ute Indians during the Black Hawk War, served as postmaster in Huntington, and was elected to the Utah state senate. The item was edited by family members who removed some material.

Dates: 1926

Anna Mary Ball Frewin autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 902
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of an autobiography. Frewin was born in England, migrated to Utah in 1881, and settled in Salt Lake City, Utah. She writes about Mormon polygamists hiding from federal officials stating, "you couldn't tell whether there was a man or woman coming down the street because the men were dressed in women's clothing with sun bonnets."

Dates: 1959

Niels Fugal autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 903
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography. Fugal writes about his family background, his work as a blacksmith, his Mormon-Church related activities, and many developments in Pleasant Grove.

Dates: 1944

Joseph Young and Seymour B. Young papers

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 513
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography and an account of Joseph Young's death and funeral by his son, Seymour B. Young. Joseph writes about his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and comments on various doctrines of that faith.

Dates: approximately 1881

Autobiography and poems of George Washington Johnson

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 189
Scope and Contents

Collection includes handwritten autobiography, patriarchal blessings, poems, and letters created by Johnson. Also included is a transcription of those materials by his great-great granddaughter. Materials date 1893 and 2000.

Dates: 1893-2000

Virginia state officials autograph collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 695
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed legal documents signed by governors and lieutenant governors of Virginia. Included are two depositions by Benjamin Harrison regarding land suits; an appointment of a county sheriff signed by James Pleasants; appointments of six Justices of the Peace by Joseph Johnson, three by John Letcher, four by Henry Wise, and three by Francis Pierpont; and an appointment of county surveyor Joshua Pretlow.

Dates: 1784-1865

Luigino Bardi family history

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 491
Scope and Contents

History of the Bardi family. Among other things, it documents their feud with the Soderini family with which they were bitterly antagonistic for generations. These documents tell of an unsuccessful plot to kill Piero Soderini and other actions taken between these two rival families. The manuscript was written in a simple code that is a mix of Latin and Greek. The probable intention of this code was to make the material difficult to read and to confuse the Bardi's enemies.

Dates: 1507-1538

Beaver Island record

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1636
Scope and Contents

Typewritten history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Strangites) at the City of James, Beaver Island, Michigan from 1848 to 1855.

Dates: 1913

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L. Tom Perry Special Collections 449
L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives 3
 
