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Allen family papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2337
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed correspondence, certificates, deeds, postcards, family histories, and miscellaneous items. The materials document the private and legal activities of the Allen family.

Dates: approximately 1890-1944

Ole Hendriksen Berg letter

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2363
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter dated 2 May 1886 and addressed to a brother Andersen. The item was composed in Noregian and was written in Provo, Utah. Berg writes about recent activities.

Dates: 1886 May 2

Biography of John and Louise Smith Park

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1000
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of Mary's biography of her parents, but the bulk of the account is autobiographical. Mary tells of coming to Utah in 1847 including incidents en route. She tells of the early settlement of Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah including problems with Indians, crickets and grass hoppers, and the difficult living conditions.

Dates: approximately 1900

H. H. Cluff diary

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1946
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary (144 pages) by Harvey H. Cluff. Cluff records events relating to his church activities. He talks about church talks, church courts, and reactions to the activities of federal officials who were pursuing Church members because of the practice of polygamy. Cluff presents copies of letters written by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and gives an account of his arrest for polygamy on April 30, 1887.

Dates: 1887-1888

Lafayette Hinckley and Alsina Elisabeth Holbrook letters

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 3689
Abstract

The letters of Lafayette Hinckley Holbrook and Alsina Elisabeth Brimhall Holbrook contain letters dated 1897–1913 (bulk: 1897–1901).

Dates: 1897-1966

Isgreen family correspondence

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 612
Scope and Contents

Holographs, two printed items and one typescript. The collection includes 28 letters written by or to members of the Isgreen family, 15 of which are written by or to Emil Isgreen. The correspondence is generally family news with a few business letters, two missionary letters from Wales and a description of Mattie Isgreen's travel in Hawaii. Also included are an invitation to a ball, 1896, the Democratic ticket for Provo, Utah, ca. 1900, and a thought on prayer.

Dates: 1894-1907

Samuel Moore letters

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2225
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letters. Moore writes about family matters and admonishes his sons not to dishonor the family.

Dates: 1875-1888

Stephen Bliss Moore correspondence

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2223
Scope and Contents

Handwritten correspondence. Three of the items are photocopies of handwritten items and are from Brigham Young (1801-1877) approving Moore's activities and giving him permission to settle in Strawberry Valley, Utah. One letter is from Stephen Moore to his wife, Eleanor, telling her of his experiences working away from home. Another item is from Eleanor Moore telling her brother of the death of her son, Stephen.

Dates: 1859-1894

History of my father, Stephen Bliss Moore, and my mother, Eleanor Colton Moore : pioneers and children of pioneers

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 290
Scope and Contents Typewritten biography of Stephen Bliss Moore and his wife, Eleanor Colton Moore. Stephen and Eleanor were Mormon pioneers who married in 1857. They lived in Salt Lake City, Utah, near the "Indian Farm" by Spanish Fork, Utah, at the Tintic Mining district near Eureka, Utah, and near Provo, Utah. They had encounters with Ute Indians. Stephen worked as a miner, rancher, and as a grower of fruit trees. Lott often quotes from diaries and letters in the biography of her parents. Also...
Dates: 1857-1953

Elizabeth Truman Partridge papers

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 609
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography, certificates, newspaper clipping, and a letter. The biography is by an unknown author and tells the story of Partridge's life in Provo, Utah. The other materials relate to her selection as mother of the year.

Dates: 1957

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Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 3
Moore, Stephen Bliss, 1836-1894 2
Sutherland, George, 1862-1942 2
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