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David W. Evans shorthand papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6857
Abstract
The David W. Evans shorthand papers consist of talks that David W. Evans transcribed in shorthand, dated 1842 to 1876.
Dates:
1842-1876
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Genealogical Library collection
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6879
Abstract
Collection includes two boxes containing personal histories.
Dates:
1825-1975
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Jacob Hamblin diaries and autobiography
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 770
Scope and Contents
Contains a handwritten diary of Jacob Hamblin, with entries from June 21, 1868 to 1886. Entries relate farming conditions and crop yields in the Kanab Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, travels along Pariah River, and an account of a conference conducted by Brigham Young on April 2, 1870, dedicating a settlement in Kanab. A separate account titled, "Journal of the Moquis" dated September 28, 1869, to October 5, 1869, written by an individual other than Hamblin,...
Dates:
1868-1886
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Herman Thorup journal
File — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 3709
Scope and Contents
Typewritten transcript of Herman Thorup's journal for the period of 1879 to 1929; documents his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Denmark, as well as his life in Salt Lake City, Utah; his arrest, trial, and imprisonment for "unlawful cohabitation"; his work as a florist and nurseryman; the impact of the Edmunds Tucker Act; Utah politics; his own political activities; his volunteer work; and his family and spiritual life.
Dates:
1879-1929
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Alvira Lavona Smith Hendricks statement
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 470
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten statement with a typewritten transcript. The item was dictated when Hendricks was 89 years old. She was present at the Haun's Mill Massacre in 1838 and tells how her mother treated her twin brother, Alma, who had been seriously wounded there. She also mentions hearing Joseph Smith, first president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, speak.
Dates:
1919
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Elias Smith journal typescript
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2452
Scope and Contents
Collection includes typescripts of journals kept by Elias Smith between 1836 and 1888. The journals document Smith's travels, experiences, and other events.
Dates:
1836-1888
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Josiah A. Scarritt journal
Collection
Identifier: MSS 3124
Scope and Contents
Materials include a handwritten journal created by Scarritt. The journal includes various reflections by the author on his life. Scarritt writes a brief biographical sketch of his life from his birth in 1790 to June 1815, focusing much on his religious experience as a young man and his conversion to Christianity. After this point, the journal is more daily entries for the remainder of 1815 up to July 1816, and include Scarrit's service as a Methodist preacher, particularly in the city of...
Dates:
1790-1816
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Walter Mason Camp papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 57
Abstract
The collection consists of correspondence, interview notes, general research and field notes, drafts of writings, photographs, maps, newsclippings and miscellaneous research and reference materials created and collected by Camp, and pertaining to the Indian Wars of the plains (1864-1890). The bulk of the collection consists of the correspondence (1908-1923), interviews, general research and field notes (1890-1924). Chief interviewees and correspondents were the officers, enlisted men, and...
Dates:
approximately 1870-1943
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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