Subject
Home and Family 110
Letters 88
Diaries 53
Biographies 49
Autobiographies 44
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Histories (Literary works) 37
Photographs 32
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 27
American Fork (Utah) -- History 20
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History 19
Certificates 18
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 18
Scrapbooks 18
Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History 17
Provo (Utah) -- History 16
Deeds 15
Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- History 15
Material Types 14
Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History 14
Latter Day Saint women -- Biography 13
Politics, Government, and Law 13
Agreements 12
Immigration and American Expansion 11
Missions and Missionaries 11
Photocopies 11
Utah -- History 11
Correspondence 10
Latter Day Saint pioneers 10
Manuscripts 10
Notes 10
Postcards 10
Speeches, addresses, etc., American 10
Black Hawk War (Utah), 1865-1872 9
Family histories 9
Latter Day Saints -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History 9
Military 9
Articles 8
Education 8
Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History 8
Agriculture and Natural Resources 7
Overland Journeys to the Western United States 7
Spanish Fork (Utah) -- History 7
Agriculture 6
Drafts (Documents) 6
Genealogies 6
Land tenure -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History 6
Newspapers 6
Programs 6
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 5
Church Government 5
Latter Day Saints -- Arizona -- History 5
Latter Day Saints -- England 5
Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Spanish Fork -- History 5
Oral histories 5
Saint George (Utah) -- History 5
Account books 4
Arizona -- History -- To 1912 4
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Castle Valley (Emery County, Utah) -- History 4
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Lists 4
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Nauvoo (Ill.) 4
Negatives 4
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Payson (Utah) -- History 4
Pioneers 4
Poetry 4
Printed ephemera 4
Religion 4
Sanpete County (Utah) -- History 4
Snowflake (Ariz.) -- History 4
Social Classes 4
Utah -- History -- 19th century 4
Ute Indians -- History 4
World War, 1939-1945 4
Authors, American 3
Autographs 3
Brigham City (Utah) -- History 3
Business records 3
Cleveland (Utah) -- History 3
Danish Americans -- Utah -- History 3
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Governors -- Virginia -- History -- Sources 3
Haun's Mill Massacre, Mo., 1838 3
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English 436
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 24
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 10
Jensen, Naomi Asay Anderson (1898-1987) 7
Tanner, George S. 7
Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 7
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Smith family 5
Brigham Young University 4
Hunt, Theodore 4
Timpson, Laura Logie, 1886-1973 4
United States. Army. Mormon Battalion 4
Brigham Young Academy 3
Carpenter, Christopher, active 1803-1817 3
Clamorgan, Jacques, -1814 3
Sinaloa (Mexico : State) 3
Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844 3
Utah Expedition (1857-1858) 3
Vega, Rafael de la 3
Adams, Robert D. (Robert Darius), 1881-1956 2
Berry, Taylor 2
Bigler, Jacob G., 1813-1907 2
Cerre, Gabriel S. 2
Coombs, Ellis D. (Ellis Day), 1883-1981 2
Faria, Larry (1945- ) 2
Fillerup, Charles Richard, 1873-1936 2
Fillerup, Moneta Johnson, 1882-1965 2
Gray, Fern Armstrong 2
Harrison, Benjamin, approximately 1726-1791 2
Hempstead, Thomas 2
Henrie family 2
Knight, Jesse, 1845-1921 2
Labbadie, Sylvestre 2
Makin, Irene Armstrong 2
Miles, Eva, 1909-1987 2
Miller, Ellen Anderson, 1833-1929 2
Miller, Niels Peter, 1837-1921 2
Missouri Fur Company 2
Osborn, Obadiah 2
Ottosen, Annie Miller, 1837-1921 2
Patterson family 2
Patterson, Edward M. (Edward McGregor), 1841-1909 2
Shelley, Charlotte D. 2
Shrock, Thomas P. (Thomas Prather), 1816-1884 2
Smith, Bernett B. 2
Smith, Emma Hale 2
Snow, Erastus Fairbanks, 1818-1888 2
Stone, David, fl. 1821 2
Winkler, Albert L. (Albert Lynn) (1949-) 2
Young, Joseph, 1797-1881 2
Abegg, Isaura Bentley 1
Adams, James J., 1848- 1
Adams, Verda Spencer, 1900-1994 1
Addams, Jane 1
Allen, Hannah 1
Allen, Marva Genevieve Stevens, 1929-2011 1
Allen, Rufus C., 1827- 1
Alt, Jacob 1
America's Freedom Festival (Provo, Utah) 1
American Home Missionary Society 1
American Mothers, Inc. 1
Arkansas and Texas Land Company 1
Armstrong, Annie Marie Jensen, 1860-1929 1
Armstrong, James Henry, 1861-1919 1
Armstrong, William, 1805-1895 1
Ashworth, Bette B., 1927-1977 1
Ashworth, Brent, 1949- 1
Auerbach, Herbert S. (Herbert Samuel), 1882-1945 1
Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836 1
Bailey, Elizabeth Young, 1833-1918 1
Bailey, George B., 1833-1895 1
Bardi family 1
Bardi, Luigino 1
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887 1
Beecher, Maureen Ursenbach 1
Bennett, John Cook, 1804-1867 1
Bennion, Lowell L., 1908-1996 1
Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858 1
Benyamen, Levi 1
Berg, Ole H. (Ole Hendriksen), 1840-1919 1
Bettisworth, David 1
Bieler, P. S. (Paul Samuel) 1
Billings, May, 1882-1952 1
Birkin, Elizabeth Roland, 1851-1916 1
Birkin, Robert, 1851-1916 1
Bissonette, Pierre 1
Bleak, James G. (James Godson), 1829-1918 1
Blythe, John A. 1
Boggs, Lillburn W., 1792-1860 1
Bondam, Wijlen P 1
Bowen, Albert E. (Albert Ernest), 1875-1953 1
Bowen, Annie Shackleton, 1840-1929 1
Bowie, James 1
Bowles, Catherine, 1915-2006 1
Boyd (Family : Boyd, John David, 1839-1917) 1
Boyd family 1
Bracken, Agnes, 1879-1954 1
Braconia, Francois 1
Bradley family 1
Brandley, Louis Orson, 1889-1984 1
Britten, Augustus 1
Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915 1
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