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George Edward Anderson diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1477
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries for the years 1895-1904, 1908-1909, 1914-1915, and 1919-1920. Anderson writes about his family life, his studio in Springville, Utah, and his travels throughout southern Utah with his tent gallery. Three of the items deal with his mission for the Mormon Church in England and describe Anderson's photographing of Mormon history landmarks in the Eastern United States.
Dates:
1895-1928
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Milo Andrus journals
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1499
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of typewritten journals and genealogy of Milo Andrus who was a missionary for the mormon Church in the 19th century. A photocopy of a typed transcript of a letter addressed to Brigham Young by Andrus (1854) in which he gives an account of the Mormons in St. Louis, Missouri. Also included is a photocopy of a biography of Milo Andrus by Gary L. Pickell (1979). Andrus' diaries tell of experiences while a missionary in England during 1849, of crossing the plains from Nebraska...
Dates:
1840-1861
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biography and genealogical materials
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1822
Scope and Contents
Typescript of a biography of Noah T. Guymon; miscellaneous legal, ecclesiastical, and genealogical records; and photocopies of many of them. The records pertain to members of the Guymon family and include five handwritten patriarchal blessings and several letters.
Dates:
1845-1920
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
James Bullock autobiography and diary
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 52
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiography and diary. Bullock writes about his life from 1830 to 1853 at which time he starts a diary which he kept from 13 Nov. to 18 Dec. 1853. Also included is a diary Bullock kept from 1 to 21 Jan. 1859 while serving on a mission for the Mormon Church in England.
Dates:
1853-1859
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William John Benbow Carter diaries
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 681
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten diaries, certificates, patriarchal blessings, and biographies. The diaries were kept while Carter served on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England and while he lived in St. George, Utah. The biographies are of family members.
Dates:
1877-1882
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William John Benbow Carter diary
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2048
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary. The record covers from March to July in 1879 when Carter was returning from his mission to England by ship and by rail. Also included are entries for February and March 1882 starting when Carter married Lottie R. Smith in St. George, Utah.
Dates:
1879-1882
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Edwin Charles Cox poems and a diary
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1279
Scope and Contents
Handwritten poems and diary. Cox kept the diary while serving on a mission for the Mormon Church in England. Also included are two volumes of poems by Cox. One contains 75 pages with an index, while the other contains 468 pages and has a preface and a contents section. The poems are about Mormon doctrines and morals.
Dates:
1868-1869
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Henry Aldous Dixon diaries
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1823
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries. Dixon writes about his missionary activities in for the Mormon experience in England and South Africa. Dixon also tells about his work in the general tithing office of the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City, Utah, and his work for the Provo Woolen Mills in Provo, Utah.
Dates:
1860-1880
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Henry Charles Eddington diaries
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1231
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten diary from 1886 to 1888 when Eddington was serving as a missionary for the Mormon Church in the Southern States of the United States and in England. He was transferred from the Southern States to England because of hostile activities against the Mormon missionaries. Also included is a typescript of a diary kept by Eddington from September to December in 1879. He writes about the weather while passing through various communities in Utah.
Dates:
1879-1888
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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