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Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 6567 Collections and/or Records:

William Driver collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231190528]
Identifier: MSS 2338
Abstract

One scrapbook and one book of a diary by William Driver.

Dates: 1880-1899
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Driver collection

John Druce diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338136]
Identifier: MSS 950
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten diary. Druce was born in England; was apprenticed as a baker in London in the 1830s; moved to Manchester; joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1842; migrated to the United States in 1846; worked as an engraver in New York State; migrated to Utah in 1861; settled in Salt Lake City, Utah; and served on a mission for the Church in the Eastern States in 1876.

Dates: 1842-1876
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Druce diary

John Dudman diary

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230343292]
Identifier: MSS 148
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary kept from July 29 to August 21, 1855. Dudman writes about his daily activities and about how the women were treated and abused in England. Also included are four accounts of Dudman's drowning while swimming in the Lynher River.

Dates: 1855
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Dudman diary

Earl S. Duerden collection of family history materials

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197239249953]
Identifier: MSS 9167
Scope and Contents Contains journals and materials regarding the missionary service of Delbert Stevenson Walker, who focuses on church organization and spiritual experiences in addition to cultural observations. Included microfilm contains research and correspondence by Richard H. Bullock regarding various Mormon pioneers. Also contains family correspondence, dating between 1886 and 1908, and a CD with additional materials about other family members' missionary service for the Church of Jesus Christ of...
Dates: 1886-2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Earl S. Duerden collection of family history materials

James G. Duffin diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1696
Scope and Contents Handwritten and bound diaries. Also included are bound photocopies of the handwritten journals. The items are for the years 1887 through 1889 when Duffin served as a missionary for the Mormon Church in the Southern States Mission. The diaries also cover the years 1901 through 1906 when Duffin was president of the Southwestern States Mission (1900-1904) and of the Central States Mission (1904-1906) also for the Mormon Church. Duffin includes handwritten copies of letters both sent and...
Dates: 1887-1906
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James G. Duffin diaries

Jonathan Oldham Duke autobiography and diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 227
Scope and Contents

Collection includes a handwritten autobiography and three volumes of diaries kept by Jonathan Oldham Duke from 1850 to 1857. Also includes a transcription of volume 1 and volume 2.

Dates: 1850-1857
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jonathan Oldham Duke autobiography and diaries

Duke, Jonathan O.—Mormon Pioneer, sketch of, date of production not identified

 Item — Box 8: Series 9; Series 10 [Barcode: 31197230220631], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 823 Series 9
Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 823, M. Wilford Poulson papers / Mormon Americana Acquisitions (not original manuscripts), A-M

Robert Duke papers

 Collection — Oversize 1: [Barcode: 31197233638128]
Identifier: MSS 8262
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies of papers related to Robert Duke and his descendants. Includes Duke's missionary journal, Relief Society records from the Heber First Ward, and miscellaneous documents related to Duke and his descendants. Dated 1881-1921. Also includes a copy of a stock certificate for Louis or Mable Jorgensen, dated 1946.

Dates: 1881-1946
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Robert Duke papers

Kate Dunlap diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 49
Scope and Contents Handwritten diary of Dunlap's overland journey from Lee, Iowa to Montana by horse team in 1864. Dunlap wrote an introduction to the item, dated 30 January 1865, describing Montana and dedicated it to "My friends." Diary entries are very detailed and describe the geography of the overland route, food and camping conditions, encounters with Indian tribes, and trouble with thieves. Dunlap also mentions meeting several disillusioned Mormons. Dunlap's husband served as captain of the company and...
Dates: 1864-1865
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Kate Dunlap diary

Dunn and Bradstreet, 1961

 File — Carton 3: [Barcode: 31197239253096], Folder: 22
Identifier: MSS 8710
Dates: 1961
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8710, Zane Grey Inc. records

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