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William Ajax letter to William Lewis

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8692
Scope and Contents

Materials include a photocopied letter from William Ajax (Centre, Utah) to William Lewis (Aberdare, Wales), dated March 18, 1893. Ajax writes about Wales, Utah, and the building of the Salt Lake City temple. He says that the fine quality masonry has been built by Welshmen. He also talks about his education, current interests, describes his emmigration from Wales to Utah, and discusses his opinions about Mormonism and religion. Dated March 18, 1893.

Dates: 1893 March 18

George Alley papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 727
Abstract Account and receipt books, family correspondence, diary of Stephen Webb Alley, genealogy, family history materials, and memorabilia of the George Alley family. Photographs include studio portraits of Lydia Ann Alley and Susan Hannah Alley Wells, polygamist wives of Mormon Church leader, Daniel H. Wells, and a portrait of George Alley's wife, Mary Symond Alley. A majority of the photos were taken by Salt Lake City photographer Charles R. Savage. The photographs are albumen and matte collodion...
Dates: 1834-1891

Jedediah Stanley Anderson papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1639
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, certificates, journals, newespaper articles, pamphlets, magazines, notes, and personal items. The correspondence is between Anderson , his family, friends, and leaders of the Mormon Church. Many of the items deal with personal and family matters. The diaries are in six volumes and include genealogical items. The newspaper clippings relate to Anderson and his family.

Dates: 1887-1950

Joe Belkan letter

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1132
Scope and Contents

Letter dated 13 Feb. 1891 and addressed to a Mr. Parkins Ouray, Colorado. Belken is in Salt Lake City, Utah, looking for work, but the "money market" is tight and "the town is full of people hunting employment and failing to find it." Belken also asks Parkins for some money, so he can return to Ouray.

Dates: 1891 February 13

Seth Millington Blair diary and autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1316
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an autobiography. Blair writes about his parents, his joining of the Mormon Church, his migration to Utah, his mission to Texas for the Mormon Church, and his life in Salt Lake City, Utah. He includes patriarchal blessings of family members. There are many gaps in the diary.

Dates: 1853-1868

Rulon Tingey and Josephine Omer Burton family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3135
Scope and Contents

Collection includes the papers of various members of the Burton family from 1834 to 2005, with the bulk of the material focusing on the life of Rulon and Josephine Burton. Materials include journals, personal and family correspondence, literary and manuscript drafts, personal and family scrapbooks, notebooks and other family records.

Dates: 1834-2005

Asa Starkweath Calkin diary

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3138
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary. The diary is in two sections, 1850-1853 and 1855-1858. In the earlier diary, Calkin writes that he arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, and talks about hauling wood and teaching school to provide for his family. In the later diary, Calkin writes about his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to England. He also worked in the office of tithing records in England. He includes copies of letters and blessings in his...
Dates: 1850-1858

Charles Shuster Zane autobiography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 707
Scope and Contents

Mimeographed copy of a typewritten autobiography. Zane writes about his early life as a student and as a lawyer in Springfield, Illinois. He tells about his personal acquaintance with Abraham Lincoln and about hearing Lincoln give formal speeches on several occasions. Zane was appointed a federal judge in 1884 for the territory of Utah and writes about presiding over a number of important cases relating to polygamy in Utah. He later practiced law in Utah.

Dates: 1899

Diary

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 850
Scope and Contents

This is a holograph diary covering from 1 July 1881 to 15 April 1884. During this time, the author worked as a surveyor for the Utah Central Railroad in Spanish Fork Canyon and vicinity. The first 17 pages of the document are in pencil and the remainder are in ink. The hand is often difficult to decypher, especially since many of the entries are partly in shorthand (Pitman).

Dates: 1881-1884

Claudius R. Dodge papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1480
Abstract

Papers and correspondence on various subjects belonging to Claudius R. Dodge, 1914-1971.

Dates: 1914-1971

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Ajax, William, 1832-1899 1
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Anderson, Jedediah Stanley, 1866-1950 1
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Belkan, Joe 1
Blair, Seth Millington 1
Burton family 1
Burton, Jo 1
Burton, Robert Taylor, 1821-1907 1
Burton, Rulon T., 1926- 1
Calkin, Asa Starkweath, 1809-1873 1
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Cheney family 1
Cheney, Nathan, 1811-1856 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Society 1
Clawson, H. B. (Hiram B.) 1
Dodge, Claudius R. 1
Eckersley, Joseph, 1866-1960 1
Ewing, Elmer, 1856-1948 1
Ford, Grace M. 1
Grant, Heber J. (Heber Jeddy), 1856-1945 1
Hascall, Irene 1
Howard, William, 1815-1890 1
Hughes, Kathleen H., 1944- 1
Isom, Alice Parker 1
Isom, George, 1846-1885 1
Kimball family 1
Kimball, C. G. (Christeen Golden), 1823-1896 1
Knowlton, Sidney A. (Sidney Algernon), 1793-1863 1
Lewis, William 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
Lott, Elsie Moore 1
Lyman, Francis M. (Francis Marion), 1840-1916 1
Mack family 1
Mack, Temperance Bond, 1771-1850 1
Moore, Eleanor Roseltha Colton 1
Moore, Stephen Bliss, 1836-1894 1
Nielsen, Charles M. (Charles Magnus), 1856-1940 1
Penrose, Charles W. (Charles William), 1832-1925 1
Prichard, George 1
Prichard, John 1
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Rippingille, Edward Villiers, 1798?-1859 1
Rogers, Samuel Hollister, 1819-1891 1
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Sansom, Charles, 1826-1908 1
Savage, C. R. (Charles Roscoe), 1832-1909 1
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Smith, Florence Grant 1
Smith, Jesse Nathaniel, 1834-1906 1
Smith, John, 1781-1854 1
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Smith, Willard Richards, 1884-1972 1
Snow, William, 1806-1879 1
Thorup, Herman Frederick Ferdinand, 1849-1929 1
Tuttle, Daniel Sylvester, 1837-1923 1
Utah Expedition (1857-1858) 1
Wells, Lydia Ann, 1828-1909 1
Wells, Susan Hannah Alley, 1830-1924 1
Woodbury, Phoebe K. 1
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Young, P. H. (Phineas Howe), 1799-1879 1
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