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Utah -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 221 Collections and/or Records:

Bamberger Railroad Oral History Project transcripts and case files, 1976

 Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 13
Scope and Contents

Includes contracts from and contact information for participants in the Bamberger Railroad Oral History Project, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews, and transcripts for those interviews, 1976.

Dates: 1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records

A bill for locating the county seat of Davis County in Utah Territory

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319383]
Identifier: MSS SC 2072
Scope and Contents

Handwritten legislative act enacted by the Utah legislature on 18 February 1852. The item was signed by Brigham Young (1801-1877), "Governor;" Willard Richards (1804-1854), "President of the Council;" and William W. Phelps (1792-1872), "Speaker of the House of Rep." The act states that Farmington shall be the site for the County Seat of Davis County.

Dates: 1852
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Bishops Storehouse certificates

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319003]
Identifier: MSS SC 2081
Scope and Contents

Printed certificates with handwritten entries. All of the documents deal with matters of finance.

Dates: 1887-1913
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Blair Holmes professional papers, 1972-1987

 Series
Identifier: MSS 3248 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains Holmes' dissertation, a collection of twenty-eight oral histories performed by History 200 students, and news and histories pertaining to Idaho. Dated 1972-1987.

Dates: 1972-1987
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Blair Holmes papers

A brief history of Utah

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233284576]
Identifier: Vault MSS 59
Scope and Contents

Typewritten history of Utah.

Dates: 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Henry Buckingham letters to Frank Albert Root

 Item
Identifier: Vault MSS 231
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters, probably written about 1904, and addressed to Frank A. Root. Buckingham apparently writes to Root in answer to a request. Buckingham tells about his overland journey from Lake Erie to California in 1850 and 1851. He also spend "a few weeks among the saints" (Mormons) of Utah.

Dates: 1904
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Carbon County, Utah, A History by C.H. Madsen, 1947

 Item — Box 8: Series 9; Series 10 [Barcode: 31197230220631], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 823 Series 9
Dates: 1947
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / M. Wilford Poulson papers / Mormon Americana Acquisitions (not original manuscripts), A-M

C. W. Carter papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319540]
Identifier: MSS SC 2128
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of a bound volume of handwritten notes. Carter describes various areas of Utah and presents short biographies of Mormon leaders. He also includes short notes on his photography business.

Dates: approximately 1870
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Charles Redd Center for Western history lectures, approximately 1970-1990

 Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 49
Scope and Contents

Contains project records and transcripts and audio recordings of lectures/speeches from the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies lecture series. Contents include both typed transcripts and case files. Dates range approximately 1970-1990.

Dates: approximately 1970-1990
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records

Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 7752
Scope and Contents Contains oral history project case files, audio interviews, and bound transcripts of oral history interviews completed by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies between 1959 and 2013. In general, case files may contain an analog recording of the interview made by the interviewer, a typed transcript, a corrected transcript, and documents regarding permission to make the documents public signed by the person interviewed. Some case files do not have an accompanying transcription and vice...
Dates: 1959-2013
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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