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The handcart companies of 1856 and Arza Erastus Hinkley

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1770
Scope and Contents

Softbound typescript of an account of the rescue of the Martin Handcart Company, taken from journals and oral family histories.

Dates: 1980

Jesse M. Harmon family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1665
Scope and Contents Collection consists of materials by and about the Jesse M. Harmon family. Of particular focus are Jesse M. Harmon, who was a prominent member of the community in Provo, Utah, and his father Appleton Milo Harmon, who was an original pioneer to Utah in 1847, and was known for constructing the odometer invented by William Clayton. Includes biographical and genealogical sketches of several family members, newspaper clippings, journal transcripts, family newsletters, and other documents used in...
Dates: approximately 1868-1989

J. Taylor Hollist collection on Wilford C. Wood

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6760
Scope and Contents Collection includes research done by J. Taylor Hollist on Wilford C. Wood. It includes photocopies and typed summaries of information he collected from the Wilford Wood Museum in Bountiful, Utah, and the LDS Church Archives in Salt Lake City, Utah. The information describes how the Church came to own many of its associated historical sites. The collection also includes a typewritten biography of Wilford C. Wood written by A. James Faulkner in 2014, and an index and endnotes to this book...
Dates: 1800-2015

Walton LeGrande Law papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 8293
Scope and Contents

Collection contains materials pertaining to the life of Law, including scrapbooks, newspaper articles, letters, and photographs. Contains information about his time as commander of a CCC camp in Utah, as commander of a Japanese internment camp in Topaz, Utah, and family history information. There are also three letters dated 1859 and 1863 from California and Nebraska to Utah. Dated 1859-2011.

Dates: 1859-2011

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

Jacob Peart letters and diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3814
Scope and Contents

Contains the typed and transcribed work of Dorothy Jane Larson Bryson, as well as copies of the original diaries of Jacob Peart. Also includes photographs of various people related to the diaries.

Dates: 1801-1874

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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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Library 1
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James G. Willie Emigrating Company 1
King, Hannah Tapfield 1
Law, Walton LeGrande, 1897-1998 1
Lee, John D. (John Doyle), 1812-1877 1
Mann, Henry Rice, 1814-1852 1
McManus, Stella, 1918- 1
Miles, Samuel, 1826-1910 1
Olsen, Hans Peter 1
Ott, Nancy W. (Nancy Williams), 1822-1863 1
Paul, Earl Stanley, 1889-1988 1
Peart, Jacob, 1801-1874 1
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Reed, Leonard, 1947- 1
Reilly, P. T. (Plez Talmadge), 1911-1996 1
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Rockwell, Orrin Porter, 1813-1878 1
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United States. Army. Mormon Battalion 1
